Yellow Brit Road

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 soun...

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 by Arc...

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 by Delays , Gorillaz , Ladytron , Rose Gray , vincent's last summer , CHROMA , DC Dolls ,...

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 include David Bowie, Sam Fender , Little Simz , Gorky's Zygotic Mynci , Kendrick L...

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...

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...

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 s...

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...

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 befo...

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 Lor...

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 th...

This week on the show, we brought you live music from Gorillaz' anniversary Copper Box Arena show, reviewed the new debut album by Picture Parlour and brought you details on cool shows coming up around (read: within a 4h drive of) Kingston by our artists. Music this week by Gorillaz , Rachel Chinouriri , Buzzcocks , Enabling Behaviour , Chest , Cardinals , Cowboy Hunters , swim school , DEADLE...

This week's show is all in tribute to Madchester legend, acid house and pioneering bassist Gary 'Mani' Mounfield of the Stone Roses and Primal Scream, and the way he changed British music forever, bringing his elements of dance, rave and neo-psychedelic basslines to indie music. Mani forever. Albums we heard music from: The Stone Roses (1989 self-titled debut album), XTRMNTR (2000), Evil Heat (200...

We're keeping you in the know on the Yellow Brit Road. This week, reviews and plays of new albums by Dave, Lily Allen, Artemas, LEAP, Kofi Stone and others, a show review of the brilliant Pinkshift in Toronto. Music by: Dave , Lily Allen, Kofi Stone , Lava La Rue , Industry Standard , LEAP , Connie Constance , Artemas , The New Eves , Sunday Best , Cat Burns , Ailbhe Reddy , Sunday Club (Winni...

On this week's show, we celebrated PJ Harvey's incredible 2000 album Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea. We chatted Grammy nominations as relevant to the indie music world and UK and Irish acts, reviewed Sorry's excellent third album COSPLAY and brought you the latest in music news and upcoming shows in Canada (Pinkshift in fact are tonight!) Music by PJ Harvey, Gorillaz , Nova Twins , Th...

This week, Yellow Brit Road brings you reviews from the incredible Little Simz' live show from Toronto on her Lotus North American tour, we play some Halloween tunes, had new releases, chat upcoming shows and much more. Also, CFRC's Funding Drive kicks off, so between now and Dec 31, we have merch and fun events, so get involved! Music this week by Duran Duran, Florence + The Machine , The...

Packed show this week! I was back in Kingston for the final (ever?) shows by hometown heroes The Wilderness, splitting up after 10 years of inspiring the Kingston music scene. Photographer and friend of the show Owen drops by to review much-hyped NYC alternative band Geese's Toronto live show , and we have a lot to say. And coverage from this year's Mercury Prize, and why South Shields working cla...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, I caught up with Jasmine.4.T outside the Baby G in Toronto, the venue of the first show of her first North American headline ‘Tranarchy’ tour! We talked musical influences, Manchester, trans joy, solidarity, her debut album You Are The Morning and how signing to Phoebe Bridgers' Saddest Factory label "changed her life" (Lucy Dacus' words, not mi...

It's been a busy week for British music in Canada! Amidst plenty of other shows, tune in to hear reviews from Dry Cleaning, Maruja and Jasmine.4.T. Jasmine is also our guest on the show this week, joining us to talk at the first stop on her Tranarchy tour! The radio version was slightly condensed for time, but look out for the full interview I'll post separately. Music this week by Garbage...

What a time to be a British and Irish music show near Toronto. This week's Yellow Brit Road reviews recent gigs by CMAT , Pulp and looks ahead to various shows coming up next week. We've got other new releases too! Music by Editors, Gorillaz , Sparks , RAYE , The Baxbys , Bakar , NewDad , Wolf Alice , Cat Burns , Cardinals , oreglo , Jadu Heart , KNEECAP , Alffa , jasmine.4.t , Craic Kille...

We're back!! I've had a couple of busy weeks, but trust, dear listeners, I am back, and with a show so typical of us you'd shed a tear. This week on the show, we review Wet Leg's show in Toronto this week, look ahead to multiple relevant shows in the next week and go through the just-revealed Mercury Prize shortlist. Music this week by: Wet Leg , The Last Dinner Party , Ash (+Graha...

It's a big week for music on both sides of the Atlantic: in the UK, flagship music festival Reading and Leeds bookends the English music summer, while Canada is in the grips of Oasismania like never seen before. The Yellow Brit Road takes you inside Oasis' return to Toronto for the first time in 16 years, and we bring you our favourite picks of new artists playing Reading. Some new release...

It was a rock-heavy show this week on the Yellow Brit Road! We paid our tributes to the prince of darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, who sadly died mere weeks after Black Sabbath's farewell show in Birmingham, Back To The Beginning festival, and celebrated the new generation of rockers (and other musicians) with new releases on the show tonight. Next week: Reading festival and Oasis land on North Americ...

Yellow Brit Road caught up with Montreal indie duo Bibi Club in the Media Tent at Osheaga Festival for a quick chat about their music, Polaris nominations, Montreal music, their album Feu de Garde and much more! Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps linked above. Touch that dial and tune in live! CFRC 101.9 FM in Kingston or  cfrc.ca⁠ ,...

This week's show was (half) recorded at one of Canada's coolest and best music festivals: Osheaga Festival in Montreal! Yellow Brit Road brings you reviews, news and thoughts, and we catch up with Montreal band Bibi Club in the Media Tent. Plus live performances from cool artists who performed at Osheaga (from other festivals, Osheaga isn't televised!) to try and recreate the vibe for...