Song Exploder

Song Exploder
Presentation
Hosted by Hrishikesh Hirway
Genre Music
Language English
Updates Biweekly
Production
Production Hrishikesh Hirway
No. of episodes 54, as of October 26, 2015
Publication
Debut January 1, 2014
Website songexploder.net

Song Exploder is a music podcast hosted and produced by Hrishikesh Hirway. The biweekly show features musicians talking about the creative process behind an individual song while "deconstructing" the song into its component parts. The songs highlighted on the program have belonged to genres ranging from pop to hardcore punk to television theme songs.

Format

Each episode begins with Hirway introducing the show's featured musician (or musicians) and giving a brief history of the musical act or television program with which they are associated. Then the artist discusses the creative process used in the creation of a particular song. This may include anything from songwriting to recording to post-production. The discussion is interspersed with short clips of separate tracks from the song isolated to illustrate the topics being discussed. For example, the drum track might be played to demonstrate how a particular beat was used in the song. The episode then ends by playing a recording of the featured song in its entirety.[1]

Notable episodes

Song Exploder has explored the music of several notable artists, including Anamanaguchi, Converge, Garbage, The Postal Service, Spoon, and U2. It has also deconstructed the theme songs to the television programs Bob's Burgers and House of Cards.[2]

Reception

Pete Naughton of The Daily Telegraph called Song Exploder an "excellent podcast" and placed it on his list of top music podcasts in August 2014.[3] The A.V. Club praised the podcast's "beautiful production and thoughtful editing" in June 2014.[4] It has also received favorable reviews from Spin, Gizmodo, Slate, and The Atlantic.[5]

References

  1. "Breaking a Song Apart, Note by Note". All Things Considered. National Public Radio. 18 September 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. "Song Exploder". libsyn.com. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  3. "The best music podcasts". The Daily Telegraph. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  4. "Ice T’s Final Level joins the ’masses, talks Manslaughter and Maya Angelou". The A.V. Club. The Onion. June 16, 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  5. "Press". Song Exploder. Retrieved 25 October 2014.

External links

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