Yellow Brit Road

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, anthems, icons, history and great music! We're continuing our exploration into queer music history, and this week, we're talking about the 1980s! Lots of chat about pop, rock, New Romantic bands, and of course, great new music as always. We had music from Diana Ross (Nile Rodgers interview here ) Culture Club Visage Queen The Smiths Australian feminist queer punk...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, our celebration of Pride month continues, and so does our exploration of queer history and music. Now into the 1970s, this episode looks at a series of firsts, of punk, folk and protest. We listened to queer anthems by Maxine Feldman, who recorded the first openly lesbian song, and gay rights activist and queer punk icon Tom Robinson. Here's the full playlist: Ma...

The Yellow Brit Road turns one! We've been on this golden road a full year now, so here's to another great show to celebrate! June is Pride month , and we're celebrating with queer musical history and icons all month. This week, we explored the legacies of arguably the first openly trans rock and roller, Jayne County, and the godmother and inventor of all rock music anywhere, Sister Rosetta Tharpe...

 This week on the Yellow Brit Road, it's more great music from across genres, brief discussions of brass, great artists and music facts, per usual! There's music from Boogie-woogie rock band Squeeze German one-hit wonders The Stripes Manchester synthpop songstress showcasing the better part of 80s new wave, LoneLady Manchester indie-punk trio The Early Mornings Young Colchester band Anorak Pa...

It's finally here! Power pop royalty decided to walk down the Yellow Brit Road with me this week, as I got the opportunity to have an in-depth chat with Finnish Grammy winning artists Arto Tamminen and Janne Haavisto, collectively one half of the pop rock band The Bablers, whose much-awaiting album Psychadilly Circus comes out on 29 May (that's right, it's not out yet, so we were able to get...

Finnish Grammy winning pop band The Bablers are joining us on the Yellow Brit Road! Remember to tune in tomorrow, 27 May at 9 PM EST on CFRC to hear my full chat with them, and to listen to their new album Psychadilly Circus , which releases on 29 May. See you there! As always, 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 avail...

Arto Tamminen from the Bablers is here to remind you to join us on Thursday as we walk down the Yellow Brit Road, when singer Arto and drummer Janne join me on air for a fantastic interview and full listen of their new album Psychadilly Circus ! Remember, Thursday 27 May at 9 PM EST. Be there! As always, listen live on your dial at 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on  cfrc.ca , Sundays 8 to...

Attention, listeners of the Yellow Brit Road, it's album listening party time! We're listening to Finnish power pop band the Bablers, the Grammy acclaimed pop rock band who are back from a nearly 20-year long hiatus to deliver us one of the best new albums we've heard: Psychadilly Circus ! The album is a submission so we're listening to it early, it releases later this week on 29 May and can still...

 This week on the Yellow Brit Road... rock, pop, indie, jazz, experimental post punk; what's not happening on this show?! This week on the show, we have new music from the Manic Street Preachers St. Vincent , with her funky retro synthpop Afflecks Place , the Manchester band bringing indie jangle back to the city Caernarfon pop band Gwilym exciting new rock from Liverpool's Gen and the Degene...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we discuss one of the biggest buzzwords in art and music right now, NFTs, Bizarre Music Headlines makes a strong comeback (entire articles, rather), and we have some great new releases, including some strong collaborations! Music links for this week: Punk band The Subways Garbage, whose new album comes out in June Squid , whose exceptional, experimental, psychede...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, I got the opportunity to introduce some incredible new artists you will want to go see live as soon as you get the chance to! We had music from The Pretty Reckless The Boomtown Rats Bristol indie band and current favourite of Teenage Fanclub's Norman Blake: Snails Hampshire based softer indie music from Drug Store Romeos London musician with her multilayered, mea...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, Olympic runs, a feature show, failed links, and 2014! We had music from Royal Blood, whose new album arrives soon Wolf Alice, also with a new album out June Wargasm 's shock-punk hard rock Ghum 's 80's throwback post punk Pretty Happy , the Cork-based post-punk trip Gruff Rhys , former Super Furry Animal with an album out next month Laundromat , chill-wave Bright...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, petty (and I mean petty) chart battles, faux pas to the point of bad taste, but as always, great music, and fun show! This week's show featured: Scottish indie rockers Teenage Fanclub Garbage Scottish #1 debutants The Snuts Anchoress You can find Manic Street Preachers' reissued single here Courting Chubby and the Gang  Desperate Journalist  Kaputt&nbsp...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, tunes previously unheard flowed from the stereo to find their way to the special place in your soul. We had tons of new music, true to indie's recent newfound golden run of form, including music by St. Vincent Beck, who worked with Paul McCartney on his upcoming reworked album, McCartney III Imagined Piss Kitti , a Liverpool-based delightfully playful punk band R...

Anyone claiming good music is dead would have a hard time backing up their claims, as this week on the Yellow Brit Road, we've mostly played new releases, so here's to fresh indie for you! We had music from Arab Strap , who released their first album in 16 years this month, As Days Get Dark Wolf Alice , who release Blue Weekend 11 June this year Squid 's Bright Green Field comes out 7 May Black Ho...

Great music again this week on the Yellow Brit Road, the charts seeing some indie friction, as well as some radio related updates! This week featured music from Maximo Park , whose new album is out now, Penetration, Irish artists Fontaines D.C. , NewDad , Kynsy , Girl Band ( live link ), Denise Chaila , Bristol feminist punk band The Menstrual Cramps ,  Manchester pop punk quartet Pale Waves...

This week's Yellow Brit Road has all the jazz you long for: nail-biting chart battles, breakthrough album listens, and great new music! We listened to Mogwai , whose 10th studio album As The Love Continues hit number 1 on the UK albums chats this week. We also had a listening party to celebrate Martha and the Muffins 's debut album Metro Music , one of Canadian post punk's first and most successfu...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we talked about the 80s, stadium rock and roll disappointments, murders and great music: A full-packed show! We had music from X-Ray Spex, Black Grape, b lack midi , Pillow Queens , Buzzard Buzzard Buzzard , Dry Cleaning , whose new album New Long Legs comes out 2 April;   Billy Nomates , Ms. Mohammed , Ghostpoet and Yazz Ahmed . Masala Chai artists this wee...

Album listen party time on the Yellow Brit Road! This week, we're celebrating the proficiency and talent of pioneering post punk stab-jab guitarist and producer Andy Gill by listening to Gang of Four's second studio album Solid Gold (1981). Grab your copy and listen along! Masala chai artists for this week were Washington DC based indie punks Sheila and Canadian punks Joncro and Doctors Hate Her ....

Quality hit the airwaves again this week, as we had great music, music history and deep dives into journalism of yore! We had music this week from CHVRCHES, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci (recommend, and I don't normally put my biases into the playlist descriptions), Public Practice from New York, Leeds punks Yard Act, psychedelic punk band Squid ft. Martha Skye Murphy ; Oslo, Norway-based Pom Poko , Cultd...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we talked about the ongoing changes in the music industry (I'm hopeful!), and also heard some great music from Happy Mondays, The Pipettes , Amsterdam fuzzy alt band Global Charming , London indie duo Happy Accidents , had new releases from Goat Girl and Shame , listened to great music from Oscar Jerome , north Walian hip-hop brass band Band Pres LLareggub (featu...

On this week's Yellow Brit Road, we basically just missed festivals . Yeah, those open mud pits where you get icky, no showers, overpriced everything, too much music to sanely choose from (especially when two of your favourite bands are playing right across from each other), and a 27-hour drive home... we miss them. Any live music, really. Artists on this week's show were Marcy Playground, Mogwai...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we paid tribute to the greatest showman on Earth and had some incredible music, and as always, lots of fun. The bands we played were We've Got A Fuzzbox And We're Gonna Use It (or as America came to know them, simply Fuzzbox), Mush form Leeds, The Lizards from Birmingham, Gwilym from Caernarfon in NW Wales, the explosive Sniffany and the Nits , Charmpit , Irish p...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road: Oscar Wilde, and the greatest show on Earth! ... maybe the greatest show all year. Musically, this one slaps. We listened to some classic tunes from Eurythmics and the Small Faces, along with great new music from Dry Cleaning , DITZ , Courting , Ama Lou , Martha Hill , Nothing But Thieves , Hallan and the Debris ! Masala Chai this week was in from Soweto, South A...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, Christmas cheer, Viral Queens and lots of great music! We got into the holiday spirit listening to some great themed music... but with a sneering punk twist to them. We listened to music from Alice Bag , The Fall, post punk band Shame , 80s underground pop rock mavericks The Cleaners from Venus, female punks Child's Pose and Trash Kit , Welsh punks The La La Lett...