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

Guido Farnell, Journalist

Reviews / Album
Album Review: Joanna Gruesome - Peanut Butter
"Three-minute songs that work atonal noise, shoegaze, pop hooks, riot grrl attitude and quirky lyrics about space aliens and radical politics into a delightfully creamy lather"
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Howling - Sacred Ground
"This collision of elegant folksy songwriting and dreamy electronica comes together to produce fresh interesting results"
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Oh Mercy, Pearls, Steve Miller Band
"Gow and his four-piece band, which includes a viola player, produce a classic pop sound with timeless songs about love and desire."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: Dee Dee Bridgewater - Dee Dee's Feathers
"Renowned jazz vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater remembers Katrina with this tribute to the music that puts New Orleans on the music lovers’ map."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
"No one here doubts that Good Friday is about to even get better."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Jimmy Cliff
"Tonight’s set celebrates Cliff’s illustrious career."
Reviews / Album
Album Review: East India Youth - Culture Of Volume
"Recycling the electronic debris of the past, Doyle emerges sounding like he’s breaking new ground."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Giorgio Moroder
"Moroder’s seminal influence in the myriad of electronic dance music styles that blossomed in the late ‘80s and ‘90s [is] immediately apparent."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Owen Pallett, Japanese Wallpaper
Fans were in awe of the Canadian composer at The Toff In Town.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: The Pop Group, Harry Howard & The NDE, Ausmuteants
The British band inspire 'dad dancing' groovin' and shakin'.
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Neneh Cherry
"Cherry may be into her fifties but she still oozes plenty of streetwise sass."
Reviews / Live
Live Review: Sharon Van Etten, Jack Ladder, Tiny Ruins, Heather Woods Broderick
Etten adds more muscle to the mix in Melbourne.
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