Podcasts by What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast
Interviews and discussions about XTC, from White Music to Wasp Star and beyond
Further podcasts by Mark Fisher
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XTC: any kind of love is alright from 2023-11-10T05:00
Peter Pumpkinhead proclaims that "Any kind of love is alright" and gets nailed to a chunk of wood for saying so. What does that tell us about XTC's attitude to love and human relationships? In p...
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XTC's The Big Express in 5.1 and Dolby Atmos from 2023-09-15T07:14
Steven Wilson has returned to XTC's 1984 masterpiece and given it not only a stunning 5.1 surround remix but also, for the first time with XTC, a Dolby Atmos mix. Released on 29 September 2023, ...
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Chris Braide on songwriting (ft XTC's Andy Partridge) from 2023-08-04T05:00
Chris Braide, one of the most successful songwriters of his generation, talks to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast about his collaborations with Andy...
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Steve Conte on songwriting (ft XTC's Andy Partridge) from 2023-07-07T05:00
As Steve Conte releases his Fourth of July single, the guitarist and singer talks about writing songs with his XTC hero, joining the New York Dolls and playing on stage with Chu...
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The 3 Clubmen III: Andy Partridge (XTC) from 2023-05-19T05:00
Andy Partridge and Stu Rowe have been working together since the recording of Monstrance in 2006. Andy then produced Jen Olive's album Warm Robot in 2009 and Stu produced Jen'...
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The 3 Clubmen II: Jen Olive from 2023-05-12T05:00
Ten years ago Stu Rowe, Jen Olive and XTC's Andy Partridge started working on material which, after all these years, is finally – and gloriously seeing the light of day. To celebrate the arrival...
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The 3 Clubmen I: Stu Rowe from 2023-05-05T07:15:19
It's the music we've been awaiting for a decade – and now it's out! Stu Rowe, Jen Olive and Andy Partridge have gone public with The 3 Clubmen and their very wonderful eponymous four-track EP is...
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XTC’s best B-sides from 2023-04-07T05:00
Oh we do like to be beside the B-sides. In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, Mia Rankin, Ashley LeCron, Crawford Blair and M...
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XTC and Religion – from Dear God to Scatter Me from 2023-03-03T05:00
What happens when a Christian, a Humanist and a Buddhist congregate to talk about the songs of XTC? Will they give praise? Or will they be torn asunder?
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XTC's White Music: 45 years on (part two) from 2023-02-03T05:00
In the second of a two-part conversation for What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, five fans, journalists and photographers recall what it was like to witness XTC explode onto t...
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XTC's White Music: 45 years on (part one) from 2023-01-06T05:00
On 20 January 1978, XTC released their debut album with its defiant cry of This Is Pop! In the first of a two-part conversation for What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, five fa...
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Young XTC Fan Takeover – Christmas Edition from 2022-12-02T05:00
Illustration: Ashley LeCron
In October 2020, we handed over What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast to a bunch of fans in their 20s. Time has passed and we'r...
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XTC Road Stories with Terry Chambers, Allan Jones, Pete Dewhirst and Steve Warren from 2022-11-04T05:00
Picture © Lou Dommett Young
What was it like to be on the road with one of the hardest working bands of the late 70s and early 80s? We find out from four veterans ...
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John Leckie on XTC: from White Music to the Dukes from 2022-10-07T05:00
Picture © Lou Dommett Young
One of the many highlights of the 2022 XTC Convention in Swindon was an in-depth interview with producer John Leckie. ...
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Fossil Fools: XTC covered from 2022-09-02T05:00
As they prepare for one last run around the block, the members of Fossil Fools, the UK's longest running tribute to XTC, talk about their origins, their famous fans and their appearance at the X...
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Scarecrow People: XTC covers, Sydney-style from 2022-08-05T05:00
It takes seven musicians to reproduce the sound of XTC when the fantastic Scarecrow People take to the stage. In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we talk to...
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XTC's best middle eights: Great Fire to Season Cycle from 2022-07-08T05:00
In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we dig deep into the centre of the songs of XTC with a celebration of some of the band's best middle eights – and there ...
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XTC, Skylarking&Dear God: Jasmine Veillette&Ralph Legnini from 2022-06-03T05:00
What was it like being the eight-year-old asked to sing on XTC’s landmark album? Thirty-five years after recording Dear God, Jasmine Veillette looks back at the making ...
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XTC's Mummer with Tim Bowness, Sean McGhee and Crawford Blair from 2022-05-06T05:00
In this month's episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we reassess XTC's most frequently neglected album in the company of some of its biggest fans.
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EXTC's Matt Hughes and XTC's last ever gig from 2022-04-01T05:00
In this month's episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we're thinking about XTC music played live – in the past and the present.
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XTC live in Manchester from 2022-03-04T05:00
It was 18 March 1982 at La Palace in Paris when Andy Partridge left the stage for the last time, overwhelmed by the pressures of relentless touring and Valium withdrawal.
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XTC's English Settlement with Dave Gregory and Hugh Padgham from 2022-02-04T05:00
On 12 February 1982, XTC's English Settlement was released. Forty years on, What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast reunites guitarist Dave Gregory and co...
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XTC's English Settlement: The Expert View from 2022-01-07T05:00
What does the Bishop of Leeds think of All of a Sudden? What does Pat Kane of Hue and Cry make of Leisure? What can classicist Charlot...
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XTC Collectors: from Science Friction to Wrapped in Grey from 2021-12-03T05:00
What is the holy grail for the XTC completist? Is it the 7in Science Friction with picture sleeve? Or is it the 7in Wrapped in Grey that was never officially released? Or perha...
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Nick Heyward and Thomas Walsh: Haircut 100, Pugwash and XTC from 2021-11-05T05:00
Nick Heyward first saw XTC at the Croydon Greyhound in 1978, two days after the release of White Music. The Haircut 100 frontman has been a fan ever since.
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Terry Chambers and Steve Tilling: From XTC to EXTC from 2021-10-01T05:00
After being delayed 18 months by the pandemic, Terry Chambers is finally out on the road, giving XTC classics the live airing they deserve with his new band EXTC. The drummer is...
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Steven Wilson remixing XTC from 2021-09-03T05:00
Headphones at the ready as audio-guru Steven Wilson talks to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast about his stereo mixes and 5.1 surround versions of XTC classi...
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XTC's Andy Partridge – My Failed Songwriting Career from 2021-07-30T05:00
To mark the release of My Failed Songwriting Career Volume One, XTC's Andy Partridge talks about writing to order, the collaborations that work – and those that don't –...
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Colin Moulding: The Hardest Battle from 2021-06-25T05:00
To mark the release of The Hardest Battle (2 July 2021), the mighty Colin Moulding talks about being true to himself, avoiding cliches and fighting off being beige.
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Oranges and Ladybirds – part two from 2021-06-04T05:00
In this second deep dive into XTC's lyrical references, we talk about the flora and fauna of River of Orchids, the one-way traffic of English Roundabout and the coastal retreat...
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XTC: This Is Power Pop? with Brian Vander Ark and Paul Myers from 2021-05-07T05:00
After enjoying a stateside hit with The Freshmen in 1997, Brian Vander Ark of the Verve Pipe got the chance to write with his hero Andy Partridge. His band had already ...
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Oranges and Ladybirds – part one from 2021-04-02T05:00
With their allusions to town and country, chalkhills and steam trains, XTC have deep Swindon roots. But how well do their references travel?
In the first of two episodes exploring...
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Church of Women from 2021-03-05T05:00
"You think they're going to zig and they zag," says Ami Parkerson about XTC. In this multinational episode, our guest presenter introduces fellow fans Orit Friedland, On...
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The authors: Twomey, Bernhardt and Fisher from 2021-02-05T05:00
Guest presenter Kevin Winser discovers XTC are as good to read about as they are to listen to as he chats to three of the authors who have put the band in print.
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Making Plans for Nigel: What Happened Next from 2021-01-01T05:00
More than 40 years after its release, Making Plans for Nigel is still haunting the imagination. In this episode, Tom Clarke, formerly of The Enemy, explains wh...
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A Merry XTCmas: part two from 2020-12-04T05:01
The festive fun continues with the second Yuletide episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast. The conversation continues as Andy Partridge and Chr...
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A Merry XTCmas: part one from 2020-12-04T05:00
Prepare for a feast of seasonal excess with the first of two festive episodes of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast.
First up is Martin Newell talking a...
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X-sTatiC: the XTC cover band story from 2020-11-06T05:00
Between 2002 and 2005, X-sTatiC performed 61 XTC songs in the course of eight gigs. Along the way, they picked up famous fans and paved the path for the Fuzzy Warblers and now Fossil Fools.
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Young generation takeover from 2020-10-02T05:00
All the guests in this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast are in their 20s. None was even born when Nonsuch was released. Yet all talk with passion and ins...
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What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast Trailer from 2020-10-01T15:32:14
What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast brings together fans and musicians alike to celebrate the enduring music of XTC. Every month, we take a fresh look at the band, from the sin...
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Why comedians love XTC from 2020-09-25T05:00
In this special edition of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, recorded live as part of the online XTC Convention on 19 September 2020, author Mark Fisher talks to leading sta...
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Black Sea at 40 with Hugh Padgham and Dave Gregory from 2020-09-04T05:00
"I still think XTC are one of the best bands ever," says Hugh Padgham – and he should know: he's worked with everyone from David Bowie to Brian Wilson, Kate Bush and The Police....
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Andrew Swainson: Designs on XTC from 2020-08-07T05:00
Illustrator and graphic designer Andrew Swainson has been collaborating with Andy Partridge for over 20 years. As well as working on XTC and Dukes of Stratosphear re-releases, s...
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Dave Gregory: Tunes of Good from 2020-07-03T05:00
Guitarist and keyboard player Dave Gregory talks about his contribution to the sound of XTC. In conversation with musician Hugh Nankivell, he reflects on the smell of guitars, p...
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XTC vs Adam Ant (feat Andy Partridge) from 2020-06-05T05:00
Jordan Cooper of Don't Let's Start: A Podcast About They Might Be Giants joins Mark Fisher, Mark Reed and David White to talk about the connections ...
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Andy Partridge Everything'll Be Alright from 2020-05-03T13:00
To cheer us up during the Covid-19 lockdown, Andy Partridge pays a call to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast with the promise that Everything'll Be Alright. ...
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Breathing the Same Air with Andrew M Stafford from 2020-04-10T18:00
Author Andrew M Stafford talks about Breathing the Same Air, his memoir of his time with XTC during the making of The Big Express at Crescent Studios in Bath. Belinda Bl...
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Garden of Earthly Delights (feat Colin Moulding) from 2020-03-05T09:00
Giving a first listen to Garden of Earthly Delights: An XTC Celebration (Futureman Records), XTC fans Mark Fisher, David White Listen