What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About R.E.M.
Hosted by Adam and Steve and Lucas · Adam Scott Glasspool, Steve Murphy, Lucas Way
4.9from 525 ratings
- 358
- Episodes
- 28
- Transcribed
- 525
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2020
- First episode
About What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About R.E.M.
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. Current focus: Björk. Previous seasons featured Manic Street Preachers, Muse, Billie Eilish, Radiohead, Lauryn Hill, R.E.M., and Arctic Monkeys.
- Publisher
- Adam Scott Glasspool, Steve Murphy, Lucas Way
- Category
- comedy · music · music
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 17 Jan 2020
- Latest episode
- 26 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
28 of 358 episodes have a transcript.
26 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Medúlla (Pt. 1)
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Björk's HjAARFwaydiohead Extravaganza!
12 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Björk Makes One of Matmos Stand in a Box of Rocks
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Medúlla (Pt. 1)
Published 26 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] These ancient singing techniques, the harmonies are a bit more, I guess, primal than kind of modern pop music would allow harmonies to be. Yeah. And that feels quite ancient and old and traditional. Whereas programming things into neat little beats on a computer is distinctly modern. So there's this blending of the ancient and the modern that, to me, doesn't make it feel timeless. It makes it feel completely out of a specific time, which I suppose is timeless in a way. Yes, out of time. But do you know what I mean? It doesn't feel like an album that was made in 2004. It doesn't feel like an album that was made today. […]
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 69 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 456 ratings
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- Engagement
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Who hosts What Is Music?: A Music Podcast About R.E.M.?
Adam and Steve and Lucas host the show. Published by Adam Scott Glasspool, Steve Murphy, Lucas Way.
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