At the tail end of October 2007 I featured this band, Pora Pora, on the podcast with this track, ‘So Cinematic’. At the time I’d said they reminded me in parts of (or their lead did) of Courtney Love. Has the opinion changed? Check for yourself and let me know what you think. Looks like I’ll also be scratching the band off the Christmas card list as they’ve been quite a bit of late. On a wee break perhaps?

The Playlist Mix returns with another weekly dose of independent music for you and it’s a semi-special podcast as I’m marking the anniversary of the first show on PlaylistMix.com. You can listen back to that show here (featured the likes of Atomic Tangerine, Infotourist, Spinecar and more) or download it if you’re brave enough, the first podcast airing one year ago today.

But, me being me I’m still counting the revival of the podcast as the official anniversary so I’ll see you in October for some cake, that’s when the whole thing took off.

Anyway, this week there’s music from a selection of new and old acts with all but one act having featured previously on the show. You might be getting old acts but you’re getting new music!

There’s tunes from

• Pora! Pora! – ‘Black Water’
• Jupiter One – ‘Unglued’
• The Comfies – ‘Close To Me’
• British Sea Power – ‘Waving Flags’
• Codaphonic – ‘Never Slows Down’
• The Primary Lines – ‘Charm’

If you’re a new or existing listener then why not let me know what you think? Drop an email to the studio at podcast@playlistmix.com or leave a note on the Playlist Mix MySpace. Don’t be shy!

Back in a week with six more tracks for you.

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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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