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“People phoned in, saying, ‘If you play that song again, I’m going to firebomb your station!’” How XTC battled the “rottweiler” Todd Rundgren and their record label to make their breakthrough

Andy Partridge reflects on Skylarking, a change of direction for XTC that was the most difficult of births under producer Todd Rundgren's direction and the label’s interference

Guitar World

"How would anyone feel when one is the principal songwriter in the band and along comes this upstart and spoils everything?" What happens when your bass player accidentally writes your first big hit

Making Plans for Nigel established XTC as the intelligent arm of the post-punk movement – and it's still being directed at current Nigels

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“Some might wonder why Steven Wilson was brought in. But the art-rock credentials are never in doubt and its songs are progressive in an anarchic way”: XTC’s Drums And Wires returns

Their 1979 commercial breakthrough benefits from Wilson’s finesse, while Steve Lillywhite’s original mix remains daisy-fresh

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Pop-rock wizard Todd Rundgren: ‘When I met John Lennon, he was a bundle of rags with nothing to say’

As he tours the UK, the musician answers your questions on making Bat Out of Hell with Meat Loaf, squabbles with XTC and the Band, and wiring his studio while high

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“We were working on Oranges And Lemons. I was putting on a bass part. You don’t want Chris Squire walking in, do you?” XTC’s Colin Moulding on meeting his hero, declining to join Pink Floyd, and working on Billy Sherwood’s Dark Side tribute

Jethro Tull and Atomic Rooster endured a difficult return from the breakup with Andy Partridge, but it led to a happy reunion with drummer Terry Chambers

Louder

"I'm very clear on what I want to do, which can be really annoying for other people": Steven Wilson on being a control freak, the wonder of space, Porcupine Tree and more

Steven Wilson's new album The Overview promises to take listeners "on an incredible journey from Earth to the other side of the universe"

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“All the time he was ill, he had it in his head that he was going to finish it when he got home. He never made it home. I guess we owed it to him”: Tim Smith’s Cardiacs story will end with final album LSD

Members of the band who influenced Steven WIlson, Radiohead, Opeth, Andy Partridge and more explain what they did and why it mattered

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"I’ve gone back to a more progressive style." Steven Wilson will release new album The Overview in March

Steven Wilson's The Overview, a concept album featuring two long-form pieces of music, will be released on March 14

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“I loved Yes – but for me every eight-minute Yes song could have been four two-minute singles!” It might have taken a while to admit it, but XTC know they were prog

Emerging in the punk era, they were described as “too clever, “too quirky” and even as “prunk,” but Andy Partridge’s account of the band’s inspiration and motivation makes the truth crystal clear

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XTC announce Skylarking reissue with new Dolby Atmos mix from Steven Wilson

XTC's most commercially successful album Skylarking will be reissued on vinyl and CD/Blu-ray in September

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“I think someone should – or I hope someone will – take a genre of music that isn’t known for guitar and apply guitar to it”: Andy Partridge thinks you can be a great player or a great writer, but not both

The XTC icon, who believes he owns the very best Japanese Telecaster ever built, is comfortable with coming from the “school of adequate” as a guitarist

Guitar World

"I was diagnosed with an ulcer on my 21st birthday. The doctor asked me: 'What's the problem, kid? Is there something or someone…' I said: 'Let me stop you right there. There is indeed someone'": the tumultuous story of Jellyfish

Power-pop princelings Jellyfish were the new Beatles, ELO and Queen all in one – until bad vibes and psychic turmoil snatched defeat from the jaws of victory

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"The whole thing sounds like it was carved out of caramel and boiled in a pot with gunpowder, sunshine and jazz – mad and lovely and addictive": Was The 3 Clubmen EP the best record you missed in 2023?

XTC's Andy Partridge and friends released an overlooked EP of luminous alt.pop in 2023. But it's not too late to join the club...

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"I had a phone call from Dave Gilmour and he said, 'Would you be interested in coming down?'. Former XTC man Colin Moulding on how he almost joined Pink Floyd!

Revelations from former XTC bassist, singer and songwriter Colin Moulding when he released his TC&I EP Great Aspirations with old band mate Terry Chambers

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Prog's Tracks Of The Week: new music from TF&TD, Susanna and more

Great new prog music to check out from Held By Trees, The 3 Clubmen, Aisles, The Holy Family, Spurv and more...

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XTC's second album Go2 to be reissued on vinyl

XTC's 1978 album Go2 has been remastered and will be reissued on heavyweight vinyl in May

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