
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

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - One More Time With Feeling review
By Julian Marszalek published
An intimate contemplation on bereavement and loss

The Feelies - In Between album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Like a fine wine, the New Jersey indie-rock pioneers get better with age

Jim Jones And The Righteous Mind, live in London
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedThe Righteous Mind scratch that Jonesin’ itch

Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now album review
By Julian Marszalek published
The downside of 21st-century living is put through the grinder

The Feelies - In Between album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Like a fine wine, the New Jersey indie-rock pioneers get better with age

Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now album review
By Julian Marszalek published
The downside of 21st-century living is put through the grinder

Moon Duo - Occult Architecture Vol. 1 album review
By Julian Marszalek published
They’ve got a fuzz box and they’re gonna use it

James Leg - Blood On The Keys album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Blues dragged kicking and screaming by the Leg

The Brian Jonestown Massacre - Third World Pyramid album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Psychedelic overlords show no signs of coming down

65daysofstatic, live in London
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedPost-rock whizzkids head to Islington's Assembly Hall

Magic Mushroom Band - Pictures In My Mind: 1984-1994 reissue album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Ersatz space rockers compiled

Gringo Star - The Sides And In Between album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Retro rock with a beat fetish

Elephant Stone - Ship Of Fools album review
By Julian Marszalek published
What the world is waiting for or fool’s gold?

Jambinai live in London - review
By Julian Marszalek published
Not yet ratedSouth Korean trio Jambinai seriously impress the crowds in London

The Levellers - Levelling The Land: 25th Anniversary Edition album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Hot on the heels of the 2011 box set edition

Kings Of Leon - Walls album review
By Julian Marszalek published
The arena-fillers play it safe

Pixies - Head Carrier album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Haters gonna hate, but the band blows up a storm.

The Mission - Another Fall From Grace album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Party like it’s 1986.

The Spitfires - A Thousand Times album review
By Julian Marszalek published
The Watford mod-wannabes aren't so much meat’n’potatoes as cabbage boiled to death

The Lucid Dream - Compulsion Songs album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Carlisle space cadets offer psychedelic rock for the 21st-century

Cherry Grind - Room With A View album review
By Julian Marszalek published
Party like it’s 1975.

Andre Williams: I Wanna Go Back To Detroit City (Bloodshot Records)
By Julian Marszalek published
The Motor City is smoulderin’…
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