Yellow Brit Road

In light of the passing of Fred Smith, bassist in NY punks and art punk pioneers Television (on a weekend of a number of monumental losses in rock music), we played some of Marquee Moon, which turned 49 on Sunday. We've got new music on the show and Karla Chubb from SPRINTS joins us for an interview! I'll also fill you in on their incredible live set. Music byTelevision, Skindred, ALT BLK ERA, Ailbhe Reddy, Whitelands, Pigeon, Jody and the Jerms, Adult DVD, DEADLETTER, Snail., Hyphen, sleepazoid, Telescreens, SPRINTS.Cover photo: Karla Chubb of SPRINTS live at Longboat Hall, 1 February 2026 by Sam Ciampa.Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8-9:30 PM! Full shows in the linked archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

This week, we introduce you to Trashwyre, a new Toronto four-piece band bringing the lo-fi, rebellious electro-clash to punk rock. Boasting 'shambolic', exciting live shows with a steadily growing local audience, we are joined by frontman, singer and guitarist Gabe Vitale to talk about the band's unusual origins, writing and influences, dumpster diving for guitars and their upcoming debut EP. You will also hear two songs from their set at the Raven Underground, 'Electric Molecular' and 'Cop Car'.Podcast cover art: Trashwyre by Owen Forbes.Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8-9:30 PM! Full shows in the linked archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

Lots on the show this week. Whilst I was away seeing Sprints on Sunday, on the show we had album anniversaries, reviews of the new Cribs album, our review (and pictures) from the Shame show from last week, and a live session with Canadian electro-glam punk four piece Trashwyre, recorded at Toronto's Raven Underground.Music this week by Fleetwood Mac, The Cribs, PVA, Coach Party, Chalk, Dead Air, Goodbye, Tooth, Nubiyan Twist, Bootie Brown, Bloodworm, Robo, SPRINTS, Franz Ferdinand (Amyl and the Sniffers), Dutch Baby, Revzed, Trashwyre.Cover image: Shame at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, 23 January, 2026 by Sam Ciampa.Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8-9:30 PM! Full shows in the linked archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

Seven-piece American indie rock, post rock band Racing Mount Pleasant walk an easy line from Black Country, New Road to the Mountain Goats, Radiohead to Broken Social Scene, Sigur Rós to Pavement. They draw you into their immersive musical world of complex, sometimes heavily contrasting themes: simple joy and catharsis rides atop intricate instrumental arrangements and time signatures, softer sounds build up to climactic crescendos, placeably Gen Z themes are sung over timeless music, as 300 of us descended into a hot, hot Garrison on the coldest day of the year so far.I went down to the Garrison with Toronto photographer Owen Forbes, friend of the show and occasional fellow-concert reviewer, on Tuesday, 20 January to catch an exceptional set by Racing Mount Pleasant. Here's what we thought of it.Podcast cover art: Racing Mount Pleasant by Owen Forbes.Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8-9:30 PM! Full shows in the linked archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

A packed show this week! Arctic Monkeys' debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not turns 20 this week, there is a new star-studded Help (2) album for War Child, BRIT Awards nominations are here, Owen joins me on the show to review Racing Mount Pleasant, and Shame bring the incredible Cutthroat tour to town (more on that next week). All that, plus music this week byArctic Monkeys, Shame, Arlo Parks, DEADLETTER, Westside Cowboy, Gravy, Shallow Honey, Lynks, Grove, Sprints, Racing Mount Pleasant, Courtney Barnett and Waxahatchee, CONNIE.Find this week's show playlist here. CFRC Fundraiser events here!Cover shot: Racing Mount Pleasant, live at the Garrisson, Toronto, 20 January 2026 by Owen Forbes.Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8-9:30 PM! Full shows in the linked archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we reviewed the new Robbie Williams album Britpop, brought you the best new releases out of the UK and Ireland, as well as some of our favourite new Canadian releases and some coverage from Exclaim's class of 2026 showcases of the best new bands in the country. Music byDelays, Gorillaz, Ladytron, Rose Gray, vincent's last summer, CHROMA, DC Dolls, Gingerella, Madra Salach, Greentea Peng, Mellt, congratulations, Robbie Williams, Amy Gadiaga, Aiden Grimshaw, Miesha and the Spanks, GUV, The Kewpie Dolls, The Slow Drags.Find this week's show playlist here. CFRC Fundraiser events here!Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8-9:30 PM! Full shows in the linked archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

First show of the new year! The Yellow Brit Road celebrates the new start with a listener-curated show of tunes that signify new beginnings to you. And we mark a decade since the passing of rock n roll's greatest chameleon, the Starman, David Bowie. All listener-picks are in the playlist linked below. Played artists includeDavid Bowie, Sam Fender, Little Simz, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Kendrick Lamar, CMAT, Howlin' Circus, Dry Cleaning, The Molotovs, Bleachers, SAULT, The Jam, Silica Gel, Alice In Chains, Dua Lipa, Half Moon Run, The Cribs, Rilo Kiley, Muse, The Mountain Goats, LCD Soundsystem.Find the full playlist of listener picks here. CFRC Fundraiser events here!Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8-9:30 PM! Full shows in the linked archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? CFRC's Funding Drive is on until 31 December. ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

One of 2025's most hotly tipped bands had to be NYC indie rock four-piece Geese. With some iconic performances leading up to the anticipated release of their third album Getting Killed, Geese's arrival at Toronto's Opera House this October was a sold-out, hyped affair, supported by Michigan post rock outfit Racing Mount Pleasant. Photographer and friend of the show Owen and I put our journalistic hats on at the show and returned with a review of the entire evening.Geese photosRacing Mount Pleasant photosPodcast cover art: Cameron Winter of Geese, live in Toronto, 11 October 2025. All photos by Owen Forbes.Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or cfrc.ca⁠, Sundays 8-9:30 PM! Full shows in the linked archive for 3 months from broadcast.Like what we do? CFRC's Funding Drive is on until 31 December. ⁠Donate⁠ to help keep our 102-year old radio station going!Get in touch with the show: email ⁠yellowbritroad@gmail.com⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.PS: submissions, cc ⁠music@cfrc.ca⁠ if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.