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.
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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
