“Feel free if you wanna have a drink,” says Andy Partridge over Zoom, lounging on his couch with an unplugged electric guitar and a glass of evening wine. “I know it’s early in the day [for you], but ...

Led by two of the era’s more distinctive songwriters (guitarist Andy Partridge and bassist Colin Moulding), XTC released a string of classic singles as the British rock scene shifted its attention ...

OAKLAND -- The original drummer from influential British rock group XTC Terry Chambers brings his current tribute project EXTC to Yoshi's in Oakland Monday, giving fans a rare chance to experience the ...

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 tended to operate under the radar for much of their recording career. Now and again, however, the British band would drop a picture-perfect pop song that would work its way out of the relative ...

There’s always been an air of mystery and mythology to XTC, the British band that emerged during the late 70s punk and New Wave movements. The group was certainly prolific, releasing 12 albums between ...

Believe it or not, people used to actually care what rock critics had to say. Not music bloggers, who are free to be as subjective as they want to be, but actual critics who took rock seriously as an ...

“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, ...

Former XTC drummer Terry Chambers is touring with his new band EXTC, playing songs from the XTC catalog. Chambers left XTC in 1982 primarily because guitarist Andy Partridge decided the band would no ...