Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Several alumni from The Next Big Thing have a big reunion tonight, including post-rock group Sun of Morning (晨曦光廊), alt-rock act Guntzepaula (槍擊潑辣) and Flesh Juicer (血肉果汁機). Sunday’s show is by pop act Pika Chiu (邱振哲).
■ 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)
■ Show starts at 7pm tonight and 7:30pm on Sunday
Photo courtesy of Team Ear
■ Admission is NT$200 tonight and NT$800 on Sunday. Tickets available through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
It is the release party of power metal act Spresto’s (馳云章樂團) debut album on Sunday at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists. They will be supported by Hoklo-language metal band Animanick and Devil Assassin (惡魔刺客). French Kiwi Juice, a funk artist from France, arrives on Thursday, joined by Polish R&B songstress Chloe Martini and Taiwan’s Disk0Kidz.
■ 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 Legacy Taipei
■ Show starts at 7:30m on Sunday and 7pm on Thursday
■ Admission is NT$400 on Sunday and NT$1,200 on Thursday, available online through thewall.tw or at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks.
Post-rock combo 2HRs is the main act tomorrow at APA Mini (小地方展演空間), while Sunday’s roster include Taiwan’s visual kei rockers Naraku (奈落), Reset (零彩度), L’Aru Punk and electronic metal band L Der CoLoR (無上彩).
Photo courtesy of Legacy Taipei
■ 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 tomorrow and 6:30pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$500 tomorrow and NT$350 on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
Hard-rock outfit Mr Loud Who Chance (三十萬年老虎鉗) throws a year-end weiya party 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, tomorrow. It is the release party of girl trio FRUUiT’s (果實樂團) first EP on Sunday.
■ 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
■ Tickets cost NT$400, available online through www.indievox.com
Tomorrow, Brian Chiu & the Soy Beats play funk, soul and jazz at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub in Taipei.
■ 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
Folk rocker Connie Lu (呂莘) is among the performers at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area, tonight, and it is alternative rock outfit Frande (法蘭黛樂團) tomorrow.
■ 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 tonight and NT$500 tomorrow
Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) hosts pop artist Rebecca (同恩) tonight, followed by Mando-pop singer, actor and entertainer Fabien Yang (楊奇煜) tomorrow. Sunday’s spotlight is on Bunun-Puyuma soulful songstress Jia (家家).
■ 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 8pm tonight and tomorrow, 3pm on Sunday
■ Entrance is NT$500 tonight, NT$900 tomorrow, NT$1,000 on Sunday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Pop rocker Kris Kuan (管罄) headlines the bill tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言), while indie act Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) takes the stage tomorrow. Electronic/new wave outfit Jade Eyes (孔雀眼) is among the performers on Sunday.
■ 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 9pm tonight and on Sunday, 8pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, NT$500 tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Featuring Dutch drummer Sebastiaan Kaptein, Minyen Hsieh Quartet Plays reinterpret the works of the great John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Tony Taylor and the Rockits lay down a groove of electric blues 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
Together with Tokyo’s Jizo Ongakudan, Taipei’s 4 Lucky Pill (四幸丸康樂團) puts on an entertaining show at Forro Cafe (呼嚕咖啡) in Taichung, and it is pop musician Chiang Sung-lin (江松霖) on Sunday.
■ 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 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$350. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Pop singer Cai Xing-fang (蔡幸芳) croons 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 Taichung, tonight, followed by local college bands Black Horse (黑馬) and Enjoy Sunshine (推出去曬太陽) tomorrow.
■ 362, Fuhsing Rd Sec 3, Taichung City (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 tonight and 2pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$650 tonight and NT$200 tomorrow.
Fabien Yang (楊奇煜) holds a concert tonight 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 8pm
■ Admission is NT$900. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Post-punk/blues combo Gentle Squid (烏賊紳士) shares the stage with Shoelace (鞋帶) tonight at TCRC (前科累累俱樂部), a small venue for independent musicians and local artists in Tainan. It is live music with Aerial Recall (長生不老) and dream pop/shoegaze band Little Forktail (小剪尾樂團) tomorrow.
■ B1, 314, Simen Rd Sec 2, Tainan City (台南市西門路二段314號B1), tel: (06) 222 3238
■ Shows start at 9:30pm
■ Admission is NT$250, available at www.indievox.com
From Japan, Tokyo rockers Big Mama, melodic hardcore act Totalfat and The Back Horn descent at Live Warehouse, a main venue for indie music located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), 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
■ Show starts at 5pm
■ Entrance is NT$1,500. Tickets available online through tickets.books.com.tw
Girl duo Dears appear at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), tomorrow.
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$450, available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Activist musicians The Village Armed Youth (農村武裝青年) take the stage at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village in Taitung City, tonight, and it is Puyuma artist A-hsiu (阿修) 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$200 for both shows
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