Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tomorrow’s spotlight is on folk rock artist Chen Hui-ting (陳惠婷). From Japan, Nabowa swing between jazz, folk and rock on Sunday.
■ 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)
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■ Show starts at 8pm tomorrow and 7:30pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$800 tomorrow and NT$1,000 on Sunday. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Tonight’s main act is hip-hop artist Renee (陳嘉唯) at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. Japanese visual kei band Jealkb play tomorrow. On Sunday, the venue hosts American chillwave act Neon Indian.
Photo courtesy of Countervalve
■ 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 8m tonight and on Sunday, 6pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$750 tonight, NT$1,000 tomorrow, NT$1,500 on Sunday, available online through tickets.books.com.tw, hinote.kktix.cc or at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Tonight’s lineup at APA Mini (小地方展演空間) include metalcore/trancecore outfit May I shoot Your Face (極度挑釁) and power pop group Go Go Rise (美好前程). Japanese three-piece ensemble Shirost and Okinawan musicians Spoon De Chop join forces with Taiwan’s Savulu & Laway tomorrow. Taike rockers Sorry Youth (拍謝少年) and The Last Wave (最後大浪) each plays a set on Sunday.
■ 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
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and on Sunday, NT$400 tomorrow, available through www.indievox.com
The Flat Fives play swing and R&B tunes from the 1940s and 50s at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei, tonight. Featuring Jack Conqueroo, Heir of the Dogs plays 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
Indie pop musician Wang Hui-chu (王彙筑) appears at Kafka by the Sea (海邊的卡夫卡), a coffee house-cum-music and arts venue in the National Taiwan University area, tomorrow. The venue celebrates its 10th birthday on Sunday with a show by indie top act 1976.
■ 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
■ Shows start at 8pm. Cafe/bookstore opens noon to midnight Sundays through Thursdays, noon to 2am Fridays and Saturdays
■ Admission is NT$400 tomorrow and NT$600 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Tonight, fingerstyle guitarist Sujer (舒?) shares the stage with indie singer-songwriter Anie Fann (范安婷) at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area. Tomorrow, folk rocker Birdman (日京江羽人) teams up with pop artist Iris Lin (林綾). Indie acts Bombastichen (陳誇張) and Ariel (林慧君) each play a set 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
1976 celebrates the 15th anniversary of Riverside at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) tonight, followed by pop singer Miss Water (開水小姐) tomorrow. On Sunday, the venue hosts the Chanpuru Festival, featuring a group of musicians from Okinawan. Tuesday’s show stars Taipei-based Japanese guitarist Eiji Kadota. Funk/disco/nu-jazz combo Funky Brothers (放客兄弟) is among the performers 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
■ Shows start at 8pm except for Sunday which begins at 1pm
■ Entrance is NT$600 tonight and on Tuesday, NT$550 tomorrow, NT$500 on Sunday and Wednesday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Led by saxophone player Sam Su (蘇聖育), Our Piano Trio perform at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) tonight, with Italian saxophonist Damiano Niccolini as the special guest. Indie pop rocker Misi Ke (柯泯薰) headlines the bill tomorrow, and it is Avalon Jazz Playground (阿瓦隆爵士遊樂園) 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, 9pm tomorrow and on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Tonight, Rhythm Market plays funk, jazz, R&B and soul at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. It is When Jazz Meets Latin tomorrow. On Wednesday, French cello player Hugues Vincent teams up with drummer Lin Wei-chung (林偉中). French jazz and world music singer Emilie Calme plays with friends on Thursday.
■ 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$200 on weeknights
Indie pop musician Chiang Sung-lin (江松霖) appears tomorrow at There Cafe & Live House (那兒咖啡), a venue for indie music in Taoyuan.
■ B1, 454, Fuxing Rd, Taoyuan City (桃園市復興路454號B1), tel: (03) 339-8819. On the Net: www.therelivecafe.com
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$550, available online through tickets.books.com.tw and www.indievox.com
Post-hardcore band Sorry About That (收歛而爆裂) celebrates the release of its debut album 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, 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 6:30pm
■ Admission is NT$400
Nabowa comes to Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, tonight, while chamber music group Cicada performs tomorrow. Indie rockers Mary See the Future (先知瑪莉) take the stage on Sunday.
■ 117, Anhe Rd, Taichung City (台中市安和路117號), tel: (04) 2359-8780. On the Net: www.legacy.com.tw/taichung.
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$1,000 tonight, NT$700 tomorrow, NT$800 on Sunday. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Trash, a group that blends inspiration from Brit pop, alternative rock and grunge, is tomorrow’s main act at Sound Live House (迴響音樂藝文展演空間), an independent venue for music and art exhibitions in Taichung, accompanied by the Roadside Inn and Mr Loud Who Chance (三十萬年老虎鉗).
■ 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 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$500. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Tomorrow, alternative/grunge band Countervalve (逆瓣膜) shares the stage with punk act Mr Dirty at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan.
■ 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 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$250, available through www.indievox.com
Tonight’s spotlight is on indie pop act Hush at Live Warehouse, a main venue for indie music located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區). Japan’s Nabowa plays tomorrow.
■ 2-5 Dayi Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市大義街2-5號), tel: (07) 521-8114. On the Net: livewarehouse.tw.
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and 7:30pm tomorrow
■ Entrance is NT$800 tonight and NT$1,000 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
Featuring Japanese guitarist Ken Ohtake and bass player Toru Hayakawa, jazz trio Tokyo Chuo Line (東京中央線) jam tonight at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), while jazz vibraphonist Su Yu-han (蘇郁涵), Debbie Hsiao (蕭賀碩) and keyboard player Hsu Yu-ying (許郁瑛) get together on Sunday
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (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$700 tonight and NT$500 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
Tomorrow, Amis band Ka‘Futur (卡芙度爾) takes the stage at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village in Taitung City, with Hush also on the bill.
■ 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 available online at tickets.books.com.tw
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