World of Noise

For the final episode of World of Noise, Bob Ham speaks with Kristen Grainger and her husband about their work together in the folk/bluegrass ensemble True North and with Rachel Frankel and her husband, the leaders of the dream pop group Phosphene.

This week, the artist known as J. Graves joins Bob Ham to talk about her new EP Death Bed and reviving her mom's long-dormant indie label as a platform for women and nonbinary artists, and Jayson Tipp, the keyboardist and leader of Under The Lake, chats about his group's new album Your Horizon Too and about making music during a pandemic.

On another packed episode of World of Noise, Bob Ham speaks with singer/songwriter John Craigie in advance of the release of his new album Asterisk The Universe; Adam Pike, renowned producer and now bassist in noise-rock quartet ILS; and Matt Eiseman, the proponent of psychedelics who fronts the extreme metal trio Tithe.

On this week's show, Lisa Schonberg joins host Bob Ham to talk about the 5th edition of her self-published book The DIY Guide to Drums, an easy to swallow tome for budding percussionists and players looking to raise their skill level; and the members of the indiepop band BOAT are on hand to talk about the creation of their new album Tread Lightly, which was released this month on local label Magic Marker Records.

On this week's show, composer/scholar Alicia Jo Rabins talks about her work creating Girls In Trouble, a feminist study guide for the Torah that includes poetry, artwork, and songs; Alex Schiff discusses his first solo release under the name Blue Canopy; and Todd Goldstein talks about his new album of ambient instrumentals.

On this week's show, Joel Shanahan, the producer and DJ who records as Auscultation, chooses five songs that are important and influential to his work, and Luke Wyland and John Niekrasz talk about their friendship and their new project Methods Body.

On this week's World of Noise, Slim Moon, the once and future head of indie label Kill Rock Stars, joins Bob Ham to discuss his relationship with singer/songwriter Elliott Smith and the work he did helping release Smith's self-titled album in 1995.

On this week's show, Bob Ham speaks with Siren Songs (sirensongsmusic.com), the Americana duo made up longtime friends and singer-songwriters Merideth Kaye Clark and Jen Grinels, about their forthcoming self-titled album, as well as Chris Russell (void1.bandcamp.com), the Illinois-based ambient artist who just released his latest album Destiny through Portland label Spotted Peccary (spottedpeccary.com).

This week, Bob Ham speaks with singer/songwriter Olivia Awbrey (https://oliviaawbrey.bandcamp.com/) about Dishonorable Harvest, her politically-minded album of indie rock that is being self-released by the artist on May 1st, and with Jan Julius (http://janjulius.bandcamp.com/), the experimental producer and performer who wrestles with issues of sexuality and gender within their club-ready pop jams.

This week, Bob Ham spends the full hour with ALN, the multi-instrumentalist who records under the name Mizmor (mizmor.bandcamp.com). Since 2012, the black metal project has been ALN's very personal outlet to deal with a crisis of faith and the absurdity of existence. But as he has released his music over the years, his brutal, unrelenting sound and the messages in his music has earned Mizmor accolades from The Washington Post, Bandcamp, and Treble Zine.