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XTC’s best middle eights: Great Fire to Season Cycle

July 8, 2022

In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we dig deep into the centre of the songs of…

XTC, Skylarking & Dear God: Jasmine Veillette & Ralph Legnini

June 3, 2022

What was it like being the eight-year-old asked to sing on XTC’s landmark album? Thirty-five years after recording Dear God, Jasmine Veillette looks back…

EXTC’s Matt Hughes and XTC’s last ever gig

April 1, 2022

In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we’re thinking about XTC music played live – in the…

XTC’s English Settlement with Dave Gregory and Hugh Padgham

February 4, 2022

On 12 February 1982, XTC’s English Settlement was released. Forty years on, What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast reunites guitarist Dave Gregory and co-producer Hugh Padgham to look back…

XTC’s English Settlement: The Expert View

January 7, 2022

What does the Bishop of Leeds think of All of a Sudden? What does Pat Kane of Hue and Cry make of Leisure? What…

XTC Collectors: from Science Friction to Wrapped in Grey

December 3, 2021

What is the holy grail for the XTC completist? Is it the 7in Science Friction with picture sleeve? Or is it the 7in Wrapped…

Nick Heyward and Thomas Walsh: Haircut 100, Pugwash and XTC

November 5, 2021

Nick Heyward first saw XTC at the Croydon Greyhound in 1978, two days after the release of White Music. The Haircut 100 frontman has…

Terry Chambers and Steve Tilling: From XTC to EXTC

October 1, 2021

After being delayed 18 months by the pandemic, Terry Chambers is finally out on the road, giving XTC classics the live airing they deserve…

Steven Wilson remixing XTC

September 3, 2021

Headphones at the ready as audio-guru Steven Wilson talks to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast about his stereo mixes and…

Andy Partridge – My Failed Songwriting Career

July 30, 2021

To mark the release of My Failed Songwriting Career Volume One, XTC’s Andy Partridge talks to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast about writing to…