The fiftieth (five-oh) podcast hits the web a few hours later than expected, but in making up for it, there’s an addition nine (count em) tracks for you as the Playlist Mix marks its fiftieth show with fifteen tracks for your listening pleasure. Tied up in the mix this week is a healthy balance of acts from Ireland, the UK and US. There’s also a lot less chatter this week as it can be tricky (as one finds out) in cramming fifteen tracks into an hour of listening – oh the fun that was had in coming up with the mix last night! Actually, looking back at the mix, the Irish have the serious advantage here with 11 of 15 tracks coming from homegrown acts.

Don’t forget to check out the four featured bands for this month – The Very Most, The Funeral Suits, Serial Twin and Heritage Centre.

The playlist for this week brings tracks from

1. Hybrasil – We’ve Got Music
2. God Blind Scientists – Talk Of The Town
3. Gum – Can’t Tell A Heart
4. Nell Bryden – Late Night Call
5. Rilo Kiley – With Arms Outstretched
6. Ian Whitty & The Exchange – City Friend
7. Super Extra Bonus Party – Everything Flows
8. Tenaka – Open Up
9. Flinders – Corners First, Middle Later
10. Serial Twin – Burn It All
11. Mumblin’ Deaf Ro – The Hero Is A Graduate
12. Vesta Varro – Blue Mirror Boy
13. Dirty Epics – The Cure
14. New York Fashion Week – Dear Spartacus
15. Myp Et Jeep – Enough Is Enough

Until next week and show 51, enjoy the Playlist Mix. If you want to drop me a line, please do, you can email podcast@playlistmix.com or follow Playlist Mix on Twitter.

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I think ‘Sun Splits The Sky’ came around for me about the time I started rolling out some downtempo playlists.

Gum released their debut album ’Low-flying Kites’ to very favourable reviews in 2003. Featuring a clutch of great tunes and some spooky instrumental touches, it brought the mellifluous vocals of Leigh Myles to a wider audience. One reviewer described the band as “sounding like Hope Sandoval fronting OK Computer-era Radiohead”. After signing to Serali Records, the 2006 release of their mini-album ’Seven Feeble Alibis’ saw them move into slightly more muscular territory. In addition to the trademark deep and brooding Gum sound, the second album showcased beefier epics like ’Beyond the Horizon’ and the would-be James Bond theme ’Cross your heart, hope to die’. And through it all, Leigh’s multi-layered backing vocals lifted those killer choruses to truly dizzying heights.

If you’re looking for more, check out Leigh Myles on MySpace.

The 40th Playlist Mix lands in the week where the podcast was named winner in the Best Podcaster category at the 2008 Irish Web Awards. You can check here for a summary of things from earlier this week but needless to say, it was a great night and thanks very much to everyone involved in the selection process, you’ve made one podcaster very happy indeed!

On with this week’s mix and there’s six more tracks for you with tunes from

1. Bloc Party – ‘The Pioneers’
2. The Most Serene Republic – ‘Present Of Future End’
3. Ingrid Michaelson – ‘Be OK’
4. Gum – ‘Frozen Out (Remix)’
5. Guy David – ‘This Truth (Remix)’
6. Empire Social – ‘We Know The Truth’

There’s changes afoot for the website and the MySpace as well (some changes already hitting MySpace). If you haven’t connected with the show on MySpace yet then drop over here (click) and get in touch.

Don’t forget you can mail your music in as well to podcast [at] playlistmix [dot] com for inclusion on the podcast.

Until next week and show 41…

Enjoy.

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It’s a special recap just for Christmas with 13 tracks selected in total from the previous 14 podcasts, and one brand new track as well. On this podcast you’ll find music from

1. Jupiter One – ‘Countdown’
2. Atomic Tangerine – ‘Bitch For Society’
3. Pora Pora – ‘So Cinematic’
4. Senses Fail – ‘Buried A Lie’
5. Love Spirals – ‘Walk Away, d Minor Remix’
6. Codaphonic – ‘Ritalin’
7. Vesta Varro – ‘Headlights’
8. Circa Survive – ‘The Great Golden Baby’
9. Gum – ‘Sun Splits The Sky’
10. ODi – ‘Crawl’
11. The Frail – ‘Count On This
12. Itchy Trigger Finger – ‘God Said’
13. The Cribs – ‘Mens Needs, Womens Needs, Whatever’
14. Death Cab For Cutie – ‘Title & Registration’

It’s a 53-minute-ish compilation of some of my favourite tracks from throughout the year and I hope you’ll enjoy it.

Have a great Christmas and New Year’s and see you in 2008.

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Show number nine means one show away from number ten, but before all that the Playlist Mix returns with another six fine acts for between your ears.

This week features

• 00:47 – The Modern Hypocrites – ‘What Happened’
• 05:33 – The Parents – ‘Telekenesis’
• 09:35 – Mad Caddies – ‘Just One More’
• 11:37 – DJ Eric Ill – ‘Gut Feeling feat. Kenny Price’
• 19:37 – Gum – ‘Sun Splits The Sky’
• 25:20 – Cedar Falls – ‘Car Crash’

Don’t forget if you would like to submit YOUR music, drop me a line on podcast [at] playlistmix [dot] com, drop over to the MySpace or contact me through the site. If you’ve any feedback to offer, don’t hold back either! Get in touch via MySpace or leave a comment here on playlistmix.com – suggestions for music are always welcome!

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