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Interview: Colin Moulding (XTC, TC&I)

Backseat Mafia recently enthusiastically reviewed the new EP “Great Aspirations” from XTC‘s Colin Moulding and Terry Chambers, released under the name TC&I. We were very luck to get the chance…

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EP: TC&I – Great Aspirations

As the conveyor belt of life moves inexorably closer to the edge, it is only natural for one to reflect on one’s impact on the world and whether one has…

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Classic Compilation: XTC – Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992

It is the mid-90s, you are the Virgin record label, you have been in dispute with one of your best acts for years and there seems to be no end…

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Not Forgotten: XTC – Skylarking

To the casual observer, by the time Skylarking was released in the mid-80s XTC looked washed up. Having had to stop touring in 1982 due to Andy Partridge’s crippling stage…

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Feature: double albums that are actually worth the time.

For some artists the single disc statement is not enough. It should be though, as the multiple disc release is a difficult beast to master and many of the most…

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Not Forgotten: XTC – Oranges & Lemons

Oranges and Lemons is an album that has spent the twenty six years since its release trying to put behind it the fans disappointment that it wasn’t as good as…

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Classic Compilation: A Testimonial Dinner – The Songs of XTC

By the mid 90s XTC must have felt distinctly unloved. Neither critical darlings, nor a massive commercial success, they’d had a career-stalling set-to with their record label and had no…

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For reasons I’ve never been able to adequately explain, the majority of my favourite musicians have never achieved the level of success that their talent deserved, instead achieving artistic integrity…

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NOT FORGOTTEN – XTC – APPLE VENUS VOL. 1

The British terraced house is a humble dwelling. I’m not talking the huge Edwardian terraced villas that sell for obscene amounts of money in London, no I’m talking about the…

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Not Forgotten: XTC – Nonsuch

In the latter half of the 80s the combined successes of Skylarking and Oranges & Lemons had saved XTC and they had re-established themselves as mature and intelligent pop-rockers that…

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Interview: Colin Moulding (XTC, TC&I)

EP: TC&I – Great Aspirations

Classic Compilation: XTC – Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992

Not Forgotten: XTC – Skylarking

Feature: double albums that are actually worth the time.

Not Forgotten: XTC – Oranges & Lemons

Classic Compilation: A Testimonial Dinner – The Songs of XTC

A Buyers Guide to XTC

NOT FORGOTTEN – XTC – APPLE VENUS VOL. 1

Not Forgotten: XTC – Nonsuch