Best Andy Gott and Drew Tweddle Podcasts (2024)

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Tracks of Our Queers: Bonzai Bonner, nightlife promoter 10:42

1y ago10:42

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Andy 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 y…

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Tracks of Our Queers: Jonny Seymour, producer and activist 17:55

1y ago17:55

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Andy 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 ge…

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Tracks of Our Queers: Abdi Nazemian, author and producer 16:08

1y ago16:08

16:08

Andy 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 Que…

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Tracks of Our Queers is available now 1:36

1+ y ago1:36

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A 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 …

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Eyes Pride Open: Aural Fixation's Mardi Gras Special 2022 1:02:56

2+ y ago1:02:56

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The 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 …

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'Two in the P!nk', or the Missundaztanding of Alecia Moore 1:04:30

2+ y ago1:04:30

1:04:30

We'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 …

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Insincere to the point of nausea: Dead or Alive’s 'Nukleopatra' with Adem Eve 1:21:57

2+ y ago1:21:57

1:21:57

It'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)…

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Queer thinking; straight talking – Geri Halliwell's Schizophonic with Malcolm MacLean 1:16:11

2+ y ago1:16:11

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On 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…

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Who took the ram from the rama-lama-ding-dong? Le Tigre's queer feminist debut 49:02

2+ y ago49:02

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How 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 …

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Bells dinged; heartstrings zinged – Judy Garland at Carnegie Hall with Alexander Andrews 1:12:58

2+ y ago1:12:58

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Judy 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 …

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Talkin' about Tracy Chapman 54:01

2+ y ago54:01

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What 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 …

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We could drink a case of Joni Mitchell with Matthew Arthur Williams 1:16:27

3y ago1:16:27

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The 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 Aur…

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On Christina Aguilera's 'Stripped’, an avalanche of empowerment that is beautiful in every single way 1:07:02

3y ago1:07:02

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Christina 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 t…

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Drag Race Double Dip Pt. 2: We're all born naked and the rest is Drag Race with Entertainment Weekly's Joey Nolfi 1:13:41

3y ago1:13:41

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After 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 …

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Drag Race Double Dip Pt. 1: Maxi Shield took a shot from Madonna's diamanté banana 1:20:05

3y ago1:20:05

1:20:05

We'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 reaso…

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STFU! and listen to this episode about Rina Sawayama 1:03:18

3y ago1:03:18

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April 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 …

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Sinéad O'Connor wearing a rainbow hijab on Good Morning Britain is queer 1:03:57

3y ago1:03:57

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A 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 queern…

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It all comes back to Céline Dion – 'Falling Into You' with Gwynne 1:25:37

3y ago1:25:37

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When 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 o…

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All of us wants all of Sufjan Stevens – 'Carrie & Lowell' with Jared Richards 59:14

3y ago59:14

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This 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 myst…

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Drake-ing the binary with Kris Chesson from Bad Queers 1:15:52

3y ago1:15:52

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It'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 w…

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Sex, Liza and Videotape – 'Live from Radio City Music Hall' with Trevor Ashley 1:07:10

3y ago1:07:10

1:07:10

Start 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 th…

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Breathing new life into Florence and the Machine's 'Lungs' with Peach Fuzz 1:01:34

3y ago1:01:34

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No 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 ba…

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Howard Ashman's queer Disney legacy with Daniel Lammin 1:24:44

3y ago1:24:44

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Icons 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…

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Taking apart 'Take Me Apart' by Kelela 1:00:37

3y ago1:00:37

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Over 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 mak…

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Never kissed a Tori (Amos) – 'Boys for Pele' with Tyson Koh 1:25:48

3+ y ago1:25:48

1:25:48

There'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 Fi…

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The agony and the ecstasy of Perfume Genius' 'Set My Heart On Fire IMMEDIATELY' 59:25

3+ y ago59:25

59:25

Perfume 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.…

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Clear the area for Imogen Heap's 'Speak for Yourself' 57:26

3+ y ago57:26

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Techno-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 J…

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Beyoncé is a dykon and '4' is her best album. Fight us. (feat. Shana Sumers) 1:04:23

3+ y ago1:04:23

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"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 …

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Are our 'Expectations' of Hayley Kiyoko too great? 55:32

3+ y ago55:32

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Lesbian 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 t…

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Self actualisation and crashing the cis-tem in Antony and the Johnsons' 'I Am a Bird Now' 53:23

3+ y ago53:23

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Antony 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 inform…

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The rise and fall, and rise again, of David Bowie's queerness 1:02:20

3+ y ago1:02:20

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This 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 o…

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Q&A #5 – The Final Q&A? 1:00:37

3+ y ago1:00:37

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Q: 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 …

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Ghosts of Aural Fixation Christmas Past 51:02

3+ y ago51:02

51:02

What 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 ha…

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Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia / Club Future Nostalgia 53:47

3+ y ago53:47

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In 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 l…

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Melanie C – Northern Star 1:00:01

3+ y ago1:00:01

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As 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 nam…

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ABBA – Voulez-Vous 1:01:25

3+ y ago1:01:25

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After a winning streak of iconique guests, Andy and Drew sit down this episode with nothing but a bottle of bubbles and one of the world's biggest pop acts... ever. If you've been to a wedding, experienced a road trip or watched a film starring Meryl Streep, Julie Walters and Christine Baranski, you've probably heard an ABBA song. If you've enjoyed…

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Honey Dijon – The Best of Both Worlds (feat. Belinda O'Brien) 1:00:14

4y ago1:00:14

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Honey Dijon was born in Chicago and leapt headfirst into the club scene as a teenager. Mentored by house music legends Derrick Carter and Mark Farina, it wasn’t long before she established herself as a world-class club and remix DJ and producer. In 2017, Honey produced her debut album with an array of guests lending their vocals. Aptly named The Be…

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Prince – Dirty Mind (feat. DJ Matt Vaughan) 1:10:24

4y ago1:10:24

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In 2009, multi-talented queer power duo Wendy & Lisa confirmed that their former bandleader, brother-in-arms and boss, Prince, was definitely not gay, but rather a… fancy lesbian. What a relief. Not that we’re scrambling for excuses to explore the Purple One for Aural Fixation. Purveyor of assless chaps, a deft hand with eyeliner and a spiritual co…

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Selena – Dreaming of You (feat. Rícardo Garcia) 56:58

4y ago56:58

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In the pop pantheon of stars taken from us too soon, few tales are as tragic – or as gruesome – as the tale of Selena. The lead singer in a family band created by her ambitious father, Selena spent most of her young life on the road playing in restaurants and state fairs. Despite being a first-language English speaker, most of Selena’s music was re…

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Hole – Celebrity Skin 55:11

4y ago55:11

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Hey, so glad you could make it! This episode we talk Celebrity Skin, the 1998 crack-at-the-mainstream album by Courtney Love and her band, Hole. Firmly planted in the mystique and fallacy of Hollywood and California, Celebrity Skin serves as a worthy counterpart to the mystique and fallacy of Courtney Love. A hotbed of raw talent, yes… a problemati…

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Kate Bush – Hounds of Love 1:03:54

4y ago1:03:54

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We’ve reached Cycle 5 of Aural Fixation, and what better way to celebrate than with a discussion on the woman that completes the quinfecta of Andy’s top bitches – the incomparable Miss Kate Bush. A child prodigy with a penchant for dancing, karate and pianos, Bush released her first album The Kick Inside aged 19 (with some songs written when she wa…

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Madonna – Vogue 55:45

4y ago55:45

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The term “iconic” is bandied about on this podcast far too often, but when it comes to describing Madonna’s Vogue, there’s really no better adjective. At the intersection of old Hollywood glamour and the New York ballroom scene, Vogue was responsible for introducing queer POCs and their art to the mainstream on its release in 1990. Accompanied by D…

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Q&A #4 (feat. @mynameisnotsusanthony) 58:09

4y ago58:09

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We started Aural Fixation's Cycle 4 by paying homage to Mother Robyn, with no idea of the extent we would truly be dancing on our own over the next few months. We found solace with queer giants like Queen, Janelle Monáe and Cher, and explored iconic queer tracks in a streak of mini episodes. We also recorded mostly 600km apart, with technical diffi…

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Queen – A Night at the Opera 1:01:21

4y ago1:01:21

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If you’re a human being with ears under the age of 40, Queen have never not existed. For decades the iconic four-piece – fronted by the frontman to end all frontmen – pumped out hit after hit after hit. So much so that when Freddie Mercury passed away in 1991 from AIDS-related bronchopneumonia, he had left us with ten careers-worth of music despite…

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Dolly Parton – The Very Best of (feat. Fanny Lumsden) 1:00:08

4y ago1:00:08

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Iconic duos have been cruelly separated by Miss Rona the world over, but finally your most loved audio couple reunite. Against the suitably spectacular backdrop of Australia's Snowy Mountains region, Drew and Andy are joined by a very special guest, for a very special topic. ARIA-nominated, Golden Guitar Award-winning, chart-topping country singer …

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Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer 57:58

4y ago57:58

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At the intersections of Black, female and queer excellence in 2020 sits a Baptist-raised sci-fi nerd who can act, dance, rap, write, and of course, sing. Not remotely intimidating to tackle in fifty-seven minutes at all, but Janelle Monáe’s Dirty Computer is worth it. From her first EP in 2007, Monáe has put her money where her mouth is. High conce…

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Years & Years – Communion 56:19

4y ago56:19

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Years & Years bound to the top of the UK charts in 2015 with their fourth single "King", the band's unapologetically queer frontman Olly Alexander sitting proudly at the helm. Their debut album Communion shortly followed, an 18-strong cavalcade that spawned a total of seven (!) singles and global recognition among straight and gay fans alike. As th…

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First Fix: Lady Gaga – Chromatica 59:23

4y ago59:23

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Now seems a better time than ever to crack the fire exit and escape Earth, so thank the gay gods for Gaga who's created a whole new planet where equality rules and kindness punks run free. Welcome to Chromatica. In our inaugural “First Fix”, we tackle Lady Gaga's sixth studio album upon its release to dish our initial thoughts and dissect our favou…

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Cher – Believe (feat. Matthew Harden AKA Slaydy Diana) 1:01:40

4y ago1:01:40

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Mom, she is a rich man – and one of the fiercest icons in the queer canon at that. Cherilyn Sarkisian's inimitable force has carried her from 1965 to the present day. There really is no one like Cher. A towering goddess of this stature couldn't be tackled by Drew and Andy alone, so we roped in long-time listener and huge friend of the pod, Matthew …

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Quick Fix: Kele – Tenderoni 20:20

4y ago20:20

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If you're not listening to Quick Fix, you're only getting half the story – and we've got the full download on the lead single, "Tenderoni", from Bloc Party frontman Kele Okereke's first solo album The Boxer. Released ten (!?) years ago, Kele's bold new musical direction and image was in stark contrast to that curated over Bloc Party's meteroic rise…

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