Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tomorrow the venue will host a Golden Melody awards afterparty with DJ Chengrong (DJ陣容). On Sunday it is Share Your Love party with live music by 9m88 and beats by Andy K, Human Wright and Jimmy Quinn. On Tuesday, The Radio Dept will bring their dream pop tunes from Lund, Sweden as part of their cross Asia tour. They will be joined by Roth Bart Baron, a Tokyo-based musical duo.
■ 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).
■ Tonight’s show starts at 8pm, Sunday at 6pm and Tuesday at 7pm
Photo courtesy of The Wall
■ Admission is NT$700 tonight, NT$900 on Sunday, NT$1,600 on Tuesday. 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, tonight hosts NoWhere, a music show that brings together Forests (森林合唱樂團), Lobo, Nathan Rickard, Cindy Ho, Fossil and a whole slew of other indie musicians. Tomorrow it is Japanese visual kei rock band SuG and on Wednesday it is US shoegazing band The Belinda Butchers.
■ 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
Photo courtesy of Sappho Live
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Tickets cost NT$300 tonight, NT$1,700 tomorrow and NT$1,400 Wednesday, available online through thewall.tw
It is a night of funk and rock tonight at indie rock club Revolver, with Japanese group the Con Girl Pistols. Tomorrow the venue has two J Rock bands early in the evening with Ring and Roxy, followed by electro indie dance tunes late into the evening with Neon Kidz, PDK, Amoeba and Acid Billy. Visual rock groups Reset, Moncarpic and Un Alec Deux will play on Sunday and on Wednesday it is psychedelic pop group Blind Acid Date (迷幻的瞎眼約會) who will share the venue with the Commuters. On Thursday it is the 20th anniversary party for indie rock group Balloons.
■ 1-2, Roosevelt Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號), tel: (02) 3393-1678. On the Net: www.facebook.com/revolver.taipei
■ Show starts at 7:30pm tonight, 7pm and 11:30pm tomorrow, 7pm on Sunday, 9pm on Wednesday and 8:30pm on Thursday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, NT$300 tomorrow and Sunday, NT$250 on Wednesday and NT$350 on Thursday
Swedish electronic duo Lur will play tomorrow and Sunday at Pipe Live Music, a major venue for indie music and parties. They will be joined by Flyinsnow, Puzzle Man, Noriko Takasaki and experimental electronica act Shishukong (屍術控).
■ 1 Siyuan Rd, Taipei City (台北市思源路1號), tel: (02) 2364-8198. On the Net: www.pipemusic.com.tw
■ Shows start at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$600, available online through www.indievox.com, pipemusic.kktix.cc and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Psychedelic pop band Blind Acid Date (迷幻的瞎眼約會) will play tomorrow at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub in Taipei. They will be joined by Taiwan’s acoustic trio Red Cliff.
■ 77, Heping E Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市和平東路三段77號), tel: (02) ■ 7-1772. On the Net: bobwundaye.blogspot.tw
■ Shows start at 10pm
■ Admission is NT$300
Flaminco guitarists Isaac Munoz Casado and Kilem will play tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area. Tomorrow it is Taichung rockers Bike and Silverbus (銀巴士).
■ 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 Achau (阿超) plays tonight at Kafka by the Sea (海邊的卡夫卡), a coffee house-cum-music and arts venue.
■ 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).
■ Show starts at 8pm. Cafe/bookstore opens noon to midnight Sundays through Thursdays, noon to 2am Fridays and Saturdays
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, available online through www.indievox.com
Featuring Japanese guitarist Ken Ohtake and bass player Toru Hayakawa, jazz trio Tokyo Chuo Line (東京中央線) jam out on Thursday 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
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$700, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Fusion and funk band ALN take the stage tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言). Drum and bass group CrapUnited (廢結合) and electronic/alternative rock outfit Sleeping Brain (眠腦) play tomorrow. Playmess plays its version of old time rock ‘n’ roll on Tuesday with punk act Mr. Nobody (無先生).
■ 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 9pm tonight and tomorrow, Tuesday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday and weeknights, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Tokyo-based trumpeter Neil Stanlknaker plays tonight with his jazz band at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Stanlknaker will play original compositions from his recently released album Reflections. The Reggae Riddims play tomorrow. On Thursday, it is Japanese jazz collective Daiki Yasukagawa Trio Plus.
■ 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
Punk band Sora will take the stage tomorrow at There Cafe & Live House (那兒咖啡), a venue for indie music in Taoyuan. They will be playing original tunes from their recently released mini album Start from Zero (從零開始).
■ 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 tonight at 9:30pm,
■ Admission is NT$400, available online through tickets.books.com.tw and www.indievox.com
Groovement Swing Band will play tonight 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.
■ 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 8pm
■ Admission is NT$400.
Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, celebrates classic rock with its 1976 — In Clubbing We Trust. The venue will hold a Mandopop party 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 begins at 8pm tonight and 6pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight and NT$1,500 on Sunday. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Pop artist Fang Wu (吳汶芳) will play from her new album, If I Only had You (如果世界只剩你和我), tonight at Taichung’s Forro Cafe (呼嚕咖啡).
■ 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
Indie rockers Hippocampus (海馬迴) play tomorrow at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan. They will be joined by indie rockers The City Rain Man (城市雨人).
■ 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 9pm
■ Admission is NT$250, available at www.indievox.com
Pop folk artist PiA (吳蓓雅) plays tomorrow 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$600, available through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Punk/emo group RCM (激進主義) take the stage tomorrow at The Goat Restaurant & Bar (山羊飯館), a music venue and restaurant in Pingtung.
■ 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 8:30pm
■ Minimal charge is NT$200
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