In The Mix

The boys are back and trying to be a little less dour, so with the help of returning champ Jessie "Truck Yeah" McCormick we're talking about some of the songs that get us hyped up like no other. The songs that get us singing, dancing, screaming along in our cars, all of it. It's a journey that takes us from 2000s pop punk to 80s soul, indie dance to queer surf rock, British new wave to the damn Dave Matthews Band.

Steve and Dave finally become self-aware and realize their episodes have been TOO LONG. So they tighten it up with a mix of favorite songs from EPs and make a shorter ep! Still kinda long though...

We return with a fun, unwieldy episode about the power of partying! Max from the band We're Ghosts Now returns to talk parties, party tunes, and the different types of parties you can have. Rich person yacht parties, chill house parties, Matrix club parties, and much more! Grab your solo cup, hit the dance floor, and let's party!

Katie Wright returns to talk about songs that touch on a grizzly, gruesome topic: MURDER. Are these songs terrifying odes to violence, or silly make-believes written by little scamps? From Broadway showtunes to ambient indie, horror punk to 90s alternative, Johnny Cash to Tom Waits, what makes for a great ode to killing and what makes it such an intriguing song topic?

It may be Valentine's Day but we're not here to help you seduce your loved one this year. We're going the other way and talking some of the worst, dumbest, most annoying and least sexy love songs ever put on record. How did one of the worst Billboard number one hits in history ever get made? Could this one Nickelback song undo all the backlash to the backlash? Is Bryan Adams the evil Darius Rucker? All that, plus an awed conversation about how successful Shinedown is, to get you and your partner in the mood.

Joined by returning guest Bill Lambusta (Fake Pockets, The Great Albums), we discuss some songs produced by some of his favorite mixers, engineers and/or gurus along with some of Steve and Dave's favorite produced songs. From Blondie to Stone Temple Pilots, 90s industrial to 2000s emo, we're talking production value! We also discuss the various ways someone can be a good producer and how they can help bring out the best in a band, whether fixating on their guitar tone or just being the adult in the room. We also briefly talk about aliens, and how Tom Delonge has for sure seen one.

We've been too positive lately about music, talking about things we enjoy. Not this week! This week we're gatekeeping and playing devil's advocate, steadfastly refusing to let you enjoy things. We talk about ten popular songs from the last 50+ years that we, for whatever petty reasons, just don't like. Beloved classic rock songs, megahits of the last few years, and sappy ballads all get put on notice so that we can indulge in being haters for a little bit.

Lenny and Andrew from the House of House podcast join the mixboys to examine, diagnose, and treat everyone's musical ailments by taking a listen to popular songs that graced everyone's 'favorite' medical shows.  House of House Podcast

As another year comes to a close, and in fact already came to a close, Steve and Dave bravely logged on one morning despite each being slightly under the weather to discuss their favorite songs of 2022. Listen in for some of the year's finest in hardcore, indie, pop, emo, country, and more!

It's the holiday season! In the past, we've talked good Christmas songs and we've talked bad Christmas songs. This year, with returning guest Chris Fox of Ruby Bones, we go in a bit of a different direction, gazing into the abyss that is horny Christmas songs. From coy jazz numbers to lusty slow jams, killer soul tracks to queercore, we get a wide variety of tunes about having sex on Christmas. Do you know who Blowfly is? You should, and will after this episode. Did you know AC/DC had a Christmas song? You shouldn't, and unfortunately you will after this episode. Sorry about that.

We felt like although last week's episode was a rollicking good time, we're definitely rusty. It was necessary to shake that rust off with some topics we're very familiar with, so we combined two of our favorite topics together: Adam Sandler and nu-metal. We shuffled up some songs from the soundtrack of or played in the underrated 2000 motion picture Little Nicky, where Adam Sandler is the son of the devil trying to save Hell from extinction and where he infamously talks in that fuckin voice, you know the one. But this movie is also a veritable feast of nu-metal and butt rock, which gives us an opportunity to cover some bands we haven't talked about in previous nu-metal episodes. Can we handle listening to multiple POD songs? Why does Dave react so viscerally to Incubus? All that, plus some gushing praise for Deftones and much less praise for Disturbed.

The boys are back! We're doing some more classic mixes this season, and had a big plan to start it off right by doing another power hour with our bud Dave Lynch. Unfortunately, a couple of us were ridiculously hungover at the time of recording and were in no shape for such a feat, so the three of us instead recover and listen to the drinking songs we picked. And it's a good thing we didn't do a power hour, because these are not fun-time songs. Most of them are, in fact, about the sadder elements of drinking, from Kendrick Lamar's ominous warnings to Ernest Tubb's old-timey country binge drinking. But we do still find time for some Bad Bunny bangers and ICP favorites, along with a recommended spirit for each track.

On today's episode, Katie Wright rejoins the boys to discuss the everlasting legacy of ALF and of course, music from Steve's favorite albums of all time.

Back again with some more of Steve's favorite albums tracks! Joined by returning favorite Devon Moore from Fake Pockets, we focus on more of a good vibes time after last time. Together, we take a trip to the Myspace era with some Hellogoodbye, examine the charming nostalgia of Something Corporate, the etheral club vibes of Jessie Ware, and the tentative hopefulness of Frightened Rabbit. All this, plus Prince and the awesome power of being a weird little guy.

After a winter break, we return to the favorite albums project for a low key episode with some downer songs. As Dave bravely muscles through a recording while being sick, the playlist brings us to discussions of the isolation of living alone, nostalgia for life events you didn't actually experience, and living the ultimate dream of working on a ranch that has a Friendly's on it.

For the past few years, our holiday episodes have been derailed by the same scourge: The Christmas Shoes. Because our friend Chris Dubrow can't stop playing the song whenever he's on our holiday episode, this year we did something a little different: we made him watch the 2002 The Christmas Shoes made-for-TV movie starring Rob Lowe. And we also watched it. How do you turn Christmas's most treacly, upsetting song into a heartwarming family movie? Turns out you don't! We watched an unbearable slog of a movie and try to pin down what went wrong.

It's the end of the year, so we're taking a short break from our season-long theme to do our usual end-of-year stuff. First up is our annual favorite songs of the year episode! What did we like this year in punk, indie, R&B, hip-hop, ska, dance, and even video game protest music?

Your hosts return this week, still talking Steve's Favorite Albums, however, this episode has a lil twist. Dave was handed the keys and found himself ten lil songs from Steve's list that he has some serious questions about. Mostly of the 'this isn't an 8, it's a 9!' variety. Along the way, we double dip into artists, create new 'bad lil boy' personas, and try to figure out what music needs to really impress us. Have a listen. 

It's just your hosts this week as we take a look at some of the tracks on the favorite albums project that were pleasant surprises. The result is a fun episode about a real bummer of a playlist, from an underrated Tracy Chapman deep cut to the tortured sorrows of American Football and Fleetwood Mac. And in between those we return to a question we asked at the beginning of this season: is Coheed and Cambria books?

Along with returning favorite Jess McCormick, we have a loosey-goosey late night after hours episode as we continue deeper into the favorite albums project. Together, we bond over our love of Frank Turner, indulge in some of Bruce Springsteen's most writerly efforts, break down the genre of "bummer pop," and let the wonderful chaos of glass beach remind us that music is in fact good.