List of Song Exploder episodes
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Song Exploder is an American biweekly 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, film scores and video game music. Song Exploder has explored the music of several notable artists, including Björk, Iggy Pop, MGMT, The Postal Service, Wilco, Spoon, and U2.
Song Exploder began on January 1, 2014. As of July 5, 2016, 77 episodes have been released.
Episodes[edit | edit source]
2014 episodes[edit | edit source]
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Postal Service | "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" | January 1, 2014 |
| 2 | The Album Leaf | "The Outer Banks" | January 15, 2014 |
| 3 | Yacht | "Plastic Soul" | February 1, 2014 |
| 4 | Baths | "Miasma Sky" | February 14, 2014 |
| 5 | Sea Wolf | "Kasper" | March 1, 2014 |
| 6 | Daedelus | "Experience" | March 17, 2014 |
| 7 | Jeff Beal | "House of Cards (Main Title Theme)" | April 1, 2014 |
| 8 | Loren Bouchard | "Bob's Burgers" (Theme Song) | April 15, 2014 |
| 9 | Poliça | "Smug" | May 1, 2014 |
| 10 | Garbage | "Felt" | May 15, 2014 |
| 11 | Nite Jewel | "One Second of Love" | June 2, 2014 |
| 12 | Converge | "Dark Horse" | June 19, 2014 |
| 13 | The Microphones | "I Want Wind to Blow" | July 1, 2014 |
| 14 | Open Mike Eagle featuring Toy Light | "Dark Comedy Morning Show" | July 15, 2014 |
| 15 | Brian Reitzell | Watch Dogs ("Donovan") | August 6, 2014 |
| 16 | Spoon | "Inside Out" | August 19, 2014 |
| 17 | Anamanaguchi | "Prom Night" | September 2, 2014 |
| 18 | The Thermals | "No Culture Icons" | September 18, 2014 |
| 19 | RAC featuring Kele & MNDR | "Let Go" | October 1, 2014 |
| 20 | Valley Lodge | "Go" (Theme to "Last Week Tonight") | October 15, 2014 |
| 21 | Julia Holter | "Horns Surrounding Me" | October 29, 2014 |
| 22 | The Books | "Smells Like Content" | November 12, 2014 |
| 23 | Stars | "No One Is Lost" | November 26, 2014 |
| 24 | Tycho | "Awake" | December 8, 2014 |
| 25 | The National | "Sea of Love" | December 22, 2014 |
2015 episodes[edit | edit source]
2016 episodes[edit | edit source]
2017 episodes[edit | edit source]
| No. | Artist | Song | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 93 | Metallica | "Moth into Flame" | January 6, 2017 |
| 94 | Solange | "Cranes in the Sky" | January 16, 2017 |
| 95 | Nicholas Britell | "Little's Theme", "Chiron's Theme" and "Black's Theme" from the Moonlight score | January 30, 2017 |
| 96 | Dropkick Murphys | "Blood" | February 7, 2017 |
| 97 | Sara Watkins | "Without A Word" | February 17, 2017 |
| 98 | Bonobo | "Break Apart (feat. Rhye)" | February 28, 2017 |
| 99 | Sleigh Bells | "I Can Only Stare" | March 14, 2017 |
| 100 | Dirty Projectors | "Up In Hudson" | March 21, 2017 |
| 101 | Norah Jones | "Day Breaks" | March 30, 2017 |
| 102 | Gorillaz | "Andromeda (feat. D.R.A.M.)" | April 11, 2017 |
| 103 | Aimee Mann | "Patient Zero" | April 21, 2017 |
| 104 | Little Dragon | "Sweet" | May 2, 2017 |
| 105 | Perfume Genius | "Slip Away" | May 11, 2017 |
| 106 | Michael Kiwanuka | "Black Man in a White World" | May 22, 2017 |
| 107 | alt-j | "In Cold Blood" | June 2, 2017 |
| 108 | Michelle Branch | "Best You Ever" | June 14, 2017 |
| 109 | Fleet Foxes | "Mearcstapa" | June 22, 2017 |
| 110 | Goapele | "Stand" | July 5, 2017 |
| 111 | Slowdive | "Sugar for the Pill" | July 13, 2017 |
| 112 | Phoenix | "Ti Amo" | July 25, 2017 |
| 113 | Grizzly Bear | "Four Cypresses" | August 23, 2017 |
| 114 | St. Vincent | "New York" | August 15, 2017 |
| 115 | Maggie Rogers | "Alaska" | August 24, 2017 |
| 116 | Ibeyi | "Deathless" | September 5, 2017 |
External links[edit | edit source]
- Song Exploder Episode Guide at the podcast's official website
