Do check out the NEPALESE DIY PUNK SCENE via this great blog:

thoughtsencaged.blogspot.com

OUT OF STEP
Hamburg, Germany – Posi-HC: myspace.com/outofstep06

Flyers & Dates:

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KHAYALL live @ Rice Above! #02, posted by Zax on youtube.

Awesome! A new band y’all should watch out for! KHAYALL turned up without their bassist (Apizz Sarjan Hassan) because he had to go and play with his other band in Temerloh. The rest of the band turned up: Bart Aghast on vocals, Aziman Quest for Quasar on guitar, Mirdza Relationsheep on drums and one other guitarist I didn’t know.

Pictures of the night can be seen:

here

Another great fun night was had by all who were there! Thanks!

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Plop Your Pants Volume II – Plopping All Over The World (2009)

this is a 30 track international DIY hardcore compilation cdr that originaly came free with issue 8 of Ploppy pants zine.

My main aims with this compilation were to try and represent the hardcore scene worldwide rather than just a few select countries and to try and keep the quality of the bands and recordings high, and on both counts I think I did a not bad job but you can decide for yerself after listening!

heres the track listing:

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Featuring Graf Orlock’s band members from Buena Park, California! GHOSTLIMB is on their way to Japan for a tour so this is a nice stop-over. Wish more bands would do this!

BTW: Pure Minds Records has just put out the cassette discography of GHOSTLIMB’s recordings with the title, Alea Eacta Est.

myspace.com/ghostlimb | get their recent split 10″ with FISCHER here: Vitriol Records

Dates & Flyers:

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This site was again gone off-line during the weekend and yesterday too, sorry about that. Thanks to all who wrote in with their grumbles though. I didn’t know.

What happened was the hosting company finally decided to “modernise” its servers, that is upgrading its server engines to the latest MySQL and PHP releases. I’ve been asking them to do that for years to no avail, and when it finally happened it was done without prior notification, so on Saturday if you come to this site, it was featuring the hosting company’s site and not the usual ricecookery. They fukked up.

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Crazy, DIY grindcore/crust monolith from Stoke, UK. Currently touring its home with Hungary’s Human Error, KRUPSKAYA will be coming round for a huge Southeast Asian Tour later this year.

myspace.com/krupskayaforever

*UPDATE 5: Taiping’s latest flyer added

Tentative Dates & Flyers Below:

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“They tour the world on a shoestring, traveling countries as remote as Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Russia and – closer to home – Slovenia, preferably by public bus service. Wherever they stay they pick up local tunes and transform them into their anarcho style punk rock. The name Vialka supposedly originates from a village of ex-convicts in the Gulag region of North Russia. The couple’s performance is very intense, permanently changing rhythm and mood. Eric on his guitar can hardly keep pace with Marylise‘ drumming and singing and jumping around. She is explosive, like the hand grenade tattooed on her arm.” – eastblog-westblog.com

Globe-trotting French-Canadian art-rock-post-punk-free-jazz duo VIALKA is planning for a tour of Southeast Asia in March & April 2010! Those who are interested to help organise a show or slot in the band in your gigs, please do contact the band or the ricecooker.

vialka.com | myspace.com/vialka | last.fm/music/Vialka

from SiCKL: “December 2009 marks the 10th SiCKL Open Lab. We are doing fine so far, even though with no budget, still!

Now you can witness how “the GIG stole Christmas” at SiCKL Open Lab this year!”

SiCKL Open Lab 010: How the GIG stole Christmas!
12 December 2009 @ 8:30pm
Admission by donation.
Address: 73, 3rd floor (top floor), Amber Business Plaza, Jalan Jelawat 1, Cheras 56100, KL.
Information: kokbuffalo at yahoo dot com / truly_au at hotmail dot com
Directions: yandsen at 012-9198031

Map & Info Below:

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A belated benefit for Mat Norr’s surgery fund in Leeds with War All The Time, Active Minds and more.

HELLSHOCK
Shadows of the Afterworld LP

“A cold wind blows, dark empty streets – flickering lights, today’s news already blowing amongst the rubbish – now forgotten and resigned to the past. A town in any country, dark, lonely, void of feelings – be it love or humanity. Everyday life is no longer restricted to nightmares or horror novels. The anti-dote to this ragged world is the thundering charge that is HELLSHOCK. …Slowly, but surely, breaking and entering your subconscious determinded to revive you from your living nightmare. ‘Shadow Of The Afterworld’ is a stunning masterpiece of modern crust at it’s best. Awesome recording and song quality from all those involved – the combined CV of these guys proves they know what they are doing and they do it well. For the most part it is medium paced, that alternates between fast and slow – conjuring up many a mood, atmosphere and feeling. Mettalic riffage is the order of the day, big rhythmic bass licks and guttural vox and industrial strength drumming pounding away. (…) – From the home of modern d-beat/crust, that is Portland, HELLSHOCK have been around for a few years. In the time they have perfected an already brutal sound and ooze so much energy. They have already gathered a legion of fans worldwide, drapped in filthy black clothes and hearts of gold. If you already love AMEBIX, DEVIATED INSTINCT, DISCHARGE, AXEGRINDER, CRUCIFIX, MOTORHEAD, then add HELLSHOCK to your list of must haves.” – Mel Huges / Direct Hit Zine.

Re-release of the 2005 BLACK WATER Pressing. Remastered by Frank SAW Bolz. Repacked in a Heavy Gatefold with additional artwork by Caroline and orig. Frontcover by Mid. Split Release with LA FAMILIA RELEASES.

Get them here: ruinnation.org

from lioncitydiy:

Hailing from Jakarta/Tangerang, Indonesia, HELLOWAR plays a style of metallic crust hardcore (read: “neo-crust”) not unlike TRAGEDY, HIS HERO IS GONE, BLACK DOVE, THE HOLY MOUNTAIN, and such. They will be touring Singapore and Malaysia come this November, so take note!

Meanwhile, for more info:

myspace.com/hellowarofficial
myspace.com/iheart7×0x7

Copies of their self-titled tape and CD-R can be acquired through Revulsion Records and Epidemic Rex

Dates & Flyers:

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Have you ever fallen in love?

MAP:

direct map url: 1Cafe Map

Dang! Can’t see this happening in Terengganu ever! I had quite a WTF moment when I see this, not so much on the selection of the bands, nor the many logos attached but for it being a two-day “rock” fest to happen in boring, old, straight-jacketed, “i’m-more-gawd-fearing-and-hence-more-pious-than-you” Terengganu. WTF indeed.

Nah, besar punya!! Here’s APPÃRATUS’ debut LP, finally out after going through so many delays, pit-stops and what-nots. First it was supposed to be released by Yellow Dog (Germany), then our very own Jerryzon’s label Black Seeds (now back in KL after a long stint in Ireland), but it’s really is out now, after almost a year (or maybe more). I remember spending quite a time cleaning up the artwork at the old Ricecooker Shop preparing it for the sleeves months and months ago.

This “yellow sleeve version” is released in France by Shogun Records. The Malaysian version (I don’t know what colour the sleeve gonna be) will be out next month. Basement actually announced this yellow version arrival about two weeks ago but there are only 8 copies for sale from Shammir, so if you want this nice yellow version, do contact Shogun or the band themselves.

I got mine from Along a few days ago and while it is exciting to hold it in my hands, I find the one-sided sleeve and one-sided lyrics sheet are a bit too flimsy. I was hoping for a full-blown normal, hard-paper, laminated LP sleeve; y’know like normal high-quality LPs lah. That said, the vinyl is pretty heavy, so I guess that compensates the weaknesses.

How does it sound? Well, my phono amp is still in repairs but here’s a song from it:

Try to get this from BASEMENT or SHOGUN

give thanks and hail the ratts: myspace.com/apparatusasfukk