Netflix’s Song Exploder has quickly become one of the most infectiously fun watches for music fans everywhere. The first season delved into the stories behind music’s biggest and most beloved hits, ...

SPIN’s Songwriter of the Year, Courtney Barnett, was the latest guest on the acclaimed music podcast Song Exploder to discuss one of the standout tracks from the Grammy nominee for Best New Artist’s ...

First of all, tell us a little about your background and how you got to where you are today. I’m a musician who moved to Los Angeles to make records and score films. After several years of doing that, ...

It’s subtle, but towards the end of the Postal Service’s “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight,” there’s a faint, ghostly hum blended almost seamlessly amidst melancholy synths. Chances are you never ...

The post Dave Grohl Opens Up About His Mother’s Death on Song Exploder appeared first on Consequence. Dave Grohl appeared on latest episode of the Song Exploder podcast, where he discussed “The ...

“Your Best American Girl” is the standout track from Mitski’s latest album Puberty 2. Just by listening to it, it seems pretty clear that it is a very personal song, although all of Mitski’s songs ...

Dave Grohl goes in-depth about the Foo Fighters track “The Teacher,” which he penned as a tribute to his late mother Virginia, on the latest episode of the Song Exploder podcast. Virginia Grohl, a ...

The podcast Song Exploder lets your favorite musicians tell you how they made your favorite songs. Now, host Hrishikesh Hirway is showing you that story, via a new version of the show adapted for ...

Among the first instruments you hear in “Losing My Religion,” the 1991 smash hit by R.E.M., is a mandolin. Played by guitarist Peter Buck, the minimalist melody moves through the song virtually ...

We’ve been fascinated at how songwriters create their sonic paintings seemingly out of whole cloth. But, while there are times when lyrics and melodies come springing out of a writer’s brain almost ...