Last month saw the featured artists in the form of The Very Most, Heritage Centre, The Funeral Suits and Serial Twin bag some extra plays on the podcast.

This month it’s the turn of ODi, Star Crossed Enemies, Valentine Black and Chucky’s River, four UK/Irish acts who will get a few additional plays on the podcast over the course of April and plugs throughout the web.

The latest podcast, Playlist Mix 52 also goes out this week. I would love to say it was found under a pile of Wonderland and Wasteland episodes, much like the fabled lost pilot to Clerks, but I’d by lying. I would also like to say that it was supposed to air in Amsterdam last weekend (hence the gap), but it didn’t. It also didn’t make the web on Tuesday so it’s been held over until tonight.

It’s April, it’s the first podcast of the month and PLM 52 is up around 10pm GMT tonight.

The 50th Playlist Mix podcast is on the way this morning and it’s a longer show than usual, packed with 15 tracks in the space of an hour, the extra tracks to mark the podcast reaching this milestone podcast, albeit about a year too late.

You’ve a host of new music to listen to along with a few tracks plucked from other podcasts gone by.

To those who listen, stream and download on a regular basis, my thanks for bringing the podcast to show number 50. To those who are just meeting the Playlist Mix for the first time, I hope you’ll enjoy the latest mix which brings tracks from Rilo Kiley, Super Extra Bonus Party, Flinders, Tenaka, God Blind Scientists and more.

It’s on the way, later this morning.

Playlist Mix 18 might have been the first time Inner Surge were featured on the Playlist Mix back in January 2008 but it wasn’t the last. It’s also not the last of frontman Steve Moore whose latest project, The Unravelling, found their way onto Playlist Mix 44 with Unscripted Disclosure.

Back in January 2008, I also gave away a few copies of An Offering, the album release from Inner Surge at the time, a powerhouse of progressive metal out of Canada. From the album comes this track, Halliburton Piggies.

The 17th Playlist Mix podcast saw the introduction of Broken Social Scene to the proceedings. One thing I love about the Canadian music scene is their ability to churn out quality bands and quality musicians and the collective that make up Broken Social Scene are no different.

Today’s free track for your lent listening is ‘Backed Out On The…’. Grab the MP3 below (right click, save target as etc.)

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British Sea Power, easily compared to Arcade Fire, released ‘No Lucifer’ as a single back in March 2008. Two months earlier it surfaced on Playlist Mix 16 in January 2008. Enjoy the video above and get your hands on the MP3 below, taken from the album ‘Do You Like Rock Music?’

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Are you allow to pimp your own music in this series? I’ve recently started producing music under the name of ‘Empire Social‘. It’s a long process and it’s leading to some interesting offline collaborations. There’s a few new tracks due in the coming weeks (one due this weekend) and a podsafe album release due later in the year.

If you can turn up the bass, turn up the bass, you might need it for this one. You can also download the track here via EmpireSocial.com and follow Empire Social on Twitter.

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This one, from The Outside, appeared on Playlist Mix 14 back in December 2007. As they say themselves – “Embodying elements of the Deftones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the Pumpkins, the New York group brands stages with an unmistakably claimed sound that, in the end, leaves raised fists and silver dollar eyed audiences everywhere “.

They bit the dust in 2008 after seven years but they left some free music over at MySpace for you. This is a good one, put a little rock in your Tuesday listening.

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Still in a downtempo buzz, here’s General Fuzz with ‘Liquid Jazz’ as lent-fest continues with free podsafe music downloads. This track first appeared on Playlist Mix 13 but it’s also a track I keep on CD in the van as part of a podsafe compilation, some great free flowing jazz movement with some funky beats thrown in for good measure.

Inspired by Orbital, the Orb, Chicane, Phish, the Crystal Method and a whole host more, General Fuzz writes music to “protest to boring electronic music that is flooding the world. Every song is a distinct composition, with melody, counter point, and ample psychedelic vibes.”

Check it out for yourselves below.

I wound up away for the day yesterday and didn’t get around to posting yesterday’s song in time so for your Sunday you get a double-helping of downloads with a track from Codaphonic that featured on Playlist Mix 11 and another from Senses Fail that opened up Playlist Mix 12.

Codaphonic released a great album in the shape of ‘The Ballad of Codaphonic’ over a year ago now with this track, Ritalin, lifted from it.

Senses Fail released their current album offering of ‘Life Is Not A Waiting Room’ in October last year and are currently touring (between February and April) as part of the Saints and Sinners Tour before starting a UK and European tour from mid April.

Enjoy today’s tunes and don’t forget to check back for the 49th Playlist Mix Podcast later on.

Continuing the 46 tracks for lent series, here’s number 10 for you, a few hours late but something to get into the chilled out mood for the start of the weekend. Lovespirals create some seriously good podsafe music and some seriously good downtempo tunes, this one was used on the tenth Playlist Mix podcast way back in November 2007. Seems like a lifetime ago now in terms of the life of the podcast.

Chill out, stick on some Lovespirals and relax into your Friday night.