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XTC’s Mummer with Tim Bowness, Sean McGhee and Crawford Blair

May 6, 2022

In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we reassess XTC’s most frequently neglected album in the company…

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 live in Manchester

March 4, 2022

It was 18 March 1982 at La Palace in Paris when Andy Partridge left the stage for the last time, overwhelmed by the pressures…

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…

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…