The first podcast for March brings with it six more tracks, five free downloads, four more featured acts, three promo videos, two new feeds and one tired host. Not a band countdown for tonight’s show, all things considered. With recent moves from Google to shake up the FeedBurner delivery of feeds I’ve wound up changing the feeds for the podcast, introducing a new feed for the show audio only, and one for shows and posts combined.

If you’ve also been following the blog during the week you’ll have picked up on the free mp3 giveaways, five published so far with another 41 to come as PlaylistMix.com and CubikMusik.com give away an MP3 download a day for the run of lent. Sure lent is 40 days and 40 nights but by the calendar it’s 46 days so you’ll get 46 podsafe downloads right up to Easter. Sure why not! Check out today’s download from Low Sea Roar or check the downloads so far in the series.

Music this week comes from

1. Hurt – ‘Pandora’
2. Froud – ‘Nostalgia’
3. The Very Most – ‘April Is The Kindest Month’
4. Wayne Brennan – ‘Please, Please’
5. The Simple Pleasure – ‘The Brave and The Free’
6. Heritage Centre – ‘You Are Something’

The four featured bands for March 2009 are Heritage Centre, The Very Most (both featured this week), The Funeral Suits and Serial Twin – more music from them next week. Check out this week’s tracks on mix.playlistmix.com, follow the podcast on Twitter or drop an email to podcast@playlistmix.com to get in touch.

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The smarties have been swapped out for a number seven with no mushroom as the Playlist Mix Podcast returns for show #7, meaning the podcast is back up and running a full month (four in a row). It’s been a fun month getting to know and talk to new bands and as a result there’s more of them on the podcast!

This week features

• 00:25 – Itchy Trigger Finger – ‘God Said’
• 09:03 – DJ Devious – ‘Not Now (Adrenaline Mix)’
• 14:51 – The Auto Dropouts – ‘Poor Material’
• 16:53 – The Guggenheim Grotto – ‘Portmarnock Beach Boy Blue’
• 23:21 – Vesta Varro – ‘Headlights’
• 29:33 – The Most Serene Republic – ‘Present Of Future End’

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.

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With more podsafe music than you can shake a stick at – or maybe an iPod, or something else stick-shaped – the Playlist Mix podcast returns for show #6, back on track for another week of podsafe music from around the world. There’s music from Ireland, Sweden, the US and Italy with a healthy blend of Electronica, Rock, Indie, Reggae and more besides. Sure where else would you be on a Monday night! Or where else would I be for that matter. Enjoy show number six!

• 00:24 – Hybrasil – ‘We Got Music’
• 05:43 – One Sad Horse – ‘Just For Us’
• 13:07 – The Primary Lines – ‘Better Off Before’
• 16:43 – Boddicker – ‘Interstate 55′
• 23:58 – Redska – ‘Vivo’
• 32:15 – Adrenaline Factor – ‘Seven Beer Bitch’

There has been a nice flow of music through the email this week so 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.

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