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Upbeat anthem from classic "Skylarking" anthem

Tradition-versed critics love it, fanboys and girls adore it, and charts seem immune to it: Call it power pop, or indie pop — it's music based in the verities of the Beatles, Beach Boys, Big Star, and XTC, laced with contemporary wit and irony. L.A. outfit the Jigsaw Seen has been pl...

Turbine has released their third studio album, Blue Light City , on Mason Jar records. Produced by Grammy-winner John Davis (The Black Keys), Blue Light City “evokes the smart groove-pop of ’80’s bands like INXS and XTC , the psychedelic rock of Flaming Lips and Pink Floyd, the soul-rock of Jimi Hendrix’s Band of Gypsies, aspects of prog-rock pioneers Yes and King Crimson and even elements of ...

Dutch Uncles are an indie band from Manchester and cite influences such as The Smiths, King Crimson, Steve Reich, XTC and Talking Heads.

Touring behind his 2010 album The Age of Adz , Sufjan Stevens did something unexpected: He dressed in garish neon costumes and integrated weird, robotic choreography into his act. This raised some eyebrows. Orchestral pop masterminds don't often turn into dance machines; you will rarely see XTC's Andy Partridge don Hammer pants, for example. Now that he's winding down the Age of Adz tour with a ...

share: digg facebook twitter [...] this trio of Liverpudlian alt poppers are going for a different sound altogether: art-pop with tinges of XTC and Blur, a guitarist who recalls a less sinuous Tom Verlaine in places, boisterous back-up vocals that immediately announce their pronounced British boyishness, crisp lyrics - good times for lovers of smarty-pants pop, in other words. "Rise and Fall of ...

As Austin’s Hoot Night train keeps a-rollin’, more and more acts and venues are getting in on the action. Problem is, a good Hoot Night must balance a great subject with the right complement of local bands. Mainstays like Johnny Cash, Neil Young, Pixies, the Flaming Lips, and Wilco have all received the Hoot treatment, so where do we go from here? The Carousel Lounge answers that Saturday night ...

Swindon's XTC front man Andy Partridge has joined The Magic Numbers among others to raise funds for a Salisbury-based musician.

A dozen songs inspired by the helicopter. Includes XTC, Bloc Party, Red House Painters, Guided By Voices, M. Ward and more.

XTC is re-releasing their 1986 album Skylarking , according to always excellent Slicing Up Eyeballs website . But the best news: It's coming out on double vinyl. Andy Partridge 's Ape House Records will handle the honors, though a release date isn't known yet. (No plans yet for a CD version either.) "According to Ape House, mastering engineer John Dent was working on a vinyl reissue of the Todd ...

Click here to go there. You will enjoy it. 1. Lost Inside Your Love ('79) by Badfinger; 2. Country Air ('67) by The Beach Boys; 3. My Bird Performs ('92) by XTC; 4. On the Way Home ('68) by Buffalo Springfield; 5. A Hazy Shade of Winter ('68) by Simon & Garfunkel; 6. That's What Little Girls Do ('79) by The Knack; 7. Shake Some Action ('76) by Flamin' Groovies; 8. Four in the Morning ('67) by ...