Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tonight, indie rockers Nora Says celebrate the release of its latest album together with EggplantEgg (茄子蛋) and The Last Hope. Indie-folk musician Huang Jie (黃玠) puts on two performances tomorrow and on Sunday. Tomorrow’s show is sold out.
■ Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914), Center Five Hall (中五館), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei (台北市八德路一段1號)
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and 7pm on Sunday
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■ Admission is NT$600 tonight, NT$1,000 and NT$1,200 on Sunday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Jazz fusion ensemble Teriver Cheung Trio performs at Legacy Mini, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, tonight. Guitarist DC Rapier teams up with bass player Vincent Hsu and drummer Cody Byassee on Sunday, while Chucky (恰吉) revisits pop songs of the 1990s on Wednesday.
■ Legacy Mini at Amba Taipei Ximending (台北西門町意舍), 5F, 77, Wuchang St Sec 2, Taipei (台北市武昌街二段77號5樓)
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$400. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Japanese instrumental rock band Mono takes the stage tonight at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, followed by Japanese singer-songwriter LiSA tomorrow. On Thursday, Trabajo, a noise/electronic duo from Brooklyn, NYC, plays a show, supported by Taiwan’s folk ensemble WWWW (落差草原) and Murky Crows (昏鴉).
■ 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: www.thewall.com.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and on Thursday, 7pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$1,500 tonight, NT$1,800 tomorrow, NT$400 on Thursday. Tickets for all shows, with discounts on advance tickets, can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw and www.walkieticket.com.
Tonight’s show at indie rock club Revolver is by melodic death metal/metalcore outfit Greedy Black Hole (貪婪黑洞), Dark Charybdis and Zangief (桑吉爾夫).
■ 1-2, Roosevelt Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路一段1-2號), tel: (02) 3393-1678
■ Show starts at 9:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$300
Tonight’s roster include pop/folk combo Bling High and Tonight is Scattered (夜色微亂) at Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties. Later tonight, the venue hosts the Hollyween party featuring DJ Phie Lee (李緋). Indie rockers Zan (風切音) and Nuit Ark are among the performers on Sunday.
■ 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 tonight and on Sunday, 11pm for the late-night party
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and on Sunday, NT$400 for tonight’s party, available online through www.indievox.com and www.walkieticket.com
Tonight’s spotlight is on funk-rock/nu-metal band Coach (教練樂團) at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area.
■ 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
■ Show starts 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 is NT$400
Tomorrow’s lineup at Kafka on the Shore (海邊的卡夫卡), a coffee house-cum-music and arts venue in the National Taiwan University area, is formed by folk rock combo Young David (青春大衛) and Hao Fang-chu (郝方竹) from You-S (你們你們).
■ 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
Tonight, Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei, host the Halloween Rock Star Costume Party with Soup Mother. Best costume of the night wins a bottle of Hendrick’s Gin. Yasutake Jazz Band plays jazz and pop standards tomorrow.
■ 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
Veteran alt-rockers Backquarter (四分衛) appear tonight at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館), and it is Indie rockers Mary See the Future (先知瑪莉) on Sunday.
■ 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
■ Show starts at 8:30pm tonight and 8pm on Sunday
■ Entrance is NT$600 tonight and NT$700 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Tonight’s performance features celebrated jazz pianist Mike Del Ferro at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言), followed by Aboriginal musicians Tai Nine Line (台玖線樂團) and The Punch (胖曲樂團) tomorrow. Dance/rock band Acidy Peeping Tom (微酸的偷窺狂) and Anteater (食蟻獸) each plays a set on Wednesday. Jazz combos Um Beijo do Brasil (巴西之吻) and solo act Su Yu-ting (蘇育霆) are scheduled 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
■ Shows start at 9pm
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight, NT$400 tomorrow, NT$350 on weekdays. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Tonight, Sappho de Base, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows, throws the Swingin’ Halloween Party with Jump Somethin’. Aashti brings Balkan mountain songs and dance music and mysterious tunes of Orthodox Christianity and Sufism tomorrow.
■ 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 for both shows
Psychedelic rock group The Gigantic Roar (巨大的轟鳴) and post-rock band Bugs of Phonon (聲子蟲) arrive at There Cafe & Live House (那兒咖啡), a venue for indie music in Taoyuan, tomorrow. Folk rock artist Chen Hui-ting (陳惠婷) hold a concert on Sunday.
■ B1, 454, Fusing 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 7:30pm tomorrow and 8pm on Sunday
■ Entrance is NT$350 tomorrow and NT$380 on Sunday. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw.
Tomorrow, indie rockers The Bombers (炸彈客) and pop/hard rock outfit Thumper (重擊者樂團) join forces with Taiwan Wrestling Taipei (台灣摔角聯盟) 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 Greater Taichung.
■ 362, Fuhsing Rd Sec 3, Greater Taichung (台中市復興路三段362號), tel: (04) 2229-0989. On the Net: www.tadaark.com.tw
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$550. Tickets can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Mando-pop singer Roger Yang (楊培安) appears tonight at Sound Live House (迴響音樂藝文展演空間), an independent venue for music performances and art exhibitions in Greater Taichung. Taike rockers Sunset Samurai (夕陽武士), indie-pop outfit Sorrow of Youth (少年維持的煩惱) and Bike congregate tomorrow.
■ B1-1, 429, Henan Rd Sec 2, Greater Taichung (台中市河南路二段429號B1-1), tel: (04) 2451-1989. On the Net: soundlivehouse.msmusic.com.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and 7:30pm tomorrow
■ Tickets cost NT$700 tonight and NT$350 tomorrow, available online through www.indievox.com
It is the release part of electronic duo Dronetonics’ new album tomorrow at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Greater Tainan. They will be joined by screamo group Until Seeing Whale’s Eyes (直到看見鯨魚的眼睛) and punk/post-rock outfit Grey Youth (少年白).
■ B1, 314, Simen Rd Sec 2, Greater Tainan (台南市西門路二段314號B1), tel: (06) 222 3238.
■ Show starts at 9pm
■ Admission is NT$300
Paiwan rockers The Attractions (吸引力樂團) play tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village composed of a music venue, design and crafts shops and a weekend arts fair in Taitung City, with electronic group Chen‘s Bro Club also on the bill.
■ 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
■ Show starts 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
■ Admission is NT$200. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
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