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Clockenflap: bands
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  • Highlights include Chinese rock legends Omnipotent Youth Society and the enigmatically named 250, who produced songs for K-pop idol groups NewJeans and NCT 127
  • More East Asian artists are taking up crucial headline slots at the music festival in its first iteration since its acquisition by Live Nation, facing off with the likes of Pulp and Joji
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Hip-hop group De La Soul, indie pop singer Tom Grennan, and alternative rock groups The Beths and Tilly Birds join headline acts including Pulp and Joji for three-day music event in Hong Kong.

How the vintage indie revivalists crafted an irresistible throwback aesthetic – and why they’re calling it quits after a first, and final, Clockenflap-hosted Hong Kong gig

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From bedroom R&B star Cehryl to rapper Luna Is A Bep and post-punk upstarts N.Y.P.D., the presence of all these acts on one bill is proof Hong Kong’s indie scene has come of age

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Established live favourites such as post-punk group David Boring and singer-songwriter Kevin Kaho Tsui will perform on Central Harbourfront, along with 50 other Hong Kong acts. These are the nine you shouldn’t miss.

Possibly the world’s most eclectic pop group, the Tokyo four-piece whose members met at school and all live together have made their music more accessible and begun recording their first album in English

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Securing the British electronic music duo goes some way to making up for the pull-out of headline act LCD Soundsystem. Also confirmed to appear are UK hip-hop star Blood Orange and American indie rockers Yo La Tengo

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