Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tonight’s show is by pop rockers Chocolate Tiger (猛虎巧克力).
■ 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 Riverside
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$500 in advance and NT$700 at the door. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Tonight, Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, hosts Taiwanese New Wave with a lineup of Hoklo musicians, including blues and ballad singer Jimmy Wang (王俊傑), Golden Melody award-winning singer-songwriter Huang Shan-liang (荒山亮) and Tsai Chia-ying (蔡佳瑩). Concert proceeds will be donated to charity groups. Tomorrow, the indie rock IGU Band (那我懂你意思了) shares the stage with punk rockers Inhuman Band (非人物種).
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■ 117, Anhe Rd, Greater Taichung (台中市安和路117號), tel: (04) 2359-8780. On the Net: www.legacy.com.tw/taichung.
■ Show starts at 7:30pm tonight and 8pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$1,000 tonight and NT$600 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Photo Courtesy of Department of AIR, Taipei Culture Foundation
Maybeshewill, an instrumental band from the UK, plays tonight at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. They will be accompanied by screamo group Until Seeing Whale’s Eyes (直到看見鯨魚的眼睛). Tomorrow’s roster includes emo/post hardcore outfit Faded Moment (凋零瞬間) and metalcore/post-hardcore act One Way Street.
■ 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 tonight and tomorrow
Photo Courtesy of Department of AIR, Taipei Culture Foundation
■ Admission is NT$1,400 tonight and NT$500 tomorrow. Tickets for all shows, with discounts on advance tickets, can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com.
Stay Wide Awake (彼岸曙光) celebrates the release of its new album tonight at indie rock club Revolver, with melodic death metal groups Invincible Tapir (無敵貘) and Greedy Black Hole (貪婪黑洞) also playing. Tomorrow’s lineup includes Indie pop outfit Come on! Bay Bay! (來吧!焙焙), White Eye One Half (白目二分之一) and The Shine & Shine & Shine & Shine (閃閃閃閃). Later that night, the venue hosts a house party featuring DJs Kat, kuei-kuei and Lin wei. Sunday’s show is by electronic/new wave act Jade Eyes (孔雀眼) and Beneath the Leaves.
■ 1-2, Roosevelt Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號), tel: (02) 3393-1678
Photo Courtesy of Department of AIR, Taipei Culture Foundation
■ Show starts at 9pm tonight, 7:30 pm tomorrow, 11pm for the late-night party, 9:30pm on Sunday
■ Entrance is NT$300 tonight and tomorrow, NT$200 for the late-night party and on Sunday
Featuring a fashion show jointly held by several local brands, tonight’s party at Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, is led by a group of DJs including Kingfisher and Kolette and Acid Rabbit. Rap group AND are One Hand (一手樂團) among Sunday’s performers.
Photo Courtesy of Department of AIR, Taipei Culture Foundation
■ 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 9:30pm tonight and 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$600 tonight and NT$350 on Sunday
Photo Courtesy of Department of AIR, Taipei Culture Foundation
Indie pop group Queen Suitcase (皇后皮箱) is scheduled tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area, while acoustic folk duo Tom and Huck (湯姆哈克) appear tomorrow.
■ 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
Composed of an accordionist and a violin player, Nineteen Tael (十九兩) take the stage tonight 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. Rocker A-chau (阿超) plays tomorrow.
■ 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
■ Shows start at 8pm. Cafe/bookstore opens noon to midnight Sundays through Thursdays, noon to 2am Fridays and Saturdays
■ NT$400 for both shows, available online through www.indievox.com
Mando-pop singer/songwriter Hsiao Hung-jen (蕭閎仁) croons tonight at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館), followed by pop singer and pianist Rayray (劉軒蓁) 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 9pm tonight and 8:30pm tomorrow
■ Entrance is NT$500 tonight, NT$450 to NT$900 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) hosts fusion jazz ensemble Tonic 5 and Jazzy Walker tonight, while it is pop/hard rock outfit Thumper (重擊者樂團) and alternative rock band 3.D.B (參噸半樂團) tomorrow. Sunday’s lineup is formed by indie rockers Pink Haze (平克孩子) and Fogbow (霧虹). Grunge rockers Slack Tide share the stage with male rockers Wuwu Shen (五五身) on Tuesday.
■ 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 except for tonight which begins at 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday and weekdays. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
The Swing Quartet play jazz and blues at Sappho de Base, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows, tonight. Bass player Brian Chiu (邱培榮) teams up with The Soy Beats tomorrow.
■ 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 for both shows
Tonight, pop rockers On the Way, Beware the Sky Falling and Fogbow (霧虹) congregate at Paramount Bar (百樂門酒館), an indie rock club in Greater Kaohsiung.
■ 70 Minzu 1st Rd, Sanming Dist, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市三民區民族一路70號), tel: (07) 389-0501
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Entrance is NT$250
The Wall (這牆) programs regular live rock shows at Greater Kaohsiung’s Pier 2 Arts Center (高雄駁二藝術特區). Tonight’s performers are indie rock IGU Band (那我懂你意思了) and punk rockers Inhuman Band (非人物種). Tomorrow promises to be a metal night with Greater Tainan-based thrash metal veterans Solemn (恕), metalcore act Losing Art (漂浮者) and Stockingshit (土匪亡靈). Sirens, an a cappella group, will hold an album release party on Sunday.
■ 1 Dayong Rd, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市大勇路1號), tel: (07) 521-5148. On the Net: www.thewall.com.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and on Sunday, 7:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$600 tonight, NT$500 tomorrow, NT$450 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased at online through www.walkieticket.com
Greater Kaohsiung pop-punk outfit Fire Ex (滅火器) take the stage 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. Award-winning Puyuma trio Nanwan Sisters (南王姐妹花) and Amis group Betel Nuts (檳榔兄弟) each plays a set 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
■ Shows start 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$500 tonight and N$250 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
Highlight
Now in its third year, On Site (混種現場) brings together a group of visual and sound artists, music bands and theater companies for a series of performances, exhibitions and other artistic endeavors that strive to break down established boundaries between art forms. The opening show is slated to take place tomorrow from 3pm to 10pm on the Huashan Grassland (華山大草原), located at the intersection of Linsen North Road and Beiping East Road, with several local music groups, including electronic folk ensemble WWWW (落差草原), math rock band Elephant Gym (大象體操) and activist musicians The Village Armed Youth (農村武裝青年). Apart from music, Formosa-Zephyr Opera Troupe (台灣春風歌劇團) will present its ambitious multi-media Taiwanese operatic work with technical supports from Taipei Digital Art Center (台北數位藝術中心) and Centre National de Creation Musicale (GRAME) in France.
Meanwhile at Taipei Artist Village (台北國際藝術村) and Treasure Hill Artist Village (寶藏巖國際藝術村), Sounding Observation (聲物圖見), an interactive sound art exhibition, showcases new works by artists such as Wang Chung-kun, Lin Wei-yuan (林維源), and Cheng Hsien-yu (鄭先喻). New media artist Katerina Undo from Greece will arrive with her Creatures Cluster, composed of miniature robots that make sounds and tiny movements with energy generated from solar cells.
On Oct. 3 at Taipei Artist Village, Japan’s Fuyama Yousuke, Taiwan’s Wang Fu-jui, (王福瑞) and Gravity Alterstra from Hong Kong will take part in a visual-audio live performance along with other sound artists.
The eight-day event ends on Oct. 4 at Treasure Hill Artist Village with a closing party joined by artists and musicians from home and abroad, including Dino, Physical Chemical Brother (理化兄弟), Akinori Kinoshita and Chen Hui-chuan (陳惠娟).
■ All activities are free. More information can be found at the event’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/onsitetaipei and onsite-tw.tumblr.com.
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