Contemporary
Legacy Taipei, located in a former warehouse at Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tonight, the spotlight is on indie pop singer-songwriter Peggy Hsu (許哲珮). Several indie bands and musicians including garage rock favorites 88 Balaz (88顆芭樂籽), Amis singer-songwriter Suming (舒米恩) and comedy rockers Wonfu (旺福) will team up with groups of elementary school students for a charity concert tomorrow. Pop singer Richie Jen (任賢齊) appear on Sunday. Earwax presents experimental Icelandic musical group mum, American surf rock band Wavves and indie rockers British Sea Power from England on Tuesday. Harvard University’s a cappella group, The Harvard Krokodiloes, arrives on Thursday.
■ Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), Center Five Hall (中五館), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市八德路一段1號)
Photo Courtesy of Legacy Taipei
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight, Tuesday and Thursday; 4pm tomorrow; 7pm on Sunday
■ NT$1,000 tonight, NT$1,200 tomorrow and on Sunday, NT$1,800 on Tuesday, NT$600 and NT$800 on Thursday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased at ERA ticketing outlets, online through www.ticket.com.tw, www.legacy.com.tw and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Electronic/alternative rock outfit Sleeping Brain (眠腦) hits the stage tomorrow at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. Sunday’s main act is post-rock act Lightpainting (暖劃), accompanied by experimental singer-songwriter Wang Yu-jun (王榆鈞) and noise-maker Dawang Yingfan Huang (黑狼黃大旺). Wednesday’s lineup is formed by punk rockers Touming Magazine (透明雜誌), We Are So Sad (傷心欲絕) and psychedelic heavy rockers Sleaze (湯湯水水). The venue hosts London-based electronica duo Simian Mobile Disco on Thursday.
Photo Courtesy of Riverside
■ B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1), tel: (02) 2930-0162. On the Net: www.thewall.com.tw
■ Shows start at 8pm, except for Thursday’s show, which starts at 9pm
■ NT$400 tomorrow, NT$200 on Sunday and Wednesday, NT$800 on Thursday. Tickets for all shows, with discounts on advance tickets, can be purchased online through www.thewall.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Photo Courtesy of Riverside
Electronic/rock/hip-hop band Space Meow from New York arrive tonight at Underworld (地下社會), a small basement club in Taipei. Also on the bill is and alt-pop band 13 (拾參) and Indie rockers IGU Band (那我懂你意思了). Later in the evening, it is LGBT pride month party featuring Hush!, Raykai from 1976, Black Bastard’s Uncle and Randy Lin (林志堅). Japanese noise rock band Melt-Banana come tomorrow, with new breed riot grrrl four-piece Go Chic also playing. Later, the venue’s shareholder and Fu Jen University professor Ho Tong-hung (何東洪) performs with Agata from Melt-Banana, Tseng Kuo-hung (曾國宏) from Forest and Bobo & B.B..
■ B1, 45 Shida Rd, Taipei City (台北市師大路45號B1), tel: (02) 2369-0103. On the Net: www.upsaid.com/underworld
■ Show starts at 9pm, while the late-evening parties run from 11:30pm to 4am. Underworld is open daily from 9pm, closed on Sundays and Mondays
■ Entrance is NT$300 tonight, NT$500 tomorrow. Admission includes one drink. Tickets cost NT$250 for late-night parties
Indie rockers B.B.Bomb (BB彈), shoe-gazing/new-wave trio Fuguko (河豚子) and Glory (葛洛力) play at Indie rock club Revolver tonight. Tomorrow’s rosters are death metal/deathcore act Geometry (幾何) and metal/hardcore band Your Heroes Have Died.
■ 1-2, Roosevelt Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號), tel: (02) 3393-1678
■ Shows start at 10pm
■ Entrance is NT$300 tonight and NT$250 tomorrow. Admission includes one drink
Shoegazing band TuT and indie rockers Jump gather at Roxy Rocker, a basement hangout for indie rockers and fans in Taipei, tonight. Tomorrow’s lineup is formed by garage rockers Bowztiger (包子虎樂團) and The Gigantic Roar (巨大的轟鳴).
■ B1, 177, Heping E Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市和平東路一段177號B1), tel: (02) 2351-8177. On the Net: roxyrocker.com
■ Show starts at 8:30pm. Roxy Rocker is open daily from 8pm to 4am, closed on Mondays
■ Free admission to all shows. Cover charge is one drink
Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, hosts Back to the Golden 50s, a fashion party featuring a troupe of DJs including Neokid, Cotton Disco and Put That On Your Face. It is pop singers Chen 09 (陳零九) and Willy Lin (林少緯) tomorrow. Sunday’s show include pop rock outfit Ricing Star (米星星與她的好伙伴) and Infancy (隱分子), which swings freely from jazz, folk to metal and gothic rock.
■ 1 Siyuan Rd, Taipei City (台北市思源路1號), tel: (02) 2364-8198. On the Net: www.pipemusic.com.tw
■ Show starts at 11pm tonight, 8pm tomorrow and 7pm on Sunday
■ NT$550 tonight, NT$350 tomorrow and on Sunday, one drink included. Tickets can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) hosts one-armed guitarist Andres Godoy from Chile tonight. Hip-hop combo Juzzy Orange (汁橙音樂) shares the stage with pop singer Vela Blue (陳曼青) tomorrow. Toffee (太妃堂) updates Chinese traditional music with Western pop sensibility on Wednesday. Also on the bill is electronic/dubstep outfit Lie Gramophone (謊言留聲機). Brit pop/grunge group Trash and indie rockers Monkey Pilot (猴子飛行員) appear on Thursday.
■ 177 Xining S Rd, Taipei City (台北市西寧南路177號), tel: (02) 2370-8805. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Show start at 8pm tonight and on Wednesday, 8:30pm tomorrow and on Thursday
■ NT$500 and NT$800 tonight, NT$480 tomorrow, NT$400 on Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Real Collective Jazz Quartet performs tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言). Aboriginal group Original Brew (原味醞釀) and Tones form the double-bill tomorrow. Pop singer Allen (宇倫) croon on Tuesday, and it is pop act Dodow (多多) and pop singer Rose Liu (劉明湘) on Thursday.
■ B1, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2號B1), next to Taipower Building (台電大樓), tel: (02) 2368-7310. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Shows start at 9:30pm tonight, 9pm tomorrow and on Thursday, 8:30pm on Tuesday
■ NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$350 on Tuesday and Thursday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Solo act Ianson (伊恩森) is scheduled tonight at A House, a venue dedicated to a cappella and with a focus on classical, jazz and world music. Tomorrow’s show is by twin indie pop singers Yi-cheng, Yi-ching (依錚依靜), followed by award-winning Aboriginal A Cappella group O-Kai Singers (歐開合唱團) on Sunday.
■ 18, Alley 5, Ln 107, Fuxing S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市復興南路一段107巷5弄18號), tel: (02) 2778-8612. On the Net: ahouse.vocalasia.com
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ NT$100 tonight, NT$350 tomorrow and NT$450 on Sunday, available online through www.walkieticket.com. Admission includes one drink
Tonight’s show at Treellage (樹樂集), a cafe with live music, features Taiwanese blues trio 3X3 and Kuei’s Band (奎的樂團).
■ 33 Minzu W Rd, Taipei City (台北市民族西路33號), tel: (02) 2599-1599. On the net: www.treellage.com
■ Shows run from 8pm on weekends. Treellage is open noon to 9pm Mondays through Fridays, 11am to 9pm Saturdays and Sundays
■ NT$300, one drink included. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com/treellage
Puyuma group Paliulius and Amis musician Anu perform tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village composed of a music venue, design and crafts shops and a weekend arts fair in Taitung City. It is Okinawa Night tomorrow, featuring Spoon de Cho and Oka Sis.
■ 26, Ln 135 Sinsheng Rd, Taitung City (台東市新生路135巷26號), tel: (089) 343-393. On the Net: www.tw.streetvoice.com/users/tiehua
■ Shows run from 8pm to 10pm. Music venue and crafts shops open 2pm to 10pm Tuesdays through Sundays. Weekend arts fair opens 6pm to 10pm every Friday, 3:30pm to 10pm every Saturday and Sunday
■ NT$250 tonight and NT$300 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
The Wall (這牆) programs regular live rock shows at Kaohsiung’s Pier 2 Arts Center (高雄駁二藝術特區). The venue hosts alternative rock band Moonteg, psychedelic rockers Emily the Band, four-piece boy band Bison Country (必順鄉村) and Slack Tide (Slaㄎk Tiㄉe) on Sunday.
■ 1 Dayong Rd, Yancheng Dist, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市鹽埕區大勇路1號), tel: (07) 521-5148. On the Net: www.thewall.com.tw
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ NT$400. Tickets can be purchased at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks, books.com.tw and indievox.com
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