Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Sunday’s spotlight is on pop group Barbarian Cave (野人洞穴). On Thursday, Re: public records organizes a New Year’s Eve party, featuring psychedelic/post-punk band The Sign of Human (記號士), indie giant 1976, garage/shoegaze outfit Skip Skip Ben Ben and post-punk group Macbeth (馬克白).
■ 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)
■ Show starts at 4pm on Sunday and 7:30pm on Thursday
Photo courtesy of Super Napkin
■ Admission is NT$850 on Sunday and NT$1,000 on Thursday. Tickets available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Tonight’s roster includes punk/grunge outfit Raven Flats (烏鴉公寓) and blues ensemble EggplantEgg (茄子蛋) at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. Solo act Haor (許書豪) mixes R&B with electronic beats on Sunday. A troupe of performers welcomes the arrival of 2016 on Thursday, including reggae rock group Hang in the Air (盪在空中), punk rockers Inhuman Band (非人物種), hardcore punks The Roadside Inn and VJ Youji.
■ 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
Photo courtesy of Kafka by the Sea
■ Show starts at 8:30pm tonight, 6:30pm on Sunday, 8pm on Thursday
■ Admission is NT$300 tonight and on Thursday, NT$400 on Sunday, available online through thewall.tw, gutsrecords.kktix.cc or ticket.ibon.com.tw
Tonight’s main act is alternative rock outfit The Subway Unhappy Boys Club (地下道) at APA Mini (小地方展演空間). Tomorrow, Japanese shoegaze band Presence of Soul and dream-pop/electronica duo Shelling join forces with Taiwan’s The Sign of Human (記號士) and Super Napkin. Speed/power metal act Storm Descent (暴風降生) and ZoAnVi (佐安薇) are among the performers on Sunday.
Photo courtesy of Kafka by the Sea
■ 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, 7:30pm tomorrow, 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and on Sunday, NT$700 tomorrow, available through www.indievox.com
Pipe Live Music, a major venue for indie music and parties, hosts an electro Christmas party tonight, featuring a troupe of DJs, including Yen, Masato, Radio Dead and Neon Kidz. Psychedelic group Tonight is Scattered (夜色微亂), pop rockers OS(原音) and middle-aged rockers 115 play tomorrow. Pop group Hide & Six holds a free concert on Sunday.
■ 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 10pm tonight, 7pm tomorrow, 7:30pm on Sunday
■ Admission cost between NT$500 and NT$800 tonight, NT$350 tomorrow, free on Sunday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
To welcome the arrival of 2016, Jack’s Studio (杰克音樂) in Ximending (西門町) is holding a four-day music marathon starting Thursday. The first show features pop rock band Huoyaodays (火曜日), emo rock outfit ChicKNUP (奇克拿樂團) and indie rockers Playmess.
■ B1, 76 Kunming St, Taipei City (台北市萬華區昆明街76號B1), tel: (02) 2381-0999.
■ Show starts at 6pm
■ Tickets cost NT$500, available online through www.indievox.com
Acoustic folk duo Cozy Diary (輕日記) is throwing a Christmas party tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area. Hakka activist and musician Huang Wei-jie (黃瑋傑) takes the stage tomorrow. Thursday’s party features indie-pop musician Ciacia (何欣穗).
■ 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$400 tonight, NT$500 tomorrow, NT$600 on Thursday
Folk musician PiA (吳蓓雅) is among the performers at tomorrow’s Christmas shindig 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. For the New Year’s Eve party on Thursday, the venue is putting forth an all-female lineup featuring indie star Enno Cheng (鄭宜農), twin indie-pop singers Yi-cheng, Yi-ching (依錚依靜) and folk sister duo KurumiQ (核桃).
■ 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$500 for both shows. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Japanese guitar maestro Kikuta returns with Kikuta Trio tomorrow Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei. Acoustic trio Red Cliff and pop/psychedelic ensemble Blind Acid Date (迷幻的瞎眼約會) celebrate the coming new year on Thursday.
■ 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
Pop singer-songwriter Peggy Hsu (許哲珮) holds a Christmas concert tonight at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館), while Japanese group Plan-B appears 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
■ Shows start at 8:30pm tonight and 8pm tomorrow
■ Entrance is NT$800 tonight and NT$1,500 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Plan-B arrives at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) tonight, and acoustic guitar duo WoodyWoody play tomorrow. Alternative/folk rock combo I am not Dorothy (不是桃樂絲) and Rock Bang (洛客班) each play a set on Sunday. Japanese guitarist Ken Ohtake and bassist Toru Hayakawa perform with local erhu player Wu Cheng–chun (吳政君) on Wednesday. The venue celebrates the new year with a night of fusion jazz on Thursday, featuring guitarist Geddy Lin (林正如), bass player Jeff Chen (陳任佑) and Japanese drummer Dafu.
■ 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 8pm tonight, 9pm tomorrow and on Sunday, 9:30pm on Wednesday and Thursday
■ Admission is NT$1,500 tonight, NT$400 tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday, NT$500 on Wednesday and Thursday, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Musa, a pianist, composer and producer from Argentina celebrates Christmas with his friends tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows, followed by eight-piece ensemble The Carlos All Stars tomorrow. Matthew Fullen Trio performs on Wednesday. The venue hosts a New Year’s Eve party with DC & the Funky Duds 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 except for Thursday which begins at 8pm
■ Entrance is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$200 on Wednesday, NT$700 on Thursday
Malaysian pop artist Vic Teo (張祖誠) comes to Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, tonight, while folk/pop act Hush plays tomorrow. Sunday’s show is by pop group Anniedora (安妮朵拉).
■ 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.
■ Show starts at 7:30pm tonight, 8pm tomorrow, 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$700 tonight and on Sunday, NT$800 tomorrow. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
To celebrates its second birthday and the new year, Paramount Bar (百樂門酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, throws a four-day party starting Thursday with screamo outfit Ship of Fools (愚人船), Fogbow (霧虹) and noisemaker Black Wolf (黑狼) among others.
■ 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$1,200 for four-day package, NT$800 for two-day, NT$500 for single-day tickets, available through www.indievox.com
Indie electronica ensemble moRning cAll (輕晨電) tours to Live Warehouse, a main venue for indie music located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), tonight, followed by Puyuma musician #Nawan# and friends tomorrow. It is the release party of new metal/post-hardcore act Way of Puzzle’s (謎路人) new album on Sunday.
■ 2-5 Dayi Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市大義街2-5號), tel: (07) 521-8114. On the Net: livewarehouse.tw.
■ Shows start at 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$700 tonight, NT$400 tomorrow, NT$500on Sunday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
I am not Dorothy (不是桃樂絲) teams up with Relax One (輕鬆玩) for the year-end celebration at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), on Thursday.
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Show starts at 9pm
■ Admission is NT$990, available through www.indievox.com
Tomorrow, Amis-Puyuma musician Xi-Wu (璽伍) shares the stage with Hong Kong songstress Yoyo Sham (岑寧兒) and Puyuma crooner #Hao-en# (昊恩) at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village 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.
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