Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. On Sunday, Hello Nico mixes pop, alt rock with electronic sounds. The first edition of The Next Big Thing HK takes place on Thursday, featuring indie bands from Hong Kong such as power pop band Say You Care, Mr Rocket Head (火箭頭先生樂團) and NiLiu (逆流).
■ 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 Baobu Badulu
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$700 on Sunday and NT$200 on Thursday. Tickets available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Hong Kong’s post-rock/math rock outfit Prune Deer (話梅鹿) plays tonight at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. They’ll be accompanied by Taiwan’s Kishikan (既視感), Obviously (顯然樂隊) and The City Rain Man (城市雨人). Tomorrow’s show is by four-piece boy band Keytalk from Japan. Sunday’s spotlight is on death rockers Murky Crows (昏鴉).
Photo courtesy of Goosander
■ 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 7:30pm tonight, 6pm tomorrow, 8pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight and on Sunday, NT$1,800 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw, thewall.tw and www.indievox.com
Photo courtesy of Mary Bites Kerry
Punk rockers BB Bomb (BB彈), Kuanjonxuan (冠強軒) and ska-punk group Mary Bites Kerry (瑪莉咬凱利) congregate at indie music venue APA Mini (小地方展演空間) tonight. Tomorrow, Ta Wei (大葳), the lead singer from folk rock act Young David (青春大衛), teams up with folk musician PiA for a show. A group of novel singers get together on Tuesday, including Victoria
(孫婷) and Jayden (吳鑑庭).
■ 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 tonight and tomorrow, 7pm on Tuesday
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight, NT$400 tomorrow and on Tuesday, available through www.indievox.com
Pop rockers Original Sound (原音樂團), J-pop group Again and pop/funk band 115 play tonight at Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties. Tomorrow, the venue hosts Sound of Detroit, a techno party featuring a lineup of DJs, including Blackbells, Soma and Rainbowchild.
■ 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 7:30pm tonight and 11pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and NT$400 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts are available through www.walkieticket.com, www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Drawing inspiration from blues, jazz and hip-hop, Japanese musician Yoshida Hiroki performs tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area. Paiwan crooner Sauniaw (少妮瑤) is also on the bill. Paiwan Fingerstyle guitarist Baobu Badulu (保卜) appears tomorrow, and it is Mr. String (弦人) and Icy Ball on Thursday.
■ 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 Funkenstein Project performs funk and soul at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) tonight. Up-and-coming Mando-pop crooners Senhuai Jan (詹森淮) and Wang Hui-chu (王彙筑) join forces tomorrow, followed by male rockers Wuwu Shen (五五身) and alternative rock band The Subway Unhappy Boys Club (地下道) on Sunday. Tuesday’s roster are Aerobic Oasis (有氧綠洲) and Inexplicable a Day (莫名其妙的一天). Fusion jazz ensemble Tonic 5 shares the stage with Organ Project on Wednesday.
■ 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, tomorrow and on Sunday, NT$350 on weekdays. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Draft plays a variety of jazz tunes tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. New Zealand folk duo The Bollands and rock/folk/jazz group The Red Cliff each play a set tomorrow. Noted Chinese-American guitarist, composer and educator Lawrence Ku (顧忠山) puts on a show on Tuesday.
■ 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
■ Show starts at 9:30pm tonight and tomorrow, 8:30pm on Tuesday
■ Entrance is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$200 on Tuesday
Guitarist and crooner Wu Tung-ying (吳東穎) is among the performers at Sound Live House (迴響音樂藝文展演空間), an independent venue for music and art exhibitions in Taichung, on Sunday. Wednesday’s lineup features hard-rock band Talking Without Sense (低水平) and Iron Horn (宋德鶴), while Thursday’s performers include punk outfit Spillable Man (打翻悍將) and Phili Chao Modern.
■ B1-1, 429, Henan Rd Sec 2, Taichung City (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 8pm on Sunday, 7:30pm on Wednesday, 7pm on Thursday
■ Admission is NT$400 on Sunday, NT$300 on Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Interestring Quartet (玩弦四度) plays pop, rock, jazz and world music tonight at Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, while alternative rock outfit Goosander (川秋沙) ends the tour to promote its new album at the venue tomorrow. Skyline (天際線融合爵士樂團) plays fusion jazz on Sunday, followed by Tsao musicians Hosa and Swing Black on Wednesday.
■ 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 7:30pm tonight and on Wednesday, 8pm tomorrow, 3pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$5550 tonight and on Sunday, NT$700 tomorrow, NT$500 on Wednesday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Skyline (天際線融合爵士樂團) arrives 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, tomorrow.
■ 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 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$500. Tickets available through www.walkieticket.com and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks.
Austrian duo Gurkenalarm come to TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan, on Wednesday, supported by Billy’s Solo Jam.
■ B1, 314, Simen Rd Sec 2, Tainan City (台南市西門路二段314號B1), tel: (06) 222 3238.
■ Show starts at 8:30pm
■ Admission is NT$200, available at www.indievox.com
Mando-pop singer Janice Yan (閻奕格) holds a concert tonight at Live Warehouse, a venue for indie music located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區).
■ 2-5 Dayi Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市鹽埕區大義街2-5號), tel: (07) 521-8114. On the Net: livewarehouse.tw.
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Entrance is NT$500. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw.
Tonight, activist musicians The Village Armed Youth (農村武裝青年) take over In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區). Young folk crooner Chen Yan-yuan (陳妍元) plays on Sunday.
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Show starts at 7:30pm tonight and 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and NT$200 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
Death rockers Murky Crows (昏鴉) take the stage tomorrow at Paramount Bar (百樂門酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, with post-punk/blues act GentleSquid (烏賊紳士) as the opening act.
■ 70 Minzu 1st Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市三民區民族一路70號), tel: (07) 389-0501
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Entrance is NT$400, available through www.indievox.com
Paiwan musician Vusanai chants ancient tribal tunes 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, with indigenous crooner and dancer Ivi also playing. Pinnyumayan-Amis duo Savulu & Laway are among the performers 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$200 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online at tickets.books.com.tw
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