Yellow Brit Road

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 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? ⁠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.

For the final Yellow Brit Road show of 2025, we get out some great tunes for your NYE party playlists and count down the 50 best albums of 2025, including some of the smaller albums that may have got lost in the sea of bigger names. Artists played on the show were:Shane MacGowan and the Popes, activemirror., ALT BLK ERA, The Indiana Drones, Adwaith, Benefits, Sam Akpro, Evan Jackson, Panic Shack, Jim Legxacy, Superstar Crush, A.R.T., Hyphen, Nova Twins, The Jacques, For Those I Love, Maruja, VLURE, Ribbon Skirt, Yazmin Lacey, The Boojums, Busty and the Bass, Joe Webb, Party Dozen, Ezra Collective.Find the full playlist of Yellow Brit Road's 50 best albums of the year 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.

Part 2 of this week's Best of 2025 episode, where we are joined by friends of the show Astrid, Owen and Fig!We discuss their favourite artists, albums, shows and moments of 2025, including bands like Geese, Wet Leg, Black Country; New Road, Shame, Sorry, Turnstile, Wednesday, Ethel Cain, The New Eves and more!Music featured on the show:Sports Team (MTV Gonzo)Black Country, New Road (KEXP session)Wet Leg (KCRW live session, Glastonbury)Sorry (3voor12 Radio session)Divorce (DSCVR session)Shame (live at Into The Great Wide Open)Hotel LuxNeko Case (Saturday Sessions)Cardinals (3voor12 Radio session)Geese (live From The Basement)Wednesday (WFUV session)Water From Your EyesBar ItaliaTurnstile (NPR Tiny Desk Concert)Jasmine.4.t (6 Music festival; KEXP)Oasis (Rogers Stadium, Toronto)Piss (Houndstooth Toronto)Find the playlist of live performances and songs here. CFRC Fundraiser events here!Podcast cover art: Image of Geese live in Toronto by Owen.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.

We're splitting up this week's episode into two parts for your listening pleasure. In part 1 of Sunday's show, guests Gisèle and Lana Gay join me to pick their favourite artists, albums, shows and moments of 2025, and give me their big predictions for next year! Featuring The Dare, CMAT, Pavement, Fontaines D.C., Rosalía, Jack White/The White Stripes, Oasis, Sarah McLachlan and more! Music played included:The DareBells Larsen (Backyard sessions 2025)CMAT (Live Lounge)Annie DiRusso (NPR Tiny Desk Concert)Lily AllenGeese (From the Basement)Supalung (Acoustic session)Royel Otis (Glastonbury)Sarah McLachlan (Live on Kimmel)RobynFind the playlist of live shows 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.

London band Sorry have never cared to be defined by labels. Crafting their own unique sound over almost a decade, combining indie rock, industrial sounds, hazy bedroom pop, guitar riffs, poetry and the occasional tongue-in-cheek tune, the band are back with a new album and its as Sorry as it gets. It’s also their most cohesive work to date, and we caught up with them backstage at The Garrison before their show in Toronto last week to chat all about it.I spoke with the creative partnership behind Sorry, Asha Lorenz and Louis O'Bryen, about the new album Cosplay, their writing, recording, opening for Fontaines in arenas last year, and Sorry's current tour across North America.Cover art credit: Owen ForbesCFRC 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.

Over the next couple of weeks, we're looking back on the year in music on the Yellow Brit Road. With friends and fellow members of the music community joining me on the show, we pick our highlights of 2025. This week, Lauren, Kelly and Adam join me to pick their best albums, artists, shows and moments of 2025, and look ahead to what 2026 holds for music. Plus, we are joined on the show by Asha Lorenz and Louis O'Bryen from London rock band Sorry, whose 3rd album Cosplay is one of our albums of the year. Music played on the show was mostly from notable festival sets, radio sessions, live shows and TV performances from 2025:Sam Fender (London Stadium)CMAT (Glastonbury, Later... With Jools Holland)Wet Leg (NPR Tiny Desk)Olivia Dean (Live Lounge)Queens of the Stone Age (Alive In The Catacombs)Turnstile (Tiny Desk)The Last Dinner Party (Jools Holland)Pulp (Tiny Desk)Kneecap (Glastonbury 2025)The Hives (Jools Holland)Model/Actriz (A24 Sound Check session)Sparks (Jools Holland)Franz Ferdinand (KEXP session)Oasis (Cardiff night 1)Lambrini GirlsWolf Alice (BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend)PinkPantheress (Tiny Desk)The Bug Club (KEXP session)Shame (BBC Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders)Fontaines D.C. (TRNSMT Festival headline set)SorryFind the playlist of live shows here, and a playlist of studio versions here. CFRC Fundraiser events here!Podcast cover art: Image of Sorry live in Toronto 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.

The last week of "regular" programming on Yellow Brit Road for this year! Before we get our heads stuck into best-of-2025 territory, for one last week we bring you new releases, a spectacular Pulp Tiny Desk set, a review of Jehnny Beth's new album You Heartbreaker, You and a live session with Vancouver band Piss recorded at Houndstooth in Toronto at the very end. Some videos from this session will go up on this YouTube.A content warning for the Piss session: it contains frank discussions of sexual violence, trauma, misogyny and abuse.Music this week by Pulp, Sam Fender, Jehnny Beth, Lime Garden, Dry Cleaning, Eniola, Flat Party, Grove, Ten Hands High, Sorry, Piss. If you're new here and would like to keep up with the show, follow us on Instagram! Cover art credit: Owen ForbesFind 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? 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.