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April 18, 2013: April 24, 2013, will see an all-star Minneapolis
tribute to XTC to benefit the Pay It Forward Cancer Funds at North
Memorial Hospital, and Essentia Health. Featuring performances by Adam Levy,
Wendy Lewis, Chris Lynch and many other Minneapolis musicians. Great music and
a greater cause. The Pay It Forward Fund pays basic living expenses for women
in need while recovering from breast and other women's cancers. Some proceeds
will benefit the Brainerd Lakes Pay It Forward for Cancer Fund through the
Essentia Health-St. Joseph's Foundation. Icehouse, Mpls. Minn., $10
Advance/$12 Door, 10:00pm.
April 5, 2013: Mike Keneally says, “We hope that, if you enjoyed Wing Beat
Fantastic, you'll also enjoy this probe into the layers of that album's
songs, be interested to hear some of the demos I did with Andy, and appreciate
the chance to hear some unreleased music from the sessions as
well. . . We'd originally thought that Wing Beat Elastic might be
a download-only collection, a low-profile side dish to Wing Beat
Fantastic, but after arriving at the song sequence and listening to it a
lot, we came to love it and wanted to give it a full CD release treatment. We
still love making physical products and I think we always will.”
January 17, 2013: On 12 December 2012, XTC (twitter:
@xtcfans) tweeted, “Steven Wilson is currently working on 5.1
surround mix of the NONSUCH album, hooray!” Earlier today, XTC
tweeted, “5.1 mix of NONSUCH sounds beautiful, we are preparing other
goodies for package.” Hooray, indeed! Mr. Wilson has been creating the
wonderful surround mixes for the reissued King Crimson and Jethro Tull albums.
Mr. Wilson writes, “XTC is one of my all time favourite bands, so this
(hopefully ongoing) project is a real honour, especially as Andy is taking a
very active role in the remix process.” Very cool.
October 22, 2012: GONWARDS - PETER BLEGVAD AND ANDY PARTRIDGE
August 21, 2012: SACRED OBJECTS - A film by Stu Rowe and Andy Partridge
July 26, 2012: Andy's partner, Erica Wexler, talks about "Sunlit Night"
July 24, 2012: New songs from Andy Partridge on "Wing Beat Fantastic" -- out now!
November 10, 2011: Happy birthday, Andy!!
September 20, 2011: Happy Birthday, Gregsy!
August 16, 2011: Happy Birthday, Colin!
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May 10
Douglas Wood transcribed the chords and guitar solo for “Life Begins at the Hop”.
May 3
Allan Knox points this out: “Miles Kane on enlisting music greats Paul Weller, Andy Partridge and Ian Broudie for his new album”, from Wales Online.
April 25
“Andy Partridge Interview: Former XTC Singer 'Can Fart Out Pop Songs' Now” says it all, really. Except that the interview is for Spinner.
April 19
The Atlantic reviewed Gonwards mostly for its artwork: “Gonwards: A Reminder of How Elaborate and Playful Album Art Can Be”.
April 1
XTC were mentioned as a band with a “Grand Slam”, that is, four great albums in a row, in Show 383: Musical Grand Slams of Sound Opinions (thanks to Ryan Anthony).
February 26
Friend Slash Lover's video for their cover of “Dear God” is now on YouTube.
February 14
Tor Lier points out this cool interview on the Shindig website.
Volume 19, Number 4: April 19, 2013
May 10, 2013: Songs - XTC: "Life Begins at the Hop"
May 9, 2013: Press - Reviews of Drums and Wires (1979)
May 5, 2013: Albums - Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge: Gonwards; Songs - XTC: "Bobeau", Andy Partridge: "I'm Unbecome"; Discography - Erica Wexler: Sunlit Night; Albums - Mike Keneally: Wing Beat Fantastic; Songs - XTC: "You Kill Me", XTC: "Wing Beat Fantastic", XTC: "Your House", XTC: "Miracle Woman and Man"
May 4, 2013: Songs - XTC: "I'm Raining Here, Inside"; Discography - XTC: Go 2
May 3, 2013: Press - “Miles Kane on enlisting music greats Paul Weller, Andy Partridge and Ian Broudie for his new album”, Wales Online, February 16, 2013
April 25, 2013: Press - “Andy Partridge Interview: Former XTC Singer 'Can Fart Out Pop Songs' Now”, Spinner, April 24, 2013
April 19, 2013: Press - Reviews and Interviews: Peter Blegvad & Andy Partridge: Gonwards (2012)
April 5, 2013: Discography - Mike Keneally: Wing Beat Elastic – Remixes, Demos & Unheard Music
Chalkhills is a web resource and mail list dedicated
to XTC (the now defunct band). Surf Chalkhills to find a wealth of
information about XTC, their music and recordings, and much more. Chalkhills was created by me, John Relph, and is
infrequently updated (I am often busy with other things) so check back often.
Chalkhills is the both the longest extant XTC mailing list, created in April
1989 as an offshoot of the venerable Love-Hounds list, and the longest extant
XTC web site, first hacked together in May 1994, although FTP archives were
first made available in April 1991.
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