The Mix New Music Club

St. Lucia aren't like regular moms and dads, they're cool parents. The husband and wife duo sat down with Mix Afternoon host Jenny V to talk about touring with their two children, taking a year off of social media, and creating an entire catalogue of music from the studio in their apartment during the height of the pandemic. St. Lucia just released their new album "Utopia" earlier this month, and...

An impressive group of local Chicagoland high schoolers formed a band that has been receiving recognition all over the community. Originally named "Puke", the band formed out of an 8th grade math class, and at the suggestion of a parent, the band changed its name to "Infinite Monkey Theorem." Now seniors in high school, the band looks forward to growing their audience, music, and style. Listen to...

You can sell out shows around the world and get nominated for two Grammy's, but it won't be enough to impress your kids unless one of your songs is featured in the video game Just Dance. At least Lukas Graham's kids won't be impressed. The Danish pop star sat down with Mix Afternoon host McCabe to talk about how being missed is "a sign that you're loved", going full dad mode when not on tour, and...

A lot of up and coming artists were discovered on TikTok during the pandemic. But not everyone had their account created by the queen of TikTok herself, Charlie D'Amelio. That's what happened to UK superstar Mimi Webb, who got on TikTok after a night out with Charlie in NYC. One viral duet with Mimi's first single later nd the rest is history! Mimi sat down with Mix Afternoon host Jenny V to talk...

Getting through breakups is tough, but who better to help you navigate dating apps than the man who literally partnered (and then was kicked off of) with TInder? We're talking about the hilarious Lewis Capaldi who helped McCabe revamp his dating profiles, albeit in a more "murdery" sounding way. Lewis stopped by the studio to talk to afternoon hosts McCabe and Jenny about paying a mortgage on a ho...

Sometimes someone makes a completely unrelated decision that changes your whole life. For Charlotte Sands, that was Harry Styles's decision to wear a dress on the cover of Vogue. Charlotte wrote a song about it and, like a lot of music these days, it blew up on the internet. Charlotte sat down with Mix Afternoon host Jenny V to talk about being the queen of manifesting, how her Bonnaroo set gettin...

She's been compared to Kacey Musgraves but Ingrid Andress doesn't believe that she fits into just one genre. Her focus? Making music that she actually likes! Ingrid sat down with Mix New Music Club Podcast hosts Jenny V and Dash to dish on touring with Kieth Urban, preferring to tour by bus instead of plane (we're not sure if anybody has ever said that before), and how releasing her album during t...

Up and coming superstar Lauren Spencer Smith got her start on American Idol, then her music blew up on TikTok, and then Jimmy Fallon had her on his internationally popular TV show. Now comes her biggest challenge yet...being interviewed by McCabe and Jenny! Lauren sat down with our afternoon hosts to talk about how being on American Idol helped her discover her weaknesses, how TikTok has changed t...

You thought we were done posting about Lollapalooza?! Think again! We have one more special, unreleased interview with Etty Farrell! Etty is a singer, dancer, and partner of Lollapalooza founder Perry Farrell. Etty sat down with McCabe, Jenny, and Lisa Allen talk about all things Lolla! There's really no one better to dish on the whole festival process; from performing at her very own Lolla after...

Super producer Charlie Puth really can do it all...except convince us to adopt a new radio jingle from a now defunct jazz station. But hey, a guy can dream! Charlie sat down with Mix Afternoon hosts McCabe and Jenny to talk about producing music out of his bedroom, his dream of having 100 features on one song, and being at the same Miss Universe pageant as Jenny V where Steve Harvey announced the...

Fin Argus (AKA fin) is a little busy these days acting, modeling, and making music, but they managed to find time to sit down with Afternoon host Jenny V to talk about it all! Originally from Des Plaines, Fin talked about loving the beach and weather in Los Angeles but always calling Chicago home, being a self-taught musician and song writer from the age of 10, and how their "Queer as Folk" charac...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lollapalooza Day 3: FLETCHER is just like us. She accidentally likes her ex's new girlfriend's posts on Instagram too! FLETCHER stopped by the MIX backstage to hangout with Afternoon hosts McCabe and Jenny to talk about what it's like going from Lolla's small stages to the big boys where the crowd is endless, giving her ex's a heads up when she write...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lollapalooza Day 3: You remembered your SPF but did you forget your chapstick? If so, COIN has you covered! COIN, who just dropped their new single "Chapstick", stopped by backstage to hang with MIX Afternoon hosts McCabe and Jenny! They talked about learning how to finish each other's sentences after working together for 10 years, meeting in college...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lollapalooza Day 3: Is it possible for one of the coolest DJs to be even cooler in person? If you're talking about Surf Mesa then the answer is YES. The Seattle native dropped by backstage to hang with MIX Afternoon hosts McCabe and Jenny ahead of his first ever Lollapalooza set. They talked about how having your first song go viral is kind of like D...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lollapalooza Day 3: Emmy Melí has been busy at Lollapalooza. Not only was she the first performer to open the entire festival, she also opened for FLETCHER'S Lolla aftershow on Thursday. We had to know how her first Lolla appearance went so she sat down with MIX Afternoon Hosts McCabe and Jenny to spill. Emmy talked about being a master manifester, w...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lollapalooza Day 3: Sorry, but if you don't like Gayle then ABCDEFU! MIX favorite Gayle stopped by backstage ahead of her first ever Lolla performance to hangout with MIX Middays host Lisa Allen. Gayle and Lisa talked about how ABCDEFU helped Lisa through a breakup, swearing in songs, and overcoming the perfectionists in them both. This conversation...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lollapalooza Day 2: Artists travel from all over the globe to perform at Lollapalooza, but every now and then a local kid gets the opportunity to take the stage at one of biggest festivals in the world. This year it's Chicagoland native Jordy! Jordy sat down with Mix Nite Guy Dash to talk about how his Midwestern roots influence his music, boldly dro...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lollapalooza Day 2: Maude Latour missed us on Day 1 of Lolla so she came back to hang with Afternoon hosts Jenny and McCabe on Day 2! Maude, who performed at Lolla for the first time this year, sat down with Jenny and McCabe to talk about waking up to see herself on the cover of the Chicago Tribune, how she knew she was meant to be a performer from a...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lollapalooza Day 2: Mix New Music Club artist Aiida came all the way from Norway just to talk to us...and also to perform at Lollapalooza for the first tme! Aiida sat down with Dash backstage at Lolla to talk about powering through performance butterflies, the artists she can't wait to see perform this year, and stocking up on her favorite Norwegian...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022! Lolla Day 1: 20-year-old Rosie, whose song "Never the 1" blew up on TikTok in 2021, stopped by the MIX tent to hangout with Afternoon hosts McCabe and Jenny! Rosie talked about the surreal feeling of her music going viral (1 million views in two hours to be exact), getting inspired to write music the second she picked up a guitar for the first time,...

The MIX is live backstage at Lollapalooza 2022!  For the first interview of Lollapalooza 2022, Swedish superstar Tove Lo (Too-Vay-Loo) stopped by the MIX tent to hangout with Afternoon hosts McCabe and Jenny! She talked about powering through a power outage at her Lolla aftershow earlier this week, burning her feet at Lolla 2015, and how 2021 felt like the year for inspiration. Her new album "Dirt...

Break up songs are supposed to make your exes angry not proud! At least that's what Leah Kate was trying to do when she wrote "10 Things I Hate About You" after a breakup. She sat down with MIX Afternoons Host McCabe to talk about how hard it was to narrow down the famous list from 50 things to 10, her excitement about finally getting a tour bus for her upcoming tour, and coming to Chicago during...

Brother-sister musical duo Lawrence didn't always make music together, but since Gracie was in middle school it's been the two of them working together to make music that's been going viral. Gracie and Clyde Lawrence stopped by the studio to chat with Mix Nite Guy Dash about writing songs on the subway, how they balance their own projects on top of their band's music, and performing at the Aragon...

We all know what going viral means but when TikTok users, including celebrities like DJ Pauly D, used JVKE's song "Upside Down" in 15 million videos, he knew he was now on another level. JVKE stopped by the studio to talk to Jenny V about navigating internet fame, his mom's influence on his music, and his upcoming tour. Listen to Jenny and Dash talk about all this and more with JVKE on the Mix New...

When someone says they "learned from the best" it's usually in a tongue-in-cheek way. But as the protégé of Justin Bieber, Eddie Bejamin actually means it. "The Weatherman" singer stopped by the studio to speak with Jenny V about stepping into his own lime-light, what it was like working with Earth, Wind and Fire, and going solo at a young age. Listen to Jenny and Dash talk about all this and more...