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Is XTC too Competent to Be Cool?

Is XTC too Competent to Be Cool?

Showtime's XTC: This Is Pop draws worthy attention to this underrated band. But does their music still hold up?

Pugwash: Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)

Pugwash: Play This Intimately (As If Among Friends)

Play This Intimately (As if Among Friends) is as unobtrusive as its banner implies, but cheery enough to beg repeated hearings.
Pugwash: A Rose in a Garden of Weeds: A Preamble Through the History of Pugwash…

Pugwash: A Rose in a Garden of Weeds: A Preamble Through the History of Pugwash…

It's high time that Pugwash and America got acquainted.

I Wrote This Song for You: An Interview with Chris Stamey

Parcels from a Patchouli Past: An Interview with Andrew Partridge

Andy Partridge: Monstrance

The Man Who Sailed Around His Soul

XTC: Skylarking

Andy Partridge: Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 1 / Fuzzy Warbles, Vol. 2

XTC: A Coat of Many Cupboards

XTC: Wasp Star (Apple Venus Volume 2)

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