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

Guido Farnell, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Dionne Warwick, Kylie Auldist
"'What The World Needs Now' and 'That’s What Friends Are For' are presented with such heart-of-gold sincerity it’s impossible not to be swept away"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Robyn - Honey
"Even at her darkest, there is the most joyous, deliriously euphoric vibe about this album."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: John Grant - Love Is Magic
"Leaving behind the themes of unrequited love that feature in his early material, Grant is now adrift in the singles scene and applying his acerbic lyrical wit to those who are in his orbit."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Penny Ikinger & The Silver Bells, Taipan Tiger Girls, The Pink Tiles
"Each set is a wild excursion into hard-driving rock that is a little pedalled up into mind-expanding psychedelics."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Charlatans, The Morning After Girls
"Their set takes in stone cold classics and newer tunes, all of which blend seamlessly into that classic Charlatans sound."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: The Bamboos - Night Time People
"Quality pop tunes deep under the influence of the usual funk and soul suspects"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Autechre, Andy Maddocks
"At times their set feels like a soundtrack to a seductive science fiction dystopia filled with a world of possibilities. But when the shadows darken, the growl of their synths feel strangely dangerous."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Gang Gang Dance - Kazuashita
"The sheer beauty and mystery of 'Kazuashita' makes it feel like a timeless classic."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Okenyo
"When she calls out last year's plebiscite for the hate it actually bred, Okenyo quite rightly elicits a huge roar of approval from the audience."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: PP Arnold
"A stroll down memory lane with PP Arnold is a feel-good history lesson in soul, blues and also the British rock that it inspired."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: John Maus - Addendum
"Probably best described as a classic Maus sound."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tropical Fuck Storm, Sugar Fed Leopards, School Damage
"Angsty and nihilistic, Liddiard comes out of his corner swinging with astute observations on life in Australia with a sense of humour so black that we know we are headed to the gallows."