'It’s Hard To Push Back The Fear': Jay Watson Steps Into The Light As GUM

Tim Kroenert, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Let's Eat Grandma - I'm All Ears
"Masterful manipulations of mood and texture."
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Album Review: Alice Ivy - I'm Dreaming
"For the most part it is an upbeat trip."
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Album Review: Franz Ferdinand - Always Ascending
"Still delivering the kind of danceable, hook-laden indie rock they're known for."
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Album Review: Wrong Creatures - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
"These strutting, leather-clad San Franciscans just keep doing what they do so damn well."
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Album Review: Two Steps On The Water - Sword Songs
"Jones shreds melody and bigotry while navigating the joys and agonies of transgender experience."
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Album Review: Ben Salter - Back Yourself
"'Back Yourself' is another impressive entry in the oeuvre of one of Australia's hardest working and most versatile troubadours."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Slowly Slowly, Sincerely, Grizzly, Turn South, Press Club
"When he tells us to jump along to those chunky chords, we happily oblige."
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Album Review: London Grammar - Truth Is A Beautiful Thing
"The arrangements throughout are minimalist and atmospheric, employing strings, keys and highly disciplined dynamics."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, Spike Fuck, Kate Alexander
"Savage's anguished howls are battered by drums and draped with elegiac filaments of guitar."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Frenzal Rhomb - Hi Vis High Tea
"Frenzal Rhomb can still cram as many hooks and killer licks into 90 seconds as any of their would-be heirs."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Morning Harvey, Plastic, Smoke Rings
"A boisterous bass line and nifty little guitar solo lift the next song to ecstatic highs, and we're right there with it."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jessica Says - Do With Me What U Will
"The songwriting displays an audacity and strong sense of identity."
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