Electro-punk from Taiwan, air-cleaning rock from sexy Hong Kong lads and some cutting-edge fusion hip-hop, rock and experimental electro from around the globe – our pod offers up some fine tunes. If you’d like to get your tunes on to the Time Out podosphere, head to drop.io/timeouthk and leave us a little musical present – you could be on the next episode. Presented by Sean Hocking of Metal Postcard Records.

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Go Chic Culture Supervisor
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Bearing a marked resemblance to acts such as Peaches and Chicks on Speed, this neon-tights-flaunting electro-punk quartet has emerged in the last couple of years as one of Taipei’s hottest acts. They play the Live at Blue Frog series in Macau on Saturday 21 and Hidden Agenda on Sunday 22. This track is from their debut album I’m Confused, released in March this year.

David Bowie Knives A.P.I.
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One of the city’s most visible bands bring their ‘sex rock’ to the Summer in the Cellar series at Grappa’s Cellar on Saturday 21. This is a track the indie rock three-piece wrote for the Clean Air Network.

Pairs Yangpu Qu
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Over the last few months, the Shanghai pair of Xiao Zhong (drums) & F (guitar) have received plenty of attention via Shanghai and Beijing web media, based on the strength of a screamily entertaining live show and a sound that’s rather distinctive in the current Chinese scene. There’s even talk of them sounding like early The Jesus and Mary Chain.

MC Curly feat. Srey Thy Cyclo of Love

MC Curly and Srey Thy, the lead singer of the Cambodian Space Project, team up for this hip-hop Cambodian pop mash up, on what we can only presume is a homage to the great form of transport that is the cyclo.

Tobacco New Juices From The Hot Tub Freaks
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Imagine every Beck album squeezed into one unholy but gorgeous noise electro/funk/rock hybrid that Primal Scream should have sounded like on XTRMNTR, and that’s what you’ll get on Tobacco’s second CD Maniac Meat. Tom Fec, the tobacco man himself, has said that he wants his sound “to make you feel paranoid in a good way”.