The Big Mates discuss crows, ravens, flamingoes, and A Selection of B-Sides by Arctic Monkeys.

Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their dissection of the career of Arctic Monkeys by looking at a variety of b-sides from across their career.

They discuss the writing, rehearsal, and recording of these songs from numerous eras, exploring the composition, tone, lyrics, meaning, and context for each song in turn - all from three differing perspectives, from being deeply into music and analysis, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between!

What makes the cut? Should they have been b-sides? Are they full of moments? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?

Our next episode is out next week, Monday April 6th, and will continue our investigation of their b-sides!

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The Big Mates provide pointy and muddy audio commentary for Arctic Monkeys Live at Glastonbury Festival 2023.

Adam, Steve, and Lucas discuss the 2023 headlining performance as broadcast to television, and as witness with Adam's own two eyes. They also talk about how the band toured The Car.

Head to YouTube to watch along here:

https://archive.org/details/arctic-monkeys-glastonbury-2023

Or don't watch along - the episode works fine either way!

Our next episode comes out Monday March 30th!

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The Big Mates discuss Arrested Development, cowboys, J.W. Pepper, and The Car by Arctic Monkeys.

Adam, Steve, and Lucas continue their exploration of the career of Arctic Monkeys and conclude their track-by-track analysis of their seventh studio album.

They explore the composition, tone, lyrics, meaning, and context for each song in turn - all from three differing perspectives, from being deeply into music and analysis, to not caring for art or critique, and everything in between!

They also look at the legacy of the album, where the band could possibly go from here, and how they wrapped up their most recent tour.

What do we make of the album? Is it the end of Arctic Monkeys? What is the Benidorm lasagne vending machine? Find out on this episode of What Is Music?

Our next episode is out next week, Monday March 23rd!

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