What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Music

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss Arcade Fire, godzilla, football, and Resistance Is Futile by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas go track-by-track on the Manics' thirteenth and most recent studio album. They examine the artwork, themes, and recording circumstances, and then find time to compile their Top 10 songs of the second half of the ba...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates are joined by musician The Anchoress to discuss all things Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Catherine talk about her new album, trauma, and collaborating with The Manics, as well as much more. Catherine also shares her Top 10 Manics songs! The Anchoress - "Show Your Face" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq4-0...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates are joined by music producer Dave Eringa to discuss all things Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Dave talk about working with the band on 10 of their 13 albums (and more inbetween!), ghosts, and the defining moments of the Manics' career. They also find time to talk about Radiohead, and that Underdogs edit. An enou...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss HD webcams, geography, the 90s children's television show 'Knightmare,' and Futurology by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas go track-by-track on the Manics' twelfth studio album. They examine the European influences on the record, attempt to identify instruments, and talk about art a lot. What...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates are joined by Terri Hall to discuss all things Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Terri talk about the early days of the Manics, whether they make good house guests, and the defining moments of their career. They also find time to talk about the music industry at large, and the effect Covid-19 has had on it. A couple of...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss Jason Statham, how Adam makes playlists, cinemas, and Rewind the Film by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas go track-by-track on the Manics' eleventh studio album. They examine the more sombre nature of the album, how it was recorded, and how rubbish the artwork is. Is this one half of a whole? Whose cup of t...

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...

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 i...

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 albu...

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...

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 imp...

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,...

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 u...

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 Editi...

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 (w...

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 alb...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) BONG. THIS IS AN EMERGENCY NEWS BROADCAST. The Big Mates  discuss the newly released solo album Even In Exile by James Dean Bradfield. 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 mug...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss biscuits, new-rave, Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, and Lifeblood by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas go track-by-track on the Manics' oft-maligned seventh album. They talk about their feelings on the album, the public reaction to the album, and also find time to talk about the God Save the Manics EP and the...

The Big Mates are joined by producer and multi-instrumentalist Greg Haver to talk about all things Manics and Greg's work on Lifeblood . Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Greg explore the process of recording the Manics' divisive seventh album, how Greg started working with the band, and what it's like to tour with them. There are brilliant anecdotes and revelations from across Greg's il...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss irrational hatred of musicians, Watership Down, Mark E. Smith, and Lipstick Traces by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas delve into the second disc of the Manics' 2003 rarities compilation to discover the secret history of covers as performed by Manic Street Preachers. How do these covers stack up to the orig...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss beer adverts, balding, the Zodiac killer, and Lipstick Traces by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas delve into the first disc of the Manics' 2003 rarities compilation to discover the secret history of Manic Street Preachers. How does this measure up to the bands greatest hits? What is a b-side? How was Steve&...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss wedding playlists, Glastonbury Festival, X-Files trading cards, and Forever Delayed by Manic Street Preachers. In perhaps their sexiest episode yet, Adam, Steve, and Lucas delve into the Manics' 2002 greatest hits compilation and take time to reflect on their career so far. They offer up their personal album rankings and...

The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for the Manic Street Preachers' DVD release Louder Than War . The film is a document of the Manics playing live in Cuba - at the time the first Western band to do so in more than 20 years. Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the gig, the tour diary, and many, many other things. You can now wear your fandom on your (literal) sleeve! Do You Love Us? now ha...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss art-rock, emotional context, the Cuban revolution, and Know Your Enemy by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas go track-by-track on the Manics' sixth album. Will the album prove as divisive as its reputation? Does it shrug off the 'Mondeo Man?' How can a Wings song write an album? Find out on this epi...

The Big Mates are joined by Haley and Russ of I'm Scum: An IDLEScast to discuss Alden Ehrenreich, 90's fitness videos, meteors and the bands Manic Street Preachers and IDLES. Haley, and Russ bring four songs by IDLES that they think fans of the Manics will enjoy. Are they similar artists? How does either band translate to the USA? Will everyone become podcast friends? Find out on this ep...