Yellow Brit Road, 12 July 2020: Brighton, Rock, And The Great Canadian Obsession

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, history, geography and modern rock epiphanies! We looked at the history of Canadian music's obsession with British bands during the British Invasion and the height of Beatlemania, particularly the interesting story of 60's Winnipeg rockers the Guess Who? Bringing in the fast-paced bangers, we played the latest synth rock single from Percy, whose catalogue can be found on Ten Foot Records, Derry City's rocking Wood Burning Savages, explosive Norwich punks from the 2010s Fever Fever, a new lo-fi indie bop from Ginger Snaps (whose music can be listened to here), and London spoken word artist MOAK's take on the lockdown. Janglepop and post-punk/new wave fans are in for a treat on this show as we had a mini-set of some of the best new janglepop bands from around, Leeds' Team Picture, London band E's and Fontaines D.C. We had a Brighton set featuring 2020 Mercury Prize nominated Porridge Radio, Jetstream Pony, and the gender and genre bending synthpop band Powder Paint. This week's Masala Chai section features the rich and vibrant tones of Toronto's very own Latina-indie pop artist Lido Pimienta's latest album, Miss Columbia. This week's playlist can be found here. Listen live on your dial at 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9 PM! (Full shows are available in the archive for 3 months from release)