Jan 29th, the International Blastbeat Celebration Day?

Have we missed the day? Shall we celebrate it next year? Huh? Read on: “A blastbeat is a kind of very, very rapid repeat hitting of the drums, usually in excess of 180bpms, so it sounds kind of like an apocalyptic typing pool,” explains James Hoare, deputy editor of Terrorizer, the “World’s Leading Extreme Music Magazine” “Most people associate... Read More

SMG Discography! Coming Soon!

Saw this on Angernoise Records site: SMG Raw Shit Regurgitator CD SELFMADEGOD aka SMG is one of the most active and prolific grindcore bands from Malaysia! The band from 2002 to 2008 have released a big quantity of stuff on tapes, split vinyls, split CDs and comps! Finally these stuff will be reissue and remixed on a unique discography CD called “Raw Shit Regurgitator”! This... Read More

Simon Chainsaw: Alpha Negra CD Available!

Basic, simple, straight-ahead rawk’n'roll tempered with KISS, REDD KROSS-like power-pop temperament and more! Simon Chainsaw’s two previous recordings are also available, in fact you should check out Ricecooker’s reviews back in 2005 HERE. Click > & Listen!Stickin’ Up For Myself by Simon Chainsaw  Read More

State of Urgency: Indonesian Tour 2009

Our Bandung friend Adi came over last week and told us UK’s d-beat young-uns STATE OF URGENCY is heading to Java in February, a whole lot of gigs are being arranged and a split-CD with Balik Papan’s power-violence combo BLEUAAARGH!!! is now available through Jakarta’s Battleground Distro. More info: Adi myspace.com/stateofurgency | Bleuaaargh!! on MySpace | Battleground... Read More

Is There Gonna Be Fun on Anjung Bising?

Anjung Bising, the verandah on the Annexe building occupied by both Bau-Bau Cafe & The Ricecooker Shop is going to be silent on New Year’s Eve. Yup. Sadly there will be NO PARTY this year. No, this is not because of the Israeli air raids on Gaza, but it is due to the The Annexe management telling us to NOT do any celebration on the verandah, not on New Year’s Eve... Read More

January, 17th to 26th: Screamo Four SEA Tour 2009

from Utarid:Booking: 2 Malaysian screamo bands, Josephine & Tyrant, team up with Swiss screamo sensations Dying In Motion and a Japanese one-man-band Full-Chin. Dying In Motion (Zürich, Switzerland) | Full-Chin (Tokyo, Japan) | Josephine (Ipoh, Malaysia) | Tyrant (Cyberjaya, Malaysia) more info: Utarid:Booking DATES & FLYERS BELOW: Read More  Read More

Holidays in the Sun #01

Hello people, as many of you may have known, I’m not in KL. As I’m writing this down there are birds singing in my ear with irregular gentle breeze nudging the bamboo wind-chime for a spot of minimal gamelan. I’m on a lazy chair on the balcony with a ceiling fan over my head. There’s coffee on the table, half-drunk and placed on top of a pile of newspapers... Read More

Eskapo: Phillipines Tour 2009

ESKAPO, a Filipino-American hardcore-punk band based in California, is heading “back home” to the Philippines for several shows next month… ESKAPO is a five piece filipino from Vallejo, California they play hardcore punk mainly influenced from oldskool like Negative Approach, Black Flag and Minor Threat, The word Eskapo means “refugee” and was a symbol... Read More

UPDATED! One Hell of a List!! New Imported Music at the Ricecooker Shop, Boss!

Latest Imported CDs and Cassettes @ The Ricecooker Shop. note: all are brand new, unopened, unplayed. VERY LIMITED COPIES! Read More  Read More

War All The Time: Australasian Tour 2008

They’ve just done their Australian leg of the tour, so now the Southeast Asian part starts! And it starts in Medan of all places! After that they would fly to Kota Kinabalu and then off to the Philippines and then back to KL! I do hope them old bones can take the blues! more updates: myspace.com/warallthetimeuk  Read More

Domo Arigato, Shinobu-san!!

I wanna share with you that one excellent (not to mention very industrious) individual by the name of Shinobu Goto was at The Ricecooker Shop a few days ago. Shinobu-san briefly appeared with that heavy, heavy progressive-hardcore monster ZENI GEVA (with KK NULL) and also HANATARASH (with EYE YAMATAKA of THE BOREDOMS)! You don’t know ZENI GEVA? Well, do check this site:... Read More

The Ricecooker Fanzine: What’s Up!

These past weeks we (the Ricecooker shitworkers) have been quite busy with the RICECOOKER ZINE project. Collaborators such as Shah (Mindless Show), Hatta and others have been in the shop often to do instant reviews! Choose a CD/tape/7″, put it on and immediately do a review on Arip’s notebook. Voila! We interviewed a hell lot of bands too. Lemme see… CONQUEST... Read More

I Hate My Molar, And I Wanna Die!

Hello there good people, I’ve been a bit “kurang sihat” these past two days. You see, I got one of my “molars” (the 2nd “molar” on the top left side, see pix) pulled out and as a result (actually once the anaesthetic injection worn off) my body temperature shot up; all of a sudden I was down with “demam” and I can’t do... Read More

Coming Soon! Straightjacket Nation: Southeast Asian Tour 2009

Dave (PISSCHRIST and recent CONQUEST FOR DEATH fill-in) told us a while ago that his band STRAIGHTJACKET NATION is planning to tour the region. Currently, the guys in Java are already planning for the dates and stuff, however I don’t know who will be taking care of things over here in Malaysia (should be Arwith and gang, am sure). Meanwhile, do get to know the band. We’ll... Read More

RPK Released!

“This morning, the Shah Alam High Court ruled that the detention of Raja Petra under the ISA was illegal and ordered his immediate release. Judge Syed Ahmad Helmy Syed Ahmad said that Raja Petra’s detention was unconstitutional. He said the home minister had not followed proper procedure under Section 8 of the ISA to issue the detention order against Raja Petra”... Read More