What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Music

The Big Mates discuss cardboard Bruce Springsteen, Benidorm, Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, and MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 by Lauryn Hill . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Lauryn Hill by concluding their track-by-track exploration of her performance on MTV Unplugged. The Big Mates talk about the writing and recording process, the context...

The Big Mates present one of their Patreon shows, on the main feed for the first time... The Ultimate Playlist . Join us as we explore a broader range of music from many genres and numerous artists, with each month focusing on 8 songs centred around a different theme. Each host picks 2 songs, and 2 songs come from our subscribers! The theme is picked randomly from a pool of subscriber suggestions,...

The Big Mates discuss cardboard robots, fantasy and reality, Flight of the Conchords, and MTV Unplugged No. 2.0 by Lauryn Hill . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Lauryn Hill by exploring her only full-length release outside of her debut album. It takes the form of a live performance on MTV Unplugged , during which Lauryn Hill played a set of entire...

The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Lauryn Hill live at Budokan 1999. Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the live performance as broadcast on TV, but edited to just the music! Head to YouTube to watch along: https://youtu.be/seiiKPYv2Yw Or don't - the episode works fine either way! Our next episode comes out Monday Spetember 25th and sees us begin our deep dive into Lauryn Hill MTV Un...

The Big Mates discuss Kindles, Will Smith, Chess, and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Lauryn Hill by wrapping up their thoughts on The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts fro...

The Big Mates discuss neo-soul, the thickness of sound, album narrative, and The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill by Lauryn Hill . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Lauryn Hill by exploring her first and only solo studio album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offe...

The Big Mates discuss 90s hip-hop, some of the best music ever made, the strange business decisions of Bob Iger, and the career of Fugees . Adam, Steve, and Lucas begin in earnest their exploration of the career of Lauryn Hill by starting at the beginning. They talk about how Lauryn first got into music, her academic life, her acting career, and how she formed the group Fugees . They touch both al...

The Big Mates introduce Season 5 of the What Is Music? podcast. It's called " Do You Ms. Lauryn Hill? : A Critical Analysis of the History, Cultural Impact, and Music of Lauryn Hill ." Adam, Steve, and Lucas being their deep-dive exploration of Lauryn Hill by talking about their experiences with her music, and how much they already know. They then tackle some Lauryn Hill FAQs, discu...

The Big Mates welcome you back to a celebration of, and look back on the last few years of podcasting. They present clips from across all 4 seasons of the What Is Music podcast, featuring discussion, arguments, guests, jokes, and some clips appearing for the first time on the main feed! We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane - thank you for listening, and for all the support you have given u...

The Big Mates welcome you to a celebration of, and look back on the last few years of podcasting. They present clips from across all 4 seasons of the What Is Music podcast, featuring discussion, arguments, guests, jokes, and some clips appearing for the first time on the main feed! We hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane - thank you for listening, and for all the support you have given us ove...

The Big Mates discuss the great reset, dynamic edits, languages, and Will of the People by Muse . Adam, Steve, and Lucas return to their Season 2 subject, Muse , in order to dissect and explore the band's ninth and most recent album, Will of the People . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from thr...

The Big Mates discuss the human centipede of seeing things, NFTs, colour grading, and Will of the People by Muse . Adam, Steve, and Lucas return to their Season 2 subject, Muse , in order to dissect and explore the band's ninth and most recent album, Will of the People . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and...

The Big Mates discuss tipping, building bigger venues, Dopesick and their final thoughts on Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas look back on the last 15 months of musical examination, place the career of Radiohead into context, and discuss their feelings and opinions on the band. They take in critical reception, cultural impact, and sum up each album of the Radiohead discography. They look at how s...

The Big Mates discuss Pulp Fiction, subtitles, stop-motion animation, and watch all of Radiohead 's music videos in one sitting. Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by discussing every music video from across the band's career, providing insightful and illuminating commentary along the way. How many can they get through before the...

The Big Mates discuss heat, negative energy, hovitating, and Colin Greenwood . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by discussing the bassist from the band. What actually happens in this episode? What does Nick Cave have to do with Peaky Blinders? Which bear's is just right? Find out on this episode of What Is Music? Watch along with the...

The Big Mates discuss Paul Thomas Anderson, Sean Harris, Tom Cruise, and a selection of contemporary classical and film score works by Jonny Greenwood . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by discussing the extra-curricular activities of guitarist Jonny Greenwood , who has composed many concert works and contributed the score to some of the...

The Big Mates discuss painting, the pandemic, Glastonbury Festival, and A Light For Attracting Attention by The Smile . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by discussing the debut by side-project, The Smile . They look at how the band featuring Radiohead members Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood came to be, howe they recorded their first album,...

Adam sits down with Associate Professor of Music Theory and affiliated faculty in American Studies at the University of Kansas, Dr. Brad Osborn , to talk about his book, Everthing In Its Right Place: Analyzing Radiohead . They talk about their experiences of music in general, the different ways to listen ot music, musical analysis, and pick out some Radiohead songs that best fit Brad's theory...

A bonus episode, appearing on our main feed from our Patreon show, revisiting Manic Street Preachers. It's called Are We Still So In Love With You?, and you can now claim a free 7-day trial of any subscription tier at www.patreon.com/whatismusicpod . The Big Mates continue their re-evaluation of Manic Street Preachers by immersing themselves back into the world of The Holy Bible . They discus...

The Big Mates discuss Interstellar, U2, hats, and Earth by EOB . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by discussing the debut solo album from guitarist Ed O'Brien . They look at how it was conceived, written, and recorded and select a few highlights from the album to talk about. They make predictions on what Ed will do next, explore the...

The Big Mates discuss dreams, witches, Mr. Bean, and two solo offerings from Thom Yorke . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by taking in the most recent solo releases by Thom Yorke , starting with Suspiria , his soundtrack to the Luca Guadagnino film. They then dive into Yorke's third solo album proper, ANIMA , exploring a few of the...

The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Radiohead Live at Glastonbury Festival 2017 . Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the live performance as broadcast on TV! Head to the Internet Archive to watch along here: https://archive.org/details/RadioheadGlastonbury2017 Or don't - the episode works fine either way! Our next episode comes out Monday May 29th and sees us deep dive into some of Th...

The Big Mates discuss Goldeneye 64, Fortnite, Rocket League, and the reissues of OK Computer and Kid A/Amnesiac by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by taking in some of the more recent releases by Radiohead . They talk about the extensive reissues for OK Computer and the Kid A sessions, a whole slew of previously unrelease son...

The Big Mates discuss Lee Evans, pluralisation, Mark and Lard, and a selection of b-sides by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by taking in some more of the b-sides recorded by Radiohead across their entire career. They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opini...

The Big Mates discuss Heat, Rampart, Friends, and a selection of b-sides by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by taking in some of the b-sides recorded by Radiohead across their entire career. They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from...