The XTC co-founder is armed with tools: an array of web links (a photo of John Lennon sitting in front of some Beefheart stickers), deep-dive factoids (details about wacky album-art photo shoots)—even ...

Every Saturday, Paste will be revisiting albums that came out before the magazine was founded in July 2002 and assessing its current cultural relevance. This week, we’re looking at XTC’s ninth studio ...

New Atmos And 5.1 Surround Mixes Reinvent XTC’s Smash 1986 hit Skylarking and 1984’s The Big Express. In 2016, a wonderful CD+Blu-ray release celebrated XTC’s 1986 masterpiece, Skylarking, with a lush ...

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, ...

Welcome to Band Jury, a SPIN series in which artists defend black sheep albums they feel deserve another listen. These are projects that, for whatever reason (middling sales, negative reviews, a ...