September 2008
Mojo (UK), Review of Some Bizarre double album compilation featuring a track from Gary Lucas Vs the Dark Poets
August 2008
HITS Magazine, Review of The Du-Tels "Obama" video
Crimes Against Music (New York Times reviewer Ben Sisario's blog), Review of The Du-Tels "Obama" video
July 2008
Mojo (UK), Interview with Gary Lucas on Captain Beefheart (Don Van Vliet)
April 2008
Culturecatch.com, Review of "Beefheart Night at the Knit"
Gothtronic.com, Review of "Gary Lucas Vs. The Dark Poets - Beyond the Pale"
Downtown Music Gallery, Review of "Sounds of the Surreal / Monsters from the Id" DVD
March 2008
Publico (Portugal), Review of festival appearance in Coimbra, Portugal
The Independent (UK), Review of "Gary Lucas Vs. The Dark Poets - Beyond the Pale"
Subba-Cultcha.com, Interview with Gary Lucas
Clash Magazine (UK), Review of Wild Rumpus dance 12" vinyl single "Purple Somersault" featuring Gary and DJ Cosmo
Update (UK), Review of Wild Rumpus dance 12" vinyl single "Purple Somersault" featuring Gary and DJ Cosmo
Toronto Globe and Mail (Canada), Gary Lucas Plays "The Golem" a Top Pick at Canadian Music Week
February 2008
i-DJ Magazine (UK), Review and chart position of Wild Rumpus dance 12" vinyl single "Purple Somersault" featuring Gary and DJ Cosmo
Update (UK), Review of Wild Rumpus dance 12" vinyl single "Purple Somersault" featuring Gary and DJ Cosmo
DJ Magazine (UK), Interview with Colleen Murphy (DJ Cosmo) about working with Gary in Wild Rumpus
BBC website (UK), Review of Wild Rumpus dance 12" vinyl single "Purple Somersault" featuring Gary and DJ Cosmo
January 2008
Chelsea Zine (Argentina), Interview
i-DJ magazine (UK), Review of Wild Rumpus dance 12" vinyl single "Purple Somersault" featuring Gary and DJ Cosmo
December 2007
DMCUpdate.com, Review of Wild Rumpus dance 12" vinyl single 'Purple Somersault' featuring Gary and DJ Cosmo
Amazon.co.uk, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Organ Magazine, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
November 2007
Finger, Interview with Gary about his favorite songs
Sydney Life (Australia), Feature Article on Golem performances in Australia
Performing Musician (UK), Feature Article
October 2007
Montreal Gazette, Review of Gary's Pop Montreal show of "Sounds of the Surreal" and "Monsters from the Id"
McGill Tribune, Preview of Gary's performance at Pop Montreal
Jambands.ca, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
September 2007
Stylus Magazine, Review of Wild Rumpus 12 inch single "Musical Blaze-Up"
August 2007
Signal to Noise Magazine, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
July 2007
ProgBrasil.com, Review of Fast 'n Bulbous album "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind"
June 2007
Time Out New York, Review of Wild Rumpus 12 inch single "Musical Blaze-Up"
Time Out London, Preview of Gary's new electronica project Wild Rumpus live in London
One Week to Live (UK), Review of Wild Rumpus 12 inch single "Musical Blaze-Up"
April 2007
DownBeat, Profile of Gary Lucas
March 2007
Austin Chronicle, Two Reviews of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters live performance at SXSW, read them here and here
CultureCatch.com, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters live performance at SXSW
Top 21, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Scram Magazine, Interview
FAME, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
February 2007
Columbia University Spectator, Interview
Magic (France), Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
East Coast Romper, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
The Wire (UK), Review of Fast 'N Bulbous Live at the London Jazz Festival
Guitarist Magazine (France), See guitar tabs and music for "Skin Diving" from the Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters album "Coming Clean"
January 2007
Rock & Folk (France), Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Variety, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters at the Knitting Factory, Winter Jazzfest
HITS, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Time Out New York, Pick for Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters at the Bowery Poetry Club
The New Yorker, Pick of the Week for Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters at the Bowery Poetry Club
December 2006
blogcritics.org, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Tokafi.com, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Krinein (France), Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
November 2006
Rolling Stone, Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Montreal Gazette, Review and pick in the Best of the Pop Montreal Festival wrap-up for Gary's performance of The Golem, 10/9/06
Uncut (UK), Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Time Out New York, Pick for Gods and Monsters live at CMJ
October 2006
LA Daily News, Interview regarding the new Beefheart reissue cds
Record Collector (UK), Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
Crossroads (France), Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album (Side Salad/Universal); read an English translation here
Live Review of "The Golem" from The Gazette (Montreal)
MOJO (UK), Review of Gary Lucas & Gods and Monsters "Coming Clean" album
September 2006
Live Review from Brabants Dagblad (Netherlands)
Nucleus, Interview
The Sunday Times (UK), Review of "Coming Clean"
Village Voice, Live Rave
August 2006
MOJO (UK), Interview
Uncut (UK), Interview
May 2006
Salzburger Nachricten (Austrian daily newspaper), Article about the Austrian Cultural Forum NYC "Moving Patterns" concert of 4/28/06
April 2006
Burlington Free Press, Review of live performance of "The Golem"
Relix, Gary featured in Frank Zappa article
Hard Rock Cafe 2005 Annual, Fast 'N Bulbous featured in Hello section
Gary's Golem show a pick, and featured in the movie section of Seven Days, Burlington, Vermont
Guy's Music Review Site, Review of "Skeleton at the Feast" and "Gods and Monsters"
Answers.com, Review of Gary's classic solo acoustic album "Evangeline"
March 2006
Richmond Times Dispatch, Preview of Gary's shows at the James River Film Festival
January 2006
The Newark Star Ledger, Gary receives raves for his "Nebraska" tribute to the Boss
Foto-Site.ru, Review of Gary's recent concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg (in Russian)
The New York Times, Feature Article on the New York Guitar Festival
The New York Times, Gary picked in Article on the New York Guitar Festival
December 2005
Australian Guitar magazine, Article and interview
November 2005
The Wire magazine, Gary featured in article on cover versions by David Stubbs
October 2005
LVZ (Germany), Review of "The Universe of Absence" - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
Oro Molido (Portugal), Review of Fast 'N Bulbous at Jazz Em Agosto, 8/13/05, Lisbon, Portugal
The Village Voice, Gods and Monsters live pick
The New Yorker, Gods and Monsters live pick
September 2005
Neue Westfalische (Germany), Live Review of Gary Lucas and Jozef van Wissem
August 2005
ZVUKI.RU, Review of Russian concerts
Portugal Travel Guide, Pick for Gary's show in Portugal
Jazzword.com, Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
Valleyscene.com, Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
Onefinalnote.com, Review of "The Universe of Absence" - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
July 2005
New Haven Advocate, Feature Article
Rolling Stone (Russia), Feature on Gary's Russian Tour
PLAY magazine (Russia), Feature on Gary's Russian Tour
The Wire (UK), Review of The Magic Band, "21st Century Mirror Men" (Proper Records)
June 2005
bbc.co.uk, Review of The Magic Band in Liverpool
Tomajazz (Spain), Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project (in Spanish)
Kathodik (Italy), Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
Pepper Zone (France), Review of "Street of Lost Brothers"
Downbeat, Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
April 2005
Toledo City Paper, Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
DownBeat, Review of "The Universe of Absence" - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
March 2005
The Georgia Straight (Canada), Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
Mojo (UK), Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
February 2005
The Village Voice, Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
Chicago Sun-Times, Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
January 2005
Junkmedia.org, Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
Rolling Stone, Review of "Pork Chop Blue Around the Rind" - Fast 'N' Bulbous: The Captain Beefheart Project
Newsday (NYC), Gary Lucas on Hendrix and Guitar Face
Gonzo Magazine (Belgium), Review of "The Universe of Absence" - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
December 2004
Aloha (Holland), Article about Gary Lucas working with Captain Beefheart
Westzeit (Germany), Review of "The Universe of Absence" - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
Heaven (Holland), Review of "The Universe of Absence" - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
Noordhollands Dagblad (Holland), Review of "The Universe of Absence" - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
October 2004
The London News Review, Review of "@Paradiso"
September 2004
The New York Times, Review of "Plan B", a theater-dance piece featuring music by Gary Lucas
Het Parool (Netherlands), Review of "The Universe of Absence" - Gary Lucas and Jozef Van Wissem
August 2004
The International Examiner, Review of The Edge of Heaven
July 2004
The New York Times, Feature Article on the Guitar Face Competition (Gary Lucas is a Judge), 7/22/04
CNN.com, Feature Article on the Guitar Face Competition (Gary Lucas is a Judge)
Q Magazine (UK), Review of The Magic Band at the Glastonbury Festival, 6/25/04
May 2004
NewMusicBox, Gary Lucas picks his top five "outside the industry" music favorites
April 2004
The St. Petersburg Times, article on the SKIF Festival featuring Gary Lucas Also, see a scan of the article here
March 2004
Bodyspace website, Interview (in Spanish) to commemorate Gary's recent highly successful Spanish solo acoustic tour
Downbeat, Review of "Back to the Front" (The Magic Band) and "The Edge of Heaven"
February 2004
Gara (Spain), Review of live solo acoustic Bilbao show, 2/11/04, Palacio Euskalduna
November 2003
LA Times, Review of The Magic Band live at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival, Nov. 2003
October 2003
Magnet, Feature Article on Captain Beefheart & The Magic Band
September 2003
Live Review by Guardian writer John L. Walters
July 2003
All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), Review of "Back to the Front" (The Magic Band)
All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), Review of "Operators Are Standing By"
All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), Review of "Diplopia" (Gary Lucas & Jozef Van Wissem)
All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), Review of "Skeleton at the Feast"
May 2003
The Wall Street Journal, Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
Global Rhythm, Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
Los Angeles Times, Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
April 2003
The Times UK, Live Review of The Magic Band
February 2003
Amazon.com Customer Review of "Operators Are Standing By"
Macau Daily News, Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
Amazon.com Customer Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
The New Zealand Herald, Review of "Songs to No One 1991-1992"
January 2003
RollingStone.com, Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
Los Angeles Daily News, U-Entertainment Section, Interview and Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
All Music Guide (www.allmusic.com), Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
August 2002
Het Parool (National Dutch Newspaper) Front Page Review of "The Edge Of Heaven" and older work (in Dutch)
June 2002
Hong Kong Music Bi-Weekly, Interview and Review of "The Edge of Heaven"
May 2002
Trouw, Interview and Review of "The Edge of Heaven" (in Dutch)
March 2002
Jazzbreak.com, Review of March 25th show in Marseilles, France (in French)
Folk Roots (fRoots) Review
February 2002
Variety Beefheart Project Review
Mojo (UK) CD Review
Rock And Folk (France) CD Review
January 2002
MusicDish.com, Review of "Improve The Shining Hour-Rare Lumière 1980-2000"
Improjazz (Belgium) Gig Review
Village Voice New York Gig Review
Time Out New York Gig Review
Mojo UK CD Review
Muzikman CD Review
December 2001
suzode.de Website, Live Review
The Event Guide (Dublin), Live Review
The Guardian (UK), Peter Stampfel on Gary Lucas
The Guardian (UK), Feature Article
November 2001
Liberation (France), Review of "The Edge of Heaven" (in French)
April 2001
The Berkshire Eagle, Concert Review, Gary Lucas (Club Helsinki, 4/20/01)
The Berkshire Eagle, Feature Article
January 2001
The Guardian (UK), Concert Review, Gary Lucas (The Borderline, London, 1/2001)
Jazz Corner Web Site, Review of "Street of Lost Brothers"
International Herald Tribune, Feature Article
Billboard, Gary Lucas featured in the "Declaration of Independents" column
All About Jazz, Review of "Improve the Shining Hour" (in Italian)
Wire (UK), Gary Lucas' Pros and Cons of 2000
Oui Rock, Review of "Street of Lost Brothers" (in French)
Guitar World, Review of "Street of Lost Brothers"
December 2000
Folk Roots (UK), "Review of Level the Playing Field" and "Street of Lost Brothers"
The Berkshire Eagle, "Improve the Shining Hour" in the Top 10 of 2000
Berkshires Week, Review of "Street of Lost Brothers"
Jewish Week, Review of "Street of Lost Brothers"
Uncut (UK), Review of "Level the Playing Field"
November 2000
Motion Web Site, Review of "Level the Playing Field"
Rock & Folk (France), Review of "Level the Playing Field"
The Village Voice, Review of Live Performance
Time Out New York, Pick for Live Performance
October 2000
Amazon.com, Review of "Street of Lost Brothers"
August 2000
Magic! (France), Review of "Improve the Shining Hour"
Les Inrockuptibles, Review of "Improve the Shining Hour"
fnac.com, 'Portrait' of Gary Lucas (in French)
July 2000
Folk Roots, Review of "Improve the Shining Hour"
NewMusicBox, "1st Person" Feature Article and Interview by Frank J. Oteri
Berkshires Week, Review of "Improve the Shining Hour" and Overview
Berkshires Week, Review of "The Golem" Live Solo Performance
June 2000
The Wire, Review of "Improve the Shining Hour"
Guitar.com, Feature Article and Interview
Tower Pulse!, Review of "Improve the Shining Hour"
May 2000
OOR, Review of "Improve the Shining Hour"
Volkskrant, Review of Gods and Monsters live performance
January 2000
Knitting Factory Article/Interview
August 1999
Alternative Press, Review of "@Paradiso"
July 1999
The Boston Phoenix, Review of "@Paradiso"
June 1999
The Captain Beefheart Radar Station (website), Review of "@Paradiso"
Guitar Magazine, Review of "@Paradiso"
The Riverfront Times (St. Louis), Feature Article
March 1999
Der Tagespiegel, Review of "The Golem" (solo)
NWZ (Germany), Review of Live Performance
February 1999
LeisureSuit.net, Feature Article and Interview
December 1998
Village Voice, Review of 10th Anniversary Show
November 1998
Klezmershack Review of "Busy Being Born"
October 1998
Kronenzeitung (Austria), Review of Live Performance
August 1998
Boston Phoenix, Review of "Busy Being Born"
July 1998
Hi Fi Mundo, Feature Article including Reviews
JAMtv Jacked!, Feature Article on Jeff Buckley, includes interview with Gary Lucas
June 1998
Hits, Interview
The Wire (UK), Feature Article
May 1998
Les Inrockuptibles (France), Interview: Working with Jeff Buckley
Les Inrockuptibles (France), Feature Article
April 1998
Billboard Magazine, Review of "Busy Being Born"
February 1998
Alternative Press, Review of "Evangeline"
Tone Clusters, Review of "Evangeline"
January 1998
Vintage Guitar, Review of "Evangeline"
Schwabisches Tagblatt (Tubingen, Germany), Live Review
Tageszeitung (Bremen, Germany), Live Review
Nachrichten (Wels, Austria), Live Review
December 1997
Rolling Stone, "Evangeline" -- Best of the Year
July 1997
Billboard Magazine, Review of "Evangeline"
April 1997
Guitar Player Magazine, Review of "Evangeline"
Stereoplay (Germany), Review of "Evangeline"
March 1997
Mojo Magazine (UK), Review of "Evangeline"
The Trouser Press Guide to 90s Rock, Feature Article
February 1997
Washington Jewish Week, Feature Article
January 1997
Toronto Now Magazine, Review of "Evangeline"
November 1996
Notes Magazine (Germany), Review of "Evangeline"
October 1996
Denni Telegraf (Prague), Live Review of "Urfaust & Gary Lucas"
July 1996
Denni Telegraf (Prague), Live Review of "The Golem"
May 1996
Toronto Now Magazine, Gary Lucas -- Celebrity Spins
April 1996
Seconds Magazine, Interview
The Japan Times, Feature Article
The Music Paper, Feature Article
February 1996
Denni Telegraf (Prague), Live Review
Hamburg Morning Post, Preview of Live Show
Essen Zeitung, Live Review
Mitteldeutsche Zeitung, Live Review
Tagesspiegel, Berlin, Live Review
October 1995
Nrc-Handelsblad, Netherlands, Live Review
July 1995
New York Music Festival Webpage - Live Reviews of "Gods and Monsters"
Hudson Valley Free Time/MusicMachine, Feature
April 1995
Hits, Feature Article
Audio, Review of "Bad Boys of the Arctic"
March 1995
Hits, Review of "Bad Boys of the Arctic"
February 1995
Alternative Press, Review of "Bad Boys of the Arctic"
October 1994
CMJ, Review of "Bad Boys of the Arctic"
July 1992
The New York Times, Live Review
April 1992
Rolling Stone, Feature on Gary Lucas and Jeff Buckley
September 1990
Guitar Player, Feature Article
