What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About Music

The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Radiohead Live in Amsterdam 2016 . Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the live performance as presented in the form of a bootleg edited together by fans, and uploaded to YouTube by Johnny Airbag! They also find time to discuss Lost, venue sizes, and in-ear monitors. Steve also brings in an exciting questionnaire! Head to YouTube to watch along here: http...

The Big Mates discuss therapy, cat's cradle, hard soup, and A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue and conclude their deep dive into A Moon Shaped Pool by finishing off their track-by-track discussion, scoring the album, and discussing how it was released. They also find time to touch on the bonus track Ill Wind . Why did so many old or unfinished songs find their w...

The Big Mates discuss Papa Roach, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, and A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the last Radiohead album of this season, A Moon Shaped Pool as part of the exploration into the career and discography of the band . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinion...

The Big Mates discuss Blackadder, James Bond, Trumpton, and A Moon Shaped Pool by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by taking on the last Radiohead album of this season, A Moon Shaped Pool . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from t...

The Big Mates discuss polyfauna, BitTorrent, supergroups, and a whole host of side projects by the members of Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by taking in the various pieces of work undertaken by the constituent parts of Radiohead between 2013 and 2015. They talk about the writing and recording processes, the context surround...

The Big Mates are joined by Joe Edelmann to talk about cover songs, intstruments, YouTube, and all things Radiohead . Adam, Steve, Lucas, and Joe explore what it's like to be in a Radiohead tribute band, how Joe creates his incredible cover versions, and the immense amount of work and gear that it takes to recreate a Radiohead song. They also find time to discuss Joe's Top 10 Radiohead s...

The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for The King of Limbs From the Basement by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the live performance from the studio and talk about how it was conscious re-evaluation of the album, the Mario 64 remix of In Rainbows, and Steve's dramatic re-imagining of The King of Limbs! Head to the Radiohead Public Library to watch along here: https://radiohe...

The Big Mates discuss Marmite, the Large Hadron Collider, newspapers, and The King of Limbs by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas conclude their track-by-track deep dive into the band's oft-maligned eigth album and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from three differing perspectives on music, from being deeply into analysis and music, to not caring for art or critique, and everything i...

The Big Mates discuss Greensleeves, Muse, trees, and The King of Limbs by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by tackling their divisive eighth album The King of Limbs . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from three differing perspect...

The Big Mates discuss whispering, Sufjan Stevens, poached eggs, and Familial by Philip Selway . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by tackling the debut solo offering from drummer Philip Selway . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from three dif...

The Big Mates are joined by Ed Budden and Fry to provide insightful commentary for Radiohead Live at Reading Festival 2009. Adam, Steve, Lucas, Ed, and Fry discuss the live performance from the main stage at Reading 2009 and talk about their experiences of actually being at the show! Head to YouTube to watch along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Esg4qkVlwcc Or don't - the episode works...

The Big Mates discuss Nestle, Rage Against the Machine, the murky depths of Adam's YouTube history, and In Rainbows (Disk 2) by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by tackling the bonus disc of their highly praised seventh album In Rainbows . They talk about the leftovers from the album sessions and offer up analysis, opinio...

The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Radiohead Live in Buenos Aires 2009. Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the live performance from Club Ciudad de Buenos Aires in Argentina and answer questions sent in by listeners! Head to the Radiohead Public Library to watch along here: https://www.radiohead.com/library#ir/2009-03-24-buenos-aires Or don't - the episode works fine either way! Our...

The Big Mates discuss binaural microphones, 8D audio, MP3s, and In Rainbows by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas conclude their track-by-track deep dive into the band's revolutionary seventh album and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from three differing perspectives on music, from being deeply into analysis and music, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between. Th...

The Big Mates discuss Mastermind, Studio Ghibli, Doctor Who, and In Rainbows by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into  In Rainbows , the highly praised seventh album by Radiohead . They begin their track-by-track discussion, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from three differing perspectives on music, from being deeply into analysis and music, to not caring f...

The Big Mates discuss hot tubs, Isaac Newton, Strictly Come Dancing, and In Rainbows by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by tackling their highly praised seventh album In Rainbows . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from three dif...

The Big Mates launch their exciting new venture ! Listen for all the details on exclusive bonus content , two brand new regular shows , listener collaboration , and interactive spaces . Or head straight to patreon.com/whatismusicpod to read all about it! They also pitch some brand new ideas for that exclusive content , and reveal how you, the listeners, can get involved . What Is Music resumes nor...

The Big Mates celebrate their third Holiday Season with no mentiones of Christmas (apart from that one) together! Adam, Steve, and Lucas chat about the Yuletide season, dip into some festive Radiohead, and play some exhilirating games! Winter Wonderland by Radiohead available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0zEEP0NN6c What Is Music will return next year! Join us for our next episode, which...

The Big Mates discuss gadget shops, residencies, the Warped Tour, and Optimist by FINNEAS . Adam, Steve, and Lucas briefly sojourn back to the career of Billie Eilish by taking in the additional context of the work of her co-writer and brother, FINNEAS . They talk about the writing and recording process of his debut full-length solo album, Optimist , the context surrounding the songs, and offer up...

The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Radiohead Live in Berkeley 2006. Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the live performance from the Greek Theatre in Berkeley, California by watching a bootleg together! Head to YouTube to watch along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVGYbB24B6g Or don't - the episode works fine either way! Our next episode comes out next Monday! You can now wear...

The Big Mates discuss bloopers, CBT, The Crystal Maze, and The Eraser by Thom Yorke . Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their deep dive into the career and discography of Radiohead by heading to 2006 and tackling the debut solo offering from singer Thom Yorke . They talk about the writing and recording process, the context surrounding the songs, and offer up analysis, opinions, and thoughts from thr...

Adam is joined by Emily Hyatt to discuss Captain Scarlet, special interests, collecting, Smash Hits, Atoms for Peace, Glastonbury 1997, ASMR, AMSR, Flea, Radiohead fansites, The Smile, the AtEase forums, and of course Manic Street Preachers. They speak on what it's like to follow Radiohead around on tour, what compels people to do so,  and the why Radiohead can be such an important band for s...

The Big Mates slow it down and take a break to discuss Stardew Valley, Peak Blinders, The Wall, and the career of Radiohead from 1993 to 2003 . Adam, Steve, and Lucas talk about their feelings so far on the band at a sort of halfway point in their career. They chat context, albums, preconceptions, lyrics, and much more before offering up their individual Top 10 Radiohead Songs (1993 - 2003) . What...

The Big Mates discuss Bluey, Bulgaria, coffee, and The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth of All Time , a television series by Radiohead . Adam, Steve, and Lucas remain in the Hail to the Thief era and dissect and explore the 4-part series of music videos, visual art, and sketches as released on DVD in 2004. They also look at what was going on for the band at the time, talking about Phil and Jonny's a...

The Big Mates provide insightful commentary for Radiohead Live on MTV $2 Bill. Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the live performance from the Beacon Theatre in New York, as broadcast in Canada on MYV2. Head to YouTube to watch along here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zieMe7ZfDrU Or don't - the episode works fine either way! Our next episode comes out next Monday, November 7th and will featur...