Anton Barbeau: working with XTC’s Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory
In this packed edition of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcas t, Anton Barbeau talks about his latest album, Come Home to Me , featu...
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What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast
Interviews and discussions about XTC, from White Music to Wasp Star and beyond
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Skylarking at 40 with XTC’s Colin Moulding, Blur’s Dave Rowntree, MP Rupa Huq and presenter Samira Ahmed
27 October 2026 is the 40th anniversary of XTC’s Skylarking and a big birthday deserves a big celebration. Joining us at the party for this...
Steve Lillywhite on producing XTC
The special guest in today’s episode of What Do You Call that Noise? The XTC Podcast is Steve Lillywhite who, in 1979, was the 24-year-old p...
XTC Record Collector special: behind-the-scenes
Published on 16 July 2026, Record Collector presents… XTC is a whole magazine dedicated to Swindon’s finest. If features interviews with And...
Chalkhills and geoglyphs: the landscape of XTC
In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast , author Jon Woolcott talks about The Tattooed Hills , his new book about th...
XTC's Terry Chambers: 50th anniversary gig
Exactly 50 years after XTC last played the Town Gardens Bowl in Swindon, drummer Terry Chambers is returning to the open-air art deco venue...
XTC live at Emerald City with sound engineer Gary Bradshaw
In a Record Store Day exclusive, XTC are releasing Live Boots , a double-LP recording of their gig at Emerald City, New Jersey, on 17 April...
XTC and dub with Mark Thomas, Paul Myers and Tom Morley
Fireball XL5, All Along the Watchtower, Cut It Out, Go+, Take Away/The Lure of Salvage, Living Through Another Cuba … There are more – and t...
XTC live with Tom Morley (Scritti Politti) and Kathleen Hiraga
The first episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast of 2026 includes not one but two interviews. The first is with photographe...
XTC's Wasp Star at 25
Twenty-five years after its release, Wasp Star remains XTC’s final statement. So how does the album stand up? Is it underrated? Is it neglec...
XTC and the Dukes of Stratosphear with Ian Gregory, aka EIEI Owen
In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast we return to the 2025 XTC Fan Festival to hear Ian Gregory who, unde...
Hugh Padgham: working with XTC
In this month’s episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast we return to the 2025 XTC Fan Festival to hear engineer and producer...
Stu Rowe: collaborating with XTC
This episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast features a fascinating conversation with Stu Rowe recorded at the 2025 XTC Fan...
XTC’s Dave Gregory talks to Thomas Walsh
This episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast features a highly entertaining conversation between XTC guitarist Dave Gregory...
XTC’s Skylarking with Alfredo Marziano
In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we join Alfredo Marziano , the author of the newly published XTC: Skylarkin...
Covering XTC with Dan Barrow and Innocents Abroad
It’s fan festival time again. Coming up on 20–22 June at the Mecca in Swindon, the sold-out 2025 XTC Fan Festival is a chance for friends ol...
Madison Cunningham on XTC
Twenty-five years after their final album, XTC continue to inspire new generations of musicians. In this episode of What Do You Call That No...
The Dukes of Stratosphear (XTC) 40th Anniversary
How much further up the charts would Senses Working Overtime have climbed if the sleeve had been made of heavier material? What does the fin...
Rick Buckler of the Jam on Terry Chambers and XTC
To commemorate the death of Rick Buckler on 17 February 2025, this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast features an inter...
Remembering XTC superfan Darryl Bullock (ft artist Ken White)
Darryl Bullock was a massive fan of XTC, an avid record collector and one of the tireless organisers of the online and in-person XTC fan con...