
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 musical knowledge, expect sharp analysis, wild tangents, hot takes, and more information about the artists (and the hosts) than you ever asked for. Currently exploring the discography of Arctic Monkeys. Previous seasons featured Manic Street Preachers, Muse, Billie Eilish, Radiohead, Lauryn Hill, and R.E.M.
Podcasting since 2020 • 295 episodes
What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Arctic Monkeys
Latest Episodes
Humbug (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss adventures, break ups, expectations, and Humbug by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of the career of Arctic Monkeys by diving into the band's divisive, murk...
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Season 7
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Episode 13
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1:34:35

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 & the Tijuana Brass, John Barry, Ennio Morricone, Astrud Gilberto, Mel Torme, The Sonics...
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Season 7
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Episode 12
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1:45:40

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 concert as released on DVD in 2008 and talk about the Favourite Worst Nightmare tour in general!
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Season 7
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Episode 11
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1:28:31
