Latest articles by Paul Lester
Interview: Marillion's Steve Hogarth on being punk and replacing Fish
We speak to Marillion frontman Steve Hogarth as F.E.A.R. (Fuck Everyone And Run), the angriest and most politically charged album they've ever recorded, is released
Meat Loaf: “I'm not afraid of anybody!”
With a new album out soon, the larger-than-life Meat Loaf talks about Bat Out Of Hell, bad health, “dumb people” and getting back with songwriter/producer Jim Steinman
The rise and rise of Marillion – the band that refuses to die
They’ve made it through drink, drugs and the departure of Derek Dick. Now, with the release of new album F.E.A.R., Marillion share their survival secrets
Whiskey Myers - Mud album review
Fourth album from these Texan good ol’ (actually, quite young) boys
Supersonic Blues Machine head to Norway for Notodden Blues Festival
A collection of top-drawer guitarists buddy up to form a six-string supergroup, Supersonic Blues Machine, and it’s more than just mutual back-slapping.
Pavlov's Dog live review - The Underworld, London
Not yet ratedCult 70s proggers come to Camden.
Dream The Electric Sleep - Beneath The Dark Wide Sky album review
Not yet ratedBlackouts and revelations from the Kentucky post-proggers Dream The Electric Sleep
Necro Deathmort - The Capsule album review
Not yet ratedLondon duo Necro Deathmort give it loads of ominous electronica
Tau - Tau Tau Tau album review
Not yet ratedFormer Dead Skeleton channels Bowie’s death in the desert
What's the Mercury Prize's problem with rock?
Another year, another Mercury Prize nominations list, another round of moans from rock fans complaining that their music isn’t represented
Alien Sex Fiend - Classic Albums Volume 2 album review
Goth-electro pioneers from the Batcave and beyond reissue their classic albums
Emerson Lake & Palmer - Reissues Anthology album review
Prog overlords issue expanded versions of first three albums, alongside a new compilation
Why The Struts are the rock'n'roll band Britain needs
Not yet ratedWhat happened when glam-pop rock’n’rollers The Struts came, saw and conquered at Camden's legendary Dingwalls venue
Radiohead live review - The Roundhouse, London
Not yet ratedRadiohead return to London for the first time since 2012.
They specialised in music you couldn't dance to, but how prog were Pavlov's Dog?
Some hailed them as America’s first prog band, they played with members of King Crimson and influenced generations of prog bands... But just how prog were Pavlov's Dog?
Ryley Walker - Golden Sings That Have Been Sung album review
Not yet ratedThird album from acclaimed US jazz-folkie Ryley Walker.
Corbu - Crayon Soul album review
Not yet ratedCorbu's electronic psych-pop produced by Dave Fridmann.
He reinvented rock guitar, now Jeff Beck's back with a new album, group and tour
New band. New album. New book. New tour. Musical chameleon Jeff Beck is back with new album Loud Hailer, and he's not showing any sign of letting up
Ramones - Ramones album review
Forty years on, the landmark of US punk minimalism gets the full-blown deluxe treatment.
The Monkees - Good Times! album review
First album for 20 years from PreFab Four’s surviving trio.
