Mixomusicology

This week: CHVRCHES' "Overthinker," PISS and "blocking a scene you can’t remember," and La Roux's "Lose Myself." Content warning: This week’s second song by PISS is an incredible work that unapologetically addresses the sexual assault and abuse of a minor and the trauma response to that, as well as mentions of self-harm. Please listen with caution, or skip over that section (approximately 19:30 -...

This week: Caroline Rose with "Conversation with Shiv," girl in red's "blue," and K. Flay with "Blood Cells." Greetings from Mixomusicology land! Please make a plan to vote if you are an American and listening to this before 11/3/26! Alex is monologuing this week about waylaid musical careers and making art in spite of it all. He brings up Ursula K. Le Guin as an example of a writer who didn’t ris...

This week: Olivia Rodrigo & Chappell Roan's "Expectations," Fontaines D.C. feat. Rosalía on "Where Is Gone?," and Angèle feat Caroline Polachek & SebastiAn with "Love Triangle." ———— Welcome to Season 3! We made it. Jana monologues about addition…and how all the songs this week are true collaborations of additions. Strengths added to strengths. Chappell and Olivia’s duet is definitely bril...

Welcome to our second ever Classics episode, a deep dive into the career and discography of Liz Phair . Alex names Phair as one of his most influential artists, and Jana knows almost nothing about her. Listen as Alex walks us through this roller coaster of a legendary career. Hands down, she holds a place as one of the most important voices and writers in rock to this day. ---------------- But fir...

The only episode of this podcast where we will ever discuss Chet Hanx and Taylor Swift at the same time (probably). Jana monologues us through the nepo situation. The word "nepotism" comes from the Italian nipote , meaning nephew, because Renaissance era popes kept passing down cardinal hats to their "nephews," who were often just their sons. It entered into current pop culture zeitgeist in 2022 w...

Ah, the Song of the Summer. What are the choices? What do we LIKE, and what do we think are the obvious picks, whether we like them or not? Alex introduces the Minicast this week, and Jana starts strong by saying she doesn’t much enjoy summer, so she doesn’t have a favorite Song of the Summer. Alex goes for Gwen Stefani’s “ Cool .” Strong choice. For 2026, though? Let’s chat about it. We each pick...

Songs this week: Carly Rae Jepsen's "Burning Hearts," Miley Cyrus with "Different Religion," and Beabadoobee's "Satellite." Alex thoughtfully monologues about our artists this week and their not-so-predictable career arcs. Carly Rae Jepsen, widely regarded by music nerds as one of the best ever pop writers and artists in the game, does not have the sales or cultural visibility to match that title....

This week: Sylvan Esso’s “Sledge”, Slayyyter’s “crank 2,” and Bleachers’ “Caught Myself Believing.” Jana monologues about the funhouse mirror dangers trying to go back in time, illuminated by her trip to the New Mexico State Fair. Nostalgia is high on her list lately, but it’s not always a good thing to visit. Small doses, just like Blue Taki Pickle Pizza. (Alex misses V.1 Tamagotchis, which is ve...

This week: underscores, THAO & Neko Case, and Rebecca Black Alex’s monologue starts us off strong with the juxtaposition of trying to be an artist in an age when people have 24/7 access to your online persona, but maybe don’t treat you like a human being. Loneliness, the desire to be desired, and the desire to not be perceived at all. All the songs this week tackle these themes in their own wa...

This week is our first Classics Episode! A deep dive into the discography of Tori Amos. Listen along: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/WUpzFTOpCD Jana has been a Tori-phile since she saw her live on the Scarlet's Walk tour back in 2003. Alex's familiarity stopped with "Cornflake Girl." We think these deep dives are a great chance to share an artist one of us loves with the other, and also attempt...

Songs on the pod this week: Chelsea Wolfe, The Aces, and Caroline Rose This week’s episode is for Dolly, and Alex opens with a career retrospective and commentary that shows how much influence she had in just about everything. We will always love you, Dolly Parton. Truly. Consider a donation to The Imagination Library in Dolly’s honor. Now, a drink! ——— SWALLOWER 2oz bay leaf and celery infused gi...

A full album episode: we discuss Phoebe Bridgers' Lost Weekend ! This week's episode is extra long because Phoebe Bridgers' new album is extra good. Also we are joined by a special guest, the artist CHAPS , Tyler Morgenstern. Jana opens with a monologue about Phoebe's take on writing and touring, just an appreciative meander about it all before we get into the record. First, let's have a drink: --...

This week: Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Bea Miller, & FLO! Alex starts us off by monologuing about the hard times of shoulder seasons, and masterfully equates the Nicene Creed to the lyrics of WAP. Grief runs through all of our songs this week in an interesting way, and Alex makes note of ways music gets us through our own individual griefs. His main point: you are not alone. We are singular, but not a...

Up this week: Ariana Grande, Remi Wolf, Rachel Chinouriri! Jana opens with a monologue about Discourse, and her mixed feelings on having a podcast that addresses pop culture and art while weathering the ups and downs of internet hot takes about the artists we feature. Yes, Ariana is a big topic this week. Jana urges everyone to just watch the music video for "Petal." Ultimately, an artist like Ari...

Does having limitless resources when making art...make the art worse? Alex poses this question in the monologue this week. He talks about seeing the Carol Bove exhibition at the Guggenheim recently, where she used about 6 materials total in her work that spans decades. Sometimes limits create genius. Is it necessary to impose the same kind in music? Alex and Jana have a chat about it. They also ne...

Welcome back, it's time for episode 3 and we have a lot to say this week! Jana monologues on her regrets over letting the internet decide what she thinks about new art, often times even before it's out, or she's had a chance to listen. These are weird times when a hot take from Reddit can sour a whole listening experience. There's some Hamnet discussion (we split our decisions on it)...and does re...

Welcome to Season 2, Episode 2. We are in the depths of summer, and our moods and song choices reflect that. We just wanna vibe, and vibe we do. Listen along on this week’s playlist: Alex monologues about his thoughts on nostalgia, and how do we move forward and grow artistically when we are all so stuck in the past? Toy Story 5 anyone? Alex watches movies from days of yore to escape. Jana listens...

Welcome back to Mixomusicology! Season 2 is upon us, and we brought out some heavy hitters for our return. First up, we catch up post-break and Jana monologues about her blissful moment of revelation at a Hilary Duff concert. Not having everything figured out is a feature of living, not a bug. Also the quote "there are only adults in the room if there are children present" rings really true. The b...

Our second minicast! We'll be back next week for Season 2. In the meantime, please enjoy Alex's banger Transatlantic accent. We decided to do this episode about what we term "Bizarre Pop." Songs that we've wanted to fit into typical episodes but are just a little too...bizarre. Playlist if you wanna get weird with us: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/LCgMnaQFr4 ------ Firstly, we have another Min...

Welcome to our first minicast! We'll be back with Season 2 of Mixomusicology in July. In the meantime... 🚨 ALERT 🚨 The plane has crashed. We have nothing on this desert island but broken, screen-cracked iPod Nanos that only play 5 songs each. What songs will we choose? What would YOU choose? Let us know on our Substack / socials. Don't forget to leave a 5 star review if you like the pod! Follow...

Folks, we've hit episode 13 and thus, the end of Season One. Incredible. We can't thank you enough for all the listens and the love. It keeps us going. We have some mini-casts planned for our two week break, and we will hit the ground running on Season Two in July. Tell your friends that now is a great time to catch up before the next season! Follow along with this week's playlist right here: http...

Welcome to episode 12...a whole dozen of these things exist! Jana opens with a monologue referencing MUNA's new cover of " King of Wishful Thinking " and waxes poetic about how change is inevitable but it's not always good or kind in the moment. The king of wishful thinking is just getting through something by sheer will. Sometimes this is enough. Since we definitely need a drink after that monolo...

Welcome to Episode 11! Happy Pride, everyone! Follow along on our playlist: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/bIlbUfUrbL Alex's beautiful and personal monologue talks about Doris Day's song "Secret Love," part of the soundtrack to the movie Calamity Jane. Love so big it can no longer be hidden...sounds like a theme to us. Secret loves and Calamity Janes...many of us know this combination well. We...

Episode 10! We are in double digits! Wow. Alex says he saw a stat that most podcasts don't make it to Episode 10, so congrats us, and mostly thanks to all you listeners. Jana monologues about the performance art demanded of being online, versus the existentialist detangling from it all..."nothing matters lol." Alex adds some great points about how queer musicians learn to mask and perform from a v...

Episode 9 is here, and Alex is monologuing about how mystery is punk. Our online world doesn't allow for much of that mystery anymore. He admires sharing art while keeping some opacity to it, and our three artists this week lean into it really well. Media with good meta-commentary comes up, Josie and the Pussycats , Spice World , and Network pop up from the movie world. We ARE mad as hell and we d...