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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…

Review: EXTC live in Portsmouth

September 9, 2021

Picture (L-R): Terry Chambers, Steve Tilling, Steve Hampton and Ken Wynne Picture credit: Lou Dommett Young Edge of the Wedge, Portsmouth, 7 September 2021…

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…

Lotte Fisher illustration Oranges and Ladybirds II

Oranges and Ladybirds – part two

June 4, 2021

What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast takes a second deep dive into XTC’s lyrical references. In this episode, we talk about…

Go Further: More Literary Appreciations of Power Pop

XTC: This Is Power Pop? with Brian Vander Ark and Paul Myers

May 7, 2021

After enjoying a stateside hit with The Freshmen in 1997, Brian Vander Ark of the Verve Pipe got the chance to write with his hero Andy Partridge. His…

Oranges and Ladybirds – part one

April 2, 2021

With their allusions to town and country, chalkhills and steam trains, XTC have deep Swindon roots. But how well do their references travel? In…

Ami Parkerson, Orit Friedland, Ondine PM, Ursula Marie, Leslie Randall, Mark Fisher

Church of Women

March 5, 2021

“You think they’re going to zig and they zag,” says Ami Parkerson about XTC. In this multinational episode, our guest presenter introduces fellow fans Orit Friedland, Ondine…

The XTC Bumper Book of Fun, Complicated Game, What Do You Call That Noise and XTC Chalkhills and Children

The authors: Twomey, Bernhardt and Fisher

February 5, 2021

In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, guest presenter Kevin Winser discovers XTC are as good to read…

Making Plans for Nigel: What Happened Next

January 1, 2021

More than 40 years after its release, Making Plans for Nigel is still haunting the imagination. In this episode of What Do You Call…