Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. It is the release party of modern jazz ensemble The Beat Brothers’ new album tonight. Neo-psychedelia/alternative rock act Echo (回聲樂團) takes the stage tomorrow.
■ 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)
Photo courtesy of Legacy
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight and NT$900 tomorrow. Tickets available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, hosts V Rock Night tonight, featuring a troupe of visual kei bands from Japan, such as Arlequin, Codomo Dragon and Dog in The Parallel World Orchestra. Tomorrow, country/disco/alternative rock outfit The Tic Tac comes with its debut album, and it is Japanese-Taiwanese act Plan-D on Sunday. Electronic trio Forest (森林) celebrate its new record on Wednesday.
Photo courtesy of The Sign of Human
■ 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 6pm tonight, 8pm tomorrow and on Wednesday, 7:50pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$2,300 tonight, NT$600 tomorrow, NT$400 on Sunday, NT$600 on Wednesday, available online through www.indievox.com or thewall.tw
Favorite indie pop act Chocolate Tiger (猛虎巧克力), punk/metal outfit Random (隨性樂團) and dance rock group P!SCO get together at APA Mini (小地方展演空間) tonight. The venue hosts a punk party tomorrow, featuring post-punk/grunge group Zebra Man (斑馬人大樂隊), Angry Youth (厭世少年) and Taoyuan-based punk trio Noise Book. Sunday’s performers are post-rock band Triple Deer and instrumental rock outfit Shimmer Riot.
■ 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 8pm tonight and on Sunday, 7pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, NT$350 tomorrow, NT$300 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
Trash blends inspiration from Brit pop, alternative rock and grunge at indie rock club Revolver tomorrow.
■ 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 10pm
■ Entrance is NT$400
Pop rock band Shouting (囂音) is among the performers at Pipe Live Music, a major venue for indie music and parties, tonight. Sunday’s spotlight is on Japanese pop idol group Starmarie.
■ 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 5pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and NT$800 on Sunday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Psychedelic/post-punk band The Sign of Human (記號士) shares the stage tomorrow with indie rocker Ben Ben (斑斑) at Kafka by the Sea (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$500. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Coromandel Express fuses traditional sounds of North and South India with jazz, Western classical and other world music at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area, tonight. Experimental pop group Children in Love (胡月) is among the performers tomorrow, and it is indie folk combo Winking Owl 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
Pop singer Nylon Chen (陳乃榮) holds a concert at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) tonight, followed by pop group Anniedora (安妮朵拉) tomorrow. Sunday’s lineup is formed by indie rock band Zenkwun (神棍樂團) and pop rockers Marty Band (馬蹄幫). Fingerstyle guitarists Dong Yun-chang (董運昌) performs on Wednesday.
■ 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$700 tonight, NT$550 tomorrow, NT$400 on Sunday and Wednesday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Veteran guitarists and rocker Eugene (尤景文) plays with Organ Project at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) tonight, followed by Malaysian pop artist Vic Teo (張祖誠) tomorrow. On Sunday, R&B singer Djavan holds a birthday concert, while Cindy is Falling and solo act Sam Liao (廖士賢) appear on Tuesday. Indie rockers Pink Haze (平克孩子) and folk rock combo Impressionism Pencil (印象派鉛筆) each plays 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 9:30pm tonight, 8:30pm tomorrow, 9pm on Sunday and on weeknights
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$450 on Sunday, NT$350 on weekdays. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Adam James Sorensen Quintet play tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. CCNY Reunion Project features bass player Vincent Hsu (徐崇育), guitarist Satoshi Kataoka and drummer Allan Mednard tomorrow. It is live music with Eduardo Tami’s Tango Trio on Wednesday, followed by handpan and guitar player Liron Man from Israel 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 Wednesday and Thursday
Pop musicians Keith (陳子超) and Anna (莊啟馨) from Malaysia team up at Sound Live House (迴響音樂藝文展演空間), an independent venue for music and art exhibitions in Taichung, tonight. Tomorrow’s main act is Tainan-based funk/blues/alternative band Iron Punch (鐵擊), while it is live music with pop act Rusty Rifles (佬步槍), MOWA and Poverty (貧窮鐵人) on Sunday.
■ 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
■ Shows start at 8pm tonight, 7:30pm tomorrow and on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday. Tickets available through www.indievox.com
Faye, lead singer from pop rock band FlR, flies solo at Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, tonight, followed by pop artist Fang Wu (吳汶芳) tomorrow. Pop/folk combo Huanglin Lin+Pure Tone (林煌麟+ Pure Tone) are the main act on Sunday. Wednesday’s show is by jazz ensemble Mu5A’s Acoustic.
■ 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.
■ Shows start at 8pm except for Wednesday which begins at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$800 tonight, NT$1,000 tomorrow, NT$600 on Sunday, NT$500 on Wednesday. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Tonight, garage rock outfit Eyeball Killer (眼球殺手) and screamo group Until Seeing Whale’s Eyes (直到看見鯨魚的眼睛) each plays a set at Live Warehouse, a main venue for indie music located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區). Indie singer-songwriter Zoe Huang (黃玠瑋) performs tomorrow.
■ 2-5 Dayi Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市大義街2-5號), tel: (07) 521-8114. On the Net: livewarehouse.tw.
■ Shows start at 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$400 for both shows. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
Kaohsiung trio Elaine (蔡依玲) appear tonight at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), while pop musicians Keith (陳子超) and Anna (莊啟馨) from Malaysia join forces on Sunday.
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Shows start at 7:30pm tonight and 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$200 for both shows, available through www.indievox.com
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