Different Noises

A weekly look at new music

Different Noises is a music podcast hosted by Bob Osborne, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Bob Osborne hosts Different Noises, a music show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #922

  Different Noises 157

  Aug 19, 20262h 2m

  Herein we have a journey across genres and eras with a sprawling, eclectic collection of tracks that move seamlessly from heavy psych-rock and pulsing indie rhythms to avant-garde soundscapes, shimmering dream pop, and hypnotic experimental noise. Designed to keep you guessing, this selection weaves provides a series of unexpected sonic detours in one continuous, immersive listening journey. PLAYLIST Dead Sea Apes - Damn Your Eyes - Psychic Tension Janel Leppin - Walking Through A Party - The Realist Gentles - My Fugue, My Greek, My Brahms - Nation The Datsuns - Moonstruck Man - Moonstruck Man The Golden Gaytimes - I’m Not Going Anywhere - I’m Not Going Anywhere Pyroclast - Pyroclast - Fractured State St Silva - Blue Heron - Forager Arthur King - Intimacy - UMN (Fantastic Planet) The Stevenson Ranch Davidians - Love, Light, Beauty, And, Truth - Love, Light, Beauty, And, Truth The Secrecy - Pins And Needles - Pins And Needles Huxton Creepers - Opposites Attract - Opposites Attract DEATĦ B¥ LØVE -In Unity (WIELORYB Power Noise Remix) -In Unity (WIELORYB Remix and Tribute) Mercedes Brown - No Tomorrow - Light The Fire Jah Wobble and Tian Qiyi - Strawberry Fields Forever - Strawberry Fields Forever Randy California - Day Tripper - Kapt. Kopter & The (Fabulous) Twirly Birds Peter Hammill - Red Shift - The Silent Corner And The Empty Stage Cinder Well - August - A Blooming Body Peter Eötvös, Bob Rutman, Ensemble Modern Orchestra - Spring - Heiner Goebbels : Walden The Go-Betweens - Something For Myself - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3 Moff Skellington - Red Monkey, Peter Woods, Phobia, Birthplace, Crikey, Owlitz - Dawn Ablutions Fancy Weapon - I Bring Nothing - Fancy Weapon The Dave Graney Show - Don’t Be True - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Smoked Salmon - There’s A Virus Going Round - Totally Sick!! The Junta - Afterglow (Extended Mix) - Euphoria

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  Episode #921

  World of Jazz 805

  Aug 14, 20261h 59m

  This playlist demonstrates the global reach of contemporary jazz, featuring international collaborations and artists from diverse musical traditions. The selection spans a wide range of styles and line-ups—from large-ensemble arrangements and acoustic trio interplay to world fusion and intimate duo performances—incorporating recent releases from both independent and established labels across different regions and cultures. PLAYLIST New England Jazz Collaborative “Another Brighter Day (feat. Mitch Selib, Temidayo Balogun & Lumanyano Mzi)” from Tributaries (ACP Records) 00:00 Tony Grey featuring Bob James “Nostalgia” from Nostalgia (Tony Grey Music) 10:00 The Holland Court Jazz Trio “Domenica Canta” from Inverted Tango (Composers Concordance Records/Naxos) 16:45 Strat Andriotis “Great Forgiveness” from The Wolf Sleeps Alone (Dekble atria Records) 25:11 YUGEN “When order fell in love with chaos” from Picture #2 (Filibusta Records) 30:30 Ryan Keberle’s Collektiv Do Brasil “Ê Menina” from Here Is Donato! (Alternate Side Records) 36:39 Cindy Blackman Santana “Circe” from Coherence (Mack Avenue Records) 41:45 Martin Iaies “In an Unknown Mood (feat. Klaus Gesing)” from PEOPLE, PLACES music for large ensemble (Challenge Records) 49:02 Larry Goldings, Peter Bernstein, Bill Stewart “Everything That Lives Laments” from Rhombus (Smoke Sessions Records) 57:50 Cipher “Shuffle” Cipher (Smeik Records) 1:05:04 Chick Corea “Some Time Ago” from Some Time Ago (Live in Bremen 1972) (Moosicus and MIG Music) 1:08:01 Ayumi Tanaka, Thomas Morgan, Thomas Strønen “Driftwood” from Windflower (ECM Records) 1:22:54 Harry Bartlett and Kurtis Perrie “Banya” from This Is Living (Adhyâropa Records) 1:28:52 Mike Clark “Softly As In Morning Sunrise” from Kuon Ganjo (Time Without Beginning) (Wide Hive Records) 1:32:57 WEAVE4 “Sospeso” from La gomma di Dante (Parco Della Musica Records) 1:39:41 tellKujira “En Greve” from La lucha es un poema colectivo (Superpang Records) 1:42:54

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  Episode #920

  Different Noises 156

  Aug 12, 20262h 6m

  A loose, exploratory current runs through this set, pulling together guitar‑driven haze, electronic drift, post‑punk edges, outsider pop, chamber stillness and a few sharp archival turns. The mood shifts without fuss: ambient bloom into jangling indie shapes, dub‑touched folk into synth shimmer, noise‑bitten punk into spacious improvisation, all threaded by a sense of artists working their own corners with clarity rather than chasing a single style. It plays like a long, unhurried walk through parallel scenes — familiar textures, odd detours, and the occasional jolt — unified more by curiosity than genre. PLAYLIST Deardarkhead - Flamethrower - The Pendulum Swings Windy & Carl with Optigan Conservatory - Alvin Loving — Windy & Carl Meet Optigan Conservatory Ups And Downs - Out Of Thin Air - Out Of Thin Air Hard Ons and Jerry A - My One Regret - Hard Ons, Jerry A Professor and the Madman - Tolerant World - Dreamworld Pressgang Mutiny & Sunray Grennan - Hill and Gully - Hill and Gully/Sally Rackett Cohen Almonte Duo - Siena - Timelines Suzanne Ciani - Section 6 : The Vamp - CIANI/ORKEST My Face Is Dancing - Anytime Forever - My Face Is Dancing Robyn Jacobs - Pith - New Forevers Linda Catlin Smith, Cheryl Duvall - The View From Here - The Complete Piano Solos (1989-2023) Volume II: The Underfolding and Early Works Moff Skellington - Four Speed Knock Knock - Dawn Ablutions The Go-Betweens - Poison In The Walls (Acoustic Demos) - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3 Dave Graney and Clare Moore - Death By A Thousand Sucks - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Smoked Salmon - Making Me Better - Totally Sick !! The Junta - Interstate - Exposure Fancy Weapon - Following You - Fancy Weapon The Dream Syndicate - John Coltrane Stereo Blues (Live at the Lexington, London, 2023) - Live Through the Past, Darkly Peter Hammill - Fireships - A Headlong Stretch: The Fie! Albums 1992-1996 (2026 Remaster) The David S. Ware Quartets - Mikuro’s Blues - Live In The World Eldritch Priest - nape…wrinkle…linger - Too, So Like Nothing

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  Episode #919

  World of Jazz 804

  Aug 7, 20262h 8m

  Music has always been a reflection of the moment—an ever evolving landscape shaped by innovation, tradition, and reinvention. This selection of new releases brings together a fascinating cross-section of contemporary sounds, moving from expansive large-ensemble arrangements and intricate modern jazz compositions to free improvisation and avant-garde exploration. Whether driven by deep grooves, striking dynamic contrasts, or quiet moments of acoustic intimacy, each piece offers a distinct listening experience. PLAYLIST Sam Blakeslee Large Group “Slow Growth/New Growth (Feat. Matt Pavolka and Martha Kato)” from New Blood (Brooklyn Jazz Underground Records) 00:00 Russ Spiegel “Lydian Dream” from Timepieces (Ruzztone Music) 10:47 Charles Tolliver All Stars “Peace With Myself” from Right Now And Then (Strata-East) 21:37 Eduardo Elia “La Templanza” from Las Nubes (Club Del Disco) 31:02 Kevin Sun “Hold Music” from Kevin Sun 1 (Endectomorph Music) 39:09 Raymond Roussel “Black Is The Colour” from No One Asked Us Yet (Halocline Trance) 44:58 Tres Hongos “Skipped Rocks Don’t Not Dance” from More Chips (Relative Pitch Records) 55:20 Mick Goodrick “In The Tavern Of Ruin” from In Pas(s)ing (ECM Records) 1:07:07 Florian Stoffner “bijou f” from bijou (Relative Pitch Records) 1:18:28 Chad Taylor Trio featuring Brian Settles and Neil Podgurski “Between Sound And Silence” from The Daily Biological (Cuneiform Records) 1:27:38 Finola Merivale Catherine Sikora “Des Os” from Abhaile (Relative Pitch Records) 1:39:40 Joanna Mattrey, Camila Nebbia, Camilo Ángeles & Violeta García “1” from Heavy Handed (Relative Pitch Records) 1:58:13

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  Episode #918

  Different Noises 155

  Aug 5, 20262h 6m

  This collection pulls together a vast, unruly landscape of sound, weaving through jagged post-punk rhythms, raw underground grit, and hauntingly melodic experiments. It is a deliberate collision of the obscure and the visceral, where high-octane distortion shares space with stripped-back, dusty anthems and strange, sonic detours. Designed for the listener who prefers their music without borders, this playlist offers a restless journey across decades and genres—a sprawling, unpolished tribute to the power of finding a perfect noise in the chaos. PLAYLIST Tiger! Shit! Tiger! Tiger! - Glue - Glue JFK HOLE - Raymond The Bastard - Living Next Door To Monster Incinerator Ecce Shnak - Eddie, Legalistic Homeslice - Eddie, Legalistic Homeslice Taxi Girls - Auto-Hysterics - Static The Veldt - Morning, June, And, Yesterday - Morning, June, And, Yesterday Jeane - Cash - Sicko Jonny Couch - Where The Sidewalk Ends - Where The Sidewalk Ends Joey’s Coop - Henry Collins - Sawdust Memories Sunnyboys - I’m Shakin’ - Sunnyboys Box Set Tacron John - You Make Me Scream - Truthfully… You Make Me Scream Blood Magick - Vox Mortis - Moribund Semantron - Krummholz Heart - Secrets of a Krummholz Heart Pylar - Adoración - Delyrio Irata - Seeds - Human Nine Pound Hammer - Burn The Whole World Down - Too Outlaw For Outlaw Country Steve Austin - Crazy Dreams - The Magnolia Sessions Hannah Juanita - Workin’ Girl Blues - The Magnolia Sessions Tony Orzano, Bryan Rohmer, Jeremy Wexler - Vintage Gym Shorts - Blown Fuse James Lyon - Dejate Caer - Turning The Go-Betweens - Night Time Rising (Acoustic Demo) - G Stands For Go-Betweens: The Go-Betweens Anthology - Volume 3 Danny Short - Curveball - HALT! Moff Skellington - Nannas Butter Guts Are Safe - Dawn Ablutions Smoked Salmon - Pathologise Me - Totally Sick!! The Junta - Afterglow - Euphoria Dave Graney and Clare Moore - The Stuff That Night Is Made Of - Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye Peter Hammill - His Best Girl (2026 Remaster) - A Headlong Stretch: The Fie! Albums 1992-1996 The Dream Syndicate - When You Smile - Live, Through The Past Darkly Neon Crabs - Why Apologise, They, Lisa Kudrow, Planet Destroyer - This Puppy Can See A Frog Salem Trials - No Earthly Good - Fingerprint on a Blind Eye Jackson Code - Hold On Tight - Del Musical Del Mismo Nombre

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