All aboard for the penultimate anniversary post! If you missed it, in the previous XTC anniversary post, we took a look at the tracks from 1978’s Go 2 album. But now the train has almost reached its destination. At the…
Previously in this XTC Anniversary series, I mused on the songs from the excellent 1980 album, Black Sea! Not only do we have three anniversary posts this month, they are also the last albums to cover in this series! So…
Last time in this series, we took a look at the tracks from 1983’s Mummer album. And if you have been following this series of XTC anniversary posts from the start, or even if this is your first visit, thank…
Previously, we mused about the tracks from the 1979 album, Drums and Wires as part of this year-long XTC album anniversary blog series. You can find that article here. Popping into the TARDIS, we now find ourselves four years on,…
We’re over halfway through the XTC Anniversary posts, with six more albums to go by the end of the year. The last album we looked at was the band’s final album, Wasp Star, and we more recently took a sideways…
In the next installment of the Anniversary posts, we once again go off the beaten track to visit The Dukes of Stratosphear, aka Sir John Johns, The Red Curtain, Lord Cornelius Plum, and E.I.E.I. Owens. If you missed it, here’s…
When I started writing gig reviews, I decided that I wouldn’t write about the same act more than once. One gig review per artist. That’s it. So writing about EXTC again after reviewing their gig back in Spring 2025 is…
If you missed it, last time we took a look at the 1992 album Nonsuch on its 34th birthday. Today we hit the final XTC studio album, Wasp Star, released on this day in 2000. By then, Dave Gregory had already…
At the start of this month, we donned some paisley-patterned clobber, poured ourselves a strong cup of tea, and took a look at the 25 O’Clock EP by XTC’s alter ego, The Dukes of Stratosphear (you can read it HERE).…
Back in February, I took a look at XTC’s ninth studio album, Oranges and Lemons, as it celebrated its 37th anniversary. This time, we’re taking a side-step into psychedelic shenanigans with the band’s alter ego, The Dukes of Stratosphear, and…
These anniversary posts are coming thick and fast. Three in one month! Don’t fret though – they didn’t put out a studio album in March so you’ll get a breather for a few weeks. Only ten days ago saw the…
Just under a week ago we marked the 44th anniversary of the band’s hit album, English Settlement. Now we jump forward in time to the cusp of a new century and the penultimate studio album from XTC: Apple Venus Volume…
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