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What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Arctic Monkeys

What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Arctic Monkeys

By: Adam Scott Glasspool Steve Murphy Lucas Way
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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.



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  • Belladonna of Sadness
    Nov 17 2025

    The Big Mates discuss Mike Wozniak, Paul F. Tompkins, Mike Wazowski, and Belladonna of Sadness by Alexandra Savior.

    Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss how Alexandra Savior got started in music, the writing and recording process of her debut album, and they take a look at some of the songs from it.

    They explore the overall themes and sound, and talk about the composition, tone, lyrics, meaning, and context for each song in turn - all from three differing perspectives, from being deeply into music and analysis, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between!

    They also find time to chat about Post Pop Depression by Iggy Pop.

    How does this fit into our season? What will we make of the album? Subs or dubs? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?

    Our next episode is out next week, Monday November 24th!

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Arctic Monkeys Live at PinkPop 2014 Commentary
    Nov 10 2025

    The Big Mates provide planted and curious audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys Live at PinkPop 2014.

    Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the 2014 concert and talk about the AM tour in general.

    Head to YouTube to watch along here:

    https://youtu.be/esAIGJnKg88?si=r6RU3sCc1TLYsi8l

    Or don't watch along - the episode works fine either way!

    Our next episode comes out Monday November 17th!

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    Get access to more shows, exclusive bonus content, ad-free episodes of this show, and more music discussion by subscribing to our Patreon!
    Head to patreon.com/whatismusicpod and receive up to two new episodes of our various shows every week (including shows about Manic Street Preachers and monthly themed playlists!), ad-free archives of What Is Music?, and access to our Patron-only Discord server for even more music (and non-music) discussion!

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    1 hr and 27 mins
  • AM (Pt. 3)
    Nov 3 2025

    The Big Mates discuss Angus Murray, Faces of the Cube, Roomuss, and Humbug by Arctic Monkeys.

    Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of the career of Arctic Monkeys and conclude their track-by-track analysis of their fifth album.

    They explore the composition, tone, lyrics, meaning, and context for each song in turn - all from three differing perspectives, from being deeply into music and analysis, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between!

    They also look at the legacy of the album, the success of the album, and how some of these songs became the most listened-to songs ever.

    What do we think of the album? How do you count on your fingers? Is Nicky Wire the most influential musician of all time? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?

    Our next episode is out next week, Monday November 10th!

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    Get access to more shows, exclusive bonus content, ad-free episodes of this show, and more music discussion by subscribing to our Patreon!
    Head to patreon.com/whatismusicpod and receive up to two new episodes of our various shows every week (including our album club and monthly themed playlists!), ad-free archives of What Is Music?, and access to our Patron-only Discord server for even more music (and non-music) discussion!

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    1 hr and 18 mins
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