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

Roshan Clerke, Journalist

Features / Music
Logging Hours For Night School
"Nothing is free, even if it just means time."
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Album Review: Ayla - When The World Ends
"The kind of epic voice that instantly demands your attention."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Natalie Prass - Side By Side
"Natalie Prass' debut album arrived with the gravitational pull of an instant classic."
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Album Review: The Chills - Silver Bullets
"The rest of the tracks are some of the best the band have written."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: My Own Pet Radio, Machine Age, Mid Ayr
"Cromack's distinctive voice floats over the audience like a boat lightly pushed out into the water."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - It's A Holiday Soul Party
"Jones and the band bring a refreshingly sparse and stripped back approach to the majority of these songs."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Paper Kites, Patrick James
“Oh love, you have come too late,” Bentley sings, which is unfortunately a metaphor for the show this evening.
Features / Music
Beauty In The Mundane - Writing Beyond The Mysterious Themes Of Love And Substance Abuse
There's an even more vulnerable side to Sam Cromack's personality explored on his new solo project as My Own Pet Radio.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jesse Davidson - Lizard Boy
"It's a fairly nondescript release, but sometimes there's nothing wrong with a little vanilla."
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Album Review: Jeffrey Lewis & Los Bolts - Manhattan
"We're reminded just how sneakily profound this man can be."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Neon Indian - Vega Intl Night School
"The controlled chaos of this album makes it a huge leap forwards in his artistic trajectory."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: YACHT - I Thought The Future Would Be Cooler
"The electronic project have been fully committed to exploring the concept of the future for a number of albums."
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