About Song Exploder
Song Exploder is a podcast where musicians take apart their songs, and piece by piece, tell the story of how they were made. Each episode is produced and edited by host and creator Hrishikesh Hirway in Los Angeles. Using the isolated, individual tracks from a recording, Hrishikesh asks artists to delve into the specific decisions that went into creating their work. Hrishikesh edits the interviews, removing his side of the conversation and condensing the story to be tightly focused on how the artists brought their songs to life.
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Top Tracks
The Postal Service - The District Sleeps Alone Tonight
MGMT - Time to Pretend
The National - Sea of Love
The Microphones - I Want Wind to Blow
Courtney Barnett - Depreston
Spoon - Inside Out
Björk - Stonemilker
Thundercat - Them Changes
Grimes - Kill V. Maim
tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain
Tycho - Awake
Sylvan Esso - Coffee
Ramin Djawadi - Game of Thrones
Death Cab for Cutie - El Dorado
Carly Rae Jepsen - When I Needed You
American Football - The One With The Tambourine
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
Lorde - Sober
KT Tunstall - Suddenly I See
Oneohtrix Point Never - Sticky Drama
Baths - Miasma Sky
The Magnetic Fields - Andrew in Drag
Anamanaguchi - Prom Night
Chet Faker - Gold
Clipping - Work Work
The New Pornographers - Brill Bruisers
The Album Leaf - The Outer Banks
CHVRCHES - Clearest Blue
The Lumineers - Ophelia
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Weezer - Summer Elaine and Drunk Dori
Wilco - Magnetized
Ghostface Killah - The Battlefield
Joey Bada$$ - Hazeus View
The Books - Smells Like Content
HEALTH - Stonefist
Julia Holter - Horns Surrounding Me
Angel Olsen - Shut Up Kiss Me
Peter Bjorn and John - Young Folks
Blonde Redhead - Penultimo
Will Butler - Anna
Solange - Cranes in the Sky
Best Coast - Feeling Ok
Iggy Pop - American Valhalla
Toro y Moi - Half Dome
Daedelus - Experience
The Thermals - No Culture Icons
U2 - Cedarwood Road
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy Morning Show (feat. Toy Light)
Warpaint - Love Is to Die
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