The XTC co-founder is armed with tools: an array of web links (a photo of John Lennon sitting in front of some Beefheart stickers), deep-dive factoids (details about wacky album-art photo shoots)—even ...

Both forces of the second British invasion, we tally up who from XTC and Adam and the Ants sold the most records. Read more ...

OAKLAND -- The original drummer from influential British rock group XTC Terry Chambers brings his current tribute project EXTC to Yoshi's in Oakland Monday, giving fans a rare chance to experience the ...

There’s always been an air of mystery and mythology to XTC, the British band that emerged during the late 70s punk and New Wave movements. The group was certainly prolific, releasing 12 albums between ...

In 1977, XTC vocalist/guitarist Andy Partridge caught a video of the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.” at an HMV in his hometown of Swindon, England. At the time, John Lydon and co. were the next-big ...

“The really annoying thing is, the second I die off, people are going to go, ‘Hey, do you know, they were quite good!’ ” That’s Andy Partridge, the principal singer and songwriter of the late, great, ...

XTC fans hoping for new music from the group may be permanently out of luck, but former bandmates Terry Chambers and Colin Moulding are getting ready to give them the next best thing. The duo, now ...

XTC was one of the most influential British bands to emerge from the late-70s punk and new wave scene, with hits like Making Plans For Nigel, Senses Working Overtime, Dear God, Mayor Of Simpleton and ...

Believe it or not, people used to actually care what rock critics had to say. Not music bloggers, who are free to be as subjective as they want to be, but actual critics who took rock seriously as an ...

Andy Partridge is looking forward to New Year’s Eve so he can give the finger to 2006. The leader of genius British rock band XTC spent six months this year recuperating from a tendon tear on his left ...

Andy Partridge is making a dangerous admission for a pop musician. “I don’t give a damn about money,” he says. “I’ve been poor for the majority of my life. My parents were poor, and it’s no disgrace.

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...