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

Guido Farnell, Journalist

Reviews / Live
Live Review: Waxahatchee, Ali Barter
"Waxahatchee drops a confident and nuanced performance of material that brims with indie-pop melody underscored by grittier grunge-influenced guitar."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: HOWQUA, Mike Waters, I, A Man
"A sound that would have Zack Braff gagging on any of these songs for soundtrack inclusion."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell, Harmony James
"Harris is at her utterly beguiling, spine-tingling best when she’s dealing out slow songs of melancholy sadness and heartbreak."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Tim Rogers & The Bamboos, Ainslie Wills
"Rogers adds a boisterous energy to the mix, looking like a gin-soaked lounge lizard and posturing a little like Jagger."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Kid Wave - Wonderlust
"Revisiting retro indie-rock with an accent on shoegaze and dream-pop, they bathe us in gloriously fuzzed guitar and lush four-part harmonies."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Air - The Virgin Suicides (15th Anniversary Edition)
"The result is a sumptuous blur of drifting, dreamy sound, very little of which was actually used in Ford Coppola’s film."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Jenny Hval - Apocalypse, Girl
"A complex, multifaceted album of profoundly strange but beautiful music."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Knxwledge - Hud Dreems
"These utterly dreamy vignettes, all sequenced together for continuous listening, add up to an album that nostalgically looks back."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Lo Tide - Learn to Wait
"Slow beats and deep bass produce head-nodding rhythms over which melodic synths noodle."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: TV On The Radio, Kirin J Callinan
"The vitality of TVOTR’s live performances never disappoints, their powerful sound invigorating and having enthusiastic fans cheering for more."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Hudson Mohawke - Lantern
"Clouds of thin digital laptop noise are assembled into a distinctive fusion of dance music styles that absorbs hip hop, London bass, trap and broken beats."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Saskwatch - Sorry I Let It Come Between Us
"Nkechi Anele sounding powerful as all hell quickly slips into heartbreak and bittersweet introspection across much of this album."