Beyond Tastemaking (feat. Hrishikesh Hirway)

 What does it mean to be a curator of songs? The one friend who recommends new records, specifically with your tastes in mind. Hanif speaks with Hrishikesh Hirway, the creator and host of Song Exploder and a fellow music enthusiast. In this episode, Hanif and Hrishikesh discuss the communal and emotive nature of music sharing. They reflect on the experience of often being the only person of color at punk shows and what it means to, now, be in a position to evaluate music, while moving beyond the role of “tastemaker.” Plus, they collaborate on a playlist of musical underdogs who give you the most bang for your buck. For the playlist of songs curated for this episode, visit http://bit.ly/oos-hrishikesh/ Show Notes /Hrishikesh Hirway is the creator and host of the Song Exploder, a music podcast from Radiotopia and  Netflix show. His podcast credits also include Partners, West Wing Weekly and Home Cooking. Hanif and Hrishikesh reference Moneyball, in their playlist creation. And Hanif brings up the punk band Racetraitor./ Music In This Week's Playlist /I’d Like to Walk Around in Your Mind, Vashti BunyanSour Times, PortisheadMachine Gun, SlowdiveFor Want Of, Rites of SpringToo Much Information, The PoliceThe Sun, Alice ColtraneSound and the Fury, FannySuper Duper Love Parts 1&2, Sugar Billy/ Credits / Object of Sound is a Sonos show produced by work x work: Scott Newman, Jemma Rose Brown, and Babette Thomas. The show is additionally produced by Hanif Abdurraqib. Our engineers are Sam Bair and Josh Hahn of The Relic Room.