
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

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

James Williamson & Deniz Tek's Two To One: timeless, old-school rock'n'roll
By Julian Marszalek published
Veteran pioneers crank it up as a Stooge James Williamson and Birdman Deniz Tek combine forces on Two To One

The truth behind the Mark Lanegan and Liam Gallagher feud
By Julian Marszalek published
Revelations about Liam Gallagher in Mark Lanegan's new book have prompted an escalating Twitter spat - here's what really happened

The Rolling Stones: Let It Bleed 50th Anniversary Edition album review
By Julian Marszalek published
The Rolling Stones’ 60s high-water mark Let It Bleed, now in a multi-format package with extras

65daysofstatic - replicr, 2019 album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedSheffield quartet deliver the soundtrack of the shape of things to come...

Moon Duo at XOYO, London - live review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedFar-out duo beam into east London

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats - Vol. 1 album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Doom metallers’ earliest material rises from the grave

Leon Russell - On A Distant Shore album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Over-produced swansong by the celebrated and prolific songwriter

Oh Sees - Orc album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Lysergic emanations from behind the garage door

The KVB at Oslo, London - live review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedDarkness shrouds London as the KVB perform at this Hackney hotspot
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