Yellow Brit Road

This week, we looked back at 2023 in British and Irish music, playing some of our favourite tracks from this year, talking about musicians who have had a big year, and artists to watch for on bigger stages next year! Obviously this isn't, and can't ever be an exhaustive list, and in fact the playlist I made for this week was a lot longer than I could even fit on air, so don't come yell...

This week's show gives you an an exclusive invite to the coolest indie nightclubs: Club Yellow Brit Road, an indie disco of the mind. We're keeping finals season blues at bay by pumping up the energy on the dancefloors, on the kitchen floors, in the library, your ears, wherever. To be honest, the podcasted version this week is just 30 second clips of me shouting out the CFRC Funding Drive...

This week, we listened to cool new releases, paid tribute to English-Irish punk and poet Shane MacGowan, looked back at our on-repeat favourites, and talked about the implications of the recent changes to Spotify's remuneration models. Music this week by: Half Moon Run Shane MacGowan The Subways The Jesus and Mary Chain Gaffa Tape Sandy Chemtrails Fräulein Los Blancos KNEECAP , Grian Chatten S...

This week, I caught up backstage with Conner Molander, guitarist, backing vocallist and multi-instrumentalist proficient in keys and the drums, of the Montreal indie rock three-piece Half Moon Run. The band stopped by Kingston to perform a sold-out show at the city's Grand Theatre, supporting their newest album Salt. We talked about the album and the world tour they embarked on for it, and abo...

This week, we dig down into the coolest new releases out of the UK and Ireland, and also the best live shows in town here in Kingston, ON: hometown heroes The Astros on Saturday night, and the inimitable, excellent Montreal band Half Moon Run, who I got to interview onsite at the Kingston Grand Theatre before their show on Friday! Hear the interview here, and catch music by Half Moon Run My Bloody...

I'm alive! And kicking, if slightly hard against the weight of uni assignments worth 35%. But here's this year's Halloween show, where we took listener requests for Halloween-themed (and adjacent) music, paid tribute to Angelo Bruschini, the pioneering late guitarist of the leading triphop 90s Bristol band Massive Attack, discussed Kingston's weekend of Halloween music, and even ha...

Happy autumn, everyone! As the weather got less stuffy, this week saw the return of the Yellow Brit Road poetry intro! The rest of our 88 minutes were filled with cool music by The La's Lush The Rolling Stones Wet Leg / Paramore ALT BLK ERA Lovejoy Peter Xan Hotgirl English Teacher Enola Gay , Mount Palomar Gruff Rhys Laura Mvula Still Traffico The Linda Lindas Super City Grrrl Gang Pinkshift...

This week we played new music, spooky music, submissions, and talked about seminal London three-piece Noisettes in the Mic Room! Music by Super Furry Animals Duran Duran Wargasm HMS Morris Crystalline Kill, The Icon! Soulé Cathy Jain Oscar Jerome Kneecap The Clockworks Lambrini Girls sparkle*jets u.k. Los Blancos L'objectif Pseudo Cool Noisettes Joker Out Long Distances Breezy Supreme Find thi...

This week's show is a listening party to mark 20 years of an astounding piece of art in the British music canon of the 21st century: Muse's 3rd studio album Absolution (2003). An album with an expansive and career-defining sound that launched Muse worldwide as a force to be reckoned with in rock music in the modern age, even while the album itself is hard to cage into a single genre: class...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we had strong comebacks from experienced artists, we talked about new trends in music: Billboard's brand-new TikTok singles chart, and had a lovely interview with The Wytches, whose album Our Guest Can't Be Named comes out 22 September! Music this week by: The Rolling Stones Slowdive Kula Shaker YUNGBLUD Dream Nails FIZZ Aoife Nessa Frances Gotts Street P...

This week was fun and happening! We had new releases out of the UK and Ireland, Hayden, a friend and new volunteer at our station CFRC dropped by to discuss the Mercury Prize and and cool live shows we've seen in Kingston, and I got to speak with Charlie, guitarist in the exciting new pan-European band taking their homebase of London, the UK, and Europe by storm: The Gulps! We heard about thei...

This week on Yellow Brit Road, we had amazing brand-new submissions, new releases from your favourite acts, and a review of the gig that capped off my summer: Sheffield alt rock giants Arctic Monkeys supported by rising, articulate Irish rock band Fontaines D.C. We also had one of indie rock's biggest stars as the subject of our Mic Room chat this week: Snow Patrol, and their album Final Straw...

This week's show brings you all the coverage of Reading festival, between the brand new artists to listen out for, and live performances from this year's edition of the festival. Music by: ALT BLK ERA Soft Play Frozemode Yard Act Mimi Webb Bakar Easy Life You Me At Six Rina Sawayama Nothing But Thieves Wet Leg Declan McKenna Arlo Parks Loyle Carner Knucks Becky Hill Sam Fender Billie Eilis...

This week, we look back at a great summer of shows and festivals by reliving the highs of Kingston's own Spring Reverb festival, that took place in June for only the second time this year! Listen on for highlights, recaps, live clips and music from the city's finest. And tune back in next week as we cap off the summer festival coverage with live music from Reading and Leeds! Music this wee...

This week marks the 50-year anniversary of the birth of hip-hop, far away in Bronx in NY, USA. It has since grown in legitimacy to become one of the most popular genres of music around the world. So what's happening right now in the UK and Ireland? We dove into the modern UK and Irish hip hop scenes, looking at some of the unique subgenres hip hop has spawned through collaborations and shared...

This week's show was packed: your favourite British musicians at Montreal's Osheaga that happened this weekend, a friend and guest bringing in some math rock, a radio live session by Kingston band Exogen, and Portsmouth, UK band The Straights phoning in to premiere their brand new single, The World Weighs More Than Before. Catch up for music by: Ffa Coffi Pawb Ash Beabadoobee Skindred SLIX...

This week we were on air for two hours, and had brand new releases, talked about the 2023 Mercury Prize shortlist that was released earlier in the week, and had an in-depth interview with Belfast post punk band Enola Gay, whose brand of unapologetic political post punk caught the world's attention in 2020. They are coming to North America (Toronto - 17 Sept at the Drake Underground) this fall,...

Great music from the 00s, and brand new releases and submissions on this week's show! It's been 22 years since one of my favourite albums, Super Furry Animals' Rings Around The World came out in 2001. Also this week on Meet Me In The Mic Room, sharply dressed Scottish dance-punk indie icons Franz Ferdinand! Music by: Super Furry Animals Shingai , Bryan K Bombay Bicycle Club , Holly Hum...

This week we talked all about Foo Fighters' secret show at Montreal's Verdun Auditorium to just 4000 fans, had Kingston indie rock band girldad drop by to talk to us about their newly released debut EP Wide Eyed Kids, and played brand new music! Les Shirley Teenage Fanclub Slowdive Big Joanie Fresh Lemon Wipes, NOVACUB Death Cult Electric girldad The Wood Burning Savages Fräulein Tough Age...

It's been a big week for nostalgic band tours, and we talked all about it. Plus new music, and a guest, Clara in the studio bringing in some cool music picks, plus joining me in the Mic Room to talk about The Horrors (the band, not like... existential horrors. Not the Horrors. The Horrors (band), and their debut album, 2009's Primary Colours.) This week's podcast is horrendously late b...

We're bringing you an hour of highlights from Glastonbury this week! To really get into the live experience, live performances are available on the BBC Music YouTube page, or the BBC iPlayer in the UK. Music by Caroline Polechek Arctic Monkeys The Pretenders (with Johnny Marr and Dave Grohl ) Nova Twins The Big Moon Gwenno Cat Burns Obongjayar Lizzo Elton John More Glastonbury is over on BBC M...

This week, we touched just the tip of the Glastonbury iceberg, listening to live performances from the festival – more on that next week! We also continued our celebration of Pride in music by examining the relationship between music and queer identity with some lovely guests from the music community. This week's show had music by: Greta van Fleet Grove , Bob Vylan Christine and the Queens Pal...

This week, we promised bangers and anthems, and that's what we delivered for an hour. Indie, rock and pop bangers, queer anthems, plus Meet Me In The Mic Room returns, with an artist I admire a lot: Bloc Party! Music by Romy Mika Yungblud Rina Sawayama Tom Robinson [ live 2018 ] Snake Eyes Chroma Lava La Rue Firestations Bloc Party Jónsi / Sigur Rós Vivek Shraya Jann Find this week's playl...

This week, news from the NCRA CRABO awards in Calgary, recaps from Spring Reverb festival, Pride (17 June in Kingston!) and an interview with Brighid Fry from Toronto indie band Housewife! Music by: Alison Goldfrapp Bloc Party , KennyHoopla Problem Patterns Church Party Housewife Arlo Parks Max Taylor Find this week's playlist here . Do try and support artists directly, all Bandcamp links abov...

This week was all about Spring Reverb 2023 , Kingston's most exciting summer music festival now in its second year of existence! Catch music from this year's performers from over five venues and four packed days of incredible live music, including by Almond Milk Keaton The Astros Moon King Electric Six Luscious Housewife New Friends Hotel Mira Mint Simon The Wilderness The Meringues Cam Ka...