Tag: xtc
Stu Rowe, Jen Olive and Andy Partridge reconvene for next chapter...
Britain's Lighterthief label has announced an exciting new project. The 3 Clubmen - a new project comprised of Andy Partridge, Jen Olive and Stu Rowe - will release their eponymous debut EP on June 30....
Dare To Hope – Bombardier Jones (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
They say that you can tell a lot about a person by the company that they keep. You can similarly tell a lot about a musician...
Circu5/Fassine double header Level 3, Swindon, 23rd April
It seems to me that there are two sorts of people in this here parish. There are those who spend their time on-line moaning...
TC&I announce Naked Flames: Live at Swindon Arts Centre
XTC co-frontman Colin Moulding and original XTC drummer Terry Chambers have announced their new TC&I album 'Naked Flames: Live at Swindon Arts Centre', which will be...
The Circu5 comes to a Railway Town
Are you ready for an unforgettable night of rock, prog and freakish twists and turns – from three bands making big waves on the...
Mark Fisher returns with new XTC book
From Mark Fisher, the editor of 'The XTC Bumper Book of Fun for Boys and Girls', comes a new musical exploration of one of the...
Hide Me In Your Spaceship – Big Tide (reviewed by Dave...
If Liverpool is known for producing bands with the ability to produce exquisite music whilst not taking themselves too seriously from The Beatles to...
Cool Pop Thursday : Grass – XTC
If for no other reason than I managed to unexpectedly get a ticket to last night's TC&I show at Swindon Art Centre here's a...
Scatter Me – TC&I
I have posted this before but being that this site is based in Swindon, England, the home of TC&I and that having gathered a...
A quick chat with Colin Moulding
Ahead of the upcoming run of TC&I shows at Swindon Arts Centre I managed to grab a quick chat with Colin Moulding about recent...
TC&I goes live
Today saw the announcement of some long-awaited news for many. After a 36-year wait, XTC's COLIN MOULDING and TERRY CHAMBERS are announcing they will...
Mark Fisher and The XTC Bumper Book of Fun For Boys...
We live in an information age. Actually we live in a too much information age, especially when it comes to knowing about your favourite...
T, C and me: A cup of tea and a chat...
With the E.P. Great Aspirations seeing Colin Mounding and Terry Chambers musically reunited, we sat down for a chat about all things TC&I, past,...
Scene and Heard – CCXXIII : Scatter Me – TC&I (reviewed...
There have been many songs about what Mr Shakespeare so eloquently refered to as “shuffling off this mortal coil” and it is part of...
Great Aspirations – TC&I (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It is always difficult for musicians associated with a past name act to bring fresh music to the table without people trying to join...
The CIRCU5 comes to town: A chat with Steve Tilling
As his long-awaited CIRCU5 album lands with a satisfying thud, I secured a ringside seat with Steve Tilling to get the inside scoop. Steve...
That Wave – Fassine (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It initially seems like an odd step for my new, favourite purveyors of ultra-chic, hi-concept, cinematic, alt-pop to cover my home town’s most famous...
Humble Pie – Sergeant Buzfuz (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
In these times of descriptive hyperbole and overstatement it seems as if a day doesn’t go by without a “totally unique” band being wafted...
Constellation Prize – Cursor Major (reviewed by Dave Franklin)
It’s probably a phrase that has followed them around since it was levelled at their first release but “kookiness is next to godliness” might...
