or the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them.

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Born and raised in the greater Bay Area, Pranav has spent the majority of his career working in San Francisco as a non-profit impact consultant specializing in behavioral design. In his spare time, he moonlights as a freelance music journalist, with regular bylines at Stereogum; Vinyl Me, Please; and Passion of the Weiss, among other publications. The through-line spanning the various dimensions of his career is to create greater space and opportunities in our communities and media for underrepresented voices.

MUSIC MENTIONS

- Green Day
- Fall Out Boy
- Panic! at the Disco
- blink-182
- Red Hot Chili Peppers
- Sublime
- Mitski
- Freddie Gibbs
- Kehlani
- Stereogum
- Passion of the Weiss
- Bandcamp
- Vinyl Me, Please
- Pitchfork
- Pandora
- Spotify
- Lana Del Rey

Q&A

- John Frusciante
- “The Empyrean” by John Frusciante
- Taylor Swift
- Phoebe Bridgers
- Girl in Red
- The National
- Oneohtrix
- The Weeknd
- Future Islands
- Lapgan
- Heems
- Madlib
- “What an enormous room” album by Torres

Discovering music today (31:25):

- Shazam

First album ever purchased (38:12):

- “Greatest Hits” by blink-182

Most recent album purchased (41:11):

- “Silver” by Say She She

Three artists of note discovered in the past year (45:50):

- Say She She
- Anish Kumar
- Spiritual Cramp

Most under-appreciated artist from your favorite music decade (50:25):

- Torres

Desert island discs (54:08):

- “Transference” by Spoon
- “Aquemini” by OutKast
- “Paraiso” by Yellow Magic Orchestra