Features

After JUICE: Post Decadence

JUICE is 11 years old! We’ve seen too many Editors, Writers, Designers, and Interns come and leave the office since the inception of the mag, but what comes after JUICE for them?

Interview

The Drums: Americana & Britrock Reverberation

“Had we been schooled on how to [play instruments properly], we wouldn’t be sitting here right now. Everything works out in the end.” – Jonny, The Drums

Interview

Empire of the Sun: Post-Glam Raconteurs

JUICE took a bit of Nick of Empire of the Sun’s time and discussed the waning myth of pop and rock stars, the band’s cinematic eye for a medium that rouses our hearing, and the destructive potential of pop music.

Detonate

JMSN: A Shot of Jameson

While Justin Timberlake’s seminal third album was a reaction to the new wave of outré r’n’b acts, last year already had an oft-forgotten soulful white boy reacting to that kind of music; JMSN (pronounced Jameson, like the liquor).

Features

Fringe: Outside the Pop Periphery

This month, noticing a new zeitgeist afoot in the bigger world of music – the kind with a focal point in electronic instruments – we decided to take a wider look into 5 acts (most already covered by us in microcosm); +2dB, Adam Kasturi, MOIST, MUSCLE//MACHINE, and Stellar Dreams.

Review

Charli XCX: True Romance

Charli XCX — much like Quentin Tarantino, writer of her album title’s namesake himself — is an era-appropriator who knows her pop culture well enough.

Features

Southern Uprising: The Scene Down Under

Acknowledging how ripe JB is as the capital of cool, we got an anonymous member of the state’s equivalent of KL’s stalwarts of indie nights to contextualise Johor’s blooming subcultures.

Interview

Stereophonics’ Coming of Age

Richard Jones on breaking their 2-year-gap in between releases tradition, whether Kelly is an auteur in the studio, and found out about the new album’s movie potential.

Venues

GridIron

Sports and Beer at GridIron, Bangsar.

Design

Rhythm & Hues Malaysia: Hiding Behind The Scenes

Who cares about the Malaysian VFX industry? We do.