Yellow Brit Road

It's a radio indie night on Yellow Brit Road this week! As the weather drops and the Dread kicks in, we bring you an hour of tunes to keep you unfrozen and keep you moving! Punk rock, synth ravers, post punk drivers, it's all on this setlist! Music by Panic Shack (and Metronomy ) Los Blancos The Noisettes Shelf Lives Johnny Marr The Murder Capital Big Joanie DEADLETTER Oscar Jerome Olivia Dean Wor...

It's the moment we've all waited for: it's spooky weekend on Yellow Brit Road! We had songs old and new, Halloween-themed and not, featuring Muse Rina Sawayama Bauhaus Kate Bush Walt Disco Venus Grrrls Nova Twins The Kills David Bowie GENN The Cramps Pinkshift FASTFAST Thank you to everyone who suggested music for this week! The extended spooky playlist, with all your suggestions is here . Do try...

So much going on in this week's show, and to think this show might never have happened (your host screamed themselves hoarse at a Muse gig and has laryngitis now)* We talk gigs, the economics of touring and the music industry, the Mercury Prize 2022 , the CFRC Funding Drive , and tons of new releases including from The Subways Gorillaz Benefits SZWÉ Dry Cleaning PVA Billy Nomates Shake Chain Oscar...

Happy birthday to us! CFRC 101.9 FM, our dear little station has hung around for 100 years since 1922 to let me bring you this week's broadcast. Aside from a flurry of celebratory events on campus and at the station, we had a smidge of history on our show, as well as great new releases as always, including from Arctic Monkeys Yeah Yeah Yeahs Connie Constance Mansur Brown Amaroun Sports Team Poppy...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we headed back out onto the field for a final hurrah this summer: Reading and Leeds Festival, that took place 26-28 August this year. Live performances from the festival that can all be watched in full colour and glory on the BBC Music YouTube , as well as some CFRC history , in honour of our station turning 100 this week. Performances by Arctic Monkeys Little Si...

Welcome back to the Yellow Brit Road, alive, kicking, and brought to you right from the Limestone City! The Yellow Brit Road is home at last, and this week, we're finally coming to you from Kingston, with as good a show as we've ever done, filled with good music, good vibes, and some CFRC history thrown in for good measure! Setlist this week: Rina Sawayama Suede Dry Cleaning Big Joanie  Gilla...

Jeremy Gaudet, singer, guitarist, lyricist and songwriter in the rising Toronto-based indie rock band Kiwi jr. joins me for an interview as the band release their third studio album, Chopper! A departure from their previous janglepop sound, this album is darker, grittier, more cinematic and ambitious. We talk all about the record, out now on Sub Pop Records, and about the band's journey so far, ab...

Jeremy Gaudet of the rising Toronto indie rock band Kiwi Jr. is joining me on the show this week for an interview as the band release their third studio album, Chopper on Sub Pop Records on 12 August. Tune in live on Sunday at 8 PM EST to catch the interview live, along with songs from the new record! The podcast, as always will be available on Tuesday, 10 AM sharpish. Do touch that dial and tune...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, fantastic new releases, some updates on the show's scheduling for the fall, plus artists from Ottawa's Side By Side Weekend that took place last weekend. Music this week by Rina Sawayama Bloc Party Yard Act (with Elton John!) Cathy Jain Ailbhe Reddy The Clockworks  Loyle Carner  black midi Loose Articles Mr. Power  Sleep Late  Deliverables&nbs...

This week's a big one—we had the Yellow Brit Road's first virtual indie night! As the yellow road turned into a mirror-laden, disco ball-strung indie dance floor, our theme was mellow rave: guitars, synths and sway to give you a breather and a great night out over this long weekend (and have you in bed on time, if you so wish). This one's more fun live so catch the show in the archives, setlist: F...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we talked awards, because your friendly neighbourhood Yellow Brit Road was an honourable mention at this year's National Campus and Community Association annual awards for alternative and indie music! We also talked about live gigs, and the latest collaboration between musician Hannah Peel and Bristol-based Paraorchestra, the world's first orchestra made up of di...

An information-packed show on this week's Yellow Brit Road. We peeked into the Great 78 Project 's impressive collection of restored and digitised discs , heard about accessibility for disabled fans at live venues, saw historic synthpop collaborations, and had new releases from Soft Cell , Pet Shop Boys Bif Naked Kid Kapichi Fräulein DEADLETTER Sinead O'Brien Nova Twins Gilla Band Adwaith L.A. Sal...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, I was joined by Hannah Judge, who writes and records music as Ottawa's best new indie band, fanclubwallet, along with her producer Michael Watson. We talked about their debut album, You Have Got To Be Kidding Me, about writing, recording, touring in 2022, SXSW, their recent US tour supporting CHRVCHES, and a lot more! Get your copy of the album on Bandcamp and li...

Live music from Glastonbury festival to put you in the thick of the action (mud-free, while not being £300 poorer). Most performances are available on the BBC Music YouTube channel or through BBC Sounds/iPlayer. Artists featured were Pet Shop Boys (+ Years & Years ) Courtney Barnett Wet Leg Dry Cleaning black midi Koffee Declan McKenna Yves Tumor Les Amazones D'Afrique Fontaines D.C. JARV IS K...

It's finally here! Here's the full, unabridged interview with the hosts of the Desi LGBT Fest, an online festival celebrating and spotlighting queer voices, expression, experiences, art, activism, and media created by and about members of the desi queer community. We discussed queerness in South Asia, expression, progress and of course, favourite queer media, art and literature. Some of their desi...

What an eventful week on the Yellow Brit Road! We were at Glastonbury festival this weekend, bringing you live performances straight from Worthy Farm (or from our little Caruthers Hall basement... join us in mind and spirit!). We also had many performances by queer musicians playing the festival this weekend. I also got to chat to the creators and hosts of the Desi LGBT Fest , a festival celebrati...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we took a deeper look at the impact that 17-year-old Jake Daniels, English football's only currently openly gay player, has had and will have on the game of football and the people surrounding it. We also caught up with two Halifax, Nova Scotia-based queer experimental sound artists whose new publication FLOWER ELECTRONICS will feature submissions by queer artist...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we paid a small tribute to Dyfrig Evans, actor, and singer and guitarist in the Welsh 90s band Topper , and explored the queer indie scene of the 2010s in Chile! This week, we heard Topper Metronomy , Porridge Radio Pixies Alex Anwandter Javiera Mena Playa Gótica ( Fanny Leona ) Namuel Francisco Victoria Maxwell Morales Lava La Rue Lynks The Hermitts We Are The U...

It's June, which is Pride month, and the celebrations have kicked off on this multicoloured Road! Last year we relived and celebrated queer music history (still available on the podcast feed!), this year, we’re celebrating the present. I'd like to give a platform to queer music scenes anywhere in the world, so if you would like to spotlight your local scene, send me an email at yellowbritroad@gmai...

This week, hot off the presses comes coverage of the annual Juno Awards, courtesy your very own friendly neighbourhood Yellow Brit Road! (None but the Canadian Grammys. Big.) We also had great new releases, all which can be found in the setlist featuring: Rina Sawayama Royal Blood Haviah Mighty Roxane Bruneau Avril Lavigne Deborah Cox Arkells DJ Shub and Snotty Nose Rez Kids Arcade Fire Elis Derby...

This week on the Yellow Brit Road, we celebrated the best of the Eurovision Song Contest 2022 , with the best performances, the wackiest and most memorable, and those that were sorely overlooked this year. We also had some brand new releases! This week's setlist features Bloc Party Florence and the Machine The Rasmus (Finland's Eurovision entry) Jérémie Mackiese (Belgium) Subwoolfer (Norway) Citi...

This week's show has got it all! From exciting submissions to new, charting and relevant releases, to live performances and exclusive releases from Earth Percent's Earth Day fundraiser, everything's happening on this week's Yellow Brit Road. The incredible artists that made this week's show possible were The Subways Bob Vylan Just Mustard Fontaines D.C. Michael Stipe Prima Queen English Teacher Fr...

Yellow Brit Road, celebrating the new, celebrating the old! It's an exciting time, with more indie releases up in the charts (at least in the UK), and these are only some of the best albums from this *week*. By the time you read this, I will be frantically packing away for a trip to see Fontaines D.C. live at their Monday show in Montreal, and maybe, I might meet some of you there! (Do say hello i...

Album listening party on the Yellow Brit Road! Grab a copy of Lancashire anarcho-pop, anarcho-punk band Chumbawamba's commercial breakthrough album Tubthumper from 1997, that saw the underground DIY band break into the mainstream, in sound and success. Find some of the band's records on Bandcamp here . If you see me at the Fontaines DC gig in Toronto next week, come over and say hi! I'd love to kn...

This week we talked all about touring! As live music begins to make a comeback across the world, musicians and listeners alike find themselves able to traverse more than just a Yellow Brit Road (though we're always here!). We discussed the environmental impacts of touring, the dirty secrets of merch at show venues, and of course, listened to great new releases as always. This week, we had music by...