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WATCH: the black watch Shares Video for “Nothing Left To Say”

February 17, 2023February 17, 2023 Ron Hart 0 Comments ATOM Records, Echo and the Bunnymen, Future Strangers, John Andrew Fredrick, Nothing Left To Say, Peter Murphy, the black watch, XTC

The 21st album from renowned Los Angeles indie vet due out March 24th

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop Rock

Best Wishes, Simpleton: 30 Years of Jellyfish’s Spilt Milk

February 11, 2023February 11, 2023 Rachel Linhart 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, Andy Sturmer, Chris Manning, Eric Dover, Jason Faulkner, Jellyfish, Roger Joseph Manning, Skylarking, Spilt Milk, Tim Smith, XTC

Looking back on the classic album that destroyed the band but cemented its legacy

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New Wave Power Pop Rock

Inside The New Kids On The Street Box Set

December 26, 2022December 26, 2022 Dave Steinfeld 0 Comments Bram Tchaikovsky, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elvis Costello, Kids On The Street, New Wave, Patti Smith Group, Power pop, The Distractions, The Jags, The Jam, The Motors, The Pretenders, The Records, The Stiffs, The Teardrop Explodes, XTC

The latest Cherry Red compilation focuses on the peak years of UK Power Pop and New Wave

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In The Mouth Of Madness: A Chat With Richard Strange

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 Jim Sullivan 1 Comment David Bowie, Doctors of Madness, England, Julian Cope, Kid Strange, Lou Reed, Magazine, Muse, Radiohead, Richard Strange, Simple Minds, Stone Roses, Suede, The Adverts, The Clash, The Damned, The Sex Pistols, The Verve, UK, Velvet Underground, William S. Burroughs, XTC

Rediscovering the greatest English band from the mid-‘70s you’ve never heard of

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Music Journalism

Famous Quotes Vol. 32: June 2022

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Jim Sullivan 0 Comments Alejandro Escovedo, Andy Partridge, Butthole Surfers, Famous Quotes, Gibby Haynes, Jim Sullivan, Meat Loaf, Rank & File, The Nuns, XTC

Veteran rock critic Jim Sullivan looks back on a career of epic interviews in the latest installment of his inquisitive column

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Music Journalism

The Trouble With Skylarking

November 2, 2021April 3, 2022 Ron Hart 3 Comments 1986, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Dave Gregory, Dear God, Ken Stringfellow, Todd Rundgren, XTC

XTC’s pop masterpiece turned 35 last week, but has Andy Partridge’s online behavior compromised our ability to appreciate it like we once did?

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Progressive Rock

ALBUMS: Big Big Train Treks Forward with the Exceptional ‘Common Ground’

August 6, 2021August 7, 2021 Jordan Blum 0 Comments Big Big Train, Common Ground, Danny Manners, Dave Gregory, England, Prog Rock, Progressive Rock, Rachel Hall, XTC

Despite a reduction in its line-up, the English progressive rock quartet return with some of their finest material to date

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Indie Rock New Wave Post-Punk

ALBUMS: Exceptional Dry Cleaning Service

May 24, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 16 Lovers Lane, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, English Settlement, Fables of the Reconstruction, John Lydon, New Long Leg, Phoebe Waller Bridge, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Bends, The Go-Betweens, The Queen is Dead, The Suburbs, Wire, XTC

Believe the hype about New Long Leg, the debut album by this young and profoundly distinctive South London quartet

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New Wave Power Pop Punk Soundtracks and Film Scores

Mixed-Up Kids: Times Square at 40

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Mitchell Cohen 1 Comment “Down in the Park, “Grinding Halt", “I Wanna Be Sedated, “Take This Town, “Walk on the Wild Side, ” Ramones, ” the Talking Heads, ” Tubeway Army, 1980, Allan Moyle, D.L. Byron, Garland Jeffreys, Lou Reed, Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Times Square, Patti Smith Group, Robert Stigwood, Robin Johnson, Roxy Music, RSO, The Clash, The Cure, The Sex Pistols, The Tubes, XTC

Looking back at the quintessential rock ‘n’ rebel experience of 1980

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop

Baby’s Come Back: Jellyfish’s Bellybutton at 30

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andy Sturmer, Beatnik Beatch, Bellybutton, David Bowie, Jason Falkner, Jellyfish, Jr, King's X, Mike Portnoy, Roger Joseph Manning, The Black Crowes, Three O’Clock, Todd Rundgren, World Party, XTC

Inside the album that helped usher L.A. rock into the 1990s

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New Wave Pop Power Pop Psychedelics

Pop-O-Rama #3!!!

October 28, 2019October 30, 2019 David Bash 0 Comments Ape House Records, Cherry Red Records, Craft Recordings, Dukes of Stratosphear, Esoteric Recordings, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow festival, Monster, Mustard, Psurroundabout Ride, R.E.M., R.E.M. Monster, Ron Wood Mustard, Roy Wood, XTC

International Pop Overthrow’s David Bash digs into three boffo new pop reissues

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Real by Reel: XTC’s Drums and Wires at 40

September 17, 2019September 17, 2019 Jordan Blum 1 Comment 1979, 40th Anniversary, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, Drums abd Wires, XTC

It might not be one of their best albums, but it certainly was a most important one

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Please Be Upstanding

February 28, 2019April 11, 2019 Rachel Linhart 2 Comments 1989, 30th Anniversary, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, XTC

30 years of XTC’s Oranges & Lemons

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Alternative Rock New Wave Pop

Apples, Not Oranges

February 28, 2019April 11, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1999, 20th Anniversary, Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding, XTC

With Apple Venus Vol. 1, XTC’s Andy Partridge and Colin Moulding make their masterpiece

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Pop Progressive Rock Punk Rock

Go 2 at 40

October 31, 2018October 31, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments Andy Partridge, Barry Andrews, Brian Eno, Colin Moulding, Monstrance, XTC

A closer look at XTC’s sophomore masterpiece of ’78

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