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Vic's XTC Mix

🕑 Added 2021-01-27 20:22:41 +0000 UTC

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Brian

Drums and Wires is a stranded on an island album for me. Gonna check this mix out for sure.

fum_skeem

Thank you for sharing Vic! This band XTC is a new favorite of mine and I think you have excellent tastes as well as talented abilities.

Danny Wolff

still listening.

brian bonelli

I'm two months late to the discussion but, yeah, this is indeed a huge oversight.

KatieMoe

I love this Vic thank you! Intro is a bop!

Harald Andersson

Lovinit! VB is such a hitmaker that the intro jingle is like top 3 of the tunes

chaoserene

thank you Vic! I'm for sure in need of a refresher/crash course in XTC.

Jay Goods

never heard of XTC but I put this on during my workout last night and now I am JACKED

Ted Maxwell

Thank you, Vic!

Robert Franchini

Nice. Lots Brian Wilson sounds too. Vic, did you see this Rolling Stone article on Jon Brion? https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jon-brion-meaningless-interview-1118584/amp/

Tim P.

one of my top 3. Earn Enough for Us one of the GOAT tunes

Jimmy Herring

https://youtu.be/qjMoWxwW8tQ

Brendan Livingston

And you hate the Dead ffs 🤦‍♂️

Cody Neff

We aren't making plans for Nigel, which is probably best for him

Brice Dismang

Niiice vic! I personally like towers of london. You missed that one

Lady J.J. Armes

Named my cat Nigel for obvious reasons. Love this mix a lot, and love you VBIV

Michael P Stallmeyer

Nice Vic, great set- one of my favorite bands too! Recently got the uk vinyl reissue of nonesuch, maybe their most underrated- such a great record

sari gordon

what is happening?! i haven’t listened to XTC in a decade and then went for a long XTC swim like THREE DAYS AGO and so quit following me around!

Dillon Myrick

So good! THANKS

Fergus Campbell

Thanks for this Vic! definitely the best band to come out of my birthplace of Swindon lol, always loved skylarking but keen to check out more of them thanks to this

Ellen Connaughton

YES! This is so cool! Thank you Vic. I did a deep dive into XTC about two years ago and they’ve been consistently my favorite band since. I can’t believe I went so long without hearing them. It makes me so very happy that people might be getting into them for the first time ❤️

Nick Hill

very nice Vic! one my favorite bands too, still so under appreciated but I hope this mix will turn more people onto them. I really love their early, noisier stuff with Barry Andrews on keys but their mid-period stuff post-English Settlement after they stopped touring is great too! I love that Optimism’s Flames and Funk Pop a Roll is on this list, but the track Wake Up is still way up there for me - those panning guitars on the intro is what really got me hooked on them.

Julian Dalrymple

Hell yeah! Thank you so much for this, Vic! Matt and Vic do not disappoint when it comes to mixes! This’ll be a hard act to follow for Tim and Doug!

Ryan Walsh

I have one Andy Partridge story. In high school my media studies teacher got me into XTC. I loved them instantly. The teacher was also a songwriter and had recently recorded a CD of his tunes. They were good! Anyways, Apple Venus comes out and Andy comes to the states to do promotional events. I go to Tower Records in Boston with my teacher's CD to hand to his hero (He could not attend, I forget why). Anyway, I'm 18 and this CD clearly shows my 55 year old teacher on the front cover juxtaposed with a picture of him at Woodstock as a teenager, ok? When I get up to meet Andy I was super nervous. It seemed too long to explain who actually made the CD, so I handed it to him and said, "I made this would you check it out?" And Andy kept looking at the cover and then up at me and then finally asked a clarifying question, "You made this?" I was in too deep so I just doubled down. "Yes, hope you like it." He was so confused and knew I was lying but couldn't understand why. Then he signed Apple Venus and I left in shame.

Emmet O'Riabhaigh

Knew I'd come across a Cardiacs fan around here somewhere!

Chase

Thanks Vic! Never got into this band but I’ll check this out. I’ve been on a Cardiacs and death metal kick lately

Ryan Walsh

Vic this is really good. You dig deep into Fuzzy Warbles at all? If not check out "Young Cleopatra" song rules.

Robert Wood

me favourite band nice one vic

Derek Moalli

yoooo! big XTC fan here. great mix

Sara Dennis

I love XTC, but now my priority is getting an extended "VB Gonna Be a DJ" on the next edition of Slaps Bops & Bangers

Tim Brooks

all deep cuts, no hits

Chef Jeff

I LOVE XTC! Can't believe "Respectable Street" didn't make the cut

Austin

Thanks Vic! I've been needing an education in XTC

Daron K

Chris Cuomo approved!

Peter Corda

Love Tissue Tigers! One of their best B-Sides. Awesome mix Vic!

Matt M.

Awesome, thanks DJ VB. Very late to the XTC game and only familiar with a few of the albums. Mostly Drums and Wires and English Settlement. Reel by Reel has some great guitar playing.