XTC live with Tom Morley (Scritti Politti) and Kathleen Hiraga

The first episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast of 2026 includes not one but two interviews.

 

The first is with photographer Kathleen Hiraga, who took pictures of XTC at Hurrah! in New York City on 16 January 1980 – a gig that wound its way onto The Rhythm bootleg album. On her website, she is selling copies of her favourite images.

 

The second is with Tom Morley, the original drummer of Scritti Politti, who, along with his bandmates, Green Gartside and Nial Jinks, was a regular at XTC’s gigs at the Rochester Castle in London in 1977, even before they were signed.

 

What Do You Call that Noise? The XTC Podcast is sponsored by Burning Shed, the online home for all XTC CD, vinyl and official merchandise.

 

Music courtesy of Jean-Paul Vest and Last Charge of the Light Horse

 

Kathleen Hiraga

 

Tom Morley

 

What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book available from www.xtclimelight.com

 

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