Latest articles by Julian Marszalek
“His carefree aesthetic is wonderfully captured’”: Kevin Ayers’ Shooting At The Moon
Canterbury icon’s erratic second album, on vinyl for the first time, shines with the contributions of Mike Oldfield and Lol Coxhill
“Such a foundational thing”: Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood hails The Edgar Winter Group
1973 hit single was a key moment in the singer-guitarist’s musical history
"If we’d kept things together and stopped arguing, we could have all been multi-millionaires!" The story of Hawkwind's most prog-friendly album, Warrior On The Edge Of Time
Bruised and battle-weary after a punishing live schedule, in 1975 Hawkwind weren’t in the best place ahead of recording their fifth studio LP. But what emerged was a stunning tour de force of science fantasy-inspired progressive space rock
“I’m proud of Rush but I’ve moved on”: Alex Lifeson loves bringing solos to Envy of None
The dark prog-pop band’s second album Stygian Wavs is confirmation they’re a band in their own right, even if they quickly abandoned attempts to work together in the same room
Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII shines new light on a counterculture classic
Once the preserve of late-night viewings, Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii now comes striding into the daylight
Hawkwind’s Dave Brock is against AI. He’s also against the prevalence of legalised drugs
Even though a lost account password threatened production, 2023 concept album The Future Never Waits is a death-to-life analysis of why humans keep corrupting everything
Tangerine Dream’s 50th anniversary edition of Phaedra shines new light on its brilliance
Six-disc box set, including their UK debut concert and Steven Wilson remixes, shines new light on the creation of an electronic landmark
What happened when The Struts’ Luke Spiller worked with Mike Oldfield
Luke Spiller and Mike Oldfield collaborated on 2014 album Man On The Rocks, giving the Struts singer a new appreciation for the Tubular Bells mastermind
What do Syd Barrett and Robert Fripp have to do with Britpop? See Blur’s Modern Life Is Rubbish
Okay, it’s not all-out prog – but the band’s second record contains the spirit of the genre, with its English eccentricities, non-linear approach to playing and rule-breaking flair
Wendy James fell in love with an Iron Butterfly song she’d never be drunk enough to write
Won over by the psych-prog outfit, ex Transvision Vamp singer used a clip from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in one of her own songs
Even though Kate Bush refused to produce Gavin Friday’s Virgin Prunes, he still loves her
Composer, actor and painter explains why her work is high art in the style of influential writer James Joyce
Hawkwind’s Live At The Royal Albert Hall is much more than just another live album
Triple-disc set captures the space rock veterans’ sonic destruction at celebratory event, which shows how well their latest music sits with their early work – and inspires thoughts of music yet to come
Gary Marx co-founded the Sister Of Mercy: Now he's a Slade-worshipping, Bowie-loving glam rocker
Co-founder of Sisters Of Mercy and Ghost Dance, influential goth guitarist Gary Marx has returned to his glam roots
Ruts DC drummer David Ruffy explains why Edgar Broughton Band are his prog heroes
He hails their punk ethic, their experiments with electronica, and their way of writing songs about real people
The Clash used the musical language of prog to make the statement that is Combat Rock
Even as they began spiralling out of control, the cut-down double album delivered 46 minutes of creativity, complexity and power
Every album by The Cramps ranked from worst to best
Celebrating the finest in American trash and kitsch culture, The Cramps played rock'n'roll at its delinquent, b-movie best
The long wait for a new Lone Justice album may not have been worth it
An album of covers makes for underwhelming return for LA country rockers Lone Justice
When David Blackwell of The Lovely Eggs played with half of Can
Psych-punk drummer says his duo took inspiration from the krautrock pioneers’ ability to twist pop ditties into heavy drone experiments
Fantastic Negrito's raw and confessional Son Of A Broken Man is his best work yet
Heavy riffing collides with funk and soul for an extraordinary confessional
Why Public Service Broadcasting made an album about air pioneer Amelia Earhart
She went missing in 1937 during an attempt to fly round the world – now J Willgoose, Esq has used the material she left behind to bring her story back to life
”Raw and confessional”: Pure Reason Revolution’s Coming Up To Consciousness
Sixth album examines our final destination and demonstrates there’s no rule book for grieving
How U.K. became Witherfall guitarist Jake Dreyer’s prog heroes
Astonished by the world of Allan Holdsworth and Bill Bruford in particular, he’s happy to explain how you’ll hear the supergroup in his own band’s material
P.O.D.’s Marcos Curiel used Radiohead to survive working in a goth retail store
Guitarist explains his love for Thom Yorke’s band and (almost) everything they’ve ever done
