Latest articles by Julian Marszalek
Dan Hawkins hates how The Darkness treated Ian Anderson
Guitarist says one of the worst days of his life came when a song featuring the Jethro Tull leader was dropped from their 2012 comeback album
Brian Eno and Beatie Wolfe’s Luminal and Lateral are a double victory
Stunning collaboration yields two albums that are different – while also, somehow, the same
What’s left for The Mighty Hawkwind to achieve? They have a few ideas
56 years and 37 studio albums in, Dave Brock’s band remain determined to push boundaries, harnessing new tech and new ideas while staying true to their focus on powerpacked live performances
Why Split Dogs could be the new/old sound of punk to come
Punk’n’rollers Split Dogs bust out of their West Country origins to show that they’re best in breed
“His carefree aesthetic is wonderfully captured’”: Kevin Ayers’ Shooting At The Moon
Canterbury icon’s erratic second album, on vinyl for the first time, shines with the contributions of Mike Oldfield and Lol Coxhill
“Such a foundational thing”: Drive-By Truckers’ Patterson Hood hails The Edgar Winter Group
1973 hit single was a key moment in the singer-guitarist’s musical history
"If we’d kept things together and stopped arguing, we could have all been multi-millionaires!" The story of Hawkwind's most prog-friendly album, Warrior On The Edge Of Time
Bruised and battle-weary after a punishing live schedule, in 1975 Hawkwind weren’t in the best place ahead of recording their fifth studio LP. But what emerged was a stunning tour de force of science fantasy-inspired progressive space rock
“I’m proud of Rush but I’ve moved on”: Alex Lifeson loves bringing solos to Envy of None
The dark prog-pop band’s second album Stygian Wavs is confirmation they’re a band in their own right, even if they quickly abandoned attempts to work together in the same room
Pink Floyd At Pompeii – MCMLXXII shines new light on a counterculture classic
Once the preserve of late-night viewings, Pink Floyd's Live at Pompeii now comes striding into the daylight
Hawkwind’s Dave Brock is against AI. He’s also against the prevalence of legalised drugs
Even though a lost account password threatened production, 2023 concept album The Future Never Waits is a death-to-life analysis of why humans keep corrupting everything
Tangerine Dream’s 50th anniversary edition of Phaedra shines new light on its brilliance
Six-disc box set, including their UK debut concert and Steven Wilson remixes, shines new light on the creation of an electronic landmark
What happened when The Struts’ Luke Spiller worked with Mike Oldfield
Luke Spiller and Mike Oldfield collaborated on 2014 album Man On The Rocks, giving the Struts singer a new appreciation for the Tubular Bells mastermind
What do Syd Barrett and Robert Fripp have to do with Britpop? See Blur’s Modern Life Is Rubbish
Okay, it’s not all-out prog – but the band’s second record contains the spirit of the genre, with its English eccentricities, non-linear approach to playing and rule-breaking flair
Wendy James fell in love with an Iron Butterfly song she’d never be drunk enough to write
Won over by the psych-prog outfit, ex Transvision Vamp singer used a clip from In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida in one of her own songs
Even though Kate Bush refused to produce Gavin Friday’s Virgin Prunes, he still loves her
Composer, actor and painter explains why her work is high art in the style of influential writer James Joyce
Hawkwind’s Live At The Royal Albert Hall is much more than just another live album
Triple-disc set captures the space rock veterans’ sonic destruction at celebratory event, which shows how well their latest music sits with their early work – and inspires thoughts of music yet to come
Gary Marx co-founded the Sister Of Mercy: Now he's a Slade-worshipping, Bowie-loving glam rocker
Co-founder of Sisters Of Mercy and Ghost Dance, influential goth guitarist Gary Marx has returned to his glam roots
Ruts DC drummer David Ruffy explains why Edgar Broughton Band are his prog heroes
He hails their punk ethic, their experiments with electronica, and their way of writing songs about real people
The Clash used the musical language of prog to make the statement that is Combat Rock
Even as they began spiralling out of control, the cut-down double album delivered 46 minutes of creativity, complexity and power
Every album by The Cramps ranked from worst to best
Celebrating the finest in American trash and kitsch culture, The Cramps played rock'n'roll at its delinquent, b-movie best
The long wait for a new Lone Justice album may not have been worth it
An album of covers makes for underwhelming return for LA country rockers Lone Justice
When David Blackwell of The Lovely Eggs played with half of Can
Psych-punk drummer says his duo took inspiration from the krautrock pioneers’ ability to twist pop ditties into heavy drone experiments
Fantastic Negrito's raw and confessional Son Of A Broken Man is his best work yet
Heavy riffing collides with funk and soul for an extraordinary confessional
