Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Currently on their Asia tour, pop punk and modern rock outfit Go Go Rise (美好前程) plays tonight, with Punkhoo (胖虎) and Star Radio (小城星電台) as the opening acts. The spotlight is on Mandopop veteran Maggie Chiang (江美琪) tomorrow, followed by experimental musician and sound artist Wang Yu-jun (王榆鈞) and Time (時間樂隊) on Wednesday. Thursday’s show is by acoustic duo Jayesslee from Australia.
■ 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)
Photo courtesy of Midnight Ping Pong
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight and on Wednesday, NT$1,200 and NT$1,400 tomorrow, NT$2,500 on Thursday. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks.
Three indigenous bands, alter-rock/hip-hop act Generation 7 (七字輩), post-hardcore/punk group See No Future for Something and Monomania (偏執狂), congregate tonight at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. The venue hosts J-pop group Nagareda Project (流田Project) tomorrow, while it is Japanese rocker Fullkawa Honpo on Sunday.
Photo courtesy of Raven Yeh
■ 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, 7pm tomorrow and on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight, NT$1,200 tomorrow, NT$1,800 on Sunday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.ticket.com.tw or www.walkieticket.com.
Tonight’s roster at indie rock club Revolver include electronic outfit Sonic Deadhorse (音速死馬), Fish+Holic and punk act Two and a Half Star (兩星半). Tomorrow’s lineup features post-punk/garage rock band Tight Tight Crotch (緊褲襠), grunge rockers Slack Tide and Midnight Ping Pong (午夜乒乓). Later the same night, DJ Spykee will take to the decks. On Wednesday, funk/J-rock group H/F HalfF band and Fragrance Liang (梁香) each plays a set, followed by emo rock outfit ChicKNUP (奇克拿) and hardcore/alternative rock act General Sky on Thursday.
■ 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 tonight, 8:30pm tomorrow, 11:30pm for the late-night party, 10pm on Wednesday and Thursday
■ Admission is NT$300 tonight and tomorrow, NT$200 on Wednesday and Thursday
It is live music from blues/funk combo Blue Tongue, One Ear Tiger Strip (單耳虎斑) and acid jazz ensemble Acid Marie (微酸瑪莉) tonight at Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, followed by an electronic party tomorrow, featuring DJs Spacey Stacey and Spike.
■ 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 8pm tonight and 11pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and NT$500 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort and 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Alternative rock outfit Taipei Cases (台北公案) is among the performers at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei, tomorrow.
■ 77, Heping E Rd Sec 3, Taipei City (台北市和平東路三段77號), tel: (02) 2377-1772
■ Show starts at 10pm
■ Admission is NT$300
Tonight, folk singer and guitarist Cheshire Cat (柴郡貓) and Japanese musician Yamoto Naoko are scheduled at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area. Indie pop rocker Misi Ke (柯泯薰) takes the stage tomorrow, and it is solo acts Denis Hsu (許書豪) and Vj Voon (溫偉杰) on Thursday.
■ 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
Having launched its debut album last month, taike rockers Sunset Samurai (夕陽武士) perform tomorrow 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. Sunday’s performer is young indie musician Serrini from Hong Kong.
■ 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
■ Free admission. Minimum charge is one drink
DaizyStripper, a five-member Japanese visual kei rock band, arrives at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) tonight.
■ 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 6:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$1,700 and NT$2,700. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Tonight, Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) hosts a fusion night featuring saxophone player Tung Shuen-wen (董舜文) and jazz keyboardist Lu Sheng-fei (呂聖斐). Atayal musician Rachel Lu (呂薔) shares the stage with Mandopop singer Yvone Hsieh (解偉苓) tomorrow. While Japanese folk musician Yamoto Naoko and The Frengers perform on Sunday afternoon, jazz veteran J.E.G. (這個爵士樂團) appears on Sunday night. Tuesday’s rosters are Amis noise folk artists Outlet Drift (漂流出口) and Blossoming Rice (花朵綻飯). Funk/fusion rock group Holy Jam and Four Motion 3 each play a set 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 tonight and on weekdays, 9:30pm tomorrow and on Sunday night, 4pm on Sunday afternoon
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, tomorrow and on Sunday night, NT$350 on Sunday afternoon and weekdays. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Jazz quartet Half Year of Solitude (臭貓歷險記) perform tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows, while Ash Hines Jazztet plays jazz grooves and compositions influenced by the cool-Jazz genre tomorrow. On Sunday, The String Bean Party (四季豆黨) put together a mix of folk, bluegrass, ragtime and country-western music. It is an acoustic night with Ellery Prescott and Adam Sorensen on Wednesday, followed by jazz combo Duology +1 on Thursday.
■ 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 Sunday and weekdays
Guitarist Ken Ohtake presents his own compositions tonight at There Cafe & Live House (那兒咖啡), a venue for indie music in Greater Taoyuan.
■ B1, 454, Fusing Rd, Greater Taoyuan (桃園市復興路454號B1), tel: (03) 339-8819. On the Net: www.therelivecafe.com
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$350. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw and www.indievox.com
Pop rocker Hsieh chih-ping (謝至平) is among the performers 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. Tomorrow, The Muddy Basin Ramblers (泥灘地浪人) play original songs inspired by the classic sounds of blues songsters, jug bands and swing jazz groups from the early 20th century. Wednesday’s lineup includes electronic act Pro. Found (方波樂團) and Sandbox (沙盒樂團), followed by hard rock group Pale Raven (蒼鴉樂團), punk outfit I.Design and Aerobic Oasis (有氧綠洲) on Thursday.
■ 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 tomorrow, 7:30pm on Wednesday and Thursday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$300 on Wednesday and Thursday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Maggie Chiang (江美琪) arrives tonight at Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, and it is live music from Paiwan hip-hop artists Boxing (拳樂團) tomorrow.
■ 117, Anhe Rd, Greater Taichung (台中市安和路117號), tel: (04) 2359-8780. On the Net: www.legacy.com.tw/taichung.
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and 7pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$1,200 tonight and NT$450 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Blues combo Celluloid (賽璐璐) take the stage tomorrow at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Greater Tainan, accompanied by Black Radio Party (黑色收音機派對) and MudBros (爛泥兄弟).
■ 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 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$250
Last week saw the appearance of another odious screed full of lies from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Ambassador to Australia, Xiao Qian (肖千), in the Financial Review, a major Australian paper. Xiao’s piece was presented without challenge or caveat. His “Seven truths on why Taiwan always will be China’s” presented a “greatest hits” of the litany of PRC falsehoods. This includes: Taiwan’s indigenous peoples were descended from the people of China 30,000 years ago; a “Chinese” imperial government administrated Taiwan in the 14th century; Koxinga, also known as Cheng Cheng-kung (鄭成功), “recovered” Taiwan for China; the Qing owned
In Taiwan’s politics the party chair is an extremely influential position. Typically this person is the presumed presidential candidate or serving president. In the last presidential election, two of the three candidates were also leaders of their party. Only one party chair race had been planned for this year, but with the Jan. 1 resignation by the currently indicted Ko Wen-je (柯文哲) of the Taiwan People’s Party (TPP) two parties are now in play. If a challenger to acting Chairman Huang Kuo-chang (黃國昌) appears we will examine that race in more depth. Currently their election is set for Feb. 15. EXTREMELY
Jan. 20 to Jan. 26 Taipei was in a jubilant, patriotic mood on the morning of Jan. 25, 1954. Flags hung outside shops and residences, people chanted anti-communist slogans and rousing music blared from loudspeakers. The occasion was the arrival of about 14,000 Chinese prisoners from the Korean War, who had elected to head to Taiwan instead of being repatriated to China. The majority landed in Keelung over three days and were paraded through the capital to great fanfare. Air Force planes dropped colorful flyers, one of which read, “You’re back, you’re finally back. You finally overcame the evil communist bandits and
They increasingly own everything from access to space to how we get news on Earth and now outgoing President Joe Biden warns America’s new breed of Donald Trump-allied oligarchs could gobble up US democracy itself. Biden used his farewell speech to the nation to deliver a shockingly dark message: that a nation which has always revered its entrepreneurs may now be at their mercy. “An oligarchy is taking shape in America of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms,” Biden said. He named no names, but his targets were clear: men like Elon Musk
RSS