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 the first round of matches.

These head-to-heads will take place daily, starting on Tuesday May 5th. The matches will be voted on by you, our listeners, and will take place exclusively on our Patreon - but you only need a Free Membership to participate. Head to patreon.com/whatismusicpod to sign up!

The matches kick off at 6pm (UK time) each day, and voting will be open until 5pm (UK time) the following day. The semi-finals and the Grand Final will take place at a later date.

Who have the Big Mates picked? Who have the listeners picked? Who is music? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?

To vote - head to patreon.com/whatismusicpod and sign up for a Free Membership, or a paid membership if you prefer! All paid memberships come with access to our subscriber-only Discord server where you can discuss the matches and their results with other listeners and Adam, Steve, and Lucas!

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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 of the usual discussion, analysis, commentary, history, insight, and tangents you've come to expect from the podcast.

If you enjoyed this episode, head over to our Patreon to hear more episodes on a range of different artists, in different genres, from different countries and eras. Going to https://www.patreon.com/whatismusicpod and subscribing at the Bigger Mates tier or higher will get you instant access to all of the Album Club episodes we've released so far. That's just £5 a month!

It also gives you the opportunity to submit your own choice of albums for possible future episodes, and means you can get involved in the discussion!

Our next episode is out next Monday, May 4th and features details on how you can help us shape a forthcoming season of the podcast!

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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 moods, and a look at their impact and legacy.

Thank you all for joining us!

Our next episode is out next Monday!

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