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The Little Express

@XTCExpress

The Little Express ~ XTC fan club & Newsletter. In print 1980-98. 🎶 Back issues & more for sale 👇🏼

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Joined July 2015
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🌟10 XTC Songs We Think Are Just Perfect🌟 via @https://teapawt.net/ClassicPopSongs classicrockhistory.com/top-1…
10 XTC Songs We Think Are Just Perfect

10 XTC Songs We Think Are Just Perfect

There are many complaints about new wave music — it’s too experimental, weird, and prioritizes quirkiness and innovation over pop fundamentals, often to

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APE HOUSE@apehouseXTC10 Feb 2024
New Andy Partridge interview, out now on @GuitarWorld 🎸🎸🎸
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“I think someone should – or I hope someone will – take a genre of music that isn’t known for guitar and apply guitar to it”: Andy Partridge thinks you can be a great player or a great writer, but not both trib.al/nkjq0K0
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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of XTC’s landmark album Apple Venus Volume I, producer Haydn Bendall talks to What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast. “The songs were fabulous,” he says. “I loved the songs.” xtclimelight.com/2024/02/16/…
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On this day in 1982, XTC released their brilliant fifth studio album “English Settlement” featuring singles “Senses Working Overtime" “Ball and Chain" and “No Thugs in Our House"
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Have a great weekend! #XTC #GO2 youtube.com/watch?v=7E21z1ol…
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#XTC
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Schnitzel@Schnitzel635 Feb 2024
XTC - Making Plans for Nigel , 1979
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- - XTC - Senses Working Overtime (Official Video) youtu.be/NrcemZpOmpI?si=Zsq-… via @YouTube
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PunkAndNewWave@NewWaveAndPunk1 Feb 2024
On this day in 1978, I was at Sheffield Polytechnic (now Hallam University) to see #XTC
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Neon Filler@IndiemusicUK4 Aug 2023
Former XTC man Andy Partridge has teamed up with Jen Olive and Stu Rowe to present one of this year’s freshest takes on pop. Read our review of @the3clubmen 's debut EP here neonfiller.com/wordpress/?p=… #XTC #Swindon
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New at REAL GONE: The 3 Clubmen - EP (review) realgonerocks.com/2023/08/th… #arty #prog #xtc #jenolive #lighterthief #andypartridge
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.@SpillMagazine has premiered the video from @The3Clubmen (XTC's @AndyPartridge, @Jen_Olive & #StuRowe). Debut EP available from @BurningShedNews ~ spillmagazine.com/spill-vide… "equally gorgeous & inspiring... heavenly slice of art-pop" @musicblogrt @LimelightXTC @FossilFoolTerry
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PunkAndNewWave@NewWaveAndPunk8 Jan 2024
Released on this day in 1982: Senses Working Overtime #XTC youtu.be/NrcemZpOmpI?si=0EXC…
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XTC - Beatown youtube.com/watch?v=y-kEniZ-…
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45 years ago today XTC - Colin Moulding and Andy Partridge performing live onstage CBGB, January 04, 1979. Photo by © Ebet Roberts #punkrock #postpunk #newwave #xtc #cbgb #history #punkrockhistory
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#ColinMoulding on #XTC & secret about their hit song "Making Plans for Nigel", as revealed to @edwardburnettt for @SwindonAdver ~ tinyurl.com/yjfsxbz4 @LimelightXTC @XTCexpress @FossilFoolTerry @musicblogrt Get Colin's latest CD via @burningshednews tinyurl.com/3ebcap4r
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Hello everyone, Just taking a Twitter break for a bit. Stay safe & be kind! See ya soon. ✌🏼
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Mark Caro@MarkCaro7 Apr 2022
Drummer Terry Chambers left XTC after 5 albums yet now is touring its music in @EXTCBand. What was it like to be in and out of XTC? Could Partridge's breakdown have been handled differently? Who's the biggest obstacle to a reunion? Listen on #Caropop. #xtc caropop.com/post/terry-chamb…

Terry Chambers: XTC's powerhouse drummer meets Caropop

Drummer Terry Chambers is an unlikely keeper of the XTC flame. He powered the band over its first five increasingly ambitious albums, from White Music through English Settlement, but while touring...

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Lisa@withalittleluck6 Apr 2022
Been listening to XTC’s Nonsuch. Didn’t realise the album cover was a copy of John Speed’s drawing of Nonsuch Palace. #NowPlaying
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