The New Cue #416 September 20: Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18, Kaeto, Andrew Bird and Madison Cunningham, Juniore, Ben Howard, Franz Ferdinand, Mogwai

"Clown School taught me how important it is to feel connected with someone in order to find something funny.”

Good morning,

Welcome, come in, make yourself at home, and if you’re not a paying subscriber you might as well make yourself comfy because in a matter of words we are going to head over to the other side of the paywall and have a little regular Friday party with the legendary bunch of triffic humans who pay £5 a month for full access to every edition. We’ll all be down there having a right laugh and you’ll be sat here. That’s sad, isn’t it?

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In today’s edition, we’ve got Ted and Niall directing you towards their favourite new music of the week, an interview with Welsh polymath and Rio 18 leader Carwyn Ellis who has possibly released Ted’s album of the year today (evaluations are ongoing, margins are tight, Cindy Lee and Bill Ryder-Jones are demanding a recount) and a chat with breakthrough singer-songwriter Kaeto. Now you’re crying too! Here, mop up your tears of joy with this week’s playlist:

And here it is for the Apple Music brigade.

Enjoy the edition, we’ll see you on Monday for an unmissable chinwag with Stephen Malkmus…

Ted and Niall

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I’m New Here: Kaeto

A Brief History: This Scottish-born, London-based singer-songwriter has put out a run of excellent singles since emerging with her 2022 debut, the funky psychedelic-pop of Good Morning. Each release since has darted off in a different direction, taking in art-rock grooves and trippy, playful pop. Oh, and she also went to Clown School in a bid to shake off the shackles of day-to-day existence. I go for a quick pint to do that but each to their own.