Aural Fixation
Aural 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.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 56 minutes
- Episodes
- 86
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
Diana Ross – diana
We’re coming out, and we want the world to know… that not all gay men are born with an innate, all-encompassing love for disco, ok!? In fact, only 50% of Aural Fixation was, as we discover on a glitt…
Frank Ocean – Channel Orange
A tornado blew around the Aural Fixation recording studio before we came, and, well, excuse the mess it made! Ok, that analogy can only go so far, but nonetheless, the memorable opener from Frank Oc…
Spice Girls – Spiceworld (feat. Rebecca Gibbs)
It’s hard to believe that the Spice Girls were active for less than two years during their initial run as a (Spice Force) five-piece. Hot on the heels of their ground-breaking 1996 debut Spice, the g…
Indigo Girls – Indigo Girls
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers met at school before forming femme folk twosome Indigo Girls in 1985. They’ve performed together steadily ever since, providing the soundtrack to sapphic glances across camp…
An Aural Fixation Christmas Special
God rest ye merry queers, and step into an Aural Fixation wonderland for our very first Christmas special.
Drew and Andy take each other on a Yuletide journey down and up their respective memory lan…
Kylie Minogue – Light Years
Does any gay icon better illustrate the Anglo-Australian tapestry of Aural Fixation than Kylie Minogue? Just why it took so long for us to sit down with the Princess of Antipodean Pop is unexplainabl…
George Michael – Faith
As part of teen pop two-piece Wham!, George Michael was every little hungry schoolgirl’s – and statistically one tenth of all little hungry schoolboy’s – pride and joy. With his hair feathered, his t…
Björk – Homogenic
We begin our third collection of musings on queer musos with a deep dive into Andy’s second favourite of all time, Mother Björk. Defiantly impossible to compare to pretty much any other artist, queer…
Q&A #2 – Q&A with Drew & A
Q: Can Andy and Drew last an hour without talking about Madame X or Mother Monster?
A: No.
Q: Can Andy and Drew last five minutes without talking about Madame X or Mother Monster?
A: Also no.
By popula…
Ariana Grande – Sweetener / thank u, next
Aural Fixation’s second season of queer icons wraps up with our most contemporary yet. Ariana Grande might be the most popular artist among queer people under the age of, erm... twenty-five, but in r…
Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
It’s the early seventies and Dame Elton John is spaffing out music like it’s nobody’s business. As part of his songwriting sisterhood with Bernie Taupin, Elton had already gifted us with six albums b…
Garbage – Beautiful Garbage (feat. Liam Casey)
Whether you've been a regular on the fan forum since 2002 or you simply know them as the band that did the song from Romeo and Juliet, chances are you know a little about this episode's subject – Gar…
Janet Jackson – Control
Gimme a beat! This is a story about Control – Janet Jackon's Control, the 1986 album which quite literally birthed an entire genre (Siri, what's 'new jack swing'?), and placed the Jackson Five's litt…
Culture Club – Colour by Numbers
What do maketh a queer icon? Pop princess blighted by tragedy – tick. Indie darlings, misunderstood by their contemporaries but retrospectively lauded – check. Alexandra Burke – say no more, dot com.
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Carly Rae Jepsen – E•MO•TION
Let us take you back to 2011. Egypt is in revolt. The people of London are rioting. Earthquakes are wreaking havoc in New Zealand and Japan. Amy Winehouse is dead, for christ sake. Life is bleak.
Bu…
Madonna – American Life
After slyly dominating the first ten episodes of your new favourite music podcast, we're finally giving a much-deserved hour to the pop monolith that is... Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone. Madame X, …
Kelis – Flesh Tone
Any typical conversation about Kelis will almost undoubtedly centre around *that* dairy-based beverage, and its power to lure ~the boys~ to her front lawn for a taste. Of course, Drew and Andy aren’t…
Q&A #1 – In Bed with Drew and Andy
Our email servers have crashed time and time again underneath the sheer influx of mail, and our fans have questions which need answering. It was time to give the people what they want.
Drew and Andy s…
Scissor Sisters – Scissor Sisters
The year is 2004. The likes of Katie Melua, Jamie Cullum and Dido dominate supermarket shelves, as the UK charts are pervaded with an overwhelming sense of beige – that is, until, a glamourous quarte…
Lady Gaga – The Fame Monster (feat. Charlotte Tweddle)
When 23-year-old Lady Gaga strode boldly into the flashing lights with 'The Fame' in 2008, she was lauded as a new kind of pop princess – honest, opinionated, perhaps a little extra but with the voca…