Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. French singer and songwriter Joyce Jonathan, known for her hit songs Je ne sais pas and Sur mes gardes, will play tonight as part of her Asia tour. Tomorrow the club hosts Macy, No Name and Djavan, who will play jazz, R&B and soul, while Snarky Puppy, the Brooklyn, New York-based instrumental ensemble led by bassist, composer and producer Michael League, will play on Sunday. On Thursday, indie folk and rock band The Chairs (椅子), Paiwan guitarist Balai and shoegaze band Doodle will take the stage.
■ 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).
■ All shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$1,100 tonight, NT$700 tomorrow, NT$3,600 Sunday and NT$200 on Thursday. Tickets available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, will host upbeat punk rockers Punkhoo (胖虎), who will play from their new EP Facelife, tomorrow. On Sunday, electronic metal band L Der CoLoR (無上彩) will hit the stage to promote their new EP. They will be joined by J-Rock band Vierze and indie rockers Rosy (玫瑰紅). Korner, located inside the club, hosts a DJ party tomorrow with Boris, diskonnected, Al Burrow, Toska and Simon Frank, among others.
Photo courtesy of Legacy Taipei
■ 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: thewall.tw
■ Shows at The Wall start at 8pm tomorrow and 7:30pm on Sunday. Tomorrow’s show at Korner begins at 11:55pm.
■ Tickets for The Wall cost NT$700 tonight and NT$350 on Sunday; tomorrow’s Korner performance costs NT$650, available online through thewall.tw
Instrumental group Sandbox (沙盒樂團) continues its summer tour tonight at APA Mini (小地方展演空間). Tomorrow, Psychedelic/math rock band Palette (調澀盤) will team up with crooner Hung Ching-ling (紅精靈).
■ 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 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight and NT$350 tomorrow, available through www.indievox.com
Doodle, Sloth Machine, Bighole! Mama (媽媽大吼) and Head Composer (頭部組成者) will all play on Sunday at Pipe Live Music, a major venue for indie music and parties. On Thursday, the club hosts hard rockers Tommy and Joyce, followed by an 80’s Rock Open Jam.
■ 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 7pm on Sunday and 8pm on Thursday
■ Admission is NT$450 on Sunday and NT$600 on Thursday. Tickets available through www.indievox.com, pipemusic.kktix.cc and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Expat group Shuaiguoren plays tonight at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub in Taipei. Tomorrow it’s Green Island Blues.
■ 77, Heping E Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市和平東路三段77號), tel: (02) 2377-1772. On the Net: bobwundaye.blogspot.tw
■ Shows start at 10pm
■ Admission is NT$300
Tonight, Mando-pop singer Will Lin (林威良) will play at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館). Electronica/rock band Soundboss (騷包樂團) will play 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 8pm
■ Admission is NT$450 tonight and NT$500 tomorrow, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Led by saxophone player Sam Su (蘇聖育), Our Piano Trio perform tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言). Tomorrow, indie rockers Monkey Pilot (猴子飛行員) will take the stage, while guitarists Nathan Chen (陳柏融) and Cliff (克里夫) will perform on Sunday. On Monday there is an open jam.
■ 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 NT$150 on Monday, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows, tonight hosts the 8-member Last Minute Latin Band. Tomorrow it is J’s Something Different with J Geddes on the sax.
■ 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 Thursday
Trip-hop/dream pop act Kingdom of Rain (雨國) will appear 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 8pm
■ Admission is NT$350, available online through tickets.books.com.tw and www.indievox.com
Folk rockers 929 take the stage tonight at Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei. Tomorrow, all-women group Smoky Bomb (煙霧彈樂團) will play a mix of electronic rock, funk and pop. They will be joined by nu-metal group No Promise.
■ 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
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight and NT$600 tomorrow. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
On Thursday, TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan, will host Japanese rocker Kenji Usui with special guest filmmaker Nobuhiro Okahashi as part of a cross-island tour.
■ 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 8pm
■ Admission is NT$250, available at www.indievox.com
Tomorrow at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), pop singer Binham Yeh (葉秉桓) will play songs from his new album, Days Like These (日子這樣就好)
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$400, available through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Live Warehouse, a venue for indie music located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), will tomorrow host folk rockers 929.
■ 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
■ Entrance is NT$800. Tickets available online through tickets.books.com.tw
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