Guangzhou, Australia, Singapore, Beijing and Hong Kong… In this, our 10th podcast presented by Metal Postcard Records, we’ve again got you covered with some great little tunes from around the region. Wanna get your sound out there? Drop your tracks at drop.io/timeouthk and you could be on number 11.

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Wu Tiao Ren Green and Grey (綠蒼蒼)
www.wutiaoren.com
The Guangzhou-based Haifeng-bred duo bring their raw, Guangdong-folk wailings to the Fringe Club on Friday 5 as part of City Festival’s Guangzhou Live series. This track is from their debut album County Stories.

at17 When the last apple falls from the tree (當大樹掉下最後一顆蘋果)
www.at-17.com
This fortnight, the ever popular canto-indie-pop duo of Eman Lam and Ellen Joyce Loo continue a series of concerts at the Arts Centre until Friday 5. This slow-growing acoustic-cum-electronic track in Putonghua, specially chosen for this pod by the band, is from the Blue EP, part of the series of four EPs in their Over the Rainbow series released last year.

Swoop Swoop Love Minus Zero / No Limit
www.myspace.com/streakyjake
West Australian singer-songwriter Swoop Swoop has just released his third album, Lust Collage, on Metal Postcard, a collection of outtakes and covers from the past 18 months. Australian music bible Cyclic Defrost says: This is a seriously mysterious release, but this fact simply adds to its allure. It’s been seeping under my skin, and I keep finding myself wanting to come back for more. In this track, he covers Dylan and makes the song his own

A Vacant Affair Before We Turn On Ourselves
www.myspace.com/avacantaffair
Formed in 2004, A Vacant Affair are a Singaporean hardcore/emo band who have been wowing crowds in the city-state for the past few years. Looking at their MySpace, they’re a band who favour a nice clean and crisp white shirt.

Hedgehog It’s Not Yourself But It’s Future
www.myspace.com/hedgehogcn
Now in their second or third incarnation, these guys are one of the biggest indie bands in China, and they really know how to pen a great pop song. They probably aren’t the future of China’s underground anymore but they’ll be remembered as a milestone in its alt-music scene’s development. And how can you not like a band named after something as cute as a Hedgehog.