Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Taking cues from R&B, reggae and psychedelic rock, Air Dolphins (海豚樂隊) take the stage tonight, while indie pop group Goosander (川秋沙) play tunes from their new album on Monday. Thursday sees folk ensemble City Party (都市零件派對), indie rockers Maffine (瑪啡因) and others participate at the last 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 Ship of Fools
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$700 tonight and on Monday, NT$200 on Thursday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks.
American melodic hardcore band Being as an Ocean plays tonight at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, with scream outfit Ship of Fools (愚人船) and One Way Street as the opening acts. Tomorrow’s spotlight is on rap artist L.C (小光).
Photo courtesy of Fuguko
■ 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 tonight and 8:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$1,200 tonight and NT$600 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com or tickets.books.com.tw
Tonight’s roster at indie rock club Revolver includes hip-hop artist Leo 37 and R&B/funk group Space Cake (史貝絲考克). Vaidurya, a grunge rock band from Okinawa, performs on Sunday, accompanied by Taiwan’s Hateful Rezpect and Feardrive.
■ 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 10:30pm tonight and 8pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and NT$300 on Sunday
Tonight, Dr. Coke (可樂博士) mixes pop, rock, funk and punk at Pipe Live Music, a venue for indie music and parties, with Birds of Prey and The Penalty (刑事組) also playing. Indie pop group Glue celebrates the completion of its new tape tomorrow. They will be joined by grunge rockers Slack Tide, Midnight Ping Pong (午夜乒乓) and shoegaze/new-wave trio Fuguko (河豚子). Sunday’s performers are local punks Mad Dog (瘋狗) and Emergency (急診室).
■ 1 Siyuan Rd, Taipei City (台北市思源路1號), tel: (02) 2364-8198. On the Net: www.pipemusic.com.tw
■ Shows start at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$350 for all shows. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com, www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Led by Japanese blues guitarist Shun Kikuta, Kikuta Trio performs tomorrow at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei.
■ 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
Experimental electronic outfit Sonic Deadhorse (音速死馬) joins forces with jazz musician Terry Hsieh (謝明諺) on Thursday at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area.
■ 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
■ Show starts 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$350
Indie electronica outfit Morning Call (輕晨電) takes the stage at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) tomorrow.
■ 177 Xining S Rd, Taipei City (台北市西寧南路177號), tel: (02) 2370-8805. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Entrance is NT$ NT$550. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Puyuma musician Alisin Nawan shares the stage with Amis act Songlay (吳元楷) at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) tonight. Tomorrow’s lineup features Aboriginal ensemble The Voice of Life (原味醞釀), which fuses folk, blues and hip-hop.
■ 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
■ Admission is NT$400. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Metal/grunge band bwbc (廢埕樂團), Sonic Deadhorse (音速死馬) and Aerial Recall play tonight at indie music venue APA (小地方展演空間).
■ B1,147, Hangzhou S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市杭州南路一段147號B1), tel: (02) 2327-8658. On the Net: www.facebook.com/apamini
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$250
Tiny Yang & Friends perform standard jazz, bossa nova, mambo and salsa tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Dread Rider brings Caribbean melodies tomorrow. Tiffany Chang Trio plays a mixed set of jazz standards and original tunes on Wednesday.
■ 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 on tonight and tomorrow, NT$200 on Wednesday
Japanese guitarist Ken Ohtake teams up tonight with jazz bassist Toru Hayakawa and percussion musician Wu Cheng–chun (吳政君) of Taiwan at Legacy Mini, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei.
■ Legacy Mini at Amba Taipei Ximending (台北西門町意舍), 5F, 77, Wuchang St Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市武昌街二段77號5樓)
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$600. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Japan’s indie rockers The Ands and OZ team up with Taiwan’s all-women electronic rock band Neko Jam (妮可醬) and Bike 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) on Sunday.
■ 362, Fuhsing Rd Sec 3, Taichung City (台中市復興路三段362號), tel: (04) 2229-0989. On the Net: www.tadaark.com.tw
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$500. Tickets available through www.indievox.com
What Seas, What Shores blends math rock, post-punk and ambient sounds at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan, on Tuesday.
■ B1, 314, Simen Rd Sec 2, Tainan City (台南市西門路二段314號B1), tel: (06) 222 3238.
■ Shows start at 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$250, available through www.indievox.com
Hakka musician Huang Pei-shu (黃珮舒) will celebrate the release of her new album at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), tomorrow, supported by award-winning Taiwanese musician Hsieh Ming-yu (謝銘祐). Korean American pop musician Garam Heo croons on Sunday, with Morrison Wu (吳書延) also on the bill.
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Shows start at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$350 tomorrow and NT$200 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
Dance rock band P!SCO takes the floor tonight at Goat Bar (山羊酒館), a music venue and restaurant in Pingtung. ZoAnVi (佐安薇) and Jump will play tomorrow. Folk duo The Bollands from New Zealand return on Sunday, and What Seas, What Shores arrives on Monday.
■ 23-2 Hengnan Rd, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County (屏東縣恆春鎮恆南路23-2號), tel: (08) 888-0183
■ Shows start at 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$250 tonight and on Sunday, NT$200 tomorrow, free on Monday
On Sunday, the Taiwu Elementary School Folk Singers (泰武古謠傳唱) croon ancient tunes of the Paiwan (排灣) Aboriginals 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.
■ 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
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Located down a sideroad in old Wanhua District (萬華區), Waley Art (水谷藝術) has an established reputation for curating some of the more provocative indie art exhibitions in Taipei. And this month is no exception. Beyond the innocuous facade of a shophouse, the full three stories of the gallery space (including the basement) have been taken over by photographs, installation videos and abstract images courtesy of two creatives who hail from the opposite ends of the earth, Taiwan’s Hsu Yi-ting (許懿婷) and Germany’s Benjamin Janzen. “In 2019, I had an art residency in Europe,” Hsu says. “I met Benjamin in the lobby
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