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KarateRice

Cutting edge of asian music ninja style

About Me

Karaterice specializes in connecting the best of the Asian Underground music scene to music lovers. We one of the leading promoters of underground / indie music in NYC. Genre doesn't matter, we enjoy music, and working with bands. We keep things fun, simple and straight forward.
We're a very small piece of the music entertainment pie, but a very delicious one with no trans-fats. We rock hard, and rock long time, we're straight shooters with upper management written all over us, no really!

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Karaterice Store: Latest additions

Official Karaterice
T-Shirt
Candy Poison Vol.2
Goodnight Electric:
A.S.T.U.R.O.B.O.T.

Fresh Cuts from Japan Vol.1
Official GitoGito Hustler Towel
Bleach03 - Canary Empire Strikes Back

My Interests



I'd like to meet:

Cool cats who love good music and are respectful of others

Music:

Punk, metal, hard rock, experimental and anything in between

My Blog

On the Road with the Love Ninja’s Part 1

Last year, The Captains, with their Group Sounds fueled rock, blew minds and stole our hearts.  Our friend Eric of Tokyo no Radio, was kind enough to allow us to publish his tour diary.  Thi...
Posted by KarateRice on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:43:00 PST

2007

When 2007 began, we had no plans, no clue on what to do with KR. We had a lot going on in our lives and Karaterice wasn't exactly a priority. But we couldn't run away from doing the stuff we enjoy, ...
Posted by KarateRice on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 10:09:00 PST

Funky, Groovey and Nude

So I finally uploaded photos from Soul Out, Love Mode and The Captains live show at KF.check 'em out here: Soul Out!Love ModeThe Captains Live at Knitting FactoryAnd if you got some time, we published...
Posted by KarateRice on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 08:23:00 PST

Check out this event: East / West Showdown - Knitting Factory

Hosted By: Karate RiceWhen: Wednesday Jun 20, 2007 at 7:00 PMWhere: Knitting Factory - Tap Bar74 Leonard StreetNew York, NY 10013United StatesDescription:Karate Rice Click Here To View Event...
Posted by KarateRice on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 10:30:00 PST

Check out this event: ISFEST V

Hosted By: KarateRiceWhen: Thursday Feb 22, 2007 at 6:00 PMWhere: Knitting Factory - Tap Bar74 Leonard StreetNew York, NY 10013United StatesDescription:KarateRice Click Here To View Event...
Posted by KarateRice on Thu, 15 Feb 2007 07:09:00 PST

Check out this event: ISFEST III

Hosted By: Karate RiceWhen: Sunday Apr 16, 2006 at 7:00 PMWhere: Knitting Factory - Tap Bar 74 Leonard Street New York, NY 10013USDescription:Karate Rice Click Here To View Event...
Posted by KarateRice on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:50:00 PST

Benefit for Ergi of Mikabomb

March 16 - Drunken Unicorn featuring the support of*: klever the love drunks the heart attacks full metal lyricist and more . . . plus sonic backup in the Cafe by Brian Parris, black sunshine a...
Posted by KarateRice on Wed, 08 Mar 2006 06:31:00 PST

Radio Free Rice

One half of KR will be deejaying for Imaginasian Radio every Monday from 8-10 pm. It's a streaming internet radio brought to you by Imaginasian Entertainment. In case you don't know, this company owns...
Posted by KarateRice on Mon, 06 Mar 2006 06:30:00 PST

For Ergi

This is an update from the our story on Feb 21st : Get well ErgiLast year we had the priviledge of not only catching Mikabomb's super hot live show but also getting a chance to talk with the band. Dur...
Posted by KarateRice on Sun, 05 Mar 2006 04:58:00 PST

Happee Tuesday

Peelander has invaded Karaterice, we're all down with a serious case of Happee Mania, yes even on a Tuesday.Just for you we have our latest interview with everyone's favorite Japanese Comic Action Pun...
Posted by KarateRice on Tue, 28 Feb 2006 08:39:00 PST