In the Mix

Steve and Dave love music, and love making mixes and playlists. So each week (uh, for the most part) they get together, sometimes with a friend, and make a mix based around a theme. They talk about the music they love (or deeply hate) and whatever else is rolling around inside their skulls.

Like No One's Watching: Songs That Get You Hyped 05/25/2023

Like No One's Watching: Songs That Get You Hyped 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/26949738

Extended Play: Songs from EPs 05/01/2023

Extended Play: Songs from EPs 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... /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/26696853

Party Starter: Favorite Party Songs 04/04/2023

Party Starter: Favorite Party Songs 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! /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/26446386

Making a Killing: Songs About Murder 03/23/2023

Making a Killing: Songs About Murder 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? /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/26312727

Shitty Love: Bad Love Songs 02/14/2023

Shitty Love: Bad Love Songs 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/25920948

On the 1s and 2s: Favorite Producers 02/08/2023

On the 1s and 2s: Favorite Producers 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/25863582

Haterade: Popular Songs We Don't Like 01/25/2023

Haterade: Popular Songs We Don't Like 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/25718607

MedicalCore: Songs from Medical Shows 01/11/2023

MedicalCore: Songs from Medical Shows 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/25567242

Favorite Songs of 2022 01/04/2023

Favorite Songs of 2022 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! /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/25499232

Santa Claus Comes Tonight: Horny Christmas Songs 12/20/2022

Santa Claus Comes Tonight: Horny Christmas Songs 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/25380843

The Deep South: Songs From Little Nicky 12/12/2022

The Deep South: Songs From Little Nicky 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/25300455

Sad Hour: Drinking Songs 12/05/2022

Sad Hour: Drinking Songs 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/25218585

Favorite Albums Episode 10: ALFums 03/10/2022

Favorite Albums Episode 10: ALFums 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/22399208

Favorite Albums Episode 9: 100 Girlfriends 02/18/2022

Favorite Albums Episode 9: 100 Girlfriends 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/22182002

Favorite Albums Episode 8: Beefface 01/21/2022

Favorite Albums Episode 8: Beefface 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/21851075

The Christmas Shoes 12/24/2021

The Christmas Shoes 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/21595091

Favorite Songs of 2021 12/17/2021

Favorite Songs of 2021 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? /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/21520961

Favorite Albums Episode 7: The Bad Lil Boys 12/02/2021

Favorite Albums Episode 7: The Bad Lil Boys 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/21349139

Favorite Albums Episode 6: Band is Books 11/18/2021

Favorite Albums Episode 6: Band is Books 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? /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/21208370

Favorite Albums Episode 5: Punk Rock Mario and Sonic at the Olympics 11/11/2021

Favorite Albums Episode 5: Punk Rock Mario and Sonic at the Olympics 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. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/21137747

Favorite Albums Episode 4: We're Nice Now 11/04/2021

Favorite Albums Episode 4: We're Nice Now Steve and Dave are nice now as they continue deeper into this favorite albums project. With returning guest Lenny Burnham (Chapter Surfing, House of House), we discuss why Reel Big Fish's most pure radio rock song didn't get the success it deserved, trying too hard to hate Fall Out Boy as a teenager, and we take the plunge into some Steely Dan facts. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/21050759

Favorite Albums Episode 3: Just a Puppy 10/21/2021

Favorite Albums Episode 3: Just a Puppy In episode 3 of discussing Steve's favorite albums, we have already made the choice to go negative! We're talking 10 songs from these albums that just didn't feel up to par and wondering why. Why did The 1975 try to be Radiohead for a song? Why does it hurt so much when you find a Carly Rae Jepsen song boring? Why would The Wonder Years put an okay acoustic song on an otherwise perfect album? And why does Dave Matthews apologizing to someone sound so skin-crawlingly weird? /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/20895179

Favorite Albums Episode 2: Nookie is a Pinkerton Song (with Chris Dubrow) 10/14/2021

Favorite Albums Episode 2: Nookie is a Pinkerton Song (with Chris Dubrow) This week we continue our season-long thread of trying to determine some of Steve's favorite albums. Joined by returning favorite (?) Chris Dubrow, we discuss whether Weird Al is the GOAT, embrace the Buffett vibes, explain why Oasis being assholes was actually pretty cool, and once again apologize for being Weezer fans. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/20810402

Favorite Albums Episode 1 10/07/2021

Favorite Albums Episode 1 We're back with a brand new season, and a brand new season-long topic! This season, we'll be taking a look through a variety of tunes as Steve tries to determine his 100 favorite albums, from the most critically acclaimed classic albums to the least essential pop punk one-hit wonders. On the first episode, we talk the greatest live album of all time, the varied career of AFI, how Gorillaz handle impending climate change, and how to possibly get into Coheed and Cambria without getting bogged down in lore. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/20736767

Reevaluations: Big Money Hustlas 04/05/2021

Reevaluations: Big Money Hustlas We end our season of reevaluations where we started: with the Insane Clown Posse. We bring back our friend Max to watch ICP's 2000 film Big Money Hustlas and see if, even though we can see the things that are bad with it, we can also find what's good. Turns out, there may be more to like than you'd expect. We also get a surprise ICP-related gift from Max that requires an unboxing! /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/18606926

Reevaluations: Disco Songs by Non-Disco Artists 03/22/2021

Reevaluations: Disco Songs by Non-Disco Artists Many factors caused the end of disco by 1980. One that isn't discussed as much: as the market went all-in on disco, established artists who never made even remotely disco music tried to cash in on the trend. Many of these songs were buried as a shameful part of pop music past, but how are they as actual songs? With the help of Chris Fox of Ruby Bones (and our theme song!), we listen to disco songs from soul stars, hard rockers, future 80s pop stars, and even Beatles to see if they warrant a positive reevaluation. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/18412049

Reevaluations: Bro Country 03/15/2021

Reevaluations: Bro Country On this week's episode, Dave and Steve are joined by friend and returning guest Jessie McCormick to give 'Bro Country' the ol' college try and see if there's any gold to be discovered amongst the trucks, coolers of silver bullets, and having a few beers before driving down some backroads (please do no do that). /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/18336917

Reevaluations: Political Songs 03/08/2021

Reevaluations: Political Songs On this week's episode of In the Mix, Steve and Dave are joined by another person named Dave to take a look at a spectrum of music from the 70s to now that encompass themes people would probably mark as being "political." Through good and bad, the trio dissect, deconstruct, and ponder on what makes a good "political song", why so many tend to fail or be rendered meaningless shortly after their release, and if releasing this kind of music really does make a difference. /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/18237998

Reevaluations: Charity Songs 03/01/2021

Reevaluations: Charity Songs On today's episode of In the Mix, Steve and Dave take a dive into songs with a cause. From the 70s to now, many musicians took it upon themselves to create singles or records with the idea to make money for causes, organizations, or even individuals. Did they succeed in making good music as well? Take a listen and find out! /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/18141590

Reevaluations: Swing Revival 02/22/2021

Reevaluations: Swing Revival What's up all you cool cats and dames. On today's episode of In the Mix, Steve and Dave are joined by old friend and past guest Matt to discuss the finer intricacies of that old horn tootin' and dancin' genre of yesteryear. 1990s yesteryear, at least. We're talking Swing Revival! /episode/index/show/inthemixpod/id/18041696

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