

What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Arctic Monkeys
Adam Scott Glasspool, Steve Murphy, Lucas Way
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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Oct 30, 2020 • 33min
Rocky Around the Clocky
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates discuss EXCLUSIVELY ROCKY.Adam, Steve, and Lucas talk about what constitutes Rocky, what we mean when we talk about Rocky, and also Rocky. Is this Rocky? Is that Rocky? Are the Manics Rocky? Find out on this episode of Rocky Around the Clocky.You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Oct 26, 2020 • 58min
National Treasures
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates discuss the different kinds of music compilations, Steve's belt, album scores, and National Treasures by Manic Street Preachers.Adam, Steve, and Lucas talk about the 2011 singles collection and then (with much discussion) cement their individual album scores so far! Should those tracks be on National Treasures? Should they be in that order, though? Will Steve kill that fly? Find out on this episode of Do You Love Us?You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Oct 18, 2020 • 2h 10min
Postcards from a Young Man
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates discuss Christmas songs, surprise milk frothing, their holidays, and Postcards from a Young Man by Manic Street Preachers.Adam, Steve, and Lucas go track-by-track on the Manics' tenth studio album. They talk about their reactions to the Manics' "one last shot at mass communication." Are there strings on this album? What is Motown? Do bands still play at Southampton Guildhall? Find out on this episode of Do You Love Us?Manic Street Preachers perform Some Kind of Nothingness on Strictly Come Dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37IMbnMtKgYYou can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Oct 4, 2020 • 2h 4min
Journal for Plague Lovers (Pt. 2 with Simon Price)
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates are once again joined by music journalist, broadcaster, DJ, lecturer, and Manic biographer Simon Price to continue their discussion on Journal for Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers.Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Simon continue to go track-by-track on the Manics' ninth studio album. They explore the decision to finally use lyrics left by Richey Edwards and discuss the impact this has on the album and their career. They also find time to discuss kinetic sand, Billy Idol, and Giovanni Ribisi. Does the second half of the album match the first? Will Lucas have a dramatic change of heart? But is this pants is telling? Find out on this episode of Do You Love Us?Catch up with everything Simon Price is doing here: http://www.simonprice.dj/And follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/simon_price01You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Sep 20, 2020 • 2h 4min
Journal for Plague Lovers (Pt. 1 with Simon Price)
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates are joined by music journalist, broadcaster, DJ, lecturer, and Manic biographer Simon Price to discuss Journal For Plague Lovers by Manic Street Preachers.Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Simon go track-by-track on the Manics' ninth studio album. They explore the decision to finally use lyrics left by Richey Edwards and discuss the impact this has on the album and their career. They also find time to discuss Simon's love of the band, his work with them over the years, and of course Simon's book, Everything. Is this The Holy Bible Part Two? Can the Manics recapture that spirit? Will Lucas even like it? Find out on this episode of Do You Love Us?Catch up with everything Simon Price is doing here: http://www.simonprice.dj/And follow him on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/simon_price01You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Sep 16, 2020 • 1h 15min
The Return of Greg Haver
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates are again joined by producer, multi-instrumentalist, and frequent Manics collaborator Greg Haver to discuss Arcade Fire, scoring systems, and SM58s.Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Greg have a rambly chat and manage to take in the reaction to our Lifeblood episode, recording Send Away the Tigers, James and Nicky's solo albums and much, much more!You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Sep 13, 2020 • 1h 16min
Live at Glastonbury 2007 Commentary
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mice provide insightful commentary for the Manic Street Preachers' set at Glastonbury 2007, as released on the Send Away the Tigers 10th Anniversary Edition. Adam, and Steve, desperately miss an absent Lucas as they discuss Jo Whiley, not seeing Radiohead, and typing 'Bruce Springsteen' into stream chats. Watch along with us here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P09n3yIqZdM&ab You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Sep 6, 2020 • 2h 31min
Send Away the Tigers
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates discuss nostalgia, Nissan Micras, more nostalgia, and Send Away the Tigers by Manic Street Preachers.Adam, Steve, and Lucas go track-by-track on the Manics' eighth studio album. They talk about their reactions to what has been labelled as a rejuvination of the band and find time to discuss a cover and the 10th Anniversary Edition of the album. Does 'back to basics' work for the Manics? Has Lucas figured out his scoring system yet? Will Steve cry? Find out on this episode of Do You Love Us?You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Aug 30, 2020 • 2h 11min
Interview with Michael Sheen
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates are joined by actor Michael Sheen to discuss acting, Wales, 'In the Night Garden,' and the career of Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Michael talk about how Michael first got into the band, what he loves about them, and the many times he has worked with them. Michael also gives us his Top 10 Manics songs (with plenty of cheating)! What makes cut? What are some of Michael's favourite Manics memories? Did Manic Street Preachers invent Queens of the Stone Age? Find out on this episode of Do You Love Us?(It's Not War) Just the End of Love Music Video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz2gvAApY2AHead over to our Twitter to see lots more Michael Sheen/Manics videos!You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show

Aug 23, 2020 • 1h 41min
The Great Western / I Killed the Zeitgeist
Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers)The Big Mates step into a tangential universe for an episode to discuss the 2006 solo albums by James Dean Bradfield and Nicky Wire. Adam, Steve, and Lucas pick a selection of tracks from The Great Western and I Killed the Zeitgeist. They talk about their reactions to both albums, try to guess their chart performance, and also discuss how the albums compare to their work with Manic Street Preachers. Which album is better? Are there enough guitar solos on James' album? Can Nicky sing? Find out on this episode of Do You Love Us?You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve!Do You Love Us? now has a RedBubble shop with lots of cool and stupid designs. You can get the designs on basically any product you like, from t-shirts and mugs, to bath mats and jigsaws, via clocks and phone cases! Head to https://doyouloveus.redbubble.comIf you'd like a different way to donate to usYou can do so at https://ko-fi.com/whatismusicAny donations very gratefully received and go towards our running costs!Join the conversation on:Twitter: https://twitter.com/whatismusicpodInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatismusicpodE-mail: whatismusicpod@gmail.comhttp://whatismusic.buzzsprout.com/Support the show