Contemporary
Legacy Taipei hosts top Taiwanese pop performers and international acts. It is a charity concert tomorrow, featuring a troop of Taiwanese musicians including blues and ballad singer Jimmy Wang (王俊傑), Golden Melody award-winning singer-songwriter Huang Shan-liang (荒山亮), Tsai Chia-ying (蔡佳瑩), Huang Wen-hsing (黃文星) and entertainer/singer Kang Kang (康康). Sunday’s lineup is formed by Japan’s dream pop group Post Modern Team, indie pop band Wallflower and DYGL, joined by Taiwanese shoegaze act Manic Sheep.
■ 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 Manic Sheep
■ Show starts at 7:30pm tomorrow and 5pm on Sunday
■ Admission is NT$1,000 tomorrow and NT$800 on Sunday. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and at 7-Eleven ibon kiosks
The Wall (這牆), Taipei’s most prominent venue for indie rock artists, hosts Malaysian singer-songwriter Tangerine Wang (王蘭茵) tonight. It is the release party of indie rockers How to Program C++’s new album on Sunday, with Frusciante (佛香甜) also playing. Crap United (廢結合) ends its island-wide tour on Thursday, joined by indie rockers Mr. Loud Who Chance (三十萬年老虎鉗) and electronic/alternative rock outfit Sleeping Brain (眠腦).
Photo Courtesy of Chuang Yung-hung
■ 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
■ Shows start at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight and on Thursday, NT$500 on Sunday. Tickets for all shows, with discounts on advance tickets, can be purchased online through www.walkieticket.com.
Pipe Live Music, a main venue for indie music and parties, celebrates the Double Ten Day tonight with a Taiwanese/Mandarin/Hakka/Aboriginal pop party featuring a lineup of DJs including Wayland, A-Ty Lin, Katrina Niu and Dawang Yingfan Huang (黃大旺). Tomorrow’s show is by heavy metal act Black Green (怖雷閣林), Le’Sens Vie and electronic/metal outfit L DER CoLoR (無上彩). Later the same night, the venue hosts a psychedelic party.
■ 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 11:30pm tonight, 7pm and 11pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$500 tonight and tomorrow’s late-night party, NT$350 tomorrow. Tickets for the venue’s concerts can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and www.walkieticket.com as well as at 7-Eleven ibon and FamilyMart (全家) FamiPort kiosks
Jazz duet Symmetry is scheduled tonight at Witch House (女巫店), an intimate coffeehouse-style venue in the National Taiwan University area. Alternative rock band How You Fu and male rockers Wuwu Shen (五五身) each plays a set tomorrow. Jazz singer Tsai Wen-hui (蔡雯慧) teams up with guitarist Chen Ying-ta (陳穎達) and pianist Hsu Yu-ying (許郁瑛) 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
Liao Wen-chiang (廖文強) and his Bad Nerves (壞神經樂團) appear tonight 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. Tomorrow, Japanese indie pop group Wall Flower plays a gig with folk combo Four Pens (四枝筆).
■ 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
■ Entrance is NT$450 tonight and NT$400 tomorrow
Tonight, The TAV Cafe (村落餐廳), a bar and cafe located at the Taipei Artist Village (台北國際藝術村), hosts POP! POP! FEST, featuring Japanese rockers DYGL, Taiwan’s electro-rockers The Shine and Shine and Shine and Shine (閃閃閃閃), Baroque indie-pop group The Tic Tac and Colored Whale (染色鯨魚). Tomorrow, The Muddy Basin Ramblers (泥灘地浪人) play original songs inspired by the classic sounds of blues players, jug bands and swing jazz groups from the early 20th century, with The Vicious Cabaret as the opening act.
■ 7 Beiping E Rd, Taipei City (台北市北平東路7號), tel: (02) 3393-7377X207. On the Net: tavcafe.com
■ Show starts at 1pm today and 9pm tomorrow
■ NT$400 tonight and NT$350 tomorrow
Tonight, Argentine-English guitarist Dominic Miller will hold a concert at Riverside Live House (河岸留言西門紅樓展演館), together with Belgian bass player Nicolas Fiszman and pianist Jason Rebello and percussion player Rhani Krija from Morocco.
■ 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 8:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$1,500 to NT$2,200. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
It is live music from pop rockers SpyC (史派西) and pop metal group Crystal Dancer (舞璃) tonight at Riverside Cafe (河岸留言), followed by Liao Wen-chiang (廖文強) and his Bad Nerves (壞神經樂團) tomorrow. Sleeping Brain (眠腦) shares the stage with electronic/ambient combo Yan Weiling X Utopia (閻韋伶X世外桃源) on Sunday. Indie icon Crowd Lu (盧廣仲) holds a mini concert 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 9pm except for Wednesday which begins at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$400 tonight, NT$450 tomorrow, NT$350 on Sunday, NT$500 on Wednesday. Tickets can be purchased online through www.riverside.com.tw and tickets.books.com.tw
Currently on its Asian tour, France’s Cedric Hanriot trio grooovematic offers a mix of jazz, electro, groove and pop tonight at Sappho de Base, a late-night lounge bar that hosts mostly jazz shows. Tomorrow, Sappho Instant plays a blend of standards, classic and contemporary jazz, followed by DC Rapier, BoPoMoFo’s (ㄅㄆㄇㄈ樂團) lead singer, sax and blues harp-player, on Sunday. Wednesday’s show is by Grace Weng & Friends, while it is bebop/avant-garde jazz ensemble Trio J.T. 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 except for Sunday which begins at 9pm
■ Entrance is NT$400 tonight and tomorrow, NT$200 on Sunday and weekdays
Tomorrow, electronic outfit Sonic Deadhorse (音速死馬) teams up with Japanese trumpet player Yuta Yokoyama and saxophone player Hsieh Min-yen (謝明諺) at Jiang Shan Yi Gai (江山藝改所), a cafe/hostel/gallery in Hsinchu.
■ 17-4, Jiangshan St, Hsinchu City (新竹市江山街17-4號), tel: (03) 526-6456. On the Net: www.facebook.com/JSYGS
■ Show starts at 3pm
■ Entrance is NT$250
Tomorrow’s roster are folk rock band Young David (青春大衛) and garage rock outfit HiJack at There Cafe & Live House (那兒咖啡), a venue for indie music in Taoyuan.
■ B1, 454, Fusing Rd, Taoyuan City (桃園市復興路454號B1), tel: (03) 339-8819. On the Net: www.therelivecafe.com
■ Show starts at 7:30pm
■ Entrance is NT$350. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com and tickets.books.com.tw.
To celebrate the Double Ten Day, 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, hosts a punk party today, featuring Crazy Lazarus (瘋狂拉薩路), The Fan (奮樂團), Spiritual Liberation Band (精神解放樂團) and Jiang Dong Cheng Ming (江東成名). Alternative rock act 3.D.B (三噸半), emo scream/metalcore group Wild Flower (野花樂團) and ZoAnVi (佐安薇) are among the performers tomorrow.
■ 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 5pm today and 6:30pm tomorrow
■ Admission is NT$400 for both shows. Tickets can be purchased online through www.indievox.com
The Wall (這牆) programs regular live rock shows at Greater Kaohsiung’s Pier 2 Arts Center (高雄駁二藝術特區). Chinese folk rocker Li Zhi (李志) holds a concert on Sunday.
■ 1 Dayong Rd, Greater Kaohsiung (高雄市大勇路1號), tel: (07) 521-5148. On the Net: www.thewall.com.tw
■ Show starts at 8pm
■ Admission is NT$600. Tickets can be purchased at online through www.walkieticket.com
Tonight, Paiwan musician Balai (巴賴) shares the stage with Libaorong (李寶榮) at Tiehua Music Village (鐵花村), an arts village composed of a music venue, design and crafts shops and a weekend arts fair in Taitung City. Paiwan music group Feather of Dance and Drum (羽‧擊舞藝術) and musician Tenmoy (莫言) appear 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. Tickets can be purchased online through tickets.books.com.tw
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