News

Choons Awards 2012

Our very own music awards is back again!

Detonate

Lana Del Rey: Manufactured Risque

America’s answer to the crushable indie songstress (move over Florence and Lykke Li) Lana Del Rey, has critics divided over the authenticity or ‘alternative cred’ of her debut; is it true that she has had lip injections? That she was formerly known as Lizzy Grant? That she has a rich daddy but decidedly set up […]

Interview

Cults: Drink The Kool-Aid

JUICE caught up with one of the fresher acts performing at next month’s Laneway — indie-popsters Cults.

Review

The Roots: Undun

Undun is The Roots most ambitious and shortest record to date. Clocking in at only 39 minutes, the Sufjan Stevens-inspired album nevertheless tells an urban tale of the unmentioned death of a street thug told in reverse. Here band leader ?uestlove, mistakenly thinking he was Gaspar Noé and Charles Burnett (just look at the Killer […]

News

Soaring into the Year of the Dragon with Carlsberg

Carlsberg Malaysia celebrates Chinese New Year.

Design

Shieko Reto: Candid Cartoons

Discrimination comes in many forms, as JUICE finds out from Shieko Reto, a visual artist and advocate of sexuality rights. Daily struggles intertwined with the state of affairs, personal or otherwise are in the form of her drawings, a distinctive example to express individuality in our ‘muhibbah’ society…

News

Ferns’ Fairweather Friends

On Botany, Ferns’ debut album, was one of the few local releases to have garnered acclaims from foreign opinion makers. Rolling Stones named them as one of the top 25 Myspace bands of 2007, Paste Magazine included single ‘Disaster Strikes Again’ on their podcast, and they were included in several best of list. What’s a […]

Hanger

Alpnach Mechanical Chronograph – the Alpha Male Watch

The Alpnach Mechanical Chronograph is the latest mechanical watch from Victorinox Swiss Army. Named after the alpine helicopter base of the Swiss Air Force, the Alpnach Mechanical Chronograph is the boldest chronograph to date. It is a versatile utility machine operational in even the most extreme conditions. The features of this timepiece are indeed impressive. […]

Review

Amy Winehouse: Lioness: Hidden Treasures

Gauging the success of a posthumous release is an exercise in diplomatic and controlled criticism. It’s not that as reviewers we fear reader backlash, rather it’s a natural reaction to commenting on what could be the last few materials your favourite recently deceased artist has left you with. Amy Winehouse was a prodigious talent whose […]

Contests

Win Passes to NSFW Tracksuit Party feat Skream & Benga

Skream and Benga are often credited as brave pioneers illuminating the path through the dark and dirty world of dubstep. More or less. Based in the UK, home of dubstep, both producers have been involved with dubstep since its initial emergence in the early 2000s. Now they are spreading their influence even wider, performing in […]