Julian Marszalek
Julian Marszalek is the former Reviews Editor of The Blues Magazine. He has written about music for Music365, Yahoo! Music, The Quietus, The Guardian, NME and Shindig! among many others. As the Deputy Online News Editor at Xfm he revealed exclusively that Nick Cave’s second novel was on the way. During his two-decade career, he’s interviewed the likes of Keith Richards, Jimmy Page and Ozzy Osbourne, and has been ranted at by John Lydon. He’s also in the select group of music journalists to have actually got on with Lou Reed. Marszalek taught music journalism at Middlesex University and co-ran the genre-fluid Stow Festival in Walthamstow for six years.
Latest articles by Julian Marszalek

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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

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Sixth album examines our final destination and demonstrates there’s no rule book for grieving

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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

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Guitarist explains his love for Thom Yorke’s band and (almost) everything they’ve ever done

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Being prepared and embracing deadlines have never been her strong suits – but when she developed a new approach for Love In Constant Spectacle, she was delighted with the results

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Hard rock band leader explains how Tony MacAlpine influenced him when he wanted to develop his playing and Dream Theater wasn’t doing it for him

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Old forms given new life for the modern age on Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats' fourth album

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Young London modern prog rock trio black midi set out their stall with third album Hellfire

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Psychedelic polymath draws a line under a recent difficult past with a personal form of ritual exorcism

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He new album, produced by PJ Harvey collaborator John Parish, included sessions in a studio where Weaver felt the spirit of Hawkwind upon her

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Stories From Time And Space marks the band’s first offworld work in years, after being mentioned in a book got them thinking of the cosmos again

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Welsh band’s fifth outing illustrates their fierce intelligence and sense of humour as they kept moving forward

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Bassist explains new wave outfit were massive Genesis fans when they started out – and he used to sing the whole of Foxtrot while working as a painter and decorator

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Rap-rock drummer loved the idea of a band from the same area making it big – and that was before he realised the scale of their ambitions

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Katharine Blake of Mediæval Bæbes and Michael J York Coil return with a cerebrally challenging and creepy collection that rewards the effort put into listening

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Drummer appreciated krautrock heroes from his early days, along with King Crimson, ELP and others

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Even superstars have to begin somewhere – and for the young David Bowie it was with a string of flop 1960s singles and a bizarre appearance on the BBC

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The guitarist most associated with Daevid Allen’s band believes they launched a second wave of psychedelia with their 70s albums Flying Teapot, Angel’s Egg and You

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Van der Graaf Generator lynchpin cites pop star’s motivation behind his new versions of In A Foreign Town and Out Of Water

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After chart success as Sub Sub, the Mancunian trio transformed themselves into a defiant but optimistic guitar-driven band

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An early onslaught in the US finds The Jimi Hendrix Experience establishing their credentials on Hollywood Bowl August 67

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Steven Wilson adds an understated sheen to an album that’s weathered the decades well

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How David Bowie became Ziggy Stardust and turned rock’n’roll on its head

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Fresh from remixing a number of prog classics, production ace Stephen W Tayler takes centre stage with a new solo album and DVD that encompasses visuals as well as sound.
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