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XHM #804 - "Expanded & exceeded are the pleasure machines" (2026 September 07) (opens the original)
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Happy Labour Day! With the influences of the 2000s genre electroclash popping up anew, along with the death of the French producer Kavinsky (1975-2026), this episode gets synthy & sleazy as we look back at this rebellious scene against strict techno norms. 01. Gina X Performance: Nice Mover (Nice Mover, 1978) Crystal/Electrola/Plastic Poison 02. Light Conductor: She Glitters the Dust (Sequence Three, 2026) Constellation 03. Mark Farina: Radio [Phil Weeks remix] (OM 10: A Decade of Future Music,
XHM #803 - "Don't take our queens away" (2026 August 31) (opens the original)
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Life has been particularly cruel as of late, so losing both Dolly Parton (1946-2026) and Tim Curry hours apart this week feels extra mean. We'll mostly focus on Dolly and her long history with music & film along with the Vancouver concert listings as they grow & we continue with our Polaris Prize nominee profiles. 01. Slayyyter: Old Technology (Wor$t Girl in America, 2026) Columbia 02. Kilometre Club: February 6 on the Shore of Lake Ontario (It Doesn't Snow in Toronto Anymore, 2025) Imaginary No
XHM #802 - "No one summers like a Canadian" (2026 August 24) (opens the original)
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While the season is still in session, we jump on a genre coined from the Beyond Yacht Rock podcast: Camaro Summer with all its 1980s hard rock simple ambitions. This embraces the five pillars of freedom: summer, cars, nights, weekends & rock'n'roll. gak runs you to paradise and back so buckle. 01. Judas Priest: Wild Nights, Hot & Crazy Days (Turbo, 1986) Columbia 02. Union Suit: August August (Held Onto, 2014) self-released 03. Worrywart: Pretty (Hail Mary Baby, 2024) self-released 04. Boymoder:
XHM #801 - "Black angels lift us up" (2026 August 17) (opens the original)
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It's been a while since we've had some funk and/or blaxploitation, though Donny Hathaway's score to the 1972 film Come Back Charleston Blue veers occasionally into ragtime so there may be saloon lunacy afoot later in the show. We also continue our Polaris Prize nominations profile amidst all the soul. 01. Deadmau5: Fabienk [Angine de Poitrine rework] (Fabienk single, 2026) Third Side 02. Tangerué: Doin' Your Own Thing (Tangerué, 1979) Unidisc 03. Charlotte Day Wilson & Saya Gray: Lean (Patchwork
XHM Nº800 - "Cirean-cròins & tuataras" (2026 August 10) (opens the original)
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We pay tribute to the singer-songwriter Glen Hansard (1970-2026) and actor Sam Neill (1947-2026) as we hop around many of their associated films. gak's back and he's live again with hot topics. 01. Cat Power: Cherokee [Nicolas Jaar remix] (2012) Matador 02. Jan Garbarek: Bahia (Madar, 1992) ECM 03. Yard Act: You're Gonna Need a Little Music (You're Gonna Need a Little Music, 2026) Zen FC/Island 04. Kingfishr: Man on the Moon (Halcyon, 2025) B-Unique 05. The Durutti Column: Time Present & Time Pa
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