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

Roshan Clerke, Journalist

Reviews / Arts
Sam Campbell: Cambo's On Top
"There's the sense that this man is onto something compelling..."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Tiga - No Fantasy Required
"As sleazy and sincere as you could possibly hope for."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Ray LaMontagne - Ouroboros
"Songs on Ouroboros are so beautifully languid that you have no choice but to soak in them."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Elizabeth Rose - Intra
"Intra struggles to balance the thin line between style and substance."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Bonnie Raitt - Dig In Deep
"It should come as no surprise that Bonnie Raitt's latest record is an assured and confident effort."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Santigold - 99 Cents
"The singer continues to unashamedly market herself as an alternative pop spectacle."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Wild Nothing - Life Of Pause
"Wild Nothing's third album is a warm and natural reminiscence on what it is to know someone."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jack Garratt - Phase
"British singer-songwriter Jack Garratt is the man of the moment."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: St Jerome's Laneway Festival
"After all the talent we've seen in the last hour, Sydney-sider Harley Streten is a lacklustre headliner..."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Chairlift - Moth
"Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly seem to have cracked the perfect songwriting formula."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Hot Chip, Empress Of, Touch Sensitive
"...when Hot Chip’s opening music begins to play the excitement in the room rises to an unprecedented high on this surprisingly happening Wednesday night."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Porches - Pool
"...Melding soaring synth symphonies with his melancholy vocal melodies as he creates an immersive atmosphere."
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