What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Music

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates are joined by author of Riffs & Meaning: Manic Street Preachers and Know Your Enemy , Stephen Lee Naish to discuss the size of Canada, appropriating political ideologies, Fidel Castro, and Know Your Enemy by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, Lucas, and er... Steve tackle history and context of the Manics divisive sixth album....

The Big Mates convene on an emergency basis in order to discuss the newly released remaster of Gold Against the Soul by Manic Street Preachers. 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 an...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for the Manic Street Preachers' VHS/DVD release Leaving the 20th Century . The film is a document of the Manics playing live to 60,000 fans at Cardiff Millennium Stadium on New Year's Eve 1999, their biggest ever gig at the time. Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the gig, the film, and many, many...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss Kylie Minogue, hands-free gardening, Thunderbirds, and This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas go track-by-track on the Manics' biggest selling album. Do the band rise to the occasion? Will Lucas EVER settle on his ratings? What happened to Little Russell? Find out on this episode...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) Adam has a conversation with Emily Hyatt, lifelong Manic Street Preachers fan who has contributed artwork for the Manics' Secret Seven Inch release, and is the subject of "For the Record," a film by Paul Wyatt. Adam and Emily talk about fandom, how the Manics inspire a more "devoted" kind of fan, mental health and trauma,...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates are joined by their first ever guest, Neil Collins, host of The Welsh Music Podcast. Together they discuss Welsh culture, the Manics' place within it, and the "Welshness" of This Is My Truth Tell Me Yours by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, Lucas and Neil cover the Manics' biggest selling album! How did Wales...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for the Manic Street Preachers' VHS release Everything Live . The film is a document of the Manics playing live at Manchester Nynex in 1997, their biggest ever gig at the time. Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the gig, the film, and also take questions from listeners whilst watching the film together....

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss Star Wars, appoggiatura, Coldplay, and Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their discussion on the Manics' fourth and possibly most famous album. What will Lucas think of the record? Which is further from Wales; New Zealand or Australia? What's it like having movie? Find out...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates report from quarantine and discuss feedback on the podcast, 'Britpop,' Shmelvis, and Everything Must Go by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas cover the mainstream breakthrough from the Manics, giving their thoughts on the music, lyrics, visuals, and more! Do the Manics master a more upbeat sound? Will Lucas ever...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates experience low energy as they discuss nostalgia, My Chemical Romace, dabbing, and The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas cover the second half of the Manics' third album in a discussion that is both exhaustive and exhausting. They give their final verdict on the album and it's impact. Will this epi...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates emerge from deepest quarantine to release their first bonus episode! This is 'Do You Likehouse Family? A critical analysis of the history, cultural impact, and music of Lighthouse Family.' Join Adam, Steve, and Lucas as they discus the much-maligned light soul duo who were most popular in the mid-late 90s. Will Adam learn t...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates are in a somber mood as they discuss how the sausage is made, serial killers, mental health, and The Holy Bible by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas cover the first half of the infamously bleak and intense third Manics album. They cover everything from recording history, artwork, a deep-dive on the lyrics, and their view...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss musical obsession, The Simpsons, the correct pronunciation of the word 'pushead,' and Gold Against the Soul by Manic Street Preachers. Adam, Steve, and Lucas cover the sophomore effort from the Manics, giving their thoughts on the music, lyrics, visuals, and more! Do the Manics avoid the 'difficult second album...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) The Big Mates discuss Adam's relationship to magicians, the 90s TV show 'Due South,' the intricacies of time travel, and Generation Terrorists by Manic Street Preachers. Picking up where they left off, Adam, Steve, and Lucas cover the second half of the album, its reception, and the Manics' cover of 'Theme from M*A*S*H (Su...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) Adam, Steve, and Lucas (The Big Mates) discuss double albums, Adam and Steve's first Manics gig, "throwing up the horns," and Generation Terrorists by Manic Street Preachers. They cover the recording of the debut album, its release, and they go track-by-track, giving observations, opinions, and digging deep into the record. Will Ada...

Season 1: Do You Love Us? (Manic Street Preachers) Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss how they listen to music, how music can affect them, previous podcasts they nearly released, and the New Art Riot EP by Manic Street Preachers. They cover the early days of the band, their formation, and the start of their career. Will Adam get a fact wrong? Will Lucas learn to love the Manics? Will Steve ever stop d...

A critical analysis of the history, cultural impact, and music of Manic Street Preachers.  Join Adam, Steve, and Lucas, all at different levels of Manics fandom, as they explore the career of Welsh rock band Manic Street Preachers. They're going album by album, track by track, Wire quote by scandalous Wire quote to find out if context can change your experience of music, how people become obs...