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

Tom Birts, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Biffy Clyro - Opposites
There are 14 passable songs on the Australian release of Opposites, but longtime fans may well be left wondering where the passion went.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Alice Russell - To Dust
Russell is a versatile artist, and To Dust is the best vehicle yet for her unique, foreign and yet familiar sound.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The DOT - And That
A case of too many chefs?
Features / Music
Writer's Poll - Tom Birts
EL-P, Aesop Rock and Kendrick Lamar impressed Tom Birts this past year.
Features / Music
A Vinyl Thing
"As for tunes, I honestly don’t know yet as I’ve got quite a few different gigs to prepare for. The week before I leave I’ll have a better idea of what’s going in there!"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Various Artists - The Man With The Iron Fists
Four ninja stars out of five.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kendrick Lamar - good kid, m.A.A.d city
Whatever happens next, this record will stand the test of time.
Features / Music
Schwaza Style
“Me and Jesse plan on doing a lot from our solo records as well as music from Zulu Guru.”
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Xzibit - Napalm
Napalm is hard to put down, and it’s hot. Napalm isn’t, and it’s not.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Calexico - Algiers
There is still that great mix of wistful storytelling and lonesome instrumentals, but ultimately Algiers is a bit like the dirty guy who got clean.
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Various - Kanye West Presents Good Music Cruel Summer
Taken as a label sampler, Cruel Summer is an innovative if sometimes incoherent collection of tracks, but as a standalone album the verdict has to be A.V.E.R.A.G.E.
Reviews / Live
Mumford & Sons, pic by Graham Clark
Live Review: Mumford & Sons, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Willy Mason
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