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XTC

How David Bowie convinced Terry Hall to become a singer

“Great pop songs”: the 1978 album that The Specials’ Terry Hall thought everyone should to hear before they die

An underrated gem.

Joe Taysom
May 30, 2026
The Cover Uncovered How XTC used ancient symbolism to embody English Settlement

The Cover Uncovered: How XTC used ancient symbolism to embody ‘English Settlement’

Home sweet home.

Reuben Cross
Nov 29, 2025
XTC photographed in Philadelphia in 1981

Why did XTC suddenly stop touring in 1982?

“My dream had died”.

Dale Maplethorpe
Nov 23, 2025
XTC - Adam and the Ants - Split

XTC vs Adam and the Ants: Who was the most successful?

“Stand and deliver!”

Tom Phelan
Oct 21, 2025
Todd Rundgren - Musician - Artist

Why Todd Rundgren is still proud of the nightmare of ‘Skylarking’: “Sometimes it’s best not to meet your idols”

Hero complex.

Kelly Murphy
Oct 11, 2025
Terry Hall, the lead singer of the Specials, dies aged 63

The band who made “pop better than anyone else”, according to Terry Hall

True pioneers.

Emma Faid
Apr 24, 2025
XTC photographed in Philadelphia in 1981

‘Respectable Street’: XTC burst Britain’s stiff upper lip

Turn that racket down!

Tom Phelan
Feb 3, 2025
XTC's iconic soundtrack of British life

‘25 O’Clock’: How XTC tricked the world with a ‘lost 1960s album’

A loving tribute to psychedelia.

Reuben Cross
Jan 20, 2025
'Bags of Fun'- The surreal XTC and Viz Comic collaboration

‘Bags of Fun’: The surreal XTC and Viz Comic collaboration

An unlikely pairing.

Tom Phelan
Dec 17, 2024
XTC photographed in Philadelphia in 1981

‘Making Plans for Nigel’: Did XTC predict the collapse of British industry?

“He has his future in British Steel.”

Ben Forrest
Dec 9, 2024
Ezra Koenig - Vampire Weekend - 2019

Ezra Koenig names three English acts that shaped the “early days” of Vampire Weekend

The New York indie rockers have a lot of time for British bands.

Jordan Potter
Mar 25, 2024
XTC photographed in Philadelphia in 1981

‘All Along the Watchtower’: XTC’s game-changing Bob Dylan cover forgotten by time

A reinvention of the norm.

Ben Forrest
Mar 14, 2024

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