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.

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EPISODE 028: KRISTEN GRAINGER & TRUE NORTH | 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.

EPISODE 027: J. GRAVES | UNDER THE LAKE

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.

EPISODE 026: JOHN CRAIGIE | ILS | 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.

EPISODE 025: LISA SCHONBERG | BOAT

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.

EPISODE 024: ALICIA JO RABINS | BLUE CANOPY | TODD GOLDSTEIN

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.

Episode 023: Joel Shanahan | 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.

Episode 022: Celebrating The 25th Anniversary of Elliott Smith's Self-Titled Album

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).

Episode 021: Siren Songs | Chris Russell

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.

EPISODE 020: OLIVIA AWBREY | JAN JULIUS

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.

Episode 019: Mizmor

This week, Bob Ham speaks with earthy singer-songwriter Jeffrey Silverstein (jeffreysilverstein.bandcamp.com) about his spacious and dreamy new album You Become The Mountain, and Monica Metzler, the artist who performs and records as Forest Veil (forestveil.bandcamp.com), discusses her ritualist electro-folk sound.

Episode 018: Jeffrey Silverstein | Forest Veil

On this week's show, the members of post-punk band Yuvees (yuvees.bandcamp.com) choose a handful of songs that are important and influential to them, including tunes by Captain Beefheart, Brainiac, and Lithics; and electronic musician/sound artists Patricia Wolf (soundcloud.com/patriciawolf_music) talks about her time in Soft Metals, creating music for cellphones and synthesizers, and the joys and pains of going solo.

Episode 017: Yuvees | Patricia Wolf

On this week's show, Bob Ham speaks with Nate Preston, a member of the beloved noise rock quartet Sleetmute Nightmute. The band just had its complete discography reissued by Helicopter Records, the label run by noise artist John Wiese. And he sits down with the members of Zyl, a duo that plays in the fields of heavy rock and experimental music, and will be performing at this weekend's Ceremony of Sludge.

Episode 016: Sleetmute Nightmute | Zyl

The show begins with Bob Ham interviewing Chris Slusarenko and John Moen, the singer/guitarists for psych-rockers Eyelids, about their band's new album The Accidental Falls, which was recorded using lyrics from Tim Buckley collaborator Larry Beckett. Closing out the show, Bob talks to Jana Cushman, leader of the post-punk trio Darkswoon about the therapeutic qualities of music and the development of their seamy, electronic rock sound.

Episode 015: Eyelids | Darkswoon

Bob Ham spends the hour with Dave Allen, co-founder of International Anthem, a record label from Chicago that has making huge waves around the world through its well chosen roster of artists that exist in the fluid realm where jazz, hip-hop, experimental, and ambient flow together. Allen stopped by the XRAY studios to talk about the history of the label, its recent partnership with Nonesuch Records, and its unique aesthetic.

Episode 014: International Anthem Recording Co.

World of Noise is your weekly glimpse into the vast array of people, personalities and sounds happening in the Portland music scene. Each episode will feature interviews or live in-studio performances or other special programs that look to the people making amazing sounds right now or in the region&#039;s storied past. All genres allowed, all eras considered.

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