Aural Fixation
109 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 months ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsAural Fixation is a queer music podcast that explores LGBTQI+ themes in music and pop culture. Released fortnightly on Thursdays, each instalment follows besties Drew and Andy as they discuss an album that is loved by queer people, made by queer artists, or speaks to queer experiences. British expats living and recording in Sydney, Drew and Andy bring a uniquely cross-genre and cross-hemispheric viewpoint to being gay and loving music, shared perhaps only by the Minogue sisters. Aural Fixation is recorded and produced by @with.all.drew.respect and @andrewdoyouthinkyouare. Follow us on Facebook at Aural Fixation Podcast, on Instagram at @auralfixationpodcast, email us at [email protected] or head to www.auralfixationpodcast.com to learn more. Oh, and if you like us please give us a rating and review.
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Tracks of Our Queers: Bonzai Bonner, nightlife promoter
May 18, 2023 14:00 - 10 minutes - 7.37 MBAndy here – as I'm putting the finishing touches on Tracks of Our Queers' second season, I thought I'd share some previews from my favourite episodes so far. Here's the first 10 minutes of my conversation with Bonzai Bonner, a DJ, nightlife promoter and activist based in Glasgow. You can find and subscribe to Tracks of Our Queers wherever you get your podcasts.
Tracks of Our Queers: Jonny Seymour, producer and activist
May 12, 2023 03:00 - 17 minutes - 12.3 MBAndy here – as I'm putting the finishing touches on Tracks of Our Queers' second season, I thought I'd share some previews from my favourite episodes so far. Here's the first 15 minutes of my conversation with Jonny Seymour, a producer, activist, and community elder based in Sydney. You can find and subscribe to Tracks of Our Queers wherever you getyour podcasts.
Tracks of Our Queers: Abdi Nazemian, author and producer
May 05, 2023 07:00 - 16 minutes - 11.1 MBAndy here – as I'm putting the finishing touches on Tracks of Our Queers' second season, I thought I'd share some previews from my favourite episodes so far. Here's the first 15 minutes of my debut episode, with Abdi Nazemian, an Iranian-American author, screenwriter and producer based in Los Angeles. You can find and subscribe to Tracks of Our Queers wherever you get your podcasts.
Tracks of Our Queers is available now
January 11, 2023 19:00 - 1 minute - 1.13 MBA note from Andy... Hello! Tracks of Our Queers is my new podcast, in which I interview a fascinating person on the music that has soundtracked their queer journey through one song, one album, and one artist. Tracks of Our Queers is available to listen to right now, wherever you find your podcasts. Head on over to subscribe – I cannot wait for you to hear the tales my guests have lived to tell.
Eyes Pride Open: Aural Fixation's Mardi Gras Special 2022
March 03, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 43.2 MBThe boys are back from their UK adventures and ready for Mardi Gras weekend in Sydney, shooting the shit on Shrove Tuesday, corporate queers and biodegradable glitter. We also aboard a round-the-world Pride tour from Cardiff and Manchester to Quito and Orlando, soundtracked by Andy and Drew’s favourite Mardi Gras musical classics. Visit our online home at auralfixationpodcast.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter, or go old school and email us at [email protected]. You can ...
'Two in the P!nk', or the Missundaztanding of Alecia Moore
January 13, 2022 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBWe're coming up so you better get this party started! Aural Fixation's eighth cycle wraps up with a good old fashioned Drew and Andy romp, and this time, it's Missundaztood by the one and only P!nk. Some of the queer topics we cover around and amongst Alecia Moore's iconic sophomore outing include Shirley Bassey's Marks & Spencer adverts, "Get the Party Started" being about completely nothing, and rifling through Billy B's phone book. We also muse on Liv Tyler's paternal parentage, sho...
Insincere to the point of nausea: Dead or Alive’s 'Nukleopatra' with Adem Eve
December 30, 2021 16:00 - 1 hour - 56.3 MBIt's New Queer's Eve and we're wrapping up an oddity of a year by delving into the magic and mayhem of Pete Burns, frontman of Dead or Alive and bonafide pio-queer. No one knows Pete better than our old friend and host of various incredible podcasts (The Record Doctor, This Is Disco and the brand new You Can't Mistake Their Anthology to name three), Adem Eve. Adem takes us through possibly the most chaotic album we've covered yet on Aural Fixation, iconically a global flop everywhere apart...
Queer thinking; straight talking – Geri Halliwell's Schizophonic with Malcolm MacLean
December 15, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 52.3 MBOn May 31 1998, Geri Halliwell shook the globe by announcing that she was leaving the Spice Girls, effective immediately. Caught in the tumult of one of the biggest scandals in pop history, Geri she did what any gay icon would – she packed a bag and headed straight for George Michael's gaff. It was there that she decided what the hell she was going to do next. The result was Schizophonic. Lauded as a parallel universe third Spice Girls album, Geri's debut is a cacophony of frenetic but catc...
Who took the ram from the rama-lama-ding-dong? Le Tigre's queer feminist debut
December 01, 2021 19:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBHow are you? What's your take on Cassavettes? Who took the bomp from the bomp-a-lomp-a-lomp? And who the HELL took the ram from the rama-lama-ding-dong? All these questions and more are answered in this ep dedicated to dancepunk trio Le Tigre. We tackle the band's debut self-titled album, the brainchild of Kathleen Hanna, Johanna Fateman and Sadie Benning, which sits at the precipice of '60s surfer bops, 80's new wave and 90's queercore New York... with a healthy splash of third-wave femini...
Bells dinged; heartstrings zinged – Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall with Alexander Andrews
November 17, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBJudy Garland's concert appearance at New York's Carnegie Hall is often described as the greatest night in show business history. After ongoing battles with a variety of substances for most of the 1950s, many had come to judge Judy. Her 1961 return to the stage, however, was a roaring success devoured by a crowd made up almost entirely of screaming queens. Discussion on the original gay icon must be taken seriously, and Andy and Drew recruited Judy super-stan Alexander Andrews for a conversa...
Bells dinged; heartstrings zinged – Judy at Carnegie Hall with Alexander Andrews
November 17, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 50.1 MBJudy Garland's concert appearance at New York's Carnegie Hall is often described as the greatest night in show business history. After ongoing battles with a variety of substances for most of the 1950s, many had come to judge Judy. Her 1961 return to the stage, however, was a roaring success devoured by a crowd made up almost entirely of screaming queens. Discussion on the original gay icon must be taken seriously, and Andy and Drew recruited Judy super-stan Alexander Andrews for a conversa...
Talkin' about Tracy Chapman
November 03, 2021 19:00 - 54 minutes - 37.1 MBWhat do the forces of Nicki Minaj, Ronan Keating, and those who imprint queerness on successful figures in pop culture all have in common? They all want a piece of Tracy Chapman, ladies, and count us in. One of the best-selling albums of all time by anyone, anywhere, 1988's Tracy Chapman took the singer-songwriter traditions of the 70s and brought them into a new musical landscape and sparking another decade of heartfelt guitar confessionals – but there's so much more than meets the eye in...
We could drink a case of Joni Mitchell with Matthew Arthur Williams
October 20, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 52.5 MBThe boys are joined by artist, photographer, DJ, and Andy's mate from uni, Matthew Arthur Williams, to discuss the legendary Joni Mitchell and her 1975 album, The Hissing of Summer Lawns. An unrivalled figure in pop culture, Joni loves the queers and the queers love Joni but her icon status isn't as obvious or surface level as most of our usual Aural Fixation subjects. Matthew takes us on a memory lane trip back to the mid-00s, when Joni was the soundtrack of his blossoming queerhood. Yo...
On Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped’, an avalanche of empowerment that is beautiful in every single way
October 06, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBChristina Aguilera's masterpiece Stripped has been cited as inspiration by countless pop sensations including Rihanna, Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus and Ariana Grande. From self love, to feminism, to sex positivity, the music gave gals, gays and theys permission to roar when it hit the shelves in 2002. Nearly two decades later, Stripped still gets our temperatures up. What better way to kick off our eighth cycle than with a full strip-search of the album that made us fighters and taught us to tr...
Drag Race Double Dip Pt. 2: We're all born naked and the rest is Drag Race with Entertainment Weekly's Joey Nolfi
September 22, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBAfter over seventy episodes and several many bottles of chilled Semillon (send me home), we've reached our Cycle 7 finale! As is tradition (of which there are many!) this ep sees us tackling a subject that's a little... left of the usual format. Second only to Madonna (welcome to her fempire), RuPaul's Drag Race is the cultural touchstone of Aural Fixation. We're hard-pressed to find an episode of the podcast that doesn't in some way reference the show (Tamar, have you ever watched the show...
RPDR Double Bill pt.2: We're all born naked and the rest is Drag Race with Entertainment Weekly's Joey Nolfi
September 22, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBAfter over seventy episodes and several many bottles of chilled Semillon (send me home), we've finally reached our Cycle 7 finale! As is tradition (of which there are many!) this finale ep sees us tackling a subject that's a little... left of the usual format. Second only to Madonna (welcome to her fempire), RuPaul's Drag Race is the cultural touchstone of Aural Fixation. We're hard-pressed to find an episode of the podcast that doesn't in some way reference the show (Tamar, have you ever w...
RPDR Double Bill pt.1: Drag Race Down Under's Maxi Shield took a shot from Madonna's diamanté banana
September 08, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBWe're in for a treat this fortnight with our first of two very special Drag Race episodes. First up, superstar of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Maxi Shield, regales us with her long and very personal history with... Madonna. Yes, we know, every Aural Fixation episode is essentially about Madonna, but this topic was Maxi's choice and for good reason. Our album of focus is the incomparable Immaculate Collection, but it was her brush with a diamanté banana on the Rebel Heart Tour that will p...
Drag Race Double Dip Pt. 1: Maxi Shield took a shot from Madonna's diamanté banana
September 08, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBWe're in for a treat this fortnight with our first of two very special Drag Race episodes. First up, superstar of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Maxi Shield, regales us with her long and very personal history with... Madonna. Yes, we know, every Aural Fixation episode is essentially about Madonna, but this topic was Maxi's choice and for good reason. Our album of focus is the incomparable Immaculate Collection, but it was her brush with a diamanté banana on the Rebel Heart Tour that will p...
Drag Race Down Under's Maxi Shield took a shot from Madonna's diamanté banana
September 08, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 55 MBWe're in for a treat this fortnight with our first of two very special Drag Race episodes. First up, superstar of RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under, Maxi Shield, regales us with her long and very personal history with... Madonna. Yes, we know, every Aural Fixation episode is essentially about Madonna, but this topic was Maxi's choice and for good reason. Our album of focus is the incomparable Immaculate Collection, but it was her brush with a diamanté banana on the Rebel Heart Tour that will p...
STFU! and listen to this episode about Rina Sawayama
August 25, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MBApril 2020 was a rough time to release new music, but that didn't stop Rina Sawayama from having one of the strongest pop albums of last year. The eponymous Sawayama was an eclectic mash-up of Y2K nostalgia, paying homage to early 2000's manufactured pop, nu-metal and R&B. The album went on to feature on several best of lists, and Sawayama herself made history after criticising major British music awards such as the Mercury Prize and the BRITs who deemed her illegible to be nominated as a B...
Sinéad O'Connor wearing a rainbow hijab on Good Morning Britain is queer
August 11, 2021 23:00 - 1 hour - 43.9 MBA mere 18 years old and mother of a three week old baby when her debut album, The Lion and the Cobra, was released, Sinéad O’Connor shot to stratospheric success off of her haunting vocals, powerful songwriting and give-no-fucks visuals. In this episode, we use Sinéad's blistering debut as a starting point for an exploration of her distilled queerness, her massive appeal to queer listeners, and exactly why is she so... very... O'Conic? We also touch on the Prince Thing, the Pope Thing, and...
It all comes back to Céline Dion – 'Falling Into You' with Gwynne
July 28, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWhen it comes to sweeping romance, earnest lyrics and – let's face it, songs that last six minutes MINIMUM – there really is no topping Ms. Céline Marie Claudette Dion. From humble beginnings in Charlemagne, Quebec (which is queer) to becoming the best-selling Canadian recording artist in history, Queen Céline has dominated the music industry for over three decades. In 1996, her star was in full ascendence when she unleashed Falling Into You on the unsuspecting masses. Playing host to caree...
It all comes back to Céline – 'Falling Into You' with Gwynne
July 28, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 58.8 MBWhen it comes to sweeping romance, earnest lyrics and – let's face it, songs that last six minutes MINIMUM – there really is no topping Ms. Céline Marie Claudette Dion. From humble beginnings in Charlemagne, Quebec (which is queer) to becoming the best-selling Canadian recording artist in history, Queen Céline has dominated the music industry for over three decades. In 1996, her star was in full ascendence when she unleashed Falling Into You on the unsuspecting masses. Playing host to caree...
All of us wants all of Sufjan Stevens – 'Carrie & Lowell' with Jared Richards
July 15, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThis fortnight, we're joined by Jared Richards, a cultural critic living on Gadigal land, and writer for NME, The Guardian, The Big Issue, Sissy Screens and more. Last year, Jared wrote a beautiful article on the evolution of Sufjan Stevens that caught our queer eye, so we welcomed him into the studio (pre-second Sydney lockdown) to unpack the mystery and intrigue surrounding a long-awaited Aural Fixation topic. We talk grief and catharsis (or lack there of), Lady Gaga's aunt, and the r...
All of us wants all of Sufjan Stevens: 'Carrie & Lowell' with Jared Richards
July 15, 2021 03:00 - 59 minutes - 40.7 MBThis fortnight, we're joined by Jared Richards, a cultural critic living on Gadigal land, and writer for NME, The Guardian, The Big Issue, Sissy Screens and more. Last year, Jared wrote a beautiful article on the evolution of Sufjan Stevens that caught our queer eye, so we welcomed him into the studio (pre-second Sydney lockdown) to unpack the mystery and intrigue surrounding a long-awaited Aural Fixation topic. We talk grief and catharsis (or lack there of), Lady Gaga's aunt, and the r...
Drake-ing the binary with Kris from Bad Queers
June 30, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBIt's a Bad Queers double dip as we welcome on Kris Chesson, the podcasting partner of Shana Sumers from our Beyonce episode, to explore why her queer icon is... Drake. Just hold on, we're going homo. In this episode we use Drake's 2011 album Take Care to centre a discussion on the dos and don'ts of 'dirty macking', what it means to be a stud, and why his disdain for toxic masculinity is just one of the things that make Drake queer. We also close off Pride Month with a deep dive into the min...
Drake-ing the binary with Kris Chesson from Bad Queers
June 30, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 52.1 MBIt's a Bad Queers double dip as we welcome on Kris Chesson, the podcasting partner of Shana Sumers from our Beyonce episode, to explore why her queer icon is... Drake. Just hold on, we're going homo. In this episode we use Drake's 2011 album Take Care to centre a discussion on the dos and don'ts of 'dirty macking', what it means to be a stud, and why his disdain for toxic masculinity is just one of the things that make Drake queer. We also close off Pride Month with a deep dive into the min...
Sex, Liza and Videotape – 'Live from Radio City Music Hall' with Trevor Ashley
June 16, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBStart spreading the news because this is one for the ages, Mein Herr. In an ep that might as well be titled "Legends on Legends" we welcome Australian stage actor and drag superstar Trevor Ashley to tackle Liza Minnelli's groundbreaking Live from Radio City Music Hall album. The show was directed for television in 1992, around the time of Liza's third divorce, and features a concoction of her hits and jukebox standards, as well as original compositions by long-term collaborators Kander and...
Sex, Liza and Videotape – Live from Radio City Music Hall with Trevor Ashley
June 16, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 46.1 MBStart spreading the news because this is one for the ages, Mein Herr. In an ep that might as well be titled "Legends on Legends" we welcome Australian stage actor and drag superstar Trevor Ashley to tackle Liza Minnelli's groundbreaking Live from Radio City Music Hall album. The show was directed for television in 1992, around the time of Liza's third divorce, and features a concoction of her hits and jukebox standards, as well as original compositions by long-term collaborators Kander and...
Breathing new life into Florence and the Machine's 'Lungs' with Peach Fuzz
June 02, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 42.3 MBNo matter what hemisphere you’re in, a solstice is upon us. And what better way to ring it in than with a heart-to-rabbit heart on British pop music’s sacred moon child, Florence Welch (and, of course, her Machine). In Cycle 7’s premiere episode, Andy and Drew are accompanied by Sydney drag monarch Peach Fuzz (aka Anthony Severino) to tackle the band’s debut offering Lungs. From the celestial rapture of "Cosmic Love" to the vigorous uproar of "Kiss With a Fist", the trio share their element...
Howard Ashman's queer Disney legacy with Daniel Lammin
May 20, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBIcons are a dime a dozen here at Aural Fixation (that's what we do... it's what we live for) but heroes are a different kettle of sea-witch – and they don't get more queer-oic than Howard Ashman. For better and for worse, the animated motion pictures produced by the Walt Disney Animation Studios have profoundly shaped the media consumed by children since 1928. Like any entertainment behemoth, quality and fortune has ebbed and flowed, but it was the sheer and singular talent of one queer ma...
Taking apart 'Take Me Apart' by Kelela
May 05, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 41.6 MBOver the past six cycles of Aural Fixation, we have discussed many artists who have either eluded to their queerness without directly acknowledging it, or generated a vast queer fanbase without actually being qard qarrrying queers themselves. However sometimes there are artists that we deeply revere who just so happen to be out and proud, which makes our hearts burst because it means that we can fast track them straight to the front of the queue. Enter stage left, Kelela whose debut album T...
Never kissed a Tori (Amos): 'Boys for Pele' with Tyson Koh
April 21, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBThere's a lot to cover off when it comes to Tori Amos when it's just Tori Amos – but when your guest star is a former TV producer, current radio DJ and the singular driving force behind the bid to save Sydney's nightlife scene, we somehow filled 90 minutes of your precious time! Fear not, we've made it worth your while. Tyson Koh joins the Aural Fixation-ers to discuss the myriad of mysteries and treats on Tori's 1996 critical masterpiece Boys for Pele, including Courtney Love, Janice Di...
Never kissed a Tori (Amos) – 'Boys for Pele' with Tyson Koh
April 21, 2021 21:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBThere's a lot to cover off when it comes to Tori Amos when it's just Tori Amos – but when your guest star is a former TV producer, current radio DJ and the singular driving force behind the bid to save Sydney's nightlife scene, we somehow filled 90 minutes of your precious time! Fear not, we've made it worth your while. Tyson Koh joins the Aural Fixation-ers to discuss the myriad of mysteries and treats on Tori's 1996 critical masterpiece Boys for Pele, including Courtney Love, Janice Di...
The agony and the ecstasy of Perfume Genius' 'Set My Heart On Fire IMMEDIATELY'
April 07, 2021 20:00 - 59 minutes - 40.8 MBPerfume Genius has long been synonymous with gay angst but in his fifth and most recent album Set My Heart On Fire IMMEDIATELY, he takes steps towards acceptance. The album's opener "Whole Life" speaks to a reckoning of self that seems to have taken half a lifetime and sets the stage for the personal examination of a gay man approaching middle age. Recorded and released just before the onslaught of the pandemic, PG followed up SMHOFI with companion album IMMEDIATELY Remixes in March 2021 – ...
Clear the area for Imogen Heap's 'Speak for Yourself'
March 24, 2021 19:00 - 57 minutes - 39.5 MBTechno-instrument inventor, West End composer and globally-renowned baby soother Imogen Heap has come a long way since her groundbreaking 2005 release Speak for Yourself, but we reckon it remains her queerest piece of work and we're about to tell you why. Tales of Ariana Grande's latent veganism, keeping TERFs out of Hogwarts and the most airtime Jason Derulo will ever get on Aural Fixation are just some of the delights that await you in this queersploration. Where are we, and what the...
Beyoncé is a dykon and '4' is her best album. Fight us. (feat. Shana Sumers)
March 10, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 44.2 MB"Forget being cool, I'm going to be honest," states a defiant Beyoncé in her 2013 documentary Life is But a Dream. "I'm going to be sad, I'm going to be passionate, I'm going to be vulnerable. And I'm going to sing from my heart." It was with this mindset that Bey embarked on her fourth solo album, 4. Fresh from a pretty public separation from her father's management, Bey was determined to prove that she could run things in accordance with her own agenda. The outcome was a reflective and t...
Are our 'Expectations' of Hayley Kiyoko too great?
February 24, 2021 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.2 MBLesbian Jesus has been done arisen, and sign us up for her flock – this fortnight’s episode of Aural Fixation explores the 2018 debut album Expectations, by Hayley Kiyoko. Nickelodeon child star to empowered music video director, Hayley knows who is she and serves as a beacon for queer, but especially, female young fans. Does the material live up to our Expectations, and is Hayley more k.d. or Katy? Visit our online home at auralfixationpodcast.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter, or...
Are our "Expectations" of Hayley Kiyoko too great?
February 24, 2021 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBLesbian Jesus has been done arisen, and sign us up for her flock – this fortnight’s episode of Aural Fixation explores the 2018 debut album Expectations, by Hayley Kiyoko. Nickelodeon child star to empowered music video director, Hayley knows who is she and serves as a beacon for queer, but especially, female young fans. Does the material live up to our Expectations, and is Hayley more kd or Katy? Visit our online home at auralfixationpodcast.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter, or g...
Are our Expectations of Hayley Kiyoko too great?
February 24, 2021 19:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBLesbian Jesus has been done arisen, and sign us up for her flock – this fortnight’s episode of Aural Fixation explores the 2018 debut album Expectations, by Hayley Kiyoko. Nickelodeon child star to empowered music video director, Hayley knows who is she and serves as a beacon for queer, but especially, female young fans. Does the material live up to our Expectations, and is Hayley more kd or Katy? Visit our online home at auralfixationpodcast.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter, or g...
Self actualisation and crashing the cis-tem in Antony and the Johnsons' 'I Am a Bird Now'
February 10, 2021 19:00 - 53 minutes - 36.7 MBAntony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now is a story told from within a chrysalis. Featuring the unmistakably haunting vocals of lead singer ANOHNI, the album speaks of a yearning to be grown, the confronting nature of evolution and the delicious freedom of eventual self-actualisation. While it’s fair to assume the subject matter was directly informed by the experiences of ANOHNI, a trans woman, the themes of I Am a Bird Now hold assorted meanings for folks across the queer spectrum. Collab...
Self actualisation and crashing the cis-tem in Antony and the Johnsons' "I Am A Bird Now"
February 10, 2021 19:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBAntony and the Johnsons' “I Am A Bird Now” is a story told from within a chrysalis. Featuring the unmistakably haunting vocals of lead singer ANOHNI, the album speaks of a yearning to be grown, the confronting nature of evolution and the delicious freedom of eventual self-actualisation. While it’s fair to assume the subject matter was directly informed by the experiences of ANOHNI, a trans woman, the themes of “I Am a Bird Now” hold assorted meanings for folks across the queer spectrum. Co...
Self actualisation and crashing the cis-tem in Antony and the Johnsons' "I Am a Bird Now"
February 10, 2021 19:00 - 53 minutes - 36.6 MBAntony and the Johnsons' I Am a Bird Now is a story told from within a chrysalis. Featuring the unmistakably haunting vocals of lead singer ANOHNI, the album speaks of a yearning to be grown, the confronting nature of evolution and the delicious freedom of eventual self-actualisation. While it’s fair to assume the subject matter was directly informed by the experiences of ANOHNI, a trans woman, the themes of I Am a Bird Now hold assorted meanings for folks across the queer spectrum. Collab...
The rise and fall, and rise again, of David Bowie's queerness
January 27, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBThis episode we explore Bowie's succinctly titled The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. We journey on through Bowie's legacy to queer audiences, his vast array of bangers, and how we turned death into an art form. Facts are facts – David Bowie made life more bearable for othered people around the world. From the Seventies onwards, queer people could see parts of themselves in an unconventional patron saint – sexually ambiguous, highly successful, and full of joy....
Q&A 5: The Final Q&A?
January 13, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBQ: Has cycle five been Aural Fixation's most diverse yet? A: Possibly maybe, mary! Over the past eight eps, we've beaten around the Kate Bush, dreamt of Tejano superstar Selena, salivated over Honey Dijon and gotten physical with Dua (to name a few!) We've welcomed incredible guests, gone profesh and moved in-studio (again, a huge shout out to the incredible guys at Forbes Street Studios) and in December we celebrated our most-listened month EVER! And so, in the great tradition of ourselves...
Q&A 5 – The Final Q&A?
January 13, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBQ: Has cycle five been Aural Fixation's most diverse yet? A: Possibly maybe, mary! Over the past eight eps, we've beaten around the Kate Bush, dreamt of Tejano superstar Selena, salivated over Honey Dijon and gotten physical with Dua (to name a few!) We've welcomed incredible guests, gone profesh and moved in-studio (again, a huge shout out to the incredible guys at Forbes Street Studios) and in December we celebrated our most-listened month EVER! And so, in the great tradition of ourselves...
Q&A #5 – The Final Q&A?
January 13, 2021 20:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBQ: Has cycle five been Aural Fixation's most diverse yet? A: Possibly maybe, mary! Over the past eight eps, we've beaten around the Kate Bush, dreamt of Tejano superstar Selena, salivated over Honey Dijon and gotten physical with Dua (to name a few!) We've welcomed incredible guests, gone profesh and moved in-studio (again, a huge shout out to the incredible guys at Forbes Street Studios) and in December we celebrated our most-listened month EVER! And so, in the great tradition of ourselves...
Ghosts of Aural Fixation Christmas Past
December 16, 2020 19:00 - 51 minutes - 35.1 MBWhat do sequels, ghosts, and Christmas all have in common? They're queer! Join us (won't you?) for our second annual Christmas episode, where we take a trip down Yuletide Lane and dust off festive classiques by previous Aural Fixation subjects. It's mulled wine, it's mince pies, it's... listens. Despite non-stop merriment, we're still asking the hard questions – is You-Know-What even Mariah's best Christmas song? Who has more Christmas albums, Dolly Parton or RuPaul? Is "These Days" by A...
Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia / Club Future Nostalgia
December 09, 2020 19:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBIn March 2020, it's safe to say that the world was in search of a spark to pierce the dark. One such spark came in the form of Dua Lipa's Future Nostalgia – a bombastic retro-journey that took pop and dance music cues from the past and thrust us towards a (hopefully) brighter tomorrow. A few short months later came the lockdown project to end all lockdown projects – Club Future Nostalgia. The companion remix album was created in collaboration with noted DJ The Blessed Madonna and featured...
Melanie C – Northern Star
November 25, 2020 20:00 - 1 hour - 41.3 MBAs one fifth of the most successful girl group of all time, Mel C spent her early twenties inseparably tied to her athletic alter ego. Her status as Sporty Spice was so entrenched in her public persona that when the Spice Girls took a hiatus in 1999, Mel C did what any trapped queer person would do; she cut her hair, dyed it blonde, changed her name and reached out to Madonna. Northern Star by Melanie C was the outcome. The debut tells tales of aggrieved emancipation, potential secret sapph...