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XHM #806 - "Creepy island vibes" (2026 September 21) (opens the original)
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The 78th Primetime Emmy Awards were handed out last week and in contrast to other award ceremonies, this one for television is spread out over multiple days so compiling who what what takes more time. That said, we figured it out so we'll recap all the song & score winners with a focus on David Fleming's playfully terrifying music from Season 1 of the Apple TV+ series Widow's Bay. 01. Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer & The Awards Show Singers: The Field of Excellence (Go Simpsonic
XHM #805 - "Forever figure-eights" (2026 September 14) (opens the original)
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William Orbit (1956-2026) was active in pop & classical music, so we'll touch upon some of his production work and we have a short profile on the soundtrack to the 1986 hockey film Youngblood. We also pay tribute to the jazz singer Cassandra Wilson (1955-2026) at the end so amongst some positive jams, we have some 1980s jazz. 01. Beck: Feel Good Time (2003) William Orbit 02. Leila Bordreuil & Kali Malone: Intersecting Planes II (Music for Intersecting Planes, 2026) Ideologic Organ/La Becque Edit
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:
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