After 10 years, several lineup changes and a major musical redirection, the members of KbN made history when they played Saturday night at the Elysium club in Austin, Texas
By Ron Brownlow
When Cheer Hsieh (謝青翰) and Chet Liu (劉鎮) formed KbN (凱比鳥) in the late 1990s, they were just another group of guys with another punk band. Now, 10 years, several lineup changes and a major musical redirection later, the group made history when they played Saturday night at the Elysium club in Austin, Texas, becoming the first Taiwanese act ever to play South by Southwest .

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By Alita Rickards and Ian Bartholomew
The Lustsluts Burlesque show on Friday night at APA Lounge in Taipei City was a welcome change from the usual nightlife fare in a country where it's legal to buy sex, but not to sell it. These performers revel in sexuality: own it, mock it, and play with it, which was very empowering compared to the everyday instances of objectification we so often see here. The group was well received by the crowd, and as its skits rely primarily on physical expression, not verbal, there was no language barrier.

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