Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tonight, the venue hosts a Mando-pop music party with DJs including Hsiao-ying of the Clippers (夾子小應), Waa Wei (魏如萱) and Indie Lord (音地大帝). Former pop diva Delphine Chin (金智娟) returns with two shows tomorrow and on Sunday. On Thursday, ska punk group Destroyers (擊沈女孩), alt-rock band Guntzepaula (槍擊潑辣) and folk rock combo Xing Li Band (行李樂團) take part in the latest installment of The Next Big Thing.
■ Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), Center Five Hall (中五館), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市八德路一段1號)
Photo Courtesy of Guntzepaula
■ Shows start at 8pm except for tonight which begins at 10pm
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight, NT$1,100 tomorrow and on Sunday, NT$200 on Thursday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
It is the release party of Hello Nico’s new EP at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, tonight, supported by Hong Kong’s Prune Deer (話梅鹿) and China’s 16 Mins (16分鐘). Post-rock combo 2HRs and progressive metal/polyrhythm act Vulner are among the performers on Sunday, followed by punk rock band ChicKNUP (奇克拿), Le’Sens Vie and punk/grunge outfit Raven Flats (烏鴉公寓) on Wednesday.
Photo Courtesy of Queen Suitcase
■ 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
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight, NT$200 on Sunday and Wednesday. Tickets for all shows, with discounts on advance tickets, can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com
Hard rock/metal group Claymore (克雷魔) celebrates the release of its new EP tonight at the The Park (公園展演空間), the latest installment of the Roxy enterprise, together with power/progressive metal act Animanick and melodic/metal group Minstrel (吟遊家).
■ B1, 27, Fuxing S Rd Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市復興南路二段27號B1), tel: (02) 2705-8600. On the Net: www.theparktaipei.com
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ NT$300 in advance and NT$450 at the door. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Tonight, Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, hosts an electronic party with a company of DJs including Gary/Sabe (阿米巴原蟲), Soma, Acid Billy and +- (加減), followed by a jam session with Sonic Deadhorse, Puzzle Man, Sheng (晟), Decagram and WSW.
■ 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 10m
■ Admission is NT$400 in advance and NT$600 at the door, available online through www.walkieticket.com.
Tonight, Floaty brings a mix of punk, garage and surf rock at indie rock club Revolver, joined by all-woman grunge/punk act Gonzo and death metal/crust punk outfit Bitch Finder. Tomorrow, the venue hosts Unmatched Beats, a party said to break all the rules, featuring DJs spinning crossover music. Participating DJs include BunjiBeat, SwingChild and Neker. Sunday’s lineup is formed by indie rockers Hippocampus (海馬迴) and Multiverse (平行宇宙), while noise pop/post-punk band Colored Whale (染色鯨魚) and Inexplicable a Day (莫名其妙的一天) each plays a set on Wednesday.
■ 1-2, Roosevelt Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號), tel: (02) 3393-1678
■ Show starts at 10pm tonight, tomorrow and on Wednesday, 8pm on Sunday
■ Entrance is NT$300 tonight, NT$200 tomorrow, on Sunday and Wednesday
Kenyatta Funksters play 60’s to 90’s rock ‘n’ roll and funk music by request at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei, tonight.
■ 77, Heping E Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市和平東路三段77號), tel: (02) 2377-1772
■ Show starts at 10pm
■ Admission is NT$300
Indie pop singer-songwriter Yu Heng (宇珩) performs tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area, and it is solo act Lai Yi-ting (小賴) tomorrow. Thursday’s roster are folk combo Paradise Lots (多樂園) and Neo (吳向豪).
■ 7, Ln 56, Xinsheng S Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市新生南路三段56巷7號), tel: (02) 2362-5494. On the Net: www.witchhouse.org
■ Shows start at 9:30pm. Restaurant/bar with queer/feminist bookstore and large collection of board games, open 11am to midnight Sundays through Wednesdays, 11am to 1am Thursdays through Saturdays
■ Entrance for music shows is NT$350, including one drink
Female pop rocker Kris Kuan (管罄) takes the stage tomorrow at Kafka on the Shore (海邊的卡夫卡), a coffee house-cum-music and arts venue in the National Taiwan University area.
■ 2F, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2號2樓). On the Net: www.kafkabythe.blogspot.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm. Cafe/bookstore opens noon to midnight Sundays through Thursdays, noon to 2am Fridays and Saturdays
■ Entrance is NT$350 in advance and NT$400 at the door
Singer and actor Edison Lin (林昕陽) is scheduled at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) tomorrow.
■ 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 starts at 8:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$400. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
The spotlight is on Puyuma singer Leo Chen (陳永龍) tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言), while it is hard-rock band After A.D. 1990, alternative rock group Cocoon (繭) and funk/pop rockers Reunion (團圓樂團) tomorrow. Sunday’s performers include psychedelic group Tonight is Scattered (夜色微亂). Tuesday’s show is by jazz/bossa nova ensemble Crazy Bush, followed by Keelung-based rockers Rusty Rivet (鏽鉚釘樂團) and Xhen How (陳浩) on Wednesday. Hong Kong musician Kevin Kaho Tsui appears 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 9pm
■ NT$400 on weekends, NT$350 on Sunday and weekdays. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Taipei Soul Brothers play original material and covers tomorrow at Sappho de Base, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Jam Jazz Quartet (果醬爵士四重奏) perform jazz standards on Thursday.
■ B1, 1, Ln 102, Anhe Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市安和路一段102巷1號B1), tel: (02) 2700-5411. On the Net: www.sappholive.com
■ Shows start at 9:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$400 tomorrow and NT$200 on Thursday
Indigenous singing combo Lan-hsin Band (嵐馨樂團) croon 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, tomorrow.
■ 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
■ Show starts at 8pm. Music venue and crafts shops are open 2pm to 10pm Tuesdays through Sundays. Weekend arts fair opens 6pm to 10pm every Friday, 3:30pm to 10pm every Saturday and Sunday
■ Admission is NT$250. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
Alt-pop band 13 (拾參), garage rock outfit HiJack and indie pop group Queen Suitcase (皇后皮箱) congregate at TADA Ark (TADA方舟), a music venue located inside the Taichung Cultural & Creative Industries Park (台中文化創意產業園區) in Greater Taichung, tonight. Top indie act 1976 takes the stage tomorrow.
■ 362, Fuhsing Rd Sec 3, South District, Greater Taichung (台中市南區復興路三段362號), tel: (04) 2229-0989. On the Net: www.tadaark.com.tw
■ Shows start at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight and NT$600 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com and at 7-Eleven ibon and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
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