Due to the typhoon, some shows might be cancelled. Please check with individual venues for updates.
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tomorrow, Hong Kong singer Yoyo Sham (岑寧兒) 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).
Photo courtesy of FireEx
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and on Thursday, 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$1,200. Tickets available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Japanese four-piece Back-On will play their version of rap-infused rock tomorrow at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s a prominent venue for indie rock artists, as part of their Asia tour. On Sunday, one of Japan’s most popular indie bands, Kana-Boon, will take the stage.
Photo courtesy of Way of Puzzle
■ 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
■ Show starts at 7:30pm tomorrow and 7pm on Sunday
■ Tickets cost NT$1,500 tomorrow and NT$1,900 on Sunday, available online through thewall.tw
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It is a night of punk anarchy at indie rock club Revolver tonight, with The Deposers (罷黜者), Insane (失心瘋) and Shoot Up, among others. Us+We, Desecration, Obsequial Joy and Japan’s Fucho will play post hardcore death metal and black pop tomorrow. On Sunday, it is old school rock and roll with Sunset Rollercoast and special guest Angel Baby. The venue hosts an evening of shoegaze, punk, indie rock and garage on Wednesday with Gray Dwarf Star, Super Napkin and Japan’s DYGL.
■ 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 8:30pm tonight and Sunday, 7:30pm tomorrow and 8pm on Wednesday
■ Admission is NT$300 tonight, NT$400 tomorrow and NT$500 on Sunday and Wednesday
Solo act Su Yu-ting (蘇育霆) plays tonight with indie band Penguin Cat (企鵝貓) and Fan Hsiao-an (范曉安) at Kafka by the Sea (海邊的卡夫卡), a coffee house-cum-music and arts venue. Tomorrow it is visually impaired pianist Huang Yu-siang (黃裕翔).
■ 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
■ Show starts at 8pm. Cafe/bookstore opens noon to midnight Sundays through Thursdays, noon to 2am Fridays and Saturdays
■ Admission is NT$400, available online through www.indievox.com
Pop-rock band Won Fu (旺福樂團) plays tomorrow at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館). On Sunday, pop/country/folk artists Eagle Baby Band (小老鷹樂團) will take the stage with singer Ku Wei-chuan (顧蕙倩). On Tuesday, there will be a drum clinic with US jazz drummer Tony Royster Jr, winner of a Louis Armstrong Jazz Award.
■ 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 tomorrow and Sunday and 7:30pm on Tuesday
■ Admission is NT$800 tomorrow, NT450 Sunday and NT$1,500 on Tuesday, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) will tonight host a “white party” with hip-hopster LEO37. Tomorrow it is a night of pop/funk with Lalan and Nuka, an all-Amis group who play pop, rock and blues. On Sunday, crooner Jemmy Kuo (郭子恆) will share the venue with pop band h & Listen. Four Motion 5 and Fang-Shu Li Trio will jazz things up on Thursday.
■ 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 and 8:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$750 tonight and NT$400 tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday and weeknights, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
The Flat Fives will play their version of swing and R&B from the 1930s to the 1950s tomorrow at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Wednesday’s show is by the M.A.S.K Jazz Quartet. The venue holds jams sessions on Sundays and Tuesdays.
■ 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 tomorrow, NT$200 on Thursday and free on Sundays and Tuesdays
Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, will tonight host electronic rockers Flux who will play from their debut album Pluralism (多元觀點). They will be joined by psychedelic rock act The Gigantic Roar (巨大的轟鳴). Tomorrow it is folk rock artist Chen Hui-ting (陳惠婷) and on Sunday fusion jazz act Skyline (天際線融合爵士樂團) will continue its Asia tour.
■ 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 today and tomorrow and 5pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight and tomorrow and NT$600 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Taiwan’s New metal/post-hardcore outfit Way of Puzzle (謎路人), rappers Simon & Sowut and Leo (Leo王) will take the stage tomorrow at The Mercury (水星酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung. On Wednesday it is Chinese folk rock band Low Wormwood (低苦艾) and Kaohsiung-based bluesman Jack Conqueroo.
■ 46 Liwen Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市立文路46號), tel: (07) 550-8617. On the Net: mercurybar.blogspot.tw
■ Shows start at 7pm tomorrow and 7:30pm on Wednesday
■ Entrance is NT$250 tomorrow and NT$350 on Wednesday, available at www.indievox.com
Live Warehouse, located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), tonight hosts an evening of Japanese jazz musicians, including guitarist Ken Ohtake (大竹研) and bassist Toru Hayakawa (早川徹). Tomorrow it’s Kaohsiung pop-punk group FireEx (滅火器).
■ 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 tonight and 8pm tomorrow
■ Entrance is NT$600 tonight and NT$1,200 tomorrow. Tickets available online through tickets.books.com.tw
Electronica/rock band Soundboss (騷包樂團) and hardcore punk band The Roadside Inn play tonight at Paramount Bar (百樂門酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung.
■ 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
■ Free admission
Com’z (康姆士) will play its version of funk, punk and reggae tomorrow at The Goat Restaurant & Bar (山羊飯館), a music venue and restaurant in Pingtung. On Wednesday, it is New Zealand folk duo The Bollands, who are on a cross-country tour.
■ 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
Kuo Ming-lung (郭明龍) will play songs from his album Longer Story tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village in Taitung City. Acclaimed Aboriginal singer Samingad performs 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
■ Entrance is NT$200 tonight and NT$400 tomorrow, available online at tickets.books.com.tw
The first-ever LGBTQ summer pride pool party takes place tomorrow at Road Castle with DJs spinning tunes all afternoon. There will also be a Mr. Hot Bod Contest.
■ Road Castle Water Theme Park (洛德城堡), Ln 160, Tingzhou Rd, Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市汀洲路三段160巷). On the Net: www.facebook.com/events/1028138153941562
■ Entrance is NT$300 (NT$200 for students)
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