THE MUSIC ISSUE

Clocken’tinerary
Hong Kong’s most awesome music festival is here. Can’t pick the crowd-pleasers from the shoegaze hipsters?
Evelyn Lok puts together an itinerary that’s sure to keep your ears tickled pink all through the weekend.
FRIDAY
You’ve done it: you’ve worked your ass off all week and managed to
slink off work early for the biggest music weekend of the year.
Tick off everything on this checklist...
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o TGIF! Obtain your first serving of overpriced sustenance this weekend.
Good thing it’s the end of the month and you just got paid.
There are two ways to go from here:
Clock ‘n’ Chill
o Start the night off quietly with Hong
Kong indie band ANWIYCTI’s triple
bass-guitar instrumentals.
5:30 Atum Stage
o Kick it with Youngqueenz’s husky-voiced,
jazz-infused rap.
6:45pm YourMum Stage
Go Hard or Go Home
o Sip your beer along to The Anello’s
impressive sax solos, comment on
how vocalist Jeff looks uncannily like
a bespectacled Adam Levine.
5:30 YourMum Stage
o Get really pumped moving to Clean
Bandit’s electro dance power hits. It’s just
like going to your aerobics blast class!
6:45pm Atum Stage
o Stumble upon the Silent Disco corner (The Zorchmen 7pm-8pm/Shhhwing
8pm-10pm). Realize you don’t have $200-plus cash for the headphone
deposit. Instagram a pic of people flinging their arms wildly to no music
and then be on your way.
Two ways to go from here:
o Sway to the gentle lilt of singer-songwriter
Subyub Lee.
8:30pm YourMum Stage
o Head back to the main side for a light touch
of shoegaze from UK’s Ride.
9:30pm Harbourflap Stage
o Get down to the woozy brain-mashing
mixes of Flying Lotus.
8:30pm Atum Stage
o Twerk it up at Big Love Ball for a fabulous
Pride-medley set featuring Anthony Wong
Yiu-ming’s first DJ gig.
7-10:30pm Club Minky Tent
o Need a bit of respite from all the dancing? Sway along to Japan’s Love Psychedelico
for a sweet way to cap off the first night.
10pm Atum Stage
Go to bed early. You’ll need the energy for the rest of the weekend.
WHAT TO WEAR AT CLOCKENFLAP:
- Comfy shoes. Heels are great for Volar, but nothing looks stupider than a model sinking into
the grass every time she takes a step.
- Longer than ass-cheek-length shorts so you can sit on the grass without getting grass in your
ass. But still short, obviously. This is a music festival, not a nunnery.
- A light sweater or button-down that you can wear when it gets chilly at the end of the day,
or if you get beer on your top and need to change. Also to appease your Chinese mother
who’ll complain you’re too exposed for the freezing 20°C weather.
o You’ve made it to the main stage! Gaze out onto the harbor wistfully along
to Damien Rice’s woeful crooning, and miss your ex a little. If you’re drunk
enough, scroll through old texts and “accidentally” send a single water drop
and an eggplant emoji. 7:30pm Harbourflap Stage
Pee break (get out before the stampede)
16 HK MAGAZINE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2015