Mike Keneally’s memorable stint as a sideman with Frank Zappa looms large, even in the song-focused environment of ‘Wing Beat Fantastic.’

The pairing of former Zappa guitarist Mike Keneally and former chart-leading pop-song craftsman Andy Partridge may seem strange at first, but it really isn’t.

Billy Sherwood is in the final mixing stages on a pair of new guest-packed recording projects, one an original prog rock effort and the other a tribute to Supertramp. You May Also Like: Todd Rundgren, Billy Sherwood + Others – ‘A Tribute to Keith Emerson and Greg Lake’ (2020) BillyRead More

In 2004, XTC mastermind Andy Partridge opened his heart and new label Ape Records to house not only his Fuzzy Warbles series — and initial releases by Peter Blegvad, Orpheus, the Lowdown, as well You May Also Like: Why Neutral Milk Hotel’s ‘In an Aeroplane Over the Sea’ Still VeryRead More

by Tom Johnson Leaving aside the goofy name, Pugwash was that weird bastard child we music writers like to talk about — you know, the “this meets that”: They sounded like latter day XTC meets Jellyfish. In one album, in addition to Pugwash’s own Thomas Walsh, we find friends fromRead More

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XTC was a band that gave pop music a good name. Since their bare, new wave/punk beginnings, melody always mattered.

by Nick DeRiso A pair of early 1990s Rhino compilations, all punky guts and art-rock pretention – without being pretentious – showed how the Do It Yourself aesthetic was given great depth by the almighty hook. Taken together, they’re a nice overview of the British punk explosion and the lastRead More