Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tonight’s spotlight is on Mando-pop act Evan Yo (蔡旻佑), while pop singer-songwriter Peggy Hsu (許哲珮) takes the stage tomorrow. Indie pop outfit Come on! Bay Bay! (來吧!焙焙) plays on Sunday.
■ 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 start at 7:30pm tonight, 8pm tomorrow and on Sunday
Photo courtesy of April Red
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight and on Sunday, NT$1,200 tomorrow. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
British power metal outfit DragonForce will take the stage tomorrow at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. Gyze will be the opening act.
■ 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
Photo courtesy of RE: PUBLIC Records
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$1,800, available online through kktix.com and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Australian post-punk/shoegaze band Nite Fields plays a gig at APA Mini (小地方展演空間) tonight. Sunday’s main act is alt-rock outfit Silent Toads (啾吉惦惦).
■ B1,147, Hangzhou S Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市杭州南路一段147號B1), tel: (02) 2327-8658. On the Net: www.facebook.com/apamini
■ Show starts at 7pm tonight and 8pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$1,200 tonight and NT$350 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
It is live music with punk outfit Spillable Man (打翻悍將) and Blue Coral (藍礁樂團) at Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, tonight. Tomorrow’s performers include psychedelic/post-rock ensemble Islanders (島嶼樂團) and Lake Blue (湖水藍).
■ 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 7:30pm tonight and 7pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$350. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com, www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Taipei’s Soup Mother appears tonight at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub on Heping East Road (和平東路) in Taipei, while psychedelic rock band Under the Moon shares the stage with Gold Seal 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
Pop singer and actor Anthony Neely (倪安東) plays a show 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
■ Show starts at 8pm. Cafe/bookstore opens noon to midnight Sundays through Thursdays, noon to 2am Fridays and Saturdays
■ Admission is NT$600, available through republic.kktix.cc
Tonight’s show is by Paiwan-Amis band Mafana at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area, followed by indigenous singing combo Lan-hsin Band (嵐馨樂團) tomorrow. Solo crooner Mike Chang (張之謙) and folk group Knock each plays a set 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
Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) hosts Mando-pop singer Stanley Hsu (許仁杰) tomorrow. Electronic trio April Red (紅) blends a variety of electronic styles with traditional Chinese influences on Thursday.
■ 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
■ Entrance is NT$600 tomorrow and NT$400 on Thursday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
It is a night of jazz with Etude tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言), while Electric and Wood (電與木的交錯) puts on a show of funk fusion and fingerstyle guitar on Sunday. Goth metal outfits Frost Tears (冰霜之淚) and Crescent Lament (恆月三途) play on Wednesday. Indie rock group La Petite Nurse (小護士) is among the performers 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, 9pm on Sunday and weeknights
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, NT$350 on Sunday and weeknights. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
The Flat Fives jam out on swing and R&B tunes from the 1940s and 1950s tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Tomorrow it is DC & the Funky Duds. Two Duos in a Row (兩倆發聲), which features Japanese violin player Junichi Usui and Adam James Sorensen on percussion, perform on Sunday. The Daniel Brustman Trio play blues, ballads, hard bop classics and a couple of originals 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
■ Shows start at 9:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$200 on Sunday and Wednesday
Pop musician Ko Chih-tang (柯智棠) appears tomorrow at There Cafe & Live House (那兒咖啡), a venue for indie music in Taoyuan, followed by Mando-pop crooner Cheng Ju-yi (鄭如儀) on Thursday.
■ B1, 454, Fuxing Rd, Taoyuan City (桃園市復興路454號B1), tel: (03) 339-8819. On the Net: www.therelivecafe.com
■ Shows start at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$400 tomorrow and NT$600 on Thursday. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw and www.indievox.com
Sunjet Wang (王上頡) is among the performers tonight at Sound Live House (迴響音樂藝文展演空間), an independent venue for music and art exhibitions in Taichung. The Muddy Basin Ramblers (泥灘地浪人) tomorrow play original songs inspired by the classic sounds of the blues, jug bands and swing jazz groups. Japanese melodic death metal trio Gyze arrive on Sunday, accompanied by Taiwan’s Bloody Tyrant (暴君) and Nocturne Moonrise.
■ B1-1, 429, Henan Rd Sec 2, Taichung City (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 7:30pm tonight and tomorrow, 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$700 on Sunday. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com
Forro Cafe (呼嚕咖啡) in Taichung hosts Mando-rock band Picks (痞克四) tomorrow.
■ 47, Jingcheng 3rd St, Taichung City (台中市精誠三街47號), tel: (04) 2310-1661. On the Net: forrocafe.blogspot.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$350. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
On Wednesday, Tsou songstress Lea Kao (高蕾雅) performs with jazz/hip-hop combo Swing Black and Hosa (部落樂團) at Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei.
■ 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 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$500. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Billed as Taiwan’s first surf band, founded in 1965, Los Coronados plays tonight at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan, with Fullhouse also on the bill.
■ B1, 314, Simen Rd Sec 2, Tainan City (台南市西門路二段314號B1), tel: (06) 222 3238.
■ Show starts at 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$250, available through www.indievox.com
Trip-hop artists Ma-te Lin (林瑪黛) come to Paramount Bar (百樂門酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, with their new album on Sunday.
■ 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
■ Entrance is NT$300, available through www.indievox.com
Tomorrow, Hello Nico mixes pop, alt rock with electronic sounds at Live Warehouse, a main venue for indie music located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區).
■ 2-5 Dayi Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市大義街2-5號), tel: (07) 521-8114. On the Net: livewarehouse.tw.
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$700. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
Mike Mudd plays an eclectic music ranging from alternative-folk, blues, roots, rock to alt-country and gypsy at Goat Bar (山羊飯館), a music venue and restaurant in Pingtung, tonight. Tomorrow’s lineup is formed by all-girl indie band Destroyers (擊沉女孩) and punk rockers BB Bomb (BB彈).
■ 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 9pm tonight and 8:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$250
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