The Space Between Us

As humans we’ve come to accept that life has become communal–people invade our space from the bus to the bar–but hey, everyone needs their alone time. This month we acknowledge the space that everybody so loves–their own–and ask five creative muses to show us theirs. See them in their own element in our feature, The Space Between Us.

We also speak to Singapore’s The Observatory straight off their sensory show for the Singapore Arts Festival as well as catch up with statement spewers Green Day, Kanye’s personal tour DJ A-Trak and Junksounds 2008 winners Rivermaya from the Philippines! The king of slither himself, Amy Search, also speaks to us about the legendary rock band’s nationwide tour of Malaysia.

Reviews
We review the stunning self-titled debut album from Malaysian sensation Zee Avi, released under Jack Johnson’s Brushfire Records. The Hold Steady get massive props for their live CD/DVD release while Green Day, Marily Manson and Eminem are put on the dissection table. We also see how Ratatat put Kuala Lumpur in a stoned trance for Junk's Upfront series, how Datarock almost literally painted the Lion City red, how A-Trak killed it at his Zouk KL show without even breaking sweat and how the two American Idol Davids got their cute on for Manila.

Junk Music Compilation
We put brothers Carlo and Eric Perlas from Philippines-based record label Tower of Doom in charge of the playlist, and chaos ensued! The result of their not-so-tender curation is the best of Pinoy noisemakers, including April Morning Skies, Bloodshedd and SIN. It’s loud, we guarantee you. 

Freebies
This month the prizes just got better: you can stand to win some bitchin’ Vans kicks and a ton of Harry Potter merchandise! Plus, we’ve got 5 CDs each of Tori Amos’ Abnormally Attracted To Sin, Daniel Merriweather’s Love And War, The Black Eyed Peas' The End and Noisettes' Wild Young Hearts–thanks to Universal Music and Sony Music.