In today’s episode of The Talkhouse Music Podcast, Janet Weiss and Meredith Graves discuss agency and the emotional cost of making music.

Janet Weiss (Quasi, Sleater-Kinney) Talks with Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) for The Talkhouse Music Podcast (Part 1)

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Dent May is an LA-based singer-songwriter. His latest record, What’s For Breakfast?, is out now on Carpark.

Dent May

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Mood Board: Dent May’s The Big One

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Sova is the moniker of New York-based pianist/composer Sophia Vastek. Her latest album Alight! is out now on Hout Records. 
(Photo Credit: Kiki Vassilakis)

Sova

Chuck Johnson is a composer, musician, and producer based in Oakland, CA.

Chuck Johnson

Sova and Chuck Johnson Have Everything They Need At Home

Taul Katz is a composer, sound designer, and multi-instrumentalist based in New York. Working across experimental film, contemporary music, and immersive media, their work focuses on building textured, emotionally resonant sonic worlds. They are known for blending classical composition with processed sound design — merging acoustic instrumentation, analog synths, and archival material to explore themes of memory, identity, and transformation.
In addition to scoring, Taul works in installation and sound research, and was a 2025 Reel Change Grantee. Their practice often engages with queer archives, collective memory, and spatial storytelling, using sound as a medium for connection, grief, and radical presence.

Taul Katz

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Marisa Anderson is a guitarist and composer based in Portland, OR.

Marisa Anderson

Bob Holmes is a member of SUSS and host of the Ambient Country Podcast.

Bob Holmes

Alan Sparhawk is best known for his work in his minimalist-pop band Low, the rock trio Retribution Gospel Choir, and his angst-ridden-blues band The Black-Eyed Snakes.

Alan Sparhawk

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A longtime member of Montreal soft-rock group TOPS, Marci is the solo project of Marta Cikojevic. The latest Marci record, Mask Lady and Late Night Girl, is out now on Arbutus. 
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Mood Board: Marci’s Mask Lady and Late Night Girl

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Thomasin McKenzie is currently starring in the medieval drama<a href="https://www.focusfeatures.com/the-uprising" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> The Uprising</a>, opposite Andrew Garfield, Jamie Bell and Cosmo Jarvis. The New Zealand-born McKenzie was universally praised for her breakthrough performance in Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, opposite Ben Foster, for which she won rave reviews and a slew of awards and nominations. She will soon be seen in Victorian Psycho, alongside Maika Monroe and Jason Isaacs and her recent notable credits include The Testament of Ann Lee, directed by Mona Fastvold, the Netflix feature film Joy, opposite Bill Nighy and James Norton, and her performance acclaimed performance as the titular role in the psychological thriller Eileen, opposite Anne Hathaway. She also starred in Edgar Wright’s psychological horror film Last Night in Soho, and portrayed Elsa, a young Jewish girl in hiding in Taika Waititi’s Academy Award®-winning film Jojo Rabbit and also appeared in M. Night Shyamalan’s Old, Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog and David Michôd’s The King. (Photo via <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/drlovell/53885201978/in/dateposted/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Flickr</a>.)

Thomasin McKenzie

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Three Great Things: Thomasin McKenzie

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Shannon Plumb has shot over 200 short films, which have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and on international screens. She started by shooting herself as various characters, acting out three-minute situations using humor and silence as her vehicles for storytelling. In 2013, her first feature film, Towheads, premiered at MoMA as part of New Directors / New Films; it is now streaming on the <a href="https://www.criterionchannel.com/towheads" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Criterion Channel</a>. You can see her short films at <a href="http://shannonplumb.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shannonplumb.com</a> and Towheads is available on Netflix and iTunes. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, director Derek Cianfrance, and their two sons.

Shannon Plumb

Holding It In

Janet Weiss&nbsp;lives in Portland, Oregon, where she plays drums in&nbsp;Quasi&nbsp;and&nbsp;Sleater-Kinney. She loves dogs and horses, and enjoys producing good records. You can follow her on Twitter&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/jazzzhand">here</a>. &nbsp; Meredith Graves will read you if you&#8217;re a book, take your picture if you&#8217;re a mountain and hem your dress if you&#8217;re getting married or going to the prom. Her secret dream is to be a florist. She sings in <a href="prrfectpussy.bandcamp.com]" target="_blank">Perfect Pussy</a>&nbsp;and is on <a href="http://instagram.com/meredithxgraves" target="_blank">Instagram</a>. &nbsp;

Janet Weiss and Meredith Graves

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Ben Gibbard is the frontman of Death Cab For Cutie. The band recently launched <a href="http://wehavethefacts2020.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wehavethefacts2020.com</a>, a site whose proceeds benefit <a href="https://fairfight.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fair Fight</a> and <a href="https://www.futurenow.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Future Now</a>, which seek to support voter rights and combat voter suppression.
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Ben Gibbard

Bob Mould is an American singer-songwriter, DJ, producer, and the author of an autobigraphy, <a href="http://http//www.amazon.com/See-Little-Light-Trail-Melody/dp/B009WHP5PW/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1366903168&amp;sr=1-1">See a Little Light: The Trail of Rage and Melody</a> (Little, Brown, 2011). He has slept on more floors than he can remember. He has flown in Lear jets producing live TV pro wrestling. He has performed in halls across the world: Carnegie, Royal Albert, Disney, and dozens of VFW. Mould is currently living vehicle-free in San Francisco.