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Get under the region’s pop surface by listening to the Time Out Hong Kong Podcast, presented by Sean Hocking of Metal Postcard Records. Got some tunes you want to share with the world? Drop them into our Podcast drop box at drop.io/timeouthk.

Theoretical Girl Divided
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Up-and-coming London-based singer-songwriter Amy Turnnidge has made huge strides this year, playing Austin’s South by Southwest and Glastonbury, as well as releasing her debut album Divided. She meshes baroque, Motown, folk, and post-rock influences into her distinct sound. She has a hairstyle like the other Amy and loves a cup of Earl Grey. She plays Rockschool on Friday 30

Poubelle International The Battle Of Trafalgar Square
www.myspace.com/poubelleinternational
Since 2007, this trio have been hell bent on playing it loud, with wailing, distorted guitars across venues in Hong Kong. If you like your sound old school indie and skinny trousers this is the band for you. They play Clockenflap alongside Blood Red Shoes, YACHT, and a host of other acts at Cyberport on Saturday 7 & Sunday 8.

The Emergency Stars Explode
www.myspace.com/theemergency
Morgan McWaters & Milo Kossowski make up Melbourne electronic pioneers, The Emergency, who have just released Dreams That Money Can Buy, only their second album this decade. We’re featuring the wonderful space journey that is Stars Explode.

Rice Corpse Mountain
www.myspace.com/justiceyeldham
Australian experimentalist Louis Abela teams up with one of the craziest on the Beijing scene, Yang Yang and saxophonist-cum-pianist Li Zenghui. Abela’s experimental, noise-driven sound has got many excited.

Liman Dirty Party
www.myspace.com/xlimanx
Liman is the sound of Beijing electro this year and is now a mainstay of the scene working with China’s new underground promoters at parties throughout the country. We hear elements of Justice, Boys Noize and Simian Mobile Disco and, although it might not sound that new, it still has that hard-edged electro sound nailed, which will send bodies flailing to his tunes for a few years yet.