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.
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 102 minutes
- Episodes
- 298
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
The Bends (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss air fryers, high charts, dry charts, and The Bends by Radiohead.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by picking up where …
Making Pablo Honey with Paul Q. Kolderie
Adam sits down with music producer Paul Q. Kolderie to discuss mixing techniques, the music industry, and his work producing Pablo Honey by Radiohead.
They talk about how Paul became a music producer,…
Radiohead Live at the Astoria Commentary
The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Live at the Astoria, the officially released live VHS by Radiohead.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the show as committed to tape in 1994, and dig in to …
Pablo Honey (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss The Sims, The Clangers, Friends, and Pablo Honey by Radiohead.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by completing their tr…
Pablo Honey (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss music venues, university, Muse, and Pablo Honey by Radiohead.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by starting their track…
On A Friday/Drill
The Big Mates discuss band names, Brian May, crying at books, and the early days of Radiohead.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas start at the beginning, talkign about the individual members of Radiohead, how the…
Season 4 Introduction: Is It Rad In Yo' Head?
The Big Mates discuss art vs. entertainment, the ecstatic truth, music as a time capsule, and introduce Season 4 of the What Is Music? podcast.
It's called "Is It Rad In Yo' Head?: A Critical Analysis…
The Ultra Vivid Lament (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss Instagram, Summer Heart, Batman Forever, and The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas focus on their track-by-track deep-dive into the Manics' fou…
The Ultra Vivid Lament (Pt. 1 with Dave Eringa)
The Big Mates are joined by music producer Dave Eringa to discuss Hail to the Thief by Radiohead, Glastonbury Tor, online forums, and The Ultra Vivid Lament by Manic Street Preachers.
Adam, Steve, Luc…
Billie Eilish: Final Thoughts
The Big Mates discuss Steve's acting career, driver's license photos, David Copperfield, and offer their final thoughts on Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas look back on the last season of musical…
BREAKING MUSE: Compliance (and album news!)
BONG. YOU ARE RECEIVING AN EMERGENCY NEWS BROADCAST.
The Big Mates discuss the newly released single, Compliance by Muse. They also explore the announcement of Muse's ninth studio album, Will of the P…
Billie Eilish Music Videos
The Big Mates discuss Spanish speaking countries in South America, eating vegetables, and they watch every music video by Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas embark on an epic journey and watch all …
A Love Letter to Los Angeles Commentary
The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the film as released on Disney+, featuring Billie and Finneas performing…
Happier Than Ever (Pt. 3)
The Big Mates discuss visiting cats, OPM, Phoebe Bridgers, and Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep-dive into Billie's second album, giving a track-by-track a…
SPECIAL PRESENTATION: Cruise Views Introduction
We interrupt your scheduled programming to bring you this Special Presentation of Cruise Views, a new podcast all about Tom Cruise from What Is Music? host Adam Scott Glasspool and his friend and fel…
Happier Than Ever (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss university accomodation, Halley Comet's Comet, the Metaverse, and Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep-dive into Billie's second album, …
Happier Than Ever (Pt. 1)
The Big Mates discuss getting older, Lucas's line of signature guitars, Vin Diesel, and Happier Than Ever by Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep-dive into Billie's career, explor…
The World's a Little Blurry
The Big Mates discuss the end of the podcast, cinema verite, Spider-Man, and The World's a Little Blurry, a film about Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas talk about the film released in 2021 and di…
Billie Eilish Live at Reading Festival 2019 Commentary
The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Billie Eilish Live at Reading Festival 2019.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the show as broadcast to TV and dig in to the context surrounding her world …
WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? (Pt. 2)
The Big Mates discuss The US Office, Sean Connery, sleep paralysis, and WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO? by Billie Eilish.
Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep-dive into Billie's debut a…