
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

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

Brant Bjork - Europe ’16 album review
By Julian Marszalek published
A live primer for novices, and a reaffirmation for the faithful

Goat at 02 Academy Brixton, London - live review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedGoat, The Moonlandingz, and Jane Weaver wig out in Brixton

Raw Power Festival at The Dome and Boston Music Room, London - live review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedTomaga, Sly & The Family Drone, Dead Neanderthals, Evil Blizzard, The Cosmic Dead, Shitwife, K-X-P, Loop and White Hills break down the barriers at Raw Power

Chris Jagger - All The Best album review
By Julian Marszalek published
A retrospective collection from the lesser-known Jagger

Iron & Wine - Beast Epic album review
By Julian Marszalek published
The circle is complete with a back-to-basics return

Mark Lanegan at Koko Camden, London - live review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedWe left our heart in dark Mark’s disco

The Isley Brothers & Santana - Power Of Peace album review
By Julian Marszalek published
A new millennium love-in

John Otway And The Big Band - Montserrat album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Cult figure aims high and hits low once again

Pete Fij / Terry Bickers - We Are Millionaires album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Former Creation pair lament late into the night

Moon Duo at Heaven, London - Live Review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedPsychedelicists blast off and forge their own identity

Can - The Singles album review
By Julian Marszalek published
A career-spanning overview of the Krautrock pioneers

Papa Roach - Crooked Teeth album review
By Julian Marszalek published
It’s like the past 17 years never happened

Thurston Moore - Rock N Roll Consciousness album review
By Julian Marszalek published
The Sonic Youth guitarist’s busman’s holiday continues

Mark Lanegan Band - Gargoyle album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Electro-blues for the twilight hours

Manuel Gottsching at the Barbican, London - live review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedFormer Ash Ra Tempel guitarist brings a concert of two halves to the Barbican

The Lucid Dream at The Victoria, London - live review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedCarlisle-based proggers cast impressive shapes in London
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