Yellow Brit Road

Yellow Brit Road CFRC
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Come for the pun, stay for the music. Yellow Brit Road is CFRC's weekly British music show on Sundays from 8 to 9 PM on CFRC Radio Queen's. We delve into music history, past interviews, bizarre reviews and media, discuss band lore, and do the occasional themed show: eras, regions, dialects, albums, poetry; everything is on the plate! The podcasted version of this show contains all your favourite band trivia and stories, but the music can be found on posted playlists that accompany each individual episode. Listen live on CFRC 101.9 FM or on cfrc.ca!

  1. Live Session: Trashwyre at the Raven Underground!

    2D AGO

    Live Session: Trashwyre at the Raven Underground!

    This week, we introduce you to Trashwyre, a new Toronto four-piece band bringing the lo-fi, rebellious electro-clash to punk rock. Boasting 'shambolic', exciting live shows with a steadily growing local audience, we are joined by frontman, singer and guitarist Gabe Vitale to talk about the band's unusual origins, writing and influences, dumpster diving for guitars and their upcoming debut EP. You will also hear two songs from their set at the Raven Underground, 'Electric Molecular' and 'Cop Car'. Podcast cover art: Trashwyre by Owen Forbes. 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.

    18 min
  2. Yellow Brit Road 1 February 2026: Rumours anniversary, Cribs review, Shame review, Trashwyre live session

    4D AGO

    Yellow Brit Road 1 February 2026: Rumours anniversary, Cribs review, Shame review, Trashwyre live session

    Lots on the show this week. Whilst I was away seeing Sprints on Sunday, on the show we had album anniversaries, reviews of the new Cribs album, our review (and pictures) from the Shame show from last week, and a live session with Canadian electro-glam punk four piece Trashwyre, recorded at Toronto's Raven Underground. Music this week by Fleetwood Mac, The Cribs, PVA, Coach Party, Chalk, Dead Air, Goodbye, Tooth, Nubiyan Twist, Bootie Brown, Bloodworm, Robo, SPRINTS, Franz Ferdinand (Amyl and the Sniffers), Dutch Baby, Revzed, Trashwyre. Cover image: Shame at the Phoenix Concert Theatre, 23 January, 2026 by Sam Ciampa. Find this week's playlist here. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above. 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.

    47 min
  3. Yellow Brit Road: Racing Mount Pleasant live in Toronto

    JAN 28 · BONUS

    Yellow Brit Road: Racing Mount Pleasant live in Toronto

    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 sounds build up to climactic crescendos, placeably Gen Z themes are sung over timeless music, as 300 of us descended into a hot, hot Garrison on the coldest day of the year so far. I went down to the Garrison with Toronto photographer Owen Forbes, friend of the show and occasional fellow-concert reviewer, on Tuesday, 20 January to catch an exceptional set by Racing Mount Pleasant. Here's what we thought of it. Podcast cover art: Racing Mount Pleasant by Owen Forbes. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above. 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.

    14 min
  4. Yellow Brit Road 25 January 2026: Racing Mount Pleasant, BRIT Awards, Arctic Monkeys

    JAN 27

    Yellow Brit Road 25 January 2026: Racing Mount Pleasant, BRIT Awards, Arctic Monkeys

    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 Arctic Monkeys, Shame, Arlo Parks, DEADLETTER, Westside Cowboy, Gravy, Shallow Honey, Lynks, Grove, Sprints, Racing Mount Pleasant, Courtney Barnett and Waxahatchee, CONNIE. Find this week's show playlist here. CFRC Fundraiser events here! Cover shot: Racing Mount Pleasant, live at the Garrisson, Toronto, 20 January 2026 by Owen Forbes. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above. 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.

    44 min
  5. Yellow Brit Road 18 January 2026: Robbie Williams, Canadian Faves, Exclaim! Showcase

    JAN 21

    Yellow Brit Road 18 January 2026: Robbie Williams, Canadian Faves, Exclaim! Showcase

    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, Gingerella, Madra Salach, Greentea Peng, Mellt, congratulations, Robbie Williams, Amy Gadiaga, Aiden Grimshaw, Miesha and the Spanks, GUV, The Kewpie Dolls, The Slow Drags. Find the full playlist of listener picks here. CFRC Fundraiser events here! Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above. 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.

    31 min
  6. Yellow Brit Road 11 January 2026: New Year, New Beginnings, David Bowie

    JAN 13

    Yellow Brit Road 11 January 2026: New Year, New Beginnings, David Bowie

    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 Lamar, CMAT, Howlin' Circus, Dry Cleaning, The Molotovs, Bleachers, SAULT, The Jam, Silica Gel, Alice In Chains, Dua Lipa, Half Moon Run, The Cribs, Rilo Kiley, Muse, The Mountain Goats, LCD Soundsystem. Find the full playlist of listener picks here. CFRC Fundraiser events here! Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above. 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? CFRC's Funding Drive is on until 31 December. ⁠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.

    22 min
  7. Yellow Brit Road: Geese, live in Toronto!

    JAN 4

    Yellow Brit Road: Geese, live in Toronto!

    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 journalistic hats on at the show and returned with a review of the entire evening. Geese photos Racing Mount Pleasant photos Podcast cover art: Cameron Winter of Geese, live in Toronto, 11 October 2025. All photos by Owen Forbes. Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above. 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? CFRC's Funding Drive is on until 31 December. ⁠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.

    39 min

  8. 12/30/2025

    Yellow Brit Road 28 December 2025: Last show of the year, 50 best albums of 2025

    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 Shack, Jim Legxacy, Superstar Crush, A.R.T., Hyphen, Nova Twins, The Jacques, For Those I Love, Maruja, VLURE, Ribbon Skirt, Yazmin Lacey, The Boojums, Busty and the Bass, Joe Webb, Party Dozen, Ezra Collective. Find the full playlist of Yellow Brit Road's 50 best albums of the year here. CFRC Fundraiser events here! Try and support artists independently through buying their music, merch, going to shows! Bandcamps/websites linked above. 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? CFRC's Funding Drive is on until 31 December. ⁠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.

    35 min
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Come for the pun, stay for the music. Yellow Brit Road is CFRC's weekly British music show on Sundays from 8 to 9 PM on CFRC Radio Queen's. We delve into music history, past interviews, bizarre reviews and media, discuss band lore, and do the occasional themed show: eras, regions, dialects, albums, poetry; everything is on the plate! The podcasted version of this show contains all your favourite band trivia and stories, but the music can be found on posted playlists that accompany each individual episode. Listen live on CFRC 101.9 FM or on cfrc.ca!

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  • Creator
    Yellow Brit Road CFRC
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    281
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Yellow Brit Road CFRC
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