Five films that captured the vibrant, changing pop-music scene of the 1980s.
Tag: XTC
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XTC’s ‘Respectable Street’ is as booming and lively as it was 34 years ago
Today’s 12 O’Clock Track is “Respectable Street” from XTC’s 1980 album Black Sea.
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In Rotation: Billy Helmkamp of the Whistler
Every week, one of our staffers shares three musical obsessions—then asks someone else (who asks someone else) to take a turn.
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Urgh! or Argh?
The legendary postpunk concert film gets an official DVD release . . . sort of.
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Too Much of a God Thing
XTC Apple Venus Volume 1 Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2) (TVT) For almost two decades XTC has been English pop’s most celebrated hothouse flower. Instead of moving to London or New York or LA, as so many British pop stars have before them, the members still live in their dismal hometown of Swindon, a […]