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International Times - September 2020

The Wire - Space Rock In Opposition

Classic Rock - September 2020

The Wire - September 2020

Manchester Review Of Books - August 2020

The Quietus - The Strange World Of... Hawkwind

Shindig! - August 2020

Uncut - August 2020

Shindig! - Interview with Dave Brock

MOJO - Out Of This World

Prog - Icarus Flew Too Near The Sun

Shindig! - The Other Side Of The Sky

The Guardian - Cult Heroes : Robert Calvert

Prog - Sideways Through Time

Prog - Interview with Nik Turner

Prog - Interview with Dave Brock

The Quietus - Space Ritual 40 Years On

Prog - The Charisma Years review

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Days Of The Underground is an in-depth primer to the music of Hawkwind in the 1970s. It also explores the ideas and concepts that fuelled the band during this period, and speaks to the crew that manned the ship.