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Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tonight’s spotlight is on Mando-pop veteran Valen Hsu (許茹芸), and it is pop rockers io on Sunday. On Tuesday, theater director and playwright Tsai Pao-chang (蔡柏璋) teams up with classically trained composer Lo En-ni (羅恩妮). Top indie act 1976, post-punk rock band Macbeth (馬克白) and Hush join forces for the New Year’s Eve party on Wednesday.
■ 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)
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■ Show starts at 8:30pm tonight, 8pm on Sunday and Tuesday, 7:30pm on Wednesday
■ Admission is NT$1,100 tonight, NT$1,000 on Sunday, NT$800 and NT$1,000 on Tuesday, NT$1,200 on Wednesday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Electronica artist Lin Yu-te (林育德) headlines tonight at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, with DJs fish the, Noise Steve and LTY also spinning. Instrumental rock outfit BHD, garage rock band Eyeball Killer (眼球殺手) and vuLner congregate on Sunday. Hosted by noise maker Black Wolf (黑狼), Wednesday’s New Year’s Eve party features nine rock bands, including punk rockers Inhuman Band (非人物種), garage rock outfit HiJack, Green!Eyes and post-rock act Constant & Change (康士坦的變化球).
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■ 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
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight, NT$200 on Sunday, NT$600 on Wednesday. Tickets for all shows, with discounts on advance tickets, can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
Indie rockers B.B.Bomb (BB彈) and blues/country/grunge act Anteater (食蟻獸) are among the performers at Indie rock club Revolver tomorrow. Wednesday’s roster include veteran rocker Sissey Chao (趙一豪), disco/post-punk outfit New Sunglasses (新墨鏡) and Doodle, followed by a New Year party later with DJ kuei-kuei, Acid Rabbit (庫巧兔) and Inn.
■ 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 tomorrow, 9pm on Wednesday, 1am for the New Year party
■ NT$350 tomorrow, NT$300 on Wednesday, NT$200 for the party
Tomorrow, Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, hosts a psychedelic party, featuring Cosmosis, Psycho, Echenoz and Byeso.
■ 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 11:30pm
■ Admission is NT$900, available through www.walkieticket.com
The Jelly Roll Affair plays upbeat roots music at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei, tomorrow. The venue hosts an open-jam New Year’s Eve party on Wednesday, with Blind Acid Date (迷幻的瞎眼約會) and Pangolin.
■ 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 for both shows
Folk/pop group Hush! plays two shows tonight and on Sunday 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.
■ 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
■ Shows start at 8pm. Cafe/bookstore opens noon to midnight Sundays through Thursdays, noon to 2am Fridays and Saturdays
■ NT$600, available at www.indievox.com
Sunday promises to be a noisy night with melodic death metal/metalcore Greedy Black Hole, Taiwanese punks Random (隨性樂團) and heavy-metal/rap group Lazy Lady 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
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$450. Tickets available through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Pop/folk duo JS play tomorrow at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言), while Sunday’s main act is hip-hopsters and activists Kou Chou Ching (拷秋勤). Indie rockers Pink Haze (平克孩子) shares the stage with pop rockers Cloud Atlas (雲圖) on Tuesday, A group of top-notch jazz musicians, including guitarist Geddy Lin (林正如), saxophone player Tung Shuen-wen (董舜文) and bass player Jiang Li-ping (江力平), join together to celebrate the arrival of the New Year on Wednesday.
■ B1, 2, Ln 244, Roosevelt Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路三段244巷2B1), next to Taipower Building (台電大樓), tel: (02) 2368-7310. On the Net: www.riverside.com.tw
■ Shows start at 9pm except for Wednesday which begins at 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$400 tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday and Tuesday, NT$500 on Wednesday. Tickets available through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Kaohsiung punks Tetra Pak (利樂包), eX (超進化人猿) and Black Radio Party (黑色收音機派對) form tonight’s lineup 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. Tomorrow’s show is by electronic rock duo No Money No Honey, with hip-hop duo Chiu and Love (丘與樂) and Reverse Hug (逆關節擁抱) also playing.
■ 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
■ Shows start at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and NT$400 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
It is live music from Saxophone Quartet tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows, followed by jazz ensemble Wild Cactus tomorrow. The venue hosts a New Year’s Eve party with Jelly Roll Affair on Wednesday.
■ 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
■ Show starts at 9:30pm tonight and tomorrow, 8pm on Wednesday
■ Entrance is NT$300 tonight, NT$400 tomorrow, NT$700 on Wednesday
Acoustic musician Elisa Lin (林依霖) appears tomorrow 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, while WeeMusic plays pop cover songs of the 1970s on Sunday. The New Year’s Eve party features a lineup of 15 hip-hop artists and four rock bands, including The Girl’s Mood (少女情懷), Second self, Young Johnny and 70% (柒拾趴), on Wednesday.
■ 362, Fuhsing Rd Sec 3, South District, Greater Taichung (台中市南區復興路三段362號), tel: (04) 2229-0989. On the Net: www.tadaark.com.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm tomorrow, 7:30pm on Sunday, 5pm on Wednesday
■ Admission is NT$400 tomorrow, NT$600 on Sunday, NT$800 on Wednesday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, hosts folk musician Huang Jie (黃玠) tomorrow.
■ 117, Anhe Rd Situn District, Greater Taichung (台中市西屯區安和路117號), tel: (04) 2359-8780. On the Net: www.legacy.com.tw/taichung.
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$1,000 and NT$1,200. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Indie pop outfit Come on! Bay Bay! (來吧!焙焙) is scheduled tonight at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Greater Tainan. Electronica group Fabric Factory (織品工廠) and psychedelic rock outfit Obviously (顯然樂團) each plays a set tomorrow.
■ 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 8:30pm tonight and 10pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and NT$250 tomorrow
The Wall (這牆) programs regular live rock shows at Greater Kaohsiung’s Pier 2 Arts Center (高雄駁二藝術特區). Come on! Bay Bay! (來吧!焙焙) and folk rockers Young David (青春大衛) arrive tomorrow. Sundays’ year-end party features Pentung-based punks Grey Youth (少年白), metal/Djent group Lyra, folk combo Sufin and Amis musician Aiyas (鐘硯誠).
■ 1 Dayong Rd, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市大勇路1號), tel: (07) 521-5148. On the Net: www.thewall.com.tw
■ Show starts at 7:30pm tomorrow and 6pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$500 tomorrow and NT$400 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
Tonight, Puyuma musician Hao-en (昊恩) plays 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. Taiwanese folk rock band Xing Li Band (行李樂團) shares the stage with Aboriginal rocker Black Kids (黑孩子樂團) 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. Weekend arts fair opens 6pm to 10pm every Friday, 3:30pm to 10pm every Saturday and Sunday
■ Admission is NT$300 tonight and NT$250 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
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