LXXXIX

First, thanks again for helping us move forward in the CBC Radio 3 Searchlight contest: we just made it into the top 30, in what we assume was an almost comical landslide. I won’t bother getting into all of the details again—check the last few podcasts for that, most importantly the stakes for Radio 3’s hard-luck, tragic-horrorshow-of-nature mascot Bucky—beyond that you can still vote for us at http://bit.ly/hQ0ENa, and that the next cut off, for the top 20, happens this Thursday.

We realize you might want to vote for, say, Weird Canada instead, it being an awesome blog and also up for the “prize,” but let’s stay focused here. Need we remind you of our Listravaganzas? Or our heart-warming and insightful Hatebags? Or, even better, the totally free Fantasy Covers podcast series, featuring a ton of great Canadian artists like Cadence Weapon, Shotgun & Jaybird with Julie Doiron, Laura Barrett, Dog Day, Noah23, HILOTRONS, Rich Aucoin, Rock Plaza Central, Luyas, Boats!, Bruce Peninsula’s Neil Haverty, etc? Not to mention Mark’s Retconning features. Plus: advice columns from Yeezy and Tom Waits? We got that shit!, kind of. Rumour also has it—thanks to AV Club‘s interpretation of this review—we also once had David Bowie as an intern. We won’t confirm or deny that, but encourage you to vote for us based on it.

Three straight weeks of new podcasts not thanks enough for your daily vote? Here’s a fourth, with the promise that we’ll keep spoiling you with weekly podcasts if you help us get through the next few rounds of this contest. So, with thanks to all of the artists and labels involved, each now tangled in a shameless vote-grabbing effort they know nothing about, enjoy:

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[50:49]

1. Das Racist: “Swate (f/ Lakutis)”

• (0:01 – 6:07)
• from RELAX (Mad Decent; 2011)

2. Nicolas Jaar: “I Got a Woman” / “Sunflower”

• (6:08 – 10:50)
• from Space is Only Noise (Circus Company; 2011)

3. Curren$y: “Airborne Aquarium”

• (10:51 – 13:26)
• from Pilot Talk II (Roc-A-Fella/Def Jam; 2010)

4. Salva: “Weird Science”

• (13:27 – 16:23)
• from Complex Housing (Friends of Friends; 2011)

5. Gorillaz: “The Parish of Space Dust [excerpt]”

• (16:24 – 16:39)
• from The Fall (Self-released; 2011)

6. G-Side: “I’m Sorry (f/ P.H.)”

• (16:40 – 20:48)
• from The ONE…COHESIVE (Slow Motion Soundz; 2011)

7. Pinch & Emika: “2012”

• (20:49 – 24:05)
• from Scientist Launches Dubstep Into Outer Space (Tectonic; 2010)

8. SIMS: “Burn It Down”

• (24:06 – 27:00)
• from Bad Time Zoo (Doomtree; 2011)

9. Madlib: “Hold Up”

• (27:01 – 27:59)
• from Medicine Show No. 11: Low Budget Hi-Fi Music (Stones Throw; 2011)

10. Ebo Taylor: “Victory”

• (28:00 – 31:19)
• from Love and Death (Strut; 2011)

11. Ilaiyaraaja f/ Vani Jairam and Chorus / RD Burman: “Thanimayil” / “Dance Music From Hare Rama Hare Krishna”

• (31:20 – 33:53)
• from Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga (Stones Throw; 2011)

12. Fashawn: “The Graduate”

• (33:54 – 37:02)
• from Higher Learning 2 mixtape (Self-released; 2011)

13. Raekwon: “Butter Knives”

• (37:03 – 39:45)
• from Shaolin vs Wu Tang (IceH20/EMI; 2011)

14. Madvillain: “Avalanche” / “Victory Lap”

• (39:46 – 41:34)
• Unreleased

15. Felix Kubin & Ensemble Intégrales: “Smiling Buddha”

• (41:35 – 44:02)
• from Echohaus (Dekorder; 2010)

16. Illum Sphere: “Blood Music (Indigo remix)”

• (44:03 – 47:16)
• from Dreamstealin’ 12” (Tectonic; 2011)

17. James Blake: “Tep and the Logic”

• (47:17 – 49:42)
• Bonus track from James Blake (ATLAS/A&M; 2011)

18. Deaf Center: “Time Spent”

• (48:52 – 50:49)
• from Owl Splinters (Type; 2011)

Cover art source: http://collectingchildrensbooks.blogspot.com/2010_07_01_archive.html/