5/17/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock
Song of the Week: Chuck Strangers ft. Obii Say “Everyday” Lex Records
Album of the Week: Dua Saleh “Of Earth & Wires" Ghostly International
Caroline Rose “Yip Yip Yow”
Genesis Owusu “BIG DOG”
Total Tommy “Pretty Little Mouth”
Yard Act “Redeemer”
Junior Varsity “Radio”
VACATIONS “Holy Grail”
Growing Pains “Swimming”
she’s green “paper thin”
Widowspeak “Soft Cover”
Deadbeat Beat “Heaven”
Rostam ft. Clairo “Hardy”
Dua Saleh ft. Bon Iver “Keep Away”
Candice Hoyes “Pink Clouds”
Chuck Strangers ft. Obii Say “Everyday”
Hovvdy “TRY TRY TRY”
Rebelution “Back In Time”
Michi x Mndsgn “Are You Lonesome”
Jump Source ft. BEA1991 “Endlessly”
hour 2
Overmono “Lockup”
Adam Ten & Dodi “We Are”
The Avalanche(ft. Nikki Nair, Jessy Lanza & Prentiss) “Together”
Murex “Massacre”
Strange Lot “Nobody Seems to Do the Math”
Bb Trickz “Le le”
Brooklyn Funk Essentials “The Girl From Outer Space”
Pond “Through The Heather”
J Mascis “Formal Introduction”
Kevin Morby “Natural Disaster”
Alex Cameron “Red Hook Rain”
Aldous Harding “Worms”
NOFX “40 Years of Fuckin’ Up”
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So many exciting things going on and on top of that we got New Noize.
I debated even keeping this intro. Part of me wanted to just talk about music and keep it moving, but sometimes real life barges into the room before the records do.
Who cares about islamophobia?? I mean is it really an issue for everyday Americans? It's not. Recent town hall meetings in Orange County openly discussing how Islam is somehow “dangerous to American values” absolutely helped fuel the fire surrounding the recent attack at a mosque where two gunmen tried to “cleanse” the land of people like us. It's a reminder to all Muslims that we are not welcome but everything we bring to the table is. And somehow news outlets still struggle to call this what it is: terrorism. Instead we get “hate crime,” “act of violence,” “mentally ill,” yadda yadda meaaaaahhhhhh.
I’m Muslim. One of the few things about myself I genuinely value even if I’m absolutely terrible at it most of the time. Haram Hall of Fame levels at points. But Muslim nonetheless.
If I don't use my platform to speak on things then what kind of American would that make me? The reality for all Muslims in this country, regardless of if you are a devout pray 5 times a day Muslim, a Muslim who has renounced your own faith, or somewhere in between stay UP. Especially Muslims that are visible. Stay alert. Anyone can get caught but in 2026 we are under constant pressure.
Anyways…let’s get to the good stuff. The real reason you’re here standing in line outside the sonic food truck known as New Noize.
This past set was a total vibe, and that vibe had a serious "lean" to it. It for a lack of a better term was chill. Laid back like going down a midwest interstate highway that is straight, no turns for like 4 hours with blue skies, no wind and no one on the road. You could be going 100 MPH or 15 MPH and no one would care all while blasting New Noize.
Nothing captured that feeling better than the New Noize Album of the Week from Dua Saleh.
If yearning had a soundtrack, this would be it. Dua layers their vocals against themselves over these offset grooves and shape-shifting genre experiments that never fully settle into one thing. Bon Iver slides into the project perfectly too. I HIGHLY recommend listening front to back, in order. There’s a weird emotional magic to it that slowly leaks into your brain.
Or maybe that’s just me.
Strange Lot dropped a very vaporwave adjacent track “Nobody Seems to Do the Math”. You know what would also be nice? A whole new record maybe???
Following that, I finally got to play Bb Trickz on New Noize and honestly I’m still processing it. Also you KNOW I had to throw new The Avalanches into the mix. “Together” is proof we should just let The Avalanches do whatever the hell they want forever.
The New Noize Song of the Week goes to one of the most slept-on artists in the game: Chuck Strangers with “Everyday” featuring Obii Say.
Dude has been around for over a decade and should absolutely be a household name by now. Maybe he is and I’m just an indoor cat that doesn’t go outside enough. Possible.
Chuck, my guy, get at Lex Records and drop this record already because we ALL need this.
For now I got “Everyday” on repeat.
We here at New Noize also like to eat. And right now? We eating BIG at the movies.
Y’all already know I love concerts, but movie theaters need our help too. This week I’m probably hitting my local theater three times. Sure, our screens are trash compared to Oxnard, but there’s still something magical about sitting in a dark theater watching something ridiculous with strangers.
Obviously The Mandalorian and Grogu got bounty hunters back in motion. Mortal Kombat II has been out for a minute and somehow I STILL haven’t seen it. And of course Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway: The Sorcery of Nymph Circe is out for a super limited run and you KNOW I’m there for interplanetary politics, giant mech wilding laser swords, and Newtype existential crises.
If you know, you know.
LETS GO KNICKS!!!!!
