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Author: Mark Fisher

MARK FISHER is a freelance theatre critic and feature writer based in Edinburgh and has written about theatre in Scotland since the late-1980s. He is a theatre critic for The Guardian, a former editor of The List magazine and a frequent contributor to the Scotsman and other publications. He is the co-editor of the play anthology Made in Scotland (1995), and the author of The Edinburgh Fringe Survival Guide (2012) and How to Write About Theatre (2015) – all Bloomsbury Methuen Drama. While at school, he set up the XTC fanzine Limelight, which he republished as The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls (2017). He followed that with What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book (2019). In 2020, he launched What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast.

XTC’s Terry Chambers and EXTC 2024

April 12, 2024

Terry Chambers and EXTC are back on the road and they are sounding fantastic. In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise?…

Early XTC with Ian Doeser and Lee Moulding

March 29, 2024

In the 50th episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we go back to the formative years of XTC in the…

Haydn Bendall on producing XTC’s Apple Venus

February 16, 2024

To celebrate the 25th anniversary of XTC’s landmark album Apple Venus Volume I, producer Haydn Bendall talks to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast about the…

In search of XTC

December 18, 2023

In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast we hear from Jason Repantis who works as a manager at the Universal Music…

XTC: any kind of love is alright

November 10, 2023

Peter Pumpkinhead proclaims that “Any kind of love is alright” and gets nailed to a chunk of wood for saying so. What does that…

XTC’s The Big Express in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos

September 15, 2023

Steven Wilson has returned to XTC’s 1984 masterpiece and given it not only a stunning 5.1 surround remix but also, for the first time…

Chris Braide on songwriting (ft XTC’s Andy Partridge)

August 4, 2023

Chris Braide, one of the most successful songwriters of his generation, talks to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast about his collaborations with Andy…

Steve Conte on songwriting (ft XTC’s Andy Partridge)

July 7, 2023

Guitarist and singer Steve Conte talks about writing songs with his XTC hero, Andy Partridge, plus joining the New York Dolls and playing with Chuck Berry

The 3 Clubmen III Andy Partridge (XTC)

May 19, 2023

Andy Partridge and Stu Rowe have been working together  since the recording of Monstrance in 2006. Andy then produced Jen Olive’s album Warm Robot…

The 3 Clubmen II: Jen Olive

May 12, 2023

Jen Olive talks about the genesis of the 3 Clubmen EP as well as working with Andy Partridge on her album Warm Robot and with Stu Rowe on The Breaks.

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We play the songs much too loud

Mark Fisher, Mark Reed, David White in What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast
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