What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Arctic Monkeys
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What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Arctic Monkeys
A podcast that dives deep into discographies - one artist per season. Hosts Adam, Steve, and Lucas go album by album, track by track, exploring how context shapes our experience of music, why fans become obsessed, and what music really is. With three hosts coming from wildly different levels of musi...
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Critical Thinking (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss teachers, single edits, smart motorways, and Critical Thinking by Manic Street Preachers.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas re...
Album Club: Sigur Ros - Takk...
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BONUS: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
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Bigma''s
It is once again a time for reflection, rejoicing, and sharing.
Lucas remembers the time he got an N64 from Santa, Steve shares his plans for a...
We Went to See Radiohead
The Big Mates take a break from the current season to discuss the recent tour undertaken by Radiohead, some of the context surrounding it, and their o...
The Last Shadow Puppets 2016 Tour Commentary
The Big Mates provide legal but audacious audio commentary for a selection of videos of The Last Shadow Puppets on tour in 2016.
Adam, Steve, an...
Everything You've Come to Expect
The Big Mates discuss trilogy theory, cider flavours, the accidental discovery of stereo audio, and Everything You've Come to Expect by The Last Shado...
Belladonna of Sadness
The Big Mates discuss Mike Wozniak, Paul F. Tompkins, Mike Wazowski, and Belladonna of Sadness by Alexandra Savior.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas disc...
Arctic Monkeys Live at PinkPop 2014 Commentary
The Big Mates provide planted and curious audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys Live at PinkPop 2014.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the 20...
AM (Pt. 3)
The Big Mates discuss Angus Murray, Faces of the Cube, Roomuss, and Humbug by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration...
AM (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss Drake, Black Sabbath, dancing through lasers to steal an egg, and AM by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue t...
AM (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss the Olympics, Thunderbirds, The Lone Ranger, and AM by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas begin their dissection of t...
Arctic Monkeys Live at Rock En Seine 2011 Commentary
The Big Mates provide strange and pointless audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys Live at Rock En Seine 2011.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas discus...
Suck It and See (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss Back to the Future, safety advice, Nuggets, and Suck It and See by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their...
Suck It and See (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss Lucky Number Slevin, lyrical simplicity, Record Store Day, and Suck It and See by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas...
Submarine
The Big Mates discuss utilisation, Facebook, soundchecks, and Submarine by Alex Turner.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of th...
Recording Humbug with Alain Johannes
Adam sits down with Alain Johannes to discuss the recording of Humbug by Arctic Monkeys.
Alain was the engineer working with the band, Josh Hom...
Arctic Monkeys Live at Liquid Room, Tokyo 2009 Commentary
The Big Mates provide wayward and explosionary audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys Live at Liquid Room, Tokyo 2009.
Adam, Steve, and Luca...
Humbug (Pt. 3)
The Big Mates discuss third albums, dinosaurs, jingles, and Humbug by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of the...
Humbug (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss engineering, confectionery, ego mechanics, and Humbug by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploratio...
Humbug (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss adventures, break ups, expectations, and Humbug by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of t...
The Age of the Understatement
The Big Mates discuss Burt Bacharach, The Zombies, David Bowie, Scott Walker, Belle & Sebastian, Serge Gainsbourg, The Electric Prunes, Herb Alpert &...
Arctic Monkeys at the Apollo Commentary
The Big Mates provide exciting and vital audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys at the Apollo.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the 2007 conce...
Favourite Worst Nightmare (Pt. 3)
The Big Mates discuss CM Punk, Ennio Morricone, Tommy Lee Jones, and Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas contin...
Favourite Worst Nightmare (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss Robot Wars, bingo, innuendo, and Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their discu...
Favourite Worst Nightmare (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss Avril Lavigne, Stewie Griffin, Duran Duran, and Favourite Worst Nightmare by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas begin...
Arctic Monkeys Live at Reading Festival 2006 Commentary
The Big Mates provide insightful and tangential audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys live Reading Festival 2006.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas...
Who the F*ck Are Arctic Monkeys?
The Big Mates discuss The 1975, My Chemical Romance, Klaxons, and Who the Fuck Are Arctic Monkeys? by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas co...
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Pt. 3)
The Big Mates discuss Shane Meadows, Stephen Graham, Paddy Considine, and Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam...
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss Peter Buck, train love, traditional policemen, and Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys.
Adam,...
Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss concept albums, Chris Tarrant, the alt. rock pipeline, and Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not by Arctic Monkeys.
Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys
The Big Mates discuss bouncers, poets, rappers, and Five Minutes With Arctic Monkeys.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas properly begin their deep-dive exp...
Season 7 Introduction: Do U Wanna Know?
Introducing Season 7 of the What Is Music? podcast, which is called "Do U Wanna Know?: A Critical Analysis of the History, Cultural Impact, and Music...
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss call signs, the attraction of screens, easter eggs, and HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve, and Luc...
The WIM Album Club: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
For the first time on our main feed, we present to you The WIM Album Club, with an episode we released on our Patreon last December.
The...
HIT ME HARD AND SOFT (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss Spirited Away, underwater photography, deer vocalisations, and HIT ME HARD AND SOFT by Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve,...
Wall of Eyes / Cutouts
The Big Mates discuss ticket buying, secret agents, time signatures, and two albums by The Smile.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas return to the su...
R.E.M. Final Thoughts
The Big Mates discuss and conclude their thoughts on R.E.M. and their career.
They bring an 18-month journey to a close, with thoughts on the s...
R.E.M. Music Videos
The Big Mates watch all of R.E.M.'s music videos in one sitting. Or a lot of them, at least!
You can watch along with us here:
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Managing R.E.M. with Bertis Downs
Adam talks to Bertis Downs, long-time legal advisor and manager of R.E.M.
They talk about the formation of his musical tastes, his background i...