Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tomorrow and Sunday, the venue hosts Voice Up Concert, featuring Mando pop singers Genie Chuo (卓文萱) and Shi Shi (孫盛希) as well as visually-impaired musician Hsiao Huang-chi (蕭煌奇). Metalcore/Electronicore band Asking Alexandria from the UK plays on Wednesday.
■ 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 Children in Love
■ Show starts at 2:30pm and 7:30pm tomorrow, 2:30pm on Sunday, 8pm on Wednesday
■ Admission is NT$1,200 tomorrow afternoon and on Sunday, NT$1,600 tomorrow evening, NT$1,800 and NT$2,200 on Wednesday. Tickets available at icon-promotions-tw.kktix.cc or www.kham.com.tw
Tomorrow, Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, The Wall (這牆), hosts Exit Tunes Dance Party, a Tokyo-based electronic party, featuring Ryu, kors and dj TAKA.
Photo courtesy of FireEX
■ B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1), tel: (02) 2930-0162.
■ Show starts at 7m
■ Tickets cost NT$1,500, available at thewall.tw
Photo courtesy of Timmy Lok
Two electronic musicians from Japan will perform this weekend at Pipe Live Music, a major venue for indie music and parties. Yoshihiro Hanno will perform tonight and Hideki Matsutake will play tomorrow.
■ 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 and 7:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$700 tonight and NT$1,000 tomorrow. Tickets available at www.indievox.com, pipemusic.kktix.cc and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
The groove is on tomorrow with DC & the Funky Duds at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub in Taipei.
■ 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
Puyuma musician Nawan takes the stage at Kafka by the Sea (海邊的卡夫卡), a coffee house-cum-music and arts venue, tonight, followed by psychedelic folk act Tim Carr tomorrow.
■ 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
■ Minimum charge is one drink
Fingerstyle guitarists Dong Yun-chang (董運昌) headlines a bill at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言), tonight. Songstress Wing (俞心嵐) and new voice talent Ching (金大為) are among the performers tomorrow. Acoustic guitarist Xie Zhi-ping (謝至平) and folk act Stanley Hong (洪詮翔) each play a set on Sunday. Amis pop/funk band Nuka (鹿角樂團) shares the stage with Salama on Tuesday, followed by pop act Iris Lin (林綾) on Wednesday. Thursday’s performers are singer Pierre (劉沛) and Lenny Wu (伍靖).
■ 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
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday and weeknights, available at www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
The Swing Quartet cooks up a fun vibe with their treatment of jazz and blues tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Featuring hip hop/jazz musicians from Japan and Taiwan, Japwan fuses jazz and hip-hop tomorrow. On Wednesday, Trio Da-Mo interprets jazz standards. Featuring Sean Pentland on bass and Adam Sorensen on drums, Andrew Page Trio performs a mix of jazz standards and originals 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 Wednesday, NT$300 on Thursday
Jazz guitarist Hope Yeh (葉賀璞) holds a recital tonight at There Cafe & Live House (那兒咖啡), and it is indie-pop combo 23 Half (23號半) tomorrow.
■ 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
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and NT$400 tomorrow, available at tickets.books.com.tw and www.indievox.com
Tomorrow, Kaohsiung pop-punk group FireEx (滅火器) tours to Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, with its new album. Pop punk band Thick Big Band (粗大Band) plays 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.
■ Show starts at 8pm tomorrow and 6pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$1,200 tomorrow and NT$600 on Sunday. Tickets available at www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
On Sunday, Hong Kong’s techno pop artist Timmy Lok and ambient electronic act, Side Tam, will take the stage with Taiwan’s chill step/ambient pop/trip-hop combo Utopia (世外桃源樂團) 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 4:30pm
■ Admission is NT$250, available at www.indievox.com
Crossover combo Children in Love tours to The Mercury (水星酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, with its new album tonight.
■ 46 Liwen Rd, Kaohsiung City (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$350, available at www.indievox.com
Tonight, Confusion plays an eclectic collection of R&B, acid jazz and neo-soul 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 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$300, available at www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Folk/jazz act The Forest Group (森林ㄌㄜˋ園) performs at Uri-Sabaki-Jo (The Wall, 賣捌所), a historical building-turned-music venue in Yilan, tomorrow. Sunday’s spotlight is on Timeless Fusion Party (無限融合), a jazz fusion band led by pianist Fred Lu (呂聖斐) and Tony Tung (董舜文).
■ 38 Kangle Rd, Yilan City (宜蘭市康樂路38號), tel: (03) 935-2493.On the Net: thewall.tw
■ Show starts at 5pm
■ Admission is NT$350, available online through thewall.tw
Blues muisician Paul S Lawrence shares the stage with The Bosses (老榜們) tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village in Taitung City. Aboriginal rockers Mr Aruba (撞士阿魯巴) 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
■ Entrance is NT$200 tonight and NT$250 tomorrow
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