Category: News

Leaving Normal: Abu Kelabu (2003-2009) 2

Leaving Normal: Abu Kelabu (2003-2009)

Our dear cat Abu, much loved in this household and adored by visiting friends and bands through out the years, died last night. The son of matriarch Beansy, Abu Kelabu was born in November...

Leaving Normal: Kugan A/L Ananthan 2

Leaving Normal: Kugan A/L Ananthan

He was reported as “being investigated for a series of robberies and theft of luxury cars”, aged 22; a criminal suspect under detention at the “Subang Jaya Police station”. Now he’s dead and the...

QSD Records: Killer Calculateur CDEP – Out Now! 4

QSD Records: Killer Calculateur CDEP – Out Now!

from the mail-out by QSD Records: KILLEUR CALCULATEUR Valley of the Dead CDEP (QSD007) Hailing from downtown Kuala Lumpur, Killeur Calculateur is a full throttle emotive hardcore blast with a hard-hitting yet groovy screamo...

State of Urgency: Indonesian Tour 2009 1

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...

Black Konflik Records: Extreme Noise Terror Tape 0

Black Konflik Records: Extreme Noise Terror Tape

They were once known as the original crusty-punks-gone-grindcore bunch and then turned out a rather death metal sheen later on but now they are back to the classic blasting crusty roots, intact with original...

Leaving Normal: The Stooges’ Ron Asheton 1

Leaving Normal: The Stooges’ Ron Asheton

Today I wept for the one who created riffs so huge it tumbled down mountains, decimated millions of cemented minds and sprouted thorny beautiful flowers for more generations past and to come. We are...

Is There Gonna Be Fun on Anjung Bising? 3

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...

Holidays in the Sun #01 0

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...

Year End New Arrivals @ The Ricecooker Shop 0

Year End New Arrivals @ The Ricecooker Shop

We have just got tonnes of new vinyls and more at the shop, do checkidout! ENFORCER Into the Night LP Flash back to 1982 when vocal range and musical prowess were king; Iron Maiden...