12/15/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Kanako Yamamoto "Reason" (Bonobo Rework)
Album of the Week: Snoop Dogg "Missionary" Interscope

Ela Minus "UPWARDS" Domino
BAYNK "Grin"
Bruno Martini "You Will Find Me" Beeside
Tom Misch "Cinnamon Curls" AWAL
Kanako Yamamoto "Reason" (Bonobo Rework)
Shabaka (ft. André 3000) "To The Moon"
Nicole McCabe "Prism Prison"
claire rousay & Maral "ily2 (Maral remix)"  Thrill Jockey
Snoop Dogg Dr Dre (feat 50 cent, Eminem) "12 Gunz N Smoke" Interscope
Girlfriend(feat Bayswag) "Tell Me Again" Encore
Dear Derrick "Stay Longer"
Sam Amidon "Friends and Neighbors" River Lea
The Moles "Had To Be You"
The Tragically Hip & Feist "It's A Good Life If You Don't Weaken" (Live From ‘No Dress Rehearsal’)

-hour 2-

Jake Aaron "Give Me Your Horse"
Afro Celt Sound System "Magical Love"
Priest Da Nomad(DJ Kuts by DJ RBI) "Not For Show"
The Gits "Second Skin"
Julien Baker & TORRES "Sugar in the Tank" Matador
Guided By Voices "The Great Man"
girlpuppy "Champ" Captured Tracks
A. Lee Edwards "Move up to the Mountain"
Bellzzz "Plastic Unicorns" [PIAS]
David Gilmour "The Pipers Call Live Around The World"
Bedford "Seen It All Before"
Mystic Nights "This High Up"
CROONeR "Kick And Snare"
KOBI REESE "SOMETIMES WHEN"

Not on Spotify:
Nicole McCabe "Prism Prison"

IT'S THE LAST NEW NOIZE OF THE YEAR. What a year 2024 has been for music. I don’t care what anyone says—this was a banner year. We’ll circle back to all that soon enough.

This past show marked the final New Noize of 2024, and let me tell you, we finished STRONG. It never fails to amaze me how many new records and songs drop this late in the year. Am I complaining? Hell no. I’m complimenting.

The New Noize Album of the Week goes Missionary with Snoop Dogg’s new album. Every track was produced by Dr. Dre, and you can hear it. Sure, there are some of those cliche callbacks to Snoop’s earlier tracks—but somehow, they hit different here. They’re not the usual cringe-fest you get when other MCs try to pull that off. If you’re into that G-Funk sound, trust me, missionary won’t disappoint.

New Noize song of the week goes to the Bonobo rework of Reason by Kanako Yamamoto.

Now, here’s what’s next:

• Next Sunday: New Noize Holiday Special, featuring a mix of festive winter jams from 2024 and some throwbacks from past holiday episodes.

• The Sunday after that: The New Noize 2024 Best Of special. It’s gonna be three hours of the year’s absolute best tracks, and yeah, I’ll probably be losing sleep stressing over it until then.

12/8/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Goat Girl "Gossip" Rough Trade
Album of the Week: Father John Misty "Mahashmashana" sub pop

Squid "Crispy Skin" Warp
Marinero "Cruz" Hardly Art
spill tab "PINK LEMONADE"
Steel Wool "Eyes Closed"
Father John Misty "Being You"  Sub Pop
Cindy Lee "Dracula"
Nosferatu Original Soundtrack "The Vampyr"
zzzahara "It Didn't Mean Nothing" Lex
SASAMI "Just Be Friends" Domino
Kim Deal "A Good Time Pushed"  4AD
MOONtransmissions "Chemical Smiles"
Horsegirl "2468" Matador
Goat Girl "Gossip" Rough Trade
Lambrini Girls "Love" City Slang
Becky and the Birds "To trust you" 4AD

-hour 2-

BIZZY "Hotter Than Your Ex"
L.S. Dunes "Paper Tigers"
hemlock "Deja vu"
Tuff Sudz "No Time For Love"
Saya Gray "H.B.W." Dirty Hit
clipping. "Keep Pushing"  Sub Pop
Campus Christy "Video Games" Stones Throw
Two Shell "Magic Powers"
Kendrick Lamar "squabble up" Interscope
Everything Is Recorded (ft Sampha, Laura Groves, Jah Wobble and Yazz Ahmed) "Losing You" XL
Hifi Sean & David McAlmont "Star" Plastique
Cloonee, Young M.A, InntRaw "Stephanie" Hellbent
Sofie Royer "I Forget (I'm So Young)" Stones Throw
John Glacier "Found" Young
TOKiMONSTA "For You" Young Art
BAYNK "Grin"

-hour 3-

Basia Bulat "My Angel" Secret City
Ecce Shnak "Prayer on Love"
White Denim "I Still Exist" Bella Union
HotWax "Wanna Be A Doll"
Cheekface "Hard Mode"
Party Nails "Trigger Warning" Pillow Talk
Cameron Winter "Try as I May" Partisan
U2 "Picture Of You (X+W)"
A Certain Ratio "Now and Laughter" Mute
Hataałii "Buckskin Boy" Dangerbird
The Sympathies "Time Intangible"
Circa Waves "We Made It"
Stardust "One She's Got A Way"
Wonk Unit "Overwhelmed"
Lifted "3 Specials" Peak Oil

Not on Spotify:
Cindy Lee "Dracula"

I'M BACK, BABY! After missing three Sundays in a row, your favorite new music show is back with a three-hour special! Why three hours, you ask? Well, I covered the show before mine, and it just kind of worked out that way. But don’t let the extra runtime fool you—this one’s packed with purpose.

Truth be told, I had a ton of new music to catch up on, and I think I’ve finally conquered that mountain. So much dropped recently that it was borderline overwhelming. Hopefully, Sunday night’s set helped you navigate through the last big wave of 2024’s releases.

Programming Note
I’ve been diving back into my past shows from this year to prep for the Best of 2024 set (coming soon!). And yes, I’ve realized I missed some major releases—ugh, it happens. Life, schedules, and the chaos of it all. But I have a system: if I miss something big, I play it now.

Case in point: Cindy Lee’s "Diamond Jubilee" record. It’s absurdly good, and for reasons unknown, I didn’t play it when it dropped. So, I gave it the shine it deserved this past Sunday. My bad, y’all. Won’t happen again… until it does.

Album of the Week
This week’s crown goes to Father John Misty with Mahashmama. It’s one of his shorter albums, but wow—every song is written so well. It’s a cover-to-cover masterpiece that’ll captivate and (dare I say) imaginate your world. Is that a word? It is now.

And no, Kendrick Lamar’s GMX release didn’t snag it this time. I need more time to sit with K. Dot’s new record. Simmering is a must, people.

New Noize Song of the Week
This week’s pick: Goat Girl with "Gossip." Absolute fire.

Next week is the last New Noize of the year. The following week, we’re diving into the New Noize Holiday Music Special, and after that, it’s the Best of New Noize 2024. LET’S FREAKING GO GO GO!

11/10/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Tunde Adebimpe "Magnetic" Sub Pop
Album of the Week: Freak Slug "I Blow Out Big Candles" Future Classic

Major Lazer & M.I.A. "Where's The Daddy" Mad Decent
Mau P "MERTHER" Defected
Prospa(ft. RAHH)"This Rhythm" CircoLoco
Didon "Salam" Electrofone
Raissa (ft. Rahim Redcar) "No Genius"  Neon Gold
Malachiii "Back 2 Me"  Electric Feel
Obongjayar Tomorrow Man"
Leifur James "Forest Of Love" Night Time
Katrina Ford "World On A Wire"
Freak Slug "Witch" Future Classic
variety "Skeletal Offerings" Very Soft
Les Breastfeeders "La vérité c'est que tu mens"
Katie Gavin "As Good As It Gets"
Mk.gee "ROCKMAN"
The Velveteers "Go Fly Away"
Faye Webster "After the First Kiss" Secretly Canadian

hour 2

Tunde Adebimpe "Magnetic" Sub Pop
Fontaines D.C. "Starburster"
Friedberg "I Sometimes Do (But Mostly Might)" Clouds Hill
Common Saints "Sweet Release" Starsonics
Michael Kiwanuka "The Rest Of Me"
Walking Wounded "Unholy Bargain" Relapse
Ripped To Shreds "孽鏡臺 (Visions of Sin, Mirror of Darkness)" Relapse
Living Gate "HUNTING MAGGOTS" Relapse
Dreamless Veil "Every Limb of the Flood" Relapse
Rockaway "Did I Make You Up?"
King Stingray "Southerly"  Cooking Vinyl
Johnny Huynh "MISS YOU TONIGHT" Columbia
Shai Foxx "Not Real Sure"
Keeley "Galloway Princess"
My Sunshine "Alexandra Leaving"

WTF America? I am not the majority and that's ok. Saying I’m not happy would be putting it lightly, but I’ve got a lot on my plate right now, so I’ll deal with this mess next year. But damn, I do feel for the environment, women, Muslims, and teachers—you’re about to be FUCKED.

And before anyone comes at me, let’s be clear: I believe in actions. The last time King Orange was in power, these groups got hit hard, and I’m not expecting anything different. I hope I’m wrong, but I know I’m not. For me, not voting for a racist was an easy call, but clearly not for the majority of Americans. And no, I’m not saying you’re a racist if you voted for Trump, but come on—you know he is, right?

Now, on to something that doesn’t make me want to scream into the void. The New Noize Album of the Week goes to Freak Slug with I Blow Out Big Candles. This one was a tough pick—it was neck and neck with the new Variety record, Sub-Topical, which is RAD.

Song of the Week goes to Tunde Adebimpe with “Magnetic” Wait, Haaris, didn’t that drop in October? Yes, loyal New Noize fan, you’re correct. But I only got around to it this past Sunday, so here we are.

Speaking of happenings, this will be the last New Noize for a bit. I’ll be back in mid-December. Until then, peace out, my people.

11/3/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Wand "Help Desk" Drag City
Album of the Week: Flying Lotus "Spirit Box" warp

Wand "Help Desk" Drag City
THUS LOVE "Lost In Translation" Captured Tracks
Ezra Furman & Alex Walton "Tie Me to The Train Tracks" Bella Union
OMBIIGIZI "Ziibi"
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Phantom Island" p(doom)
Godzilla "1954 Main Theme"
Freddie Gibbs "30 Girlfriends (Yeah Yeah)" AWAL
Flying Lotus "Ajhussi" Warp
Tyler The Creator "Thought I Was Dead" Columbia
King Geedorah "Fazers" Big Dada
Megan Thee Stallion "Bigger In Texas"
Fabiana Palladino "Drunk"
KOKOROKO "Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)" Brownswood
sOuL from the O "Red Dawn: Nine Nine Twenty"
Sofi Tukker "Bread"

-hour 2-

Daft Punk "Veridis Quo"
LCD Soundsystem "x-ray eyes" Columbia
Ora the Molecule "Løveskatt" Mute
Michi "There's No Heaven" Stones Throw
DARKSIDE "Graucha Max" Matador
Wet "Signs"
Franc Moody "Driving On The Wrong Side Of The Road" Night Time
Cutouts "Bloodsucker"
Scream Journal "November" Death Bug
Solstafir "Hin helga kvöl"
Delain "Dance with the Devil" Napalm
Pixies "Jane (The Night The Zombies Came)"
Tim Hause "Make it Take it" Blood Harmony
Fake A Smile "The Party Is A Mess"
War Strings "Kill Your Dreams"

It’s ya boy back, right before SUPER TUESDAY, and let me tell you, I’m not exactly feeling the “super” part. This election? Not something I’m buzzing about. Neither candidate is out here with the plan I want, but yeah, I’m still voting. Why? Because I like to complain—a lot. And I mean complain complain about anything and everything. Voting is my ticket to complain guilt-free for the next four years, so you bet I’m going to cast that ballot. You should too, so we can complain together.

On a brighter note, I had a BLAST doing New Noize. I threw in a few tributes, including the original 1954 Godzilla theme, because our King of All Monsters just turned 70! If you follow me on Instagram, you were fully bombarded with Godzilla content. I also slipped in MF DOOM’s “Fazers” (aka King Geedorah himself) as a nod to the metal-faced legend.

Opened the set with the New Noize Song of the Week: “Help Desk” by Wand. This release is a trip—they dropped two new tracks with remixes of those, so it’s technically an EP, but it’s longer than some full albums out there. Bottom line: I need more.

The New Noize Album of the Week goes to none other than Flying Lotus with Spirit Box. I’ve been playing this EP front to back since it dropped, and every listen pulls up something new. One of the best releases of 2024, no question.

This week, I’m hitting up Sofi Tukker at the SB Bowl—the last show of the 2024 season there, sadly.

I’ll be back for Sunday’s show, then going on a little break until December.

Oh, and yeah, in case it wasn’t clear: vote.