At the same time, “Senses Working Overtime” is wonderfully nonsensical and whimsical as the band sings about the experience ...

Forty years ago this month, the English band XTC brought its live career to a crashing halt. They were onstage in Paris when frontman Andy Partridge suffered a severe panic attack, causing him to ...

“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, ...

ARE YOU RECEIVING ME? More than four decades after XTC ceased touring, original drummer Terry Chambers leads EXTC, a trio that celebrates the music of his old band. Pictured, from left, are Steve ...

When EXTC tours, the trio led by original XTC drummer Terry Chambers doesn’t go easy. EXTC’s fifth North American tour is a 56-date marathon rolling through June 15. Every night, Chambers, ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

Serious lovers of XTC have been carrying the torch for the Swindon, England, foursome since the band emerged at the height of new wave with an angular style that soon morphed into something richer and ...

Spearsy is almost back from vacation. Until then, here's Dr. Dim again: Well, it had to happen, Never Found in the 80s' XTC Week is drawing to a close, but what a great song we have today! From ...

XTC fans can celebrate a sumptuous new musical offering from Andy Partridge, leader of the British band: He’s releasing a nine-CD box set -- eight volumes of the collected “Fuzzy Warbles” demos with a ...

Terry Chambers, founding drummer of the cult British rock band XTC, says that his XTC tribute band has the full blessing of his former bandmates. In fact, frontman and co-songwriter Andy Partridge ...