Video of the Week!

Live from Kaohsiung-A-Palooza, it's Shy Kick Apple rocking Join Us with their newest song, "Happy", April 26, 2008!!

Womb Bloc Re-Opens!

Womb Bloc has been a fixture in the Kaohsiung scene since 2006, providing a venue for local artists, photographers, filmmakers, DJs and bands. It recently re-opened at a new location, and the organizers hosted an all-unplugged show on May 10th featuring Maho, Polygon, Fire Ex and Orange Doll. For Maho, this was their first and (according to guitarist A-Fang) last ever 'unplugged' show. Their set featured cover songs, new material and drummer Popo showing off his skills on the guitar!! Polygon had an eclectic set which featured their shoegazer pop augmented by an array of offbeat instruments including a melodica and a toy piano. Fire Ex performed old and new material alike, and Orange Doll demonstrated that their jangly pop songs come across very well in a stripped-down, acoustic format.


Maho are performing double duty on the 17th, performing both at the annual Southern Rock Festival at Chung Shan University and later in the evening at Join Us. Orange Doll and Polygon will also be featured at the former, while Shy Kick Apple will be appearing at the Join Us gig that night.