This story has been corrected since it was originally published. From the late ’70s and on through the ’80s and ’90s, Swindon, U.K., pop chameleons XTC produced album after album brimming with ...

Beloved UK band XTC, who went from hyper post-punk new wavers to pastor orch-pop perfectionists, are the subject of a new documentary, XTC: This Is Pop, which just premiered on Showtime. It follows ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Led by two of the era’s more distinctive songwriters (guitarist Andy Partridge and bassist Colin Moulding), XTC released a string ...

Forty years ago this month, the English band XTC brought its live career to a crashing halt. They were onstage in Paris when frontman Andy Partridge suffered a severe panic attack, causing him to ...

Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at XTC’s ninth studio ...

When EXTC tours, the trio led by original XTC drummer Terry Chambers doesn’t go easy. EXTC’s fifth North American tour is a 56-date marathon rolling through June 15. Every night, Chambers, ...

There were a few songs before XTC's third album that hinted at something more than the workmanlike post-punk and New Wave that marked their earliest records. Like the 1978 single version of "This Is ...

The songs are true collaborations, with both composers contributing equally to lyrics and music (although on some songs, the lyric division is more striking; “I’m Raining Here, Inside” and “You Kill ...

Following a pandemic delay caused by a busted studio door, XTC’s Andy Partridge has finally announced the first volume in his My Failed Songwriting Career series, a collection of tracks he initially ...

Serious lovers of XTC have been carrying the torch for the Swindon, England, foursome since the band emerged at the height of new wave with an angular style that soon morphed into something richer and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Feel free if you wanna have a drink,” says Andy Partridge over Zoom, lounging on his couch with an unplugged electric guitar and ...