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Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tonight’s spotlight is on hip-hop/rock combo Chiu and Love (丘與樂), while it is South Korean rap artists Epik High tomorrow. Sunday’s show is by Hello Nico.
■ 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 Shiny and Joyce Lin
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and on Sunday, 7:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$700 tonight and on
Sunday, NT$3,800 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com or tickets.books.com.tw and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks.
Photo courtesy of Shiny and Joyce Lin
Pop punks Pa Pun (怕胖團) share the stage on Sunday with alternative rock outfit Taipei Cases (台北公案) at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists.
■ 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
■ Show starts at 8pm
Photo courtesy of Huang Han-wei
■ Admission is NT$400. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw and thewall.tw
Tonight, indie rock club Revolver hosts the fourth installment of Future Proof Sound Fest with live electronic duo Dronetonics, psychedelic/noise band Scattered Purgatory (破地獄) and DJ Diskonnected. It is a night of punk anarchy tomorrow, featuring Punik from Japan and Taiwan’s The Deposers (罷黜者), Insane (失心瘋) and The Rioters (暴民).
■ 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 and 6pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$300 tonight and NT$400 tomorrow
Tonight’s lineup at Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, include pop rockers Soundboss (騷包樂團) and emo rock outfit ChicKNUP (奇克拿). Electronic music promoter Pure Industry Radio throws a party tomorrow, featuring DJ Mia and J-Six. It is live music from Playmess (玩亂), Jade Eyes (孔雀眼) and Acid Marie (微酸瑪莉) on Sunday.
■ 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 8pm tonight, 10:30pm tomorrow, 7pm on Sunday
■ NT$350 tonight and on Sunday, NT$500 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com and www.indievox.com and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort and 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
It is a rock night tonight at Jack’s Studio (杰克音樂), a music studio in Ximending (西門町), with Playmess (玩亂), Birds of Prey and Spillable Man (打翻悍將). Tomorrow, Hong Kong’s black death metal act Evocation (招魂) and hardcord outfit King Ly Chee (荔枝王) team up with Taiwan’s Beyond Cure (病入膏肓), Bloody Tyrant (暴君) and deathcore/death metal group Emerging from the Cocoon (破繭而出).
■ B1, 76 Kunming St, Taipei City (台北市昆明街76號B1), tel: (02) 2381-0999.
■ Show starts at 7pm tonight and 6:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and NT$700 tomorrow
Acoustic songstress Elisa Lin (林依霖) performs tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area. Veteran rocker Sissey Chao (趙一豪) takes the stage 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
Noisy experimental rock group The Sign of Human (記號士) plays on Sunday 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
■ Tickets cost NT$450 on Sunday, available online through www.indievox.com
Before embarking on their trip to the Java Jazz Festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, Timeless Fusion Party (無限融合樂團), Symbiosis (共聲體) and Skyline (天際線樂團) will put on a show tonight at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館). Mando-pop singer Jing Chang (張芸京) croons tomorrow, followed by Toshi Fujii Quartet (藤井俊充爵士四重奏) on Sunday.
■ 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 8pm tonight and on Sunday, 8:30pm tomorrow
■ Entrance is NT$600 tonight, NT$550 tomorrow, NT$400 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Guitar duo WoodyWoody are scheduled at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) tomorrow. Amis noise folk artists Outlet Drift (漂流出口) and LonelyElmo play on Tuesday.
■ B1, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2B1), next to Taipower Building (台電大樓), tel: (02) 2368-7310. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Shows start at 9pm
■ Admission is NT$400 tomorrow and NT$350 on Tuesday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Soy La Ley fuses jazz with traditional Cuban music tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows, followed by DC & the Funky Duds tomorrow. Chat Sounding Trio is scheduled on Sunday.
■ 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 9pm
■ Entrance is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$200 on Sunday
Electronic/new wave ensemble Jade Eyes (孔雀眼) and Jelly Bean are among the performers tonight at Sound Live House (迴響音樂藝文展演空間), an independent venue for music performances and art exhibitions in Taichung. Thursday’s lineup is formed by No Promise and Spillable Man (打翻悍將).
■ B1-1, 429, Henan Rd Sec 2, Greater Taichung (台中市河南路二段429號B1-1), tel: (04) 2451-1989. On the Net: soundlivehouse.msmusic.com.tw
■ Show starts at 7:30pm tonight and 8pm on Thursday
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and NT$300 on Thursday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com and www.indievox.com
Tonight’s lineup 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 Taichung, features dance rockers P!SCO, metal/trash group Out of Survive and alternative act SilentClamor (寂嘩). To observe the 228 Memorial Day, the venue hosts White Noise party tomorrow, featuring a troupe of DJs including Woody Chen and Beethobear Pang.
■ 362, Fuhsing Rd Sec 3, Taichung (台中市復興路三段362號), tel: (04) 2229-0989. On the Net: www.tadaark.com.tw
■ Show starts at 6pm tonight and 6:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$600 tonight and NT$300 tomorrow. Tickets available through www.walkieticket.com and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosk
Tomorrow, pop singer and songwriter Debbie Hsiao (蕭賀碩) performs with Tian Fang Jazz (天方爵士) at Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei.
■ 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 8pm
■ Admission is NT$550. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Tonight, In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), hosts electronic folk/ambient act Shycacti (害羞仙人掌) and post-rock/folk ensemble Autumn Tea (秋水茶).
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$200
Lukas Landa combines acoustic guitar, voice, synths and samples tomorrow at Paramount Bar (百樂門酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, with straight-up drone, lo-fi delta rock outfit MudBros. (爛泥兄弟) also on the bill.
■ 70 Minzu 1st Rd, Sanming Dist, Kaohsiung (高雄市三民區民族一路70號), tel: (07) 389-0501
■ Show starts at 9pm
■ Entrance is NT$250
It is live music from indigenous musicians Hey! and Anu 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, tonight. Puyuma folk legend Ara Kimbo (胡德夫) appears 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$250 tonight and NT$500 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
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