Articles about bands, festivals, and shows in Taiwan

Article and photos by Joseph McKinney
July the First; another Canada Day. But this year in Taiwan it came a few days early (Saturday, June 28th on Baishawan Beach in Taipei County). The Canadian Society in Taiwan held their annual Canada D’eh bash which was by all accounts a success.
The family and I were able [...]

New Hong Kong Hair City is releasing their new album “Walk On”. This is great news for their fans across the island. I personally have been looking forward to their new material. They are one of the harder working bands on the island, and on top of playing some good music they [...]

This years Peace Festival had an unexpected twist to things. Due to the heavy rainfall leading up to the event, there was a lot of mud and grass just ready to be churned and turned by the party goers. By Saturday night, what once was the nice grassy yard in front [...]

The Basic Aid festival was held in Puli this year. I had never been there, and as such only recently learned of the geographic center of Taiwan monument. As nerdy as it may be, I was excited to go there and see it. It isn’t as cool as straddling the equator, [...]

This year is the second annual charity Basic Aid festival. I couldn’t make it last year, but heard through various people it was a great time. The festival will be May 31st and June 1st 2008. This year I will be there playing on Saturday night at 9 with the Grooveballz. [...]

This year’s Peace Festival is from June 13th - June 15th at Kun Lun Gardens in Longtan, Taoyuan county (near the Shi Men Dam). Admission is NT NT 700 (600 if you have a flyer) for a 3 - day pass.

I have been going to the Peace Festival for the past 4 [...]

The Rising Hedons came down to the Armory in Tainan on Saturday, May 10th 2008. The guys are a mix of several different bands form the past, most notably Boogie Chillin’ and Faye and the Slacks.
Brad Tindall, the lead man for the Risng Hedons can appear to be possessed at times while [...]

This years Tainan May Jam was a lot of fun. Thanks to Axel for throwing one of Taiwan’s real gems as far as community and music goes. Good vibes and good times dominated the weekend, as did the beautiful weather. I managed to get a few photos and some video clips which [...]

Here is a list of upcoming shows for the Rising Hedons. Make sure to catch them if you are around. Check out more at The Rising Hedons website.
Upcoming Shows:
05/10 The Armory - Tainan
05/17 Bliss - Taipei
05/24 Taichung Food Festival - Taichung
05/24 Peacefest Fundraiser @ BLISS - Taipei
05/30 The Lighthouse - Kaohsiung
05/31 Basic Aid [...]

Formed in the spirit of the blues, The Rising Hedons are the voice of travel and experimentation. A gathering of individuals from both sides of the Atlantic who aspire to capture a world of tale-telling and the exploration of sound.
The Rising Hedons have released their full-length album entitled “Head Full of Rain.”
The album was [...]

Been busy before this years May Jam. I’ll be there sometime around 3 today to dust off my jimbe and join the drum circle for a while. I probably won’t be there for very long though, as I need to be at the Armory at about 7:30 to make sure those shows [...]

The May Jam schedule is out. It may have to be tweaked if any bands can’t come or what not, but this is as close to the final schedule as can be right now, and there are a lot of bands waiting anxiously to see their time slots so, here you go.
May Jam [...]

Just to let everyone know, the schedule for this years May Jam will be released soon (Monday night possibly around 11-12???). This year’s event had quite a few last minute submissions so the schedule is a bit late. Apologies to those that applied earlier. Thank you to the all of [...]

Paper Scissors Stone is an acoustic trio doin’ folk/ folk rock/classic rock covers, and we’ll soon be playing our originals as well.
Not exclusively bound by one form of music or another Paper Scissor Stone Band brings you folk / folk rock / classic rock covers from the 50’s right on through to the present….on occasion [...]

This year, there have been some problems with the band application process for the May Jam. Several emails to Axel have had problems so bands, if you haven’t heard anything, send me the an email with the name of your Band, how many members, kind of instruments you play, three recent picture of [...]