Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...XTC..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

XTC

Reissues

"...XTCCoat of Many Cupboards (Virgin) True to its title, the..."

June 21, 2002 Music Review by Ken Lieck

Record Reviews

Abbey Lincoln

"...4.5 stars -- Christopher Hess XTC..."

April 2, 1999 Music Review

The Rock Pile

"...XTC: Song Stories by XTC and Neville Farmer Hyperion, $14.95..."

Dec. 4, 1998 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

Andy Partridge

Gift Guide

"...Album (Ape House) If your main squeeze is an XTC fanatic, your holiday shopping ends here. A longtime home..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Music Review by Greg Beets

ACL Music Fest Sunday Reviews

"...from San Franciscan trio the Dodos, so full of XTC's patented, swirling Britpop is this third outing from guitarist..."

Oct. 2, 2009 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Chris Stamey

"..."Astronomy." Among the perkier cuts, "You n Me n XTC" preserves Sixties horn pop with an arrangement assist from..."

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Three Things

One's not like the others

"...about the Dukes of Stratosphear. As any fan of XTC can tell you, the Dukes were an alter ego..."

Feb. 3, 2010 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

The Nomi Song

A documentary ode to the legendary outsider's outsider, Klaus Nomi – a singer, performance artist, and genuine human anomaly.

"...War (alongside then-edge-cutters Wall of Voodoo, Oingo Boingo, and XTC), and a well-received album to boot, Nomi’s career never..."

Feb. 25, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...And at the Armadillo: the Clash (twice), more Ramones, XTC, and others. Wazmo Nariz opened for XTC. I hope..."

Jan. 31, 2003 Column

They Got the Beat

Living the pop life in Austin

"...sounded like songs that didn't make it onto an XTC album."..."

May 4, 2001 Music Feature by Christopher Gray

Countdown to Ecstasy

A New Drug for a New Millennium

"...hang around college dorms peddling pills they falsely call XTC to lazy thrill-seekers." Of course, that's exactly what eventually..."

June 9, 2000 Music Feature by Marc Savlov

Coach's Corner

"...XTC Cabaret, located on the proverbial edge of town, is..."

April 16, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

San Saba County

"...guitars that soar and jangle, and crystalline harmonies. The XTC-like bop of "Ides of March" and the ghostly, anthemic..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Adult Audio Coloring Book Sampler

A look back at illustrated album covers old and new

"...Album sleeves for XTC, UB40, Wire, and the Cure trailed UK artist David..."

July 29, 2016 Music Feature by Michael Toland

TV on the Radio Squalls Austin City Limits

SXSW headliners warm up Monday with a PBS taping

"...in constant rotation on local frequency KUTX, but the XTC meets Hüsker Dü avant-pop of “Could You” melted a..."

March 17, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Old Friends/Bookends

Sex, drugs, and rock & roll. And books.

"..."The Ramones? XTC?" Dorsett called out after Quarles, who gave me a..."

Dec. 7, 2012 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Pat Mastelotto

"...Pat Mastelotto's résumé includes King Crimson, XTC, and Mr. Mister, but none appear on the 2-CD..."

April 13, 2012 Music Review by Michael Toland

Live Forever

What some locals considered Cotton Mather's sophomore slump, 1997's Kontiki, may have been the only thing that Oasis' Gallagher brothers ever agreed on

"...hook, "Aurora Bori Alice" channeled the psychedelic whimsy of XTC in Dukes of Stratosphear mode. "Lily Dreams On" captured..."

Feb. 10, 2012 Music Feature by Greg Beets

SXSW Tuesday Showcases

"...intimacy to confessional keyboards before Oxford-based Jonquil chills out XTC. Don't ask how Orlando Higginbottom, the dance-floor paleontologist behind..."

March 11, 2011 Music Feature

Household Names

"...on Stories, No Names is a swell version of XTC's "Making Plans for Nigel." Otherwise, it's a bumper crop..."

Aug. 13, 2010 Music Review by Greg Beets

Wednesday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW

"...album encapsulates all that frontman Finn Andrews, son of XTC's Barry Andrews, does well: folky street poetry ("Three Sisters"),..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Friday Picks & Sleepers

TGIF! Friday night insight to SXSW 09.

"...such peerless acts as the Beatles, Pink Floyd, and XTC. Both its 2007 self-titled double-disc debut and 2008's Peoria..."

March 20, 2009 Music Feature

Future Clouds & Radar Reviewed

"...just under the 30-minute mark. It's a little like XTC going backward to squeeze Skylarking out of Oranges &..."

Nov. 14, 2008 Music Feature by Greg Beets

Two-Wheeled Texas

Bikers' best bets on the highways and byways

"...Henna Blvd., 238-7325; 701 E. Stassney Ste. D, 383-9699. XTC Cabaret It’s the place to see the naked ladies,..."

June 13, 2008 Features Feature by Angela Armstrong

TCB

TCB scales the Wall of Sound festival at Fort Worth's Ridglea Theater

"...Dallas rock chameleons who skittered from the Who to XTC with the shake of a tambourine..."

April 14, 2006 Music Column by Christopher Gray

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Blurbing the pinnacle of SXSW 2006.

"...Britpop classics like the Zombies' Odyssey & Oracle and XTC's Skylarking. Pure pop tunes like "Strandhill Sands" and "Sick..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature

Spotlight: Anthony Hamilton

Ain't nobody worryin' about the future of true R&B when Anthony Hamilton croons

"...catalog. "I don't think I'll feel completely vindicated until XTC finally sees the light of day," Hamilton reveals. "That..."

March 17, 2006 Music Feature by Robert Gabriel

Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second Psychedelic Era 1976-1996

In box

"...Hüsker Dü. Flavors here vary from the ethereality of XTC alter-ego the Dukes of Stratosphear's "Vanishing Girl" to the..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Music Review by Greg Beets

Thursday Sleepers

SXSW picks & sleepers

"...a rootsy pop twinkle landing somewhere between the UK's XTC and the U.S.'s Varnaline. – Raoul HernandezPOLLY PAULUSMA11pm, Nuno's..."

March 18, 2005 Music Feature

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