Song Exploder

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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.

Top songs

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
tUnE-yArDs - Water Fountain
Grimes - Kill V. Maim

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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
Lorde - Sober
Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Multi-Love
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
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
The Lumineers - Ophelia
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
Solange - Cranes in the Sky
Will Butler - Anna
Mitski - Your Best American Girl
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
My Morning Jacket - Spring (Among the Living)
Kelela - Rewind
St. Vincent - New York
RJD2 - Games You Can Win (feat. Kenna)
DJ Shadow - Mutual Slump
Patrick Carney feat. Ralph Carney - BoJack Horseman (Main Title Theme)
Sea Wolf - Kasper
Stars - No One Is Lost
Youth Lagoon - The Knower
ODESZA - Kusanagi
Gorillaz - Andromeda (feat. D.R.A.M.)
The Long Winters - The Commander Thinks Aloud
RAC - Let Go (feat. Kele & MNDR)
The Arcs - Put a Flower in Your Pocket
Thao & The Get Down Stay Down - Astonished Man
Harry Gregson-Williams - The Martian
100 gecs - Money Machine
Andrew Bird - Roma Fade
Deradoorian - A Beautiful Woman
Busdriver - Worlds to Run
Dustin O'Halloran - Transparent (Main Title Theme)
Brian Reitzell - Watch Dogs
Brian Tyler - Avengers: Age of Ultron
How to Dress Well - Pour Cyril
Phantogram - You Don't Get Me High Anymore
Slowdive - Sugar for the Pill
Natalia Lafourcade - Hasta la Raíz
Metallica - Moth into Flame
Nine Inch Nails - The Lovers
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
Jeremy Zuckerman - The Legend of Korra
Phoebe Bridgers - Scott Street
Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival
Band of Horses - Solemn Oath
Old Crow Medicine Show - Dearly Departed Friend
R.E.M - Try Not to Breathe
John Lunn - Downton Abbey
Alexandre Desplat - The Imitation Game
White Hinterland - Ring the Bell
Julien Baker - Appointments
Valley Lodge - Go
Fleet Foxes - Mearcstapa
Grizzly Bear - Four Cypresses
Tobacco - Gods in Heat
Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things (Main Title Theme)
Perfume Genius - Slip Away
Arcade Fire - Put Your Money On Me
Bonobo - Break Apart (feat. Rhye)
Maggie Rogers - Alaska

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