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Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. Tonight’s spotlight is on a group of female musicians from Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. Participating artists include singer-songwriter Wang Yu-jun (王榆鈞), disco/post-punk ensemble New Sunglasses (新墨鏡) and folk/math rock outfit GDJYB (雞蛋蒸肉餅). Street dance group Popcorn celebrates its 25th birthday on Sunday, joined by Tribal Crew, Mask, DJ Chicano and others. The latest installation of The Next Big Thing takes place on Thursday, featuring Amis noise folk artists Outlet Drift (漂流出口), alternative rock group Arcplg (?島) and post-rock outfit The Dead Future (死未來)
■ 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 Arcplg
■ Show starts at 8pm tonight and on Thursday, 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$700 tonight, NT$800 on Sunday, NT$200 on Thursday. Tickets available through icon-promotions-tw.kktix.cc or www.kham.com.tw
Indie rockers Angry Youth (厭世少年) join forces with Hoklo band Taiwan Flower (百合花) at The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, tonight. Dance rock group P!SCO celebrates its sixth birthday tomorrow. Sunday’s lineup is composed of Taipei-based punk/grunge trio Feardrive, grind/powerviolence/crust act Stench of Lust and self-claimed obese boy band Hateful Rezpect.
Photo courtesy of Frande
■ 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: thewall.tw
■ Show starts at 8m tonight and tomorrow, 7:30pm on Sunday
■ Tickets cost NT$300 tonight and on Sunday, NT$600 tomorrow, available online through thewall.tw
Photo courtesy of P!SCO
Tonight and tomorrow, APA Mini (小地方展演空間) hosts a series of film screenings and music performances with an aim to explore issues surrounding land and development. Participating acts include Hakka musician Huang Wei-jie (黃瑋傑) and Paiwan artist Balai (巴賴).
■ 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
■ Shows start at 7:30pm
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight and tomorrow and on Sunday, available through www.indievox.com
Japanese rocker Jill takes the stage at indie rock club Revolver, tomorrow, with Taiwan’s indie rockers Monkey Pilot (猴子飛行員) also on the bill. Sunday’s show features emo scream/metalcore group Wild Flower (野花樂團), Mowa (毛襪) and The Poverty (貧窮鐵人).
■ 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 7:30pm tomorrow and 8:30pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$400 tomorrow and NT$300 on Sunday
Metal act The Hyper, The Poverty (貧窮鐵人) and Insomnia Planet (失眠星球頻道) congregate at Pipe Live Music, a major venue for indie music and parties, tonight. The venue hosts Electric Island Festival tomorrow, featuring DJs Cookie, Xuan and Dominik T. Sunday’s performers include noise maker Dawang Yingfan Huang (黑狼黃大旺) and Appendix Deux-Killers (闌尾雙煞)
■ 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, 11pm tomorrow, 7pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$350 tonight, NT$750 tomorrow, NT$450 on Sunday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com, pipemusic.kktix.cc and at FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Boogie Fingers play funk, rock and metal at Bobwundaye (無問題), a small pub in Taipei, tonight, and it is rock/country/blues act Poor House 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
Indie rock band Maffine (瑪啡因) is among the performers tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue tonight. Tomorrow, pipa player Chung Yu-feng (鍾玉鳳) and blues guitarist David Chen (陳思銘) put on a cross-over performance.
■ 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
It is live music with jazz ensemble Nicole & Tully’s Band at Kafka by the Sea (海邊的卡夫卡), a coffee house-cum-music and arts venue, tonight.
■ 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$400 tonight, available online through www.indievox.com
Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館) tonight hosts a reunion of musicians who played at the legendary Idea House in Taipei during the 1970s and 1980s. Participating alumni include Bing (王治平), Kung Fan-chin (孔繁錦) and Wang Po (王勃). Alternative rock outfit Frande (法蘭黛) appears tomorrow.
■ 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
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and NT600 tomorrow, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Tonight’s spotlight is on veteran fusion jazz combo JEG at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言). Bunan act Wang Hung-en (王宏恩) is scheduled for a show tomorrow.
■ 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 and 8:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and NT$600 tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday and weeknights, available online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Oceans Three Jazz Trio perform tonight at Sappho Live, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. JJ & the Catz put on an eclectic collection of blues, jazz and Latin tomorrow, followed by 4 Jazz Men Plus 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 Thursday
Young crooners Shu Fan (書帆) and Yoyo (又又) each play a set 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.
■ 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 6:30pm
■ Admission is NT$200.
Tomorrow, psychedelic rock act The Gigantic Roar (巨大的轟鳴) tours to Legacy Taichung, a spin-off of Legacy Taipei, with its new album.
■ 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$550. Tickets available online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
Indie-pop combo 23 Half (23號半) comes to Forro Cafe (呼嚕咖啡) in Taichung 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 8pm
■ Admission is NT$400. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
Hardcore outfit Between the Savage is among the performers at The Mercury (水星酒館), an indie rock club in Kaohsiung, tomorrow.
■ 46 Liwen Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市立文路46號), tel: (07) 550-8617. On the Net: mercurybar.blogspot.tw
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$350, available at www.indievox.com
Organ player Chuang Wen-ting (莊雯婷) and her friends present a night of jazz at In Our Time, a restaurant-cum-gallery located inside Kaohsiung’s Pier-2 Arts Center (駁二藝術特區), on Sunday.
■ 99, Penglai Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市蓬萊路99號), tel: (07) 521-0017
■ Show starts at 7pm
■ Admission is NT$300, available through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw
Mando-pop act Julia Peng (彭佳慧) croons tonight at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village in Taitung City, and it is folk rock artist Chen Hui-ting (陳惠婷) 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
■ Entrance is NT$600 tonight and NT$350 tomorrow
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