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May 19, 2013: Britt Conley shared the fact that Colin Moulding sings lead vocals on the song “The Man Who Died Two Times” from the new progressive rock album In Extremis by Days Between Stations. The album is produced by Billy Sherwood, who also plays drums, and he's the most likely connection between Mr. Moulding and the band.
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.”

Ape House News

October 22, 2012: GONWARDS - PETER BLEGVAD AND ANDY PARTRIDGE
August 21, 2012: SACRED OBJECTS - A film by Stu Rowe and Andy Partridge

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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!

Other News

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.

Recent List Topics

Volume 19, Number 4: April 19, 2013

Recent Site Updates

May 19, 2013: Discography - Days Between Stations: In Extremis
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"; Albums - Mike Keneally: Wing Beat Fantastic; Songs - XTC: "You Kill Me", XTC: "Wing Beat Fantastic", XTC: "Your House", XTC: "Miracle Woman and Man"; Discography - Erica Wexler: Sunlit Night
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 ElasticRemixes, Demos & Unheard Music

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