Yellow Brit Road

If there's one band who have had a gigantic year, it's got to be Toronto indie rock band Kiwi jr.! After releasing their third album Chopper in August 2022, the band have spent the last 18 months touring Europe and North America, opening for bands (and their personal heroes) like Pavement, Dinosaur jr., Sloan, Guided By Voices, and so many more. And now they drop by Kingston for a date at the Grad Club, Friday night, supported by Queen's student band Girldad.

I spoke to singer and guitarist Jeremy this week for CFRC's Indie Wakeup Call (where you can find me on a Thursday morning on campus with some lovely cohosts), listen on to hear us talk all about that show and Kiwi jr.'s incredible year, and come to the show tomorrow! You bet I'll be there!

Happy 2024 everyone! This week's show was the first live show of the new year, and we charged into it with new releases, some news from the indie charts, watched a stone-cold indie classic in Franz Ferdinand's Take Me Out turn 20 (already!?), and had a little peek ahead at my interview with Chris Barry, who sang and fronted, amongst many other bands, Montreal's first punk band, the glam punk outfit The 222s back in 1978, and the post punk band 39 Steps in the 80s, a band who you may have seen in the Woody Allen film Hannah's Sisters. Look out for the full interview next week! Music this week by:

Sprints, The Vaccines, ARXX, Gen and the Degenerates, Courting, The Last Dinner Party, 3 Little Wolves, SYBS, Dream Nails, Bob Vylan, Sam Akpro, Venus Grrrls, Ekkstacy, The 222s, 39 Steps, Franz Ferdinand, Kiwi jr., Kings of Queens.

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

PS: CFRC Live Sessions are now on air! And the CFRC funding drive is still on! Donate to help keep our 101-year old station going!

Touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9 PM! (Full shows are available in the archive for 3 months from release)

Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

PS: submissions, cc [email protected] if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

We're ringing in the new year here at CFRC, and we're doing it with your help! You've been sending in your suggestions for songs that signify new beginnings to you, and I pick my favourites to play for you on this week's show. Plus, we walk through NYE and seasonal traditions unique to the UK and/or Ireland, and read some Hogmanay poetry. It's all to listen out for! Artists:

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

PS: CFRC Live Sessions are now on air! And the CFRC funding drive is in full swing! Donate and help keep our 101-year old station going!

Do touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9 PM! (Full shows are available in the archive for 3 months from release)

Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

PS: submissions, cc [email protected] if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

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 yelling at me about glaring omissions! However, I'd love to hear your music picks of the year, so get in touch! Playlist:

and many more on the playlist found ⁠here⁠. Do try and support artists directly!

Live Sundays 8-9:30 PM on ⁠CFRC⁠!

Contact: email ⁠[email protected]⁠, IG @⁠⁠yellowbritroad⁠⁠.

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 (we gotta stay on air), so it's worth finding the full show in archives (I worked real hard on the transitions between songs, go check it out), but to keep you entertained, I've tried to have good transitions on the podcast too. Enjoy! Music by:

Johnny Marr, Genesis Owusu, Master Peace, Connie Constance, Slightest Clue, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Astros, Kiwi jr., The Beaches, Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Snapped Ankles, Baba Ali, Talking Heads, Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul, Yard Act, Poppy Ajudha, Primal Scream, Witch Fever, VLURE, Working Men's Club, Low Hummer, Little Simz, Cleo Sol, Young Guv, King of Foxes

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

Live Sundays 8-9:30 PM on CFRC!

Contact: email [email protected], IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

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:

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

PS: CFRC Live Sessions are now on air! And the CFRC funding drive is in full swing! Donate and help keep our 101-year old station going!

Live on CFRC 101.9 FM (Kingston)/cfrc.ca, Sundays 8-9:30 PM (Full shows in the archive)

Contact: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

PS: submissions, cc [email protected] if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

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 about their vibrant, vivid, joyous and sometimes emotional live shows.

The interview aired on Yellow Brit Road this week, and here it is, isolated for your enjoyment.

Expect more releases from the band's recent Treehouse sessions, and find the album Salt here. Do try and support artists directly!

PS: CFRC Live Sessions are now on air! And the CFRC funding drive is in full swing! Donate and help keep our 101-year old station going!

Do touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9 PM! (Full shows are available in the archive for 3 months from release)

Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

PS: submissions, cc [email protected] if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

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

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

PS: CFRC Live Sessions are now on air! And the CFRC funding drive is in full swing! Donate and help keep our 101-year old station going!

Do touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9 PM! (Full shows are available in the archive for 3 months from release)

Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠. Send in your requests for the end of the month Halloween show right now!

PS: submissions, cc [email protected] if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows as well.

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 had a live phone report from the Queen's Music Club's battle of the bands at the Mansion! Music by

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly!

PS: CFRC Live Sessions are now on air! And the CFRC funding drive is in full swing! Donate and help keep our 101-year old station going!

Live: cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9:30 PM (archive)

Contact: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

PS: submissions, cc [email protected] if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows.

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

(There was also some themed Halloween music. Send in your requests)

Find this week's playlist here. Do try and support artists directly, all Bandcamp links above are 100% fresh and ethically sourced. x

PS: CFRC Live Sessions are now on air!

Do touch that dial and tune in live! We're on at CFRC 101.9 FM in the Kingston area, or on cfrc.ca, Sundays 8 to 9 PM! (Full shows are available in the archive for 3 months from release)

Get in touch with the show for requests, submissions, giving feedback or anything else: email [email protected], Twitter @⁠YellowBritCFRC⁠, IG @⁠yellowbritroad⁠.

PS: submissions, cc [email protected] if you'd like other CFRC DJs to spin your music on their shows.