Yellow Brit Road

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we're celebrating convocation week at Queen's for all graduates—and your host?? Complete with celebratory and our favourite indie tunes to blast out at the grad house party, Plus my dad's radio debut, and his idea of a banger. We are also joined by Dylan Hughes, the primary musician behind the soulful pop of the Aberystwyth, Wales-based band Ynys (Island), ahead of their second album releasing 12 July, Dosbarth Nos. Music this week by:

Wet Leg, Becky Hill, Self Esteem, Jamie xx and Robyn, Goat Girl, Max Blansjaar, Lloyd Steele, Calvin Harris, Heartworms, Tiny Horse, Little Simz, Cleo Sol, Sting, Pragya Pallavi, RAYE, Race Horses, Ynys.

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I caught up with Alex, aka DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD, a synthpop musician from Cardiff ahead of his headlining set at the Paddock Tavern in Toronto on Friday as part of NXNE festival. We talked influences, performance, why the pop girlies stay winning, and a surprise connection between Welsh rugby and queer culture.

His debut album comes out this fall, find his work on Bandcamp!

Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM!

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This week's show brought you all the coverage from NXNE in Toronto! We played you some of our favourite British musicians at the festival and talked to Cardiff synthpop musician DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD about his headlining set at the Paddock Tavern in Toronto. And as always, we bring you an hour of the best new releases out of the UK and Ireland, complete with your reactions to tracks!

Music this week by Blur and Françoise Hardy, Lava La Rue, James, Good Boy Nikko, charlieeeee, hard life, Gen and the Degenerates, Nilüfer Yanya, Alffa, Monjola, KNEECAP, DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD, Penny Mob, Fräulein, Enola Gay, Fuzziliers

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists independently!

For more Canadian NXNE coverage, listen back to Indie Wakeup Call from Thursday. We also talked to the festival organisers. Listen back in the linked archives.

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The Paisley Daze are a rock band from London formed by brothers Pritam and Kish Bahra. Drawing influence from classic bluesy and surf rock, the band craft immersive experiences of fun, retro rock n roll. Ahead of their first international shows at NXNE festival in Toronto, I caught up with guitarist Kish to talk influences, their debut album, and on drawing from multicultural experiences in music. Listen to their debut album, Life In A Daze.

For more Canadian NXNE coverage, listen back to Indie Wakeup Call from Thursday. We also talked to the festival organisers. Listen back in the linked archives. Yellow Brit Road continues NXNE coverage this week.

Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM!

Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

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The Welsh rock duo Alffa made headlines in 2018 when their song Gwenwyn became the first Welsh language song to cross 1 million streams. Since then, the band have been on the rise, becoming one of the iconic faces of heavy rock music both in Wales and in the UK. Ahead of their first North American tour, I caught up with singer and guitarist Dion Jones to talk about the band’s upcoming Canadian run of shows at NXNE in Toronto, music in Cymraeg and their forthcoming second album. 

For more Canadian NXNE coverage, tune into Indie Wakeup Call this Thursday. We're also talking to the festival organisers at 8:30 EST! Yellow Brit Road continues NXNE coverage this Sunday.

Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM!

Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

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Toronto's premiere music showcase festival, North by North East kicks off next week, and in preparation for this, CFRC's British and Irish music show brings you coverage of emerging bands from across the water playing the festival. We also interviewed two performers: Welsh rock duo Alffa ('the mighty Alffa', in the words of Michael Sheen) and London psychedelic rock band The Paisley Daze! Catch me at the festival next week if you're a Toronto-based listener, come and say hi! Music this week by:

Tom Robinson Band, Erasure, Romy, RAYE, Charli XCX, Joe & The Shitboys, Marbl, Alffa, DONT MAKE THIS WEIRD, Darkwah, The Paisley Daze, Luke Black, The New Eves.

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

For more Canadian NXNE coverage, tune into Indie Wakeup Call this Thursday. We're also talking to the festival organisers at 8:30 EST!

Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM!

Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

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Bonus episode! I was asked to sit in on CFRC Radio's new music show, This Just In! on Thursday, 6 June at 10 AM. This show was put together 3 minutes before broadcast, and that is simply the cut and thrust of live radio! I picked out some of my favourite recent releases you may be unfamiliar with, and artists playing North by North East festival in Toronto next weekend. Coming for you in this playlist: indie, pop, hip hop, punk, rock music so cool you need to wear shades to listen to it (context for the cover art).

Also, apologies for the first link of the show, I had the wrong mic on in the studio, so what you hear is what the mic could pick up of me from across the room.

Artists played: Sofiacide, Ballsy, shef's kiss, Tiny Horse, charlieeee, Luscious, Perennial, Tapir!, Pet Shop Boys, TOBi, 4sante, The Anti-Queens, Gurriers, Brògeal, Täbï Yösha

*A correction: Brògeal are a Scottish band from Falkirk, not an Irish band.

Find the playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

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Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

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As Kingston, ON comes down from the highs of our own Spring Reverb festival that ended only hours before this week's live show, Yellow Brit Road keeps the festival fever going with live sets from BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend festival in Luton in the UK last week! Music by:

Declan McKenna, The Last Dinner Party, Victor Ray, FIZZ, Charlieeeee, Lavz, Myles Smith, NewDad, Low Girl, Ryussi, Rudimental, CMAT, Sea Girls, Tems, Cat Burns, London Grammar, Charli XCX, Coldplay, RAYE

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

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(Missed me? Sorry for going AWOL, I was live on radio every week all this while, but fell stupidly behind on editing the pod)

In this bonus radio documentary, I, Rue, host of Yellow Brit Road, and May, host of The Mood With May, take a trip to Toronto to see rising London rock band The Last Dinner Party. we examine their rise to acclaim, their performance, and what endears them to millions of listeners worldwide. We also spoke with fans of the band about how they have connected with them, and how the band helps them express themselves.

Listen to The Mood With May Wednesdays at 11 am on CFRC Radio.

Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM!

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This week on Yellow Brit Road, we discussed our favourite new UK/Irish releases of the week, covered the UK artists playing Coachella's second week, and were joined by Oxford musician Max Blansjaar, whose debut album False Comforts is out in June!

Music this week by The Charlatans, Pillow Queens, Fontaines D.C., Belle and Sebastian, Loose Articles, Lava La Rue, Hak Baker, Toddla T, Blue Lab Beats, Max Blansjaar, Olivia Dean, Brittney Howard, Skepta, Blur, Barry Can't Swim, The Last Dinner Party, FLO, Max Blansjaar.

Find some of the Coachella performances here. Find the rest of this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM!

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(Credit for the cover art of this week's podcast goes to UK newspaper The Independent)