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News

Jul 21, 2022

British singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock has announced the release of a new album, SHUFFLEMANIA!, which will be out on October 21 via Tiny Ghost. Hitchcock has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “The Shuffle Man.” More

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Robyn Hitchcock Due Out April 21 via Yep Roc

Feb 24, 2017

Longtime British singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock is releasing a new self-titled album on April 21 via Yep Roc. Previously he had shared the album’s first single, “I Want to Tell You About What I Want.” More

Feb 02, 2017

Longtime British singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock has announced a new album and shared its first single. It’s a self-titled affair and the first single is entitled “I Want to Tell You About What I Want.” Robyn Hitchcock is his 21st studio album, but his first self-titled one. More



Interviews

16th Annual Artist Survey: Robyn Hitchcock

Hitchcock on Democratic Socialism, Kanye West and Trump, Family Vacations, and the Title of His Autobiography

Jan 21, 2019

For Under the Radar‘s 16th Annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to the last year, plus some fun personal questions. More

2016 Artist Survey: Robyn Hitchcock

Hitchcock on Trump, Artificial Intelligence, Scary Movies, Brexit, and Stranger Things

Feb 21, 2017

For Under the Radar‘s 14th annual Artist Survey we emailed some of our favorite artists a few questions relating to 2016. We asked them about their favorite albums of the year and their thoughts on various notable 2016 news stories involving either the music industry or world events, as well as some quirkier personal questions. Here are some answers from Robyn Hitchcock. More

Robyn Hitchcock

A Career in Song

Jun 23, 2009

In his more than 30 years of writing and recording—with The Soft Boys, The Egyptians, solo, and now The Venus 3—Robyn Hitchcock has firmly established himself within the pantheon of great English songwriters, dating back to the eccentric master himself, Syd Barrett. Hitchcock’s latest album, Goodnight Oslo, is his second with his Venus 3 band of Peter Buck (R.E.M.) on guitar, Scott McCaughey (Minus 5, Young Fresh Fellows) on bass, and Bill Rieflin (Ministry) on drums, and the album clearly demonstrates the rapport the musicians have established since 2006’s Olé Tarantula. More


Reviews

Apr 08, 2016

This evening Mr. Hitchcock played not a single one of my (many) favorite songs of his. It did not matter in the slightest. The gig was excellent. Possibly even because of this, in that the way the set developed and unfolded kept one in a constant state of wonder and appreciation. More

Aug 22, 2014

“Yet another elegiac record. It’s reminiscent of I Often Dream of Trains,” Robyn Hitchcock has said of The Man Upstairs, his 20th proper full-length as a solo artist.