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

Michael Smith, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jim Keays - Age Against The Machine
"If you want to know what rock’n’roll should really sound and feel like, crank this up and raise a glass to the late, great Jim Keays."
Features / Music
How To Catch A Bus Around Yarra's Rich Musical History
"I really do have every venue and pretty much every recording studio, every site where a video clip was done."
Features / Music
Songs About The Old Brown River
"So that’s the idea – a lyrical ode to the river and the municipality."
Features / Arts
Some Love And Respect For A Beautiful Old Pub In The Yarra
The Yarra Hotel Has A Real Sense Of Family
Features / Music
Seether
Seether Are Triumphant Over The Enemies They Made In South Africa
"Those people that ran those organisations got seen for the kind of people they were, got exposed for their less than stellar work ethic."
Features / Arts
Fireside Songs At The Charles Weston
"Mulled Wine Is A Possibilty" For The Winter Sessions
Features / Music
Almost Writing A Love Song About A Pencil
"It’s a Palomino Blackwing 602."
Features / Music
Being Careful With Words
"Some of my stuff is still a bit mushy, still a bit emo from time to time, but the old stuff was really like that.”
Features / Arts
How To Be Cultural Curators
"A Beautiful Harmony Can Be Gained When You Fuse All Of These Things Into A Singular Experience”
Features / Music
Unguided Courage, Total Destruction And Scandalous Relationships
"We fell in love instantly and now I’m married to him, and for the first time in many years I felt like I was really living.”
Features / Music
New Orleans Is "A Living, Breathing Organism"
"I marvel every time I go there. I’m captivated by the history, by the food, by this kind of infectious energy that engulfs me."
Features / Music
How French Apartments And London Pubs Birthed 'Love Army'
“We 100% challenged ourselves as musicians ... and it goes through the shades and emotional phases that we captured right at that time."
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