Mixomusicology

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...

Episode 8 brings us two awesome things...our first full length album review and our special guest, Marin Wilts! We are thrilled about both! And of course, queue up MUNA's Dancing on the Wall . Follow along with our episode playlist here. A little about Marin: Marin Wilts is a singer/songwriter/producer based in Phoenix, AZ. She works with We Make Noise , supporting women and gender-expansive music...

Episode 7 and we can hardly believe it. Alex monologues about Nevada, and the beauty of the desert, the deep history there that goes back thousands of years, and the ugliness of Las Vegas, or as Alex puts it..."the worst city I have ever been to." Thankfully he turns it all into cocktail inspiration, with a drink that will make up for a hundred bad turns at the roulette table. As Alex notes, it is...

Episode 6 is a big one…our first special guest! Songwriter/musician/producer Noëlle Hampton joins us from Austin to talk about Metric, Lucy Dacus, and Suki Waterhouse. Check out Noëlle’s work with The Belle Sounds and XANIMAL to get you started (we included some on our weekly playlist!) Listen along: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/Cnjrx0WyUf Jana monologues about the bittersweetness of being ba...

Episode 5 takes us through some really heavy topics and songs, and that's why we do this together, and why we have a cocktail while we do it. Alex's monologue addresses his thoughts on writing protest songs, and the three songs we are listening to this week excel at addressing large systemic issues in deeply personal ways. But first, Alex talks us through our first egg white cocktail on the pod! W...

Episode 4! That's a whole month's worth of podcasts! Thanks for being here. We are celebrating with a true delight of an episode. In fact, Jana monologues about delight, since the songs this week offer that in spades both lyrically and musically (and her turtle, Leo, has been taking turtle spa days lately, which is also delightful). Alex survived another NYC winter and Spring has arrived. Want to...

Episode 3 feels like an arrival of sorts, or maybe a settling in. To celebrate, Alex makes us a gin based Shunning Away , based on Naomi Scott's song from this week. Alex's monologue discusses our week's theme of songs that evoke senses that aren't just hearing...using production, lyricism, what have you. The songs this week ask you to use your other senses really well! We talk a little politics,...

We made it to episode 2! Alex instructs us on how to make a "Come to God", our last gasp of the boozy, sipper bourbon season before we embrace Spring (looking RIGHT PAST the easy drink pairing of a Paloma for this episode). It's a tasty one, a riff on a classic Manhattan. This week's playlist so you can listen along with us: https://www.tunemymusic.com/share/OyA7lJXlA0 The drink this week: COME TO...

In Episode 1, Alex walks Jana through his cocktail creation "Tarry at the Airport Bar", featuring bourbon, Frangelico liqueur, and rhubarb bitters. They also discuss "My Maker" by Snail Mail, "Drink Up" by Grace Ives, and "Burial" by Anne Hathaway. Jana waxes poetic about airports and existential crises, Alex confesses he has Vanessa Carlton fan forum history, and they're both going to Devil Wears...

Mixomusicology is a podcast hosted by Alexander Daoust and Jana Pochop. In each episode, Alex walks Jana (and the listeners!) through making a delicious cocktail based on a batch of new songs the duo have chosen for the week. They'll review and break down recently released songs and chat about production, lyricism, and where the work fits into the larger pop culture zeitgeist. They'll bring along...