What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Music
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. Previous seasons featured Manic Street Preachers, Muse, Billie Eilish, Radiohead, Lauryn Hill, R.E.M., and Arctic Monkeys.
Episodes
333 episodes
We Went to See Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D) in 3D at the Cinema
The Big Mates discuss the cats, burgers, popcorn, and the new Billie Eilish film.Adam, Steve, and Lucas met in person for the first time in decades to go and see Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D...
Who Is Music?: The Reckoning
The Big Mates look to the future of the podcast by kicking off a tournament to decide the artist covered in a future season of What Is Music?Adam, Steve, and Lucas reveal the participants for the forthcoming competition and set t...
Album Club: U2 - The Joshua Tree
Now on our main feed, we present to you The WIM Album Club, with an episode we released on our Patreon earlier this year.The episode is a classic WIM deep-dive into the album The Joshua Tree by U2 and features all o...
Arctic Monkeys Final Thoughts
The Big Mates discuss and conclude their thoughts on Arctic Monkeys and their career. They bring a year-long journey to a close, with thoughts on the sound, story, and attitude of the band, a recap of each of their albums and...
Arctic Monkeys Music Videos
The Big Mates watch all of Arctic Monkeys' music videos in one sitting. You can watch along with us here:www.bilibili.com/video/BV1AiQWBqEkR/Or you can...
INTRODUCING: Welcome to Twin Peaks
Welcome to Welcome to Twin Peaks: A Twin Peaks Podcast for Beginners.Join Adam and Steve as they put on their investigation trenchcoats, pour a hot steaming cup of coffee, and dive into the world of Twin Peaks.In t...
Arctic Monkeys B-Sides (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates mixed bags, S Club Juniors, tracklistings, and A Selection of B-Sides by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their dissection of the career of Arctic Monkeys by looking at a variety of ...
Arctic Monkeys B-Sides (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss crows, ravens, flamingoes, and A Selection of B-Sides by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their dissection of the career of Arctic Monkeys by looking at a variety o...
Arctic Monkeys Live at Glastonbury Festival 2023 Commentary
The Big Mates provide pointy and muddy audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys Live at Glastonbury Festival 2023.Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the 2023 headlining performance as broadcast to television, and as witness with Adam's ow...
The Car (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss Arrested Development, cowboys, J.W. Pepper, and The Car by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of the career of Arctic Monkeys and conclude their track-by-trac...
The Car (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss textual mishaps, DVD technology, Waluigi, and The Car by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas begin their dissection of the band's seventh and most recent album by talking about orchestras, pand...
Arctic Monkeys Live at the Royal Albert Hall
The Big Mates discuss the Turkish barber experience, winter camping, live documents, and Live at the Royal Albert Hall by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of the band's career by examin...
Arctic Monkeys Live at Les Nuits de Fourvière 2018 Commentary
The Big Mates provide brisk and unwieldy audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys Live at Les Nuits de Fourvière 2018.Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the 2018 concert and talk about how Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino divide...
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Pt. 3)
The Big Mates discuss moon firsts, flesh worlds, word symmetry, and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of the career of Arctic Monkeys and co...
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss automobile mishaps, instagram tacos, virtual reality, and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their dissection of the band's sixth album by talki...
Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss Cameron, Kubrick, Fellini, and Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino by Arctic Monkeys. Adam, Steve, and Lucas begin their dissection of the band's seixth album by talking about pianos, conspiracy t...
Critical Thinking (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss longevity, cake, Paddington, and Critical Thinking by Manic Street Preachers.Adam, Steve, and Lucas return to the subject of their very first season, Manic Street Preachers, in order to dissect...
BREAKING NEWS: Arctic Monkeys - Opening Night
The Big Mates recieve BREAKING NEWS. Adam, Steve, and Lucas take the truth and make it fluid whilst giving their first reactions to the new song by Arctic Monkeys.Released on January 22nd as a single from the forthcoming cha...
Critical Thinking (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss teachers, single edits, smart motorways, and Critical Thinking by Manic Street Preachers.Adam, Steve, and Lucas return to the subject of their very first season, Manic Street Preachers, in orde...
Album Club: Sigur Ros - Takk...
Now on our main feed, we present to you The WIM Album Club, with an episode we released on our Patreon last year.The episode is a classic WIM deep-dive into the album Takk... by Sigur Ros and features all of the usual discussion, analys...
BONUS: Everybody's Free (To Wear Sunscreen)
Ladies and gentlemen...We present to you, an episode from our Patreon! If you liked this, you can find plenty more like it by heading to https://www.patreon.com/whatismusicpod<...
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 festive family get together, and Adam battles his darkest Christmas yet. ...
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 own experiences of seeing them live at the O2 in London.Our next episode is ou...
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, and Lucas discuss the band's onstage personas, how seriously to take their antics, and th...