Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Popular comedy rockers Wonfu (旺福) take the stage tonight, followed by a number of pop acts tomorrow, including Ailing Tai (戴愛玲), Yen-j (嚴爵) and Pets Tseng (曾沛慈). Sunday promises to be a metal night with Solemn (恕), Beyond Cure and LYRA.
■ 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 Tijepa Taipei Jazz
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and on Sunday, 1:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight, free tomorrow, NT$700 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks.
Taipei’s old-school thrash/black metal punk act Bazooka headlines the bill at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, tomorrow. A Place to Bury Strangers, a noise rock band from New York City, arrives on Sunday.
Photo courtesy of KurumiQ
■ 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
■ Admission is NT$400 tomorrow and NT$1,600 on Sunday, available online through thewall.tw or www.ticket.com.tw.
Photo courtesy of Orientone
Indie music venue APA Mini (小地方展演空間) hosts an electronic party tonight, featuring electro rockers Iron House (鐵屋) and Orientone (大聲東), which mixes Oriental music traditions with electronic sounds. Tomorrow, gothic metal act Crescent Lament (恆月三途) arrives with its new Hoklo-language album, accompanied by Renascimento (文藝復興) and Greedy Black Hole (貪婪黑洞). Sunday’s roster include pop/rock band Silent Spiral (沉默螺旋), Rolling Dice (搖滾骰子) and Wish (麥克微醺). On Thursday, Japanese rockers PULASUTA and The Jives join forces with Taiwan’s dance rock group P!SCO and Brutal Shark (布魯托嚇克).
■ 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
■ Shows start at 8pm except for Sunday which begins at 5pm
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and on Thursday, NT$450 tomorrow, NT$35 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
It is live music with punk trio SORA, Whisper at Dawn (悄聲樂團) and Standing in the Last at Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, tonight. Later the same night, the venues hosts the latest installment of Party in Brain, featuring DJs Kenji, Sinus O, a French electronic musician and noise act Lu & Du. Java Jazz Party takes place on Sunday afternoon with a group of young jazz musicians. Driftwood (漂流木) and blues/alternative rock outfit War Park (戰爭公園) are among the performers on Sunday night.
■ 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 on Sunday night, 11pm for the late-night party, 2pm on Sunday afternoon
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and on Sunday, NT$500 for the late-night party. 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
Dave Chen Machine plays swing blues, 60s rock and reggae at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei, tonight, followed by Beatles tribute band BeeToast tomorrow.
■ 77, Heping E Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市和平東路三段77號), tel: (02) 2377-1772
■ Shows start at 10pm
■ Admission is NT$300
Folk musician Stanley Hong (洪詮翔) performs 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.
■ 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
■ Admission is NT$200.
Solo act Ten Yu (尤騰輝) is among the performers tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area, while Japanese funky/folk musician Yuuichi performs 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
Pop act Andy (小安) croons at Legacy Mini, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, tonight, followed by pop musician Sunjet Wang (王上頡) tomorrow.
■ 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)
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$450. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Polish jazz/folk diva Anna Maria Jopek sings with a quartet on Wednesday at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館).
■ 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$700. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw.
Jazz guitarist Yang Teng-yu (楊騰佑) plays with friends tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言). Jazzy Driver Band and Hands Up Band (分享器) each play a set on Sunday.
■ 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
■ Show starts at 9:30pm tonight and 8pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and NT$350 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Sounding Quartet (有聲四重奏) appear tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. It is a night of bebop tomorrow with The Rocksteady Sextet, featuring music by Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and many more. Sunday’s show is by Mark Nilsen, playing experimental jazz.
■ 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 tonight and tomorrow, NT$100 Sunday
It is a punk night tonight at Sound Live House (迴響音樂藝文展演空間), an independent venue for music and art exhibitions in Taichung, featuring Sex Goalkeepr (情色守門員), Feed Pigs (餵飽豬) and Tntbox. Tomorrow’s spotlight is on punk trio HEM from Okinawa, Japan. On Sunday, B.W.B.C (廢埕樂團) plays blues, grunge, funky and metal sounds, along with After A.D 1990 and funk ensemble Dirty Laundry (骯髒著衣).
■ 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 6pm tonight, 7:30pm tomorrow, 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$350. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Folk duo KurumiQ (核桃) play tonight at Forro Cafe (呼嚕咖啡) in Taichung.
■ 47, Jingcheng 3rd St, Taichung City (台中市精誠三街47號), tel: (04) 2310-1661. On the Net: forrocafe.blogspot.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$400. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Tomorrow, jazz guitarist and folk musician Adam Sorensen teams up with Matthew James Fullen on piano at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區).
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$200
P!SCO plays at Goat Bar (山羊飯館), a music venue and restaurant in Pingtung, tomorrow.
■ 23-2 Hengnan Rd, Hengchun Township, Pingtung County (屏東縣恆春鎮恆南路23-2號), tel: (08) 888-0183
■ Show starts at 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$250
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