Yellow Brit Road

This week's Yellow Brit Road is live from Cardiff! Fresh from Super Furry Animals' homecoming show on their reunion tour not 24 hours ago, I am joined by friends Jaz and Nathan to review the first Furries comeback in 10 years. We also bring highlights from Focus Wales festival this year. We also bring you a live set and interview recorded a few weeks ago with Irish rockers NewDad from their show at the Danforth Music Hall in Toronto! Music this week by:Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Bloc Party, Lava La Rue, Lemfreck, My First Time, Jorja Smith, Lime Garden, CHROMA, Panedeni, KyoYoko, Super Furry Animals, NewDad. Also check out Melin Melyn and Getdown Services! Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Cover shot: Super Furry Animals, Utilita Arena, Cardiff, 16 May 2026.Note: This week, I am giving away tickets to see Rostam Batmanglij live in Toronto next month! Listen on to find out how to win.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 caught up with the Irish alternative and shoegaze band NewDad. Singer, lyricist and guitarist Julie Dawson came with our little team to Kops Records in Toronto for a quick interview, where singer, lyricist and guitarist Julie walked us through their latest album ‘Altar’, we talked about the album being inspired by their hometown of Galway, their feelings after playing a very successful Coachella set, about going independent and sticking to your guns as a woman in the music industry. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did!We also bring you a few selections from NewDad's incredible show that night at The Danforth Music Hall! You will hear the songs 1. Pretty 2. Something's Broken 3. Heavyweight and 4. Misery, all taken from Altar, their second album that came out last year.NewDad are still on tour, if you happen to be out west, they’re playing in Vancouver on Monday, 18 May at the Hollywood Theatre.Cover photo: Julie fom NewDad by Nolan McBride. 4 May 2026 @ Kops Records.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, the Yellow Brit Road asks, did Charli XCX troll us all? Is difficult music good art? We look ahead to the Super Furry Animals reunion that kicked off this weekend in Dublin and Glasgow and bring you reviews from here in Toronto: The Cribs, Concrete Vehicles, Cam Kahin and more. Look out for our live session with NewDad, recorded at the Danforth next week.Music this week by:Fontaines D.C., Charli XCX, Little Simz, Sleaze, Lambrini Girls, Yard Act, Big Fear, The Bug Club, Grandmas House, ALT BLK ERA, The Last Dinner Party, FLO, Morgan Elwy, Big Image, Concrete Vehicles, Telescreens, DOUR, Vundabar.Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Cover shot: Concrete Vehicles by Nolan McBride @ Lee's Palace, Toronto. 9 May 2026.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.

If you're swamped in the flood of Bandcamp Friday releases, we got you. This week's Yellow Brit Road takes you through some of our highlights for albums released this Friday, big and small. We also review Dry Cleaning's recent show in Toronto and bring you an exclusive interview with NYC rising rockers Telescreens, whose third album 'Why The Lights Flicker' comes out on 12 June. We've also got a special giveaway for you for one week only, so tune in and take part! Music by:The Cribs, Muse, Nia Archives, Pigeon, False Advertising, THEATRE, Blood Red Shoes, Studio 77, Opus Kink, The New Eves, Black Country, New Road*, Kneecap, Dry Cleaning, Telescreens. Other artists mentioned: NewDad, Cam Kahin, Concrete Vehicles.Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Cover shot: Dry Cleaning by Owen Forbes @ The Concert Hall, Toronto. 1 May 2026.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.

NYC four-piece rock band Telescreens believe in the power of connection and serendipity. "Every time I would write songs [at home], the lights would flicker in my room. It was the moment right before a song would happen, there was a moment of stillness... you can feel it before a song comes," songwriter, guitarist and frontman Jackson Hamm tells me. And so came the inspiration for the band's third studio album, 'Why The Lights Flicker', out 12 June 2026 on +1 Records.In the city where you will find the people you need, when you need them, Telescreens tell all about the album and its goal of connecting with people, of their love for rock n roll, how they became the band they are today (hint: in taried and tested fashion, serendipity rears its head), rock n roll on the Subway and more.Their latest single 'Otherside of Town' is out on 5 May, and the band will tour Canada again this fall.Cover shot: Jackson Hamm, Telescreens by Sam Ciampa @ Anabel's, Toronto. 19 April 2026.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.

It's all about gigs this week! The Yellow Brit Road brings you live performances from weekend 2 of Coachella, some new releases and reviews from recent shows in town by Alice Phoebe Lou and the OBGMs. We're looking ahead to upcoming shows by The Last Dinner Party, Heavenly, Telescreens and Cootie Catcher, and are joined by Gabe from Trashwyre ahead of the band's debut EP release show at the Arcade in Toronto on 25 April. Music this week byAnyma (and Matt Bellamy), FKA Twigs, Little Simz, Wet Leg, Boards of Canada, Heavenly, Art Brut, Jim Legxacy, Group A.D., Alice Phoebe Lou, Big Fear, Bloodworm, The OBGMs, Trashwyre.Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Cover shot: Alice Phoebe Lou by Fig Kembora @ The Concert Hall, Toronto. 9 April 2026.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.

To call Dublin post punk five-piece band Gurriers "outspoken" could refer to a few things. They are unapologetic in their lyrics, hitting home on themes ranging from hypocricy to nihilism, extreme rhetoric, online abuse and desensitisation. Musically, they make you sit up and listen. Their live shows are electrifying, loud and alive. And they practice what they preach, having led the entire contingent of Irish artists at SXSW to pull out of the festival in protest of its sponsorship by the US army amidst its funding of genocide in Palestine and the Middle East in 2024.I caught up with bassist Charlie McCarthy and Pierce O'Callaghan, bassist and drummer in the Gurriers to talk all about their debut album ‘Come and See’ (2024), and other things like rafter athletics, empathetic punk rock, SXSW and the surprising role Deftones and cat pictures played in the Gurriers origin story.It was a pleasure chatting with Charlie and Pierce! I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did. Find their debut album on their Bandcamp page.This interview was recorded just before Gurriers’ excellent debut headline Canadian show at The Garrison in Toronto last month. Thank you to the Lakeview Diner for having us!Cover shot: Gurriers (and me) by Nolan McBride @ The Lakeview. 19 March 2026.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.

Festival season is here! As week 1 of Coachella 2026 comes to a close, we look back at some of our favourite performances at the festival by UK and Irish artists (and Geese, because turns out I'm like that), talk about the significance of Justin Bieber's return to music at Coachella (aka Bieberchella, which as a Canadian show we feel compelled to discuss), and the incredible Dublin post punks Gurriers join us for an interview! We'd recorded this before their show at the Garrison in Toronto in March.Music this week by The xx, Blood Orange, Holly Humberstone, NewDad, CMAT, Geese (doing Bieberchella!?), Gurriers.Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above.Cover shot: Gurriers by Nolan McBride @ The Garrison, Toronto. 19 March 2026.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.