
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

“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
By Julian Marszalek published
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
By Julian Marszalek published
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
By Julian Marszalek published
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
By Julian Marszalek published
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
By Julian Marszalek published
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
By Julian Marszalek published
Album of high velocity punk from Californian name-changers Osees obliterates all before it

Black Midi - Hellfire: "a dense and labyrinthine album"
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedTimely missive from the nine circles courtesy of London art-rock headspinners.

Kula Shaker: still stuck in a world of pot, patchouli and letting it all hang out
By Julian Marszalek published
More than 25 years on, 1st Congregational Church Of Eternal Love And Free Hugs finds Kula Shaker moving from ’67 to ’68.

Nad Sylvan: W.B. Yeats, music and me...
By Julian Marszalek published
The Swedish vocalist discusses reworking some of Yeats' famous poetry for his latest solo album Spiritus Mundi

Pure Reason Revolution - Above Cirrus: "a multi-faceted beast"
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedArt-rockers set their sights high on second post-comeback album

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - Night Gnomes: "their best yet!"
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedAustralian space cadets are back with their best album yet.

King Gizzard and The Wizard Lizard cast psychedelic net wide on 20th album
By Julian Marszalek published
Aussie cosmonauts King Gizzard And The Lizard Wizard hit melodious peak with freakouts and chill-outs on Omnium Gatherum

Scarlet Rebels add fun to the art of political dissent on See Through Blue
By Julian Marszalek published
See Through Blue is a convincing album of hook-laden rebel rock from Welsh firebrands Scarlet Rebels

Bill Nelson: A life in music
By Julian Marszalek published
The Be-Bop Deluxe mainman and solo artist in his own right reflects on the highs and lows of his career

Brian Setzer's Gotta Have The Rumble: shooting from the hip with infectious precision
By Julian Marszalek published
Rockabilly rebel Brian Setzer still walks the Stray Cat strut on Gotta Have The Rumble

The Cold Stares' Heavy Shoes: infusing their blues with a dose of rock classicism
By Julian Marszalek published
Heavy-blues duo The Cold Stares tread a new path on fourth album Heavy Shoes

The Yardbirds' Roger The Engineer: an erratic album held together by dazzling brilliance
By Julian Marszalek published
Haphazard album 'Roger The Engineer' shows why The Yardbirds were such a terrific singles band

The Devil In Me finds Suzi Quatro still able to kick out the jams
By Julian Marszalek published
Possessed of the past, treasured pioneer Suzi Quatro rocks into the present on The Devil In Me

Psychedelic Porn Crumpets overwhelm and bamboozle on Shyga! The Sunlight Mound
By Julian Marszalek published
Worlds collide on Psychedelic Porn Crumpets' fourth album Shyga! The Sunlight Mound, in a cornucopia of multi-coloured, high-speed sound

King Crimson's epic 26-CD Complete 1969 Recordings doesn't hold back
By Julian Marszalek published
Mammoth box set charting the creation of prog rock’s alpha moment: King Crimson's In The Court Of The Crimson King

Hawkwind Light Orchestra bleep and whoosh and rage at contemporary society on Carnivorous
By Julian Marszalek published
Truncated space-rock veterans Hawkwind tackle the pandemic on Carnivorous

10 times an artist covered someone else's album, from the fantastic to the foolish
By Julian Marszalek published
It's not always great news when a band covers someone else's album in its entirety, but we're not complaining when the results are this enthralling
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