Latest articles by Julian Marszalek
“Embracing the new eclecticism, they wove together a variety of threads to prove that heavy topics don’t need to be heavy-handed”: Super Furry Animals’ Rings Around The World bears all the hallmarks of a prog album
Welsh band’s fifth outing illustrates their fierce intelligence and sense of humour as they kept moving forward
“Our music teacher would belt us if we didn’t know all the musical signs and notes. She used to play Mussorgsky… so I love ELP’s version of Pictures At An Exhibition”: Simple Minds’ Derek Forbes names his prog heroes
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
“It feels passionate, like it comes from the gut up. Everything is just so epic… I got goosebumps the first time I saw them perform”: Oxymorrons’ Matty Mayz watched Coheed And Cambria blow up
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
“Is it a strange fusion that manifests and reveals itself with repeated listens? The result is the kind of weirdness that ran through the works of HP Lovecraft”: The Witching Tale’s What Magic Is This?
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
“They sort of jiggled around for a while until someone found something and took hold of it and the rest went, ‘Great!’” The Cure co-founder Lol Tolhurst’s love for Can
Drummer appreciated krautrock heroes from his early days, along with King Crimson, ELP and others
“He wasn’t taken seriously on the London scene because he was into mime and he wasn’t a total hippy”: the turbulent story of David Bowie’s early years
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
“When we started, it wasn’t necessarily going to be a trilogy… I like the fact that each one is a bit different. To this day that’s the best band I’ve ever been in”: Steve Hillage on Gong’s Radio Gnome Invisible era
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
“Am I Prog’s Taylor Swift? That’s a debate that could run and run”: why Peter Hammill re-recorded his Enigma-era albums
Van der Graaf Generator lynchpin cites pop star’s motivation behind his new versions of In A Foreign Town and Out Of Water
“An album that refuses to wallow in self-pity… Having gained their musical chops in the dance arena, they wisely apply those dynamics to their newfound idiom”: The prog heart of Doves’ Lost Souls
After chart success as Sub Sub, the Mancunian trio transformed themselves into a defiant but optimistic guitar-driven band
"The sheer firepower of the Jimi Hendrix Experience is palpable throughout." The Jimi Hendrix Experience's Live At The Hollywood Bowl, August 18, 1967
An early onslaught in the US finds The Jimi Hendrix Experience establishing their credentials on Hollywood Bowl August 67
“Their best work under the banner has always been the result of collaboration rather than dictatorship”: King Crimson’s 50th anniversary version of Larks’ Tongues In Aspic
Steven Wilson adds an understated sheen to an album that’s weathered the decades well
“I wanted to define the archetype messiah rock star. That’s all I wanted to do”: the epic oral history of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust album
How David Bowie became Ziggy Stardust and turned rock’n’roll on its head
"I’ve been lucky to work with some really decent people who have come back for more." Stephen W Tayler's fascinating life in music
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.
“The way things are going, maybe psychedelics could be a good thing. It’s a doom-laden world at the moment.” Hawkwind's Dave Brock calls it as he sees it
Hawkwind's thirty third studio album, 2021's Somnia, was a concept album inspired by sleep
Has Steven Wilson's remix of Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time become the definitive version?
Steven Wilson's version of Hawkwind's Warrior On The Edge Of Time gets a vinyl release. Can we let him have a go at Hall Of The Mountain Grill too?
From underground trailblazing to commercial success: Ultravox's Quartet saw George Martin take them further into the mainstream – but at what cost?
Ultravox – Quartet (Deluxe Edition): Steven Wilson burnishes art-poppers’ watershed 1982 album
The Lemon Twigs have backed The Zombies and played with Todd Rundgren: they also drive each other crazy
Brothers in a band often spells trouble, but Baroque/power-poppers The Lemon Twigs have found the secret of happily co-existence
“David Bowie’s Lodger was supposed to be called Planned Accidents… I was the accident!” Adrian Belew on being poached from Frank Zappa’s band
King Crimson and Talking Heads veteran recalls having to record for Bowie without hearing the songs first
By the time you read this, King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard will probably have released another album
With 24 albums in just over a decade – and five last year alone – are King Gizzard challenging their fans to process too much music? "I think we are primarily challenging ourselves,” says Stu MacKenzie
Jean-Michel Jarre's Oxymore: an album that asks more questions than it offers answers
Oxymore: team-up project between Jean-Michel Jarre and the late Pierre Henry offers mixed results
Another Motorhead album celebrates its 40th birthday, and it's quite the party
Three Amigos’ farewell sumptuously re-packaged with added demos, booklet and essential previously unreleased live set
The Godfathers have just released their best album in more than three decades
Reinvigorated rock’n’rollers The Godfathers make an offer you can’t refuse on Alpha Beta Gamma Delta
Osees have mutated again and this time it's explosive punk rock
Album of high velocity punk from Californian name-changers Osees obliterates all before it
