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

Tom Hersey, Journalist

Features / Music
Rock Solid
"The good thing about Earthless, to our benefit or maybe it’s been something against us, we’ve never really pushed that hard to make stuff happen."
Features / Music
The Music Writers' Poll 2013: Tom Hersey
Tom Hersey fears A.J. Maddah's dictatorship over creativity in 2014.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Guitar Wolf, Drunk Mums, Gentlemen, Face Face
They sit down on the footpath behind a parked car to hack, cough, sweat and high five one another. And it’s a fittingly awesome finale to a goddamned awesome show.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tumbleweed, The Meanies, Seedy Jeezus, The Electric Guitars
Welcome back boys.
Features / Music
Pack Rock
"I want to write a ballad but I can’t make one. I want to sing about a red hair girl riding the rocket, but I can’t make it into a ballad."
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End To End
"We knew that while we were writing, if the album was going to be one long cohesive piece, that we should at least attempt to play the entire thing live."
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More Than Sex
"It's just a matter of the right zen or something. If the vibe is right at the time, then it's right. You can't really schedule it like a dental appointment."
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Prepare The Battlefield
"I suppose we would have to be disintegrated by some kind of Death Star-like plasma beam. I mean, we would have to be physically killed."
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A Brand New Hell
"There were a lot of late nights and long chats about how we wanted to sound. And I think in the end, after a few arguments, we just figured that we're a new band, so we can do what we want."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Rolo Tomassi, Safe Hands, Stockades, Plainview
"So all that’s really left to do is bow in the presence of royalty."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Monster Magnet - Last Patrol
So put on a good pair of headphones, chill out and let Last Patrol take you on an epic trip through outer space.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Steven Wilson
Wilson’s charm – the frontman has the crowd eating out of his hand – and the strength of his solo material makes tonight feel like so much more than your average show.