Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Sunday’s spotlight is on pop/hard rock band NeverMind.
■ 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 P!SCO
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$700. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Jelly Lee (傑利), the lead singer from funk-rock ensemble Coach (教練樂隊), celebrates the release of his first solo album tonight at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. Tomorrow’s lineup features Japanese shoegazers Cruyff in the Bedroom and Broken Little Sister, accompanied by Taiwan’s Doodle. On Sunday, the venue hosts I.M.Party, featuring hip-hop artist Leo 37 and Soss.
Photo courtesy of Yuan Tung-hsuan
■ 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, 7pm tomorrow and on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight and on Sunday, NT$800 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
Photo Courtesy of Flesh Juicer
Guitarist Albert Huang (黃建) and Yu Hao-i (余昊益) from Macbeth (馬克白) and Formosa Romance (寶島羅曼史) each plays a set at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area, tonight. Activist musicians The Village Armed Youth (農村武裝青年) take the stage tomorrow. On Thursday, experimental electronic outfit Sonic Deadhorse (音速死馬) joins forces with jazz musician Terry Hsieh (謝明諺).
■ 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
The Buckman Coe Trio, a soul, folk and reggae band from Canada arrives at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei, tonight, accompanied by Taiwan’s acoustic trio Red Cliff. Tomorrow’s show is by Skaraoke, one of the few ska bands in the country.
■ 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 and NT$500
Several Asian groups congregate tonight at indie music venue APA (小地方展演空間), including Malaysian four-piece band Delhi’s Eve, electronica duo DJ theory from Indonesia and indie act Valence (微倫斯) from Singapore. Tomorrow, it is the release party of post-rock/emo band Orangegrass’ (橙草) second album, followed by an event called Rest in Shoegaze on Sunday, with Taiwan’s dream pop combo Daytime Shower, Glue, Slack Tide and Japanese shoegaze/electronica act Broken Little Sister.
■ 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 7pm tonight and on Sunday, 8pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, NT$500 tomorrow and on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
It is Latin funk night with Tijepa Jazz Groove Band (爵士原力黑樂團) tonight at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館), while indie pop group Freckles (雀斑) shares the stage with Queen Suitcase (皇后皮箱) tomorrow. Nigerian-American guitarist Tosin Abasi holds a lecture/demonstration on Wednesday.
■ 177 Xining S Rd, Taipei City (台北市西寧南路177號), tel: (02) 2370-8805. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and tomorrow, 7pm on Wednesday
■ Entrance is NT$ NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$250 on Wednesday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.ticket.com.tw
Tonight’s show at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) features two award-winning jazz keyboardists Lu Sheng-fei (呂聖斐) and Tseng tseng-i (曾增譯). Indie rockers Tiyuguzhangon (体慾股長) and Fragrance Liang (梁香) appear on Sunday, followed by post-rock/electronic combo The Eternal Flatliner (邊緣人) and folk rock/experimental musician Sam Liao (廖士賢) 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 9:30pm tonight, 9pm on Sunday and Tuesday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, NT$350 on Sunday and Tuesday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Featuring guitarist DC Rapier, DC3 performs tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Tomorrow, Coromandel Express fuses traditional sounds of North and South India with jazz, Western classical and other world music influences.
■ 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 9:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$400
Tonight’s roster at Sound Live House (迴響音樂藝文展演空間), an independent venue for music and art exhibitions in Taichung, include Jump, an Aboriginal group from Pingtung, and Dark (暗樂團). Electronic rock duo No Money No Honey headline the bill tomorrow. Power metal outfit Overture (序樂團) and Running Beast (裸奔野獸) are among the performers on Sunday.
■ B1-1, 429, Henan Rd Sec 2, 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 on Sunday, 7pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, hosts punk/alternative act Damnkidz (死小孩), B.B. Bomb (BB彈) and garage/hard rock group Stranger (陌生人樂團) tomorrow.
■ 117, Anhe Rd, 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$700. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Tomorrow, TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan, hosts Encephalopuncture of Hallucination Festival, featuring Taiwanese doom/death act Aohen, raw black metal outfit Armed Judas, Enema Torture and Hotel Carrefournia from Burma.
■ B1, 314, Simen Rd Sec 2, Tainan (台南市西門路二段314號B1), tel: (06) 222 3238.
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$350, available at www.indievox.com
Indie rockers Maffine (瑪啡因) tour to The Mercury (水星酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, tomorrow.
■ 46 Liwen Rd, Kaohsiung (高雄市立文路46號), tel: (07) 550-8617. On the Net: mercurybar.blogspot.tw
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$250
Singer-songwriter Easy Shen (沈簡單) is scheduled to play at Paramount Bar (百樂門酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, on Sunday.
■ 70, Minzu 1st Rd, Kaohsiung (高雄市民族一路70號), tel: (07) 389-0501
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Entrance is NT$500
Acoustic jazz group Pietro Valente Quartet plays original tunes from Pietro Valente’s acclaimed new album at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), tonight, and it is Flight (福萊特) tomorrow.
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Shows start at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and NT$400 tomorrow, available through www.indievox.com
The Wall (這牆) programs regular live rock shows at Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (高雄駁二藝術特區). Tomorrow’s lineup contains dance rock band P!SCO, death metal/deathcore outfit Flesh Juicer (血肉果汁機) and thrash metal veterans Solemn (恕).
■ 1 Dayong Rd, Kaohsiung (高雄市大勇路1號), tel: (07) 521-5148. On the Net: www.thewall.com.tw
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$500. Tickets can be purchased at online through tickets.books.com.tw
Tonight, Puyuma musician Hao-en (昊恩) plays 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, and it is pop rocker Ardor Huang (流氓阿德) 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. Tickets can be purchased online at tickets.books.com.tw
Event
Taipei Discussion and Learning meets at Frog Free Cafe (蛙咖啡) to hear lectures and discuss topics such as philosophy, science, anthropology, globalization and alternative medicine. This week’s discussion is titled: Ancient Lakes — The Inland Galapagos: Practical and Philosophical Aspects of Protection, a speech from Dan Scarry. The discussion will incorporate various implications of environmental protection and/or the thinking which underpins them. All discussions and lectures are conducted in English.
■ Frog Free Cafe (蛙咖啡), 5, Alley 9, Songjiang Rd, Taipei City (台北市松江路69巷5號)
■ Tomorrow at 8pm. Admission is free. Look for Taipei Discussion and Learning on Facebook
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