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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

But it’s much more difficult to locate songs that talk about the realities of relationships, realities that might not be all that romantic. XTC offered some peppy music on their 1986 song “Earn Enough ...

Respectable Street, the downtown West Palm Beach music venue, has hosted some prominent musical acts over the last 35 years, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Bo Diddley to A Flock of Seagulls and ...