
Joe Banks
Joe is a regular contributor to Prog. He also writes for Electronic Sound, The Quietus, and Shindig!, specialising in leftfield psych/prog/rock, retro futurism, and the underground sounds of the 1970s. His work has also appeared in The Guardian, MOJO, and Rock & Folk. Joe is the author of the acclaimed Hawkwind biographyDays Of The Underground (2020). He’s on Twitter and Facebook, and his website is https://www.daysoftheunderground.com/.
Latest articles by Joe Banks

James Holden & The Animal Spirits - The Animal Spirits album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedRestless album of pagan trance electronica recorded live in a room

The Belbury Circle - Outward Journeys album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedSuperior 80s-style retro futurism from Ghost Box linchpins; John Foxx guests

Siinai - Sykli album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedMeditative, mesmeric Finnish post-rock has us in a spin

Gokcen Kaynatan - Gokçen Kaynatan album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedRetrospective celebration of the founding father of Turkish electronic music

Trojan Horse - Fukushima Surfer Boys album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedSalford prog mavericks bring electronica to the party on third album

Oddfellow’s Casino - Oh, Sealand album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedPastoral psychedelist returns with tales of a nation rent asunder

Gilroy Mere -The Green Line album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedA musical journey into the glory days of public transport

Bark Psychosis - Hex album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedDouble 45rpm vinyl reissue for post-rock classic and nu prog landmark

Ufomammut - 8 album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedSuper dense suite of cosmic metal from Italian power trio Ufomammut

Motorpsycho - The Tower album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedNorwegian legends Motorpsycho rediscover their mojo with expansive double album

Various Artists - Closed Circuits Vol 1 album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedSubversive synth pop and abrasive futurism from Australia's unheralded alternative electronic music scene from the 70s and 80s

Bardspec - Hydrogen album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedDebut album reaches the places other extreme metal side projects cannot

Jean-Jacques Perrey - Jean-Jacques Perrey Et Son Ondioline album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedEarly works from electro-exoticist signpost the future Jean-Jacques

Amplifier - Trippin’ With Dr Faustus album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedAlbum six from Amplifier - technicians of spaceship Manchester - is devilishly good

Can - The Singles album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedCareer-spanning ‘hits’ compilation from Krautrock pioneers

The Bob Lazar Story - Baritonia album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedWhirlwind tour of prog history from New Zealand-based duo

Harvestman - Music For Megaliths album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedPagan drone from Neurosis man channels ancient powers

Dave Brock discusses Hawkwind's new lease of life
By Joe Banks published
Hot on the heels of last year’s Prog Award-nominated The Machine Stops comes a new album from Hawkwind that explores the darker side of nature. We talk to the captain of the ship Dave Brock

Jane Weaver - Modern Kosmology album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedNeo-Kraut space siren returns with most focused and beguiling release yet

Cakewalk - Ishihara album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedStormy third album from elemental Norwegian improv trio

Graeme Miller & Steve Shill - The Moomins album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedElectro-exotic soundtrack to fuzzy felt animation finally gets a real release.

Here Lies Man - Here Lies Man album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedHeavy Afro-psychedelic debut explores the rhythmic possibilities of the riff.

Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs Present English Weather album review
By Joe Banks published
Not yet ratedAutumnal prog collection captures the melancholy mood of the early 70s.
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