12/21/25 New Noize Holiday Special on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Aqua Teen Hunger Force "Feliz Navidad"
KATSEYE "Touch (Holiday Version)"
Tyler the Creator "You're A Mean One, Mr. Grinch"
Kylie Minogue "XMAS"
Snoop Doggy Dogg "Santa Claus Goes Straight To The Ghetto"
Laptop "Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis"
BORIS "Last Christmas" (Wham Cover)
The Emotions "Black Christmas"
She & Him "Blue Christmas"
Rosemary Clooney "White Christmas"
Shonen Knife "Space Christmas"
Darius de Haas "Cool Yule"
The Chi-Tones "Frosty The Snowman"
Robert Glasper "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen Carol Of The Bells [Feat. Cynthia Erivo]"

-hour 2-

Gringo Star "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus"
Leon Bridges "This Christmas I'm Coming Home"
La Sonora Matancera, Celia Cruz "El Cha Cha Cha De La Navidad"
Bob's Burgers "O Christmas Tree"
King Diamond "Christmas"
Christy Weber "Band Nothin Like A Bluegrass Christmas"
Bob's Burgers "Do You Hear What I Hear"
Cali Tucker "Mele Kalikimaka"
Elton John "Step Into Christmas"
The Vandals "I Don't Believe In Santa Claus"
Hohnen Ford "Christmas Isn't Christmas Without"
flor "Last Christmas"
Robert Glasper "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas [Feat. Doobie Powell]"
Yachtley  "Crew I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday"
Are We Static "The Christmas Song"
Sufjan Stevens "Christmas Unicorn"

Not On Spotify:
BORIS "Last Christmas" (Wham Cover)
Shonen Knife "Space Christmas"
It’s that time of year again, the annual moment where I dust off my ho-ho-ho and unleash the New Noize Holiday Special. This is hands-down the show I have the most fun with: two hours of new holiday-themed gems mixed with some classic weirdos from Holiday Specials past. Think of it as your sonic stocking stuffer, arriving just in time for Santa’s big walk-through.

But next week… ooof. Next week is the beast: the Best of New Noize 2025. It’s the most stressful, most chaotic, most exhilarating show I do all year.

We’re starting at 8pm because this one is a full three-hour showdown of the best records, best surprises, and best music moments of 2025. It’s always the hardest set to build. Too many great songs, not enough minutes, but it’s absolutely a labor of love.

Will your favorites claw their way into the Best of 2025 set? Tune in Sunday and find out.

12/7/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: The Notwist "X-Ray" Morr Music
Album of the Week: Blood Cultures "Skate Story Vol 1" Pack Records

Triple Blind Announce "Cold Walk"
Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions "Asmalı"
MAVI "Landgrab (feat. Earl Sweatshirt)"
Duid "My Neighbor is a Juicer"
Blood Cultures "Unarchiver" Pack Records
MAUVEY "Standing Ovation"
Igor Gritsay, Aygad (feat. Marina Thorik) "Rust" Replaced OST
Daedalus & Dan Drohan "Done Beats"
Yael Naim "La fille pas cool"
TEED "Rekt"
Bershy "BERHSY"
Midori Hirano "Oto, Kioku"
The Notwist "X-Ray"

-hour 2-

Melody's Echo Chamber "Into Shadows"
Puma Blue "Croak Dream"
spill tab (feat. boylife) "Paranoia"
The Temper Trap “Giving Up Air"
cootie catcher "Straight drop"
Dove Ellis "Pale Song"
Rhaina Yasmin "Little Moon"
Luke Top "Grief Police"
Daphne Tunes "Get to the Point"
Lonely Bunker "Roots"
Sunday Mourners "Careers In Acting"
Annabelle Chairlegs "Heavy Sleeper"
Death Lens "Power"
Glass-Beagle "Train Song"
Bluhm "Touch Me"
Mariachi El Bronx "RIP Romeo"
hemlock "Clothespin"
Mercyland "Imperial Vision"

Not On Spotify:
Triple Blind Announce "Cold Walk"
Daedalus & Dan Drohan "Done Beats"
Yael Naim "La fille pas cool"
hemlock "Clothespin"

Happy birthday and big ups to the greatest human in my life and currently thriving on this huge space rock, my mom. Having someone this heavenly in ones life makes one extremely grateful. I am consistently disappointing her yet she still thinks the world of me. I don’t get it & I don’t deserve it but I am no mom. Regardless she is the best & for what it’s worth last night set was dedicated to her, and Gojo, it’s his bday to. Don’t worry my mom doesn't read my wrote up but you do...

We are getting close to the end of the year so this might be the last New Noize, maybe.

Before I get into the New Noize Album of the Week here is an honorable mention. Melody's Echo Chamber "Unclouded". If you like airy vocals over groovy indie rock stylings then this is the album for you, perfect for a SoCal X-Mass without needing to wear socks.

The New Noize song of the week is The Notwist "X-Ray" Morr Music. The new album dropped a few weeks back but somehow didn’t include this track. B-side? Lost child? Who cares it’s great. Go dig.

I’m knee-deep in Marvel Cosmic Invasion with all my East Coast day-ones, friends since age 14. Do you know how hard it is to get dads online to play beat-‘em-ups? Impossible. You need scheduling apps and prayer.

I am finally getting my Samus fix with Metroid Prime 4. I dig it & I tend to play these types of games slow. Big ups to Everett, he is one of my co-workers who bought me this game. Maybe its cause I have no job and he knew i couldn't afford a $70 game. Many thanks my friend!

And I played a block of video game music on the show last night:

I started with Blood Cultures. Skate Story is officially out as of writing this write up and I AM EXCITED. Blood Cultures did a live listening party on their bandcamp last night and "Skate Story: Vol 1" is a certified banger. The game? I haven't played it yet but its a Devolver game and they put nothing but quality out & the music is already slamming so green flags everywhere. Oh the premise of Skate Story? I like to keep myself in the dark (cause of spoilers) but is something like your demon in hell but you can get out by eating moons in the underworld the only issue is that you have to skate your way and are made of glass so one fall and your done sun. I will be streaming this game...I don't normally stream. Oh and this is your New Noize Album of the Week. FYI they are kicking off their 2026 tour in January.

Right after that I played MAUVEY "Standing Ovation" which is featured in SKATE 4. I don't play the SKATE series but I hear it fantastic. What I do know that SKATE 4 OST is not to be missed

To end the gaming block I spun Rust off the Replaced OST. Why? They dropped a release date on Replaced over the weekend. Its 3.12.26, my parents anniversary. Coincidence? 

11/30/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Cain Culto(feat. Xiuhtezcatl) "¡BASTA YA!" Hive
Album of the Week: Ikonika "SAD" Hyperdub

Ragana & Drowse "After Image"
silhouette "chaos fades"
Crash Richard "Emancipated Being"
Matt Hitt "I'm Sorry, New York"
Glyders "Stone Shadow"
Cain Culto(feat. Xiuhtezcatl) "¡BASTA YA!"
The Crooked Stuff "Black Holes"
True Blue "Truest Of Blues"
Rochelle Jordan "Doing It Too"
Ikonika "SENSE SEEKER"
Apparat "An Echo Skips A Name (alternate take)"
Nikki Nair and Foodman "Deep Miso"
Sébastien Tellier "Thrill Of The Night (feat. Slayyyter & Nile Rodgers)"

-hour 2-

Asher Gamedze "Following Up"
Devon Thompson "Wishing"
Dirt Buyer "Get to Choose"
Sydney Sherrill "CLOSER"
Radio Free Alice "Rule 31"
Lianne La Havas "Disarray"
Theo Bleak "Megan in New York"
Keyland "Double Dip"
BROCKHOFF "Easy Peeler"
Trainwreck Boyfriend "Checkmate"
Cardinals "Barbed Wire"
Poolside(feat. Thunder Jackson & MiiRACLES) "Otherside"
Mindchatter "Drug In Us (feat. Poolside)"
Alan Vega "Outlaw"
The Mommyheads "Finally Free"

So how was everyone's Thanksgiving? I caught something after dinner and turned into a useless NPC from Friday through Sunday morning. Still pulled myself together in time for New Noize though. This show stays undefeated.

Side note: I may be falling apart spiritually, emotionally, financially but Mashallah my waistline is looking so "fit"...We’re talking medium Japanese tees fitting crispy and skinny jeans (which I never wear and were forced onto me) slide on like butter. Small W's.

New Noize always gets a little weird around this time of year. The new-music machine never stops, especially postThanksgiving when every artist you’ve ever heard of suddenly wakes up like, “Drop a holiday single right now.” But instead of getting sucked into that vortex, I like to spend this episode digging into things I missed, forgot, or accidentally launched into space over the last few months. Not everything here is “new-new,” but it’s all new to the set, which is what matters.

The New Noize song of the Week goes out to all my Latin fans, Cain Culto(feat. Xiuhtezcatl) put out a banger "¡BASTA YA!". This thing absolutely detonated the studio monitors. This song has the power to raise the dead.

New Noize Album of the Week goes to Ikonika with "SAD". Despite the title, the project isn’t monochrome. It’s textured, emotional, and full of breath. Ikonika is working across the full 39:47 runtime, bending structure, asking questions, and letting you live inside the rhythm. It’s not shy, but it’s welcoming. I’ve only given it a few spins so far, and every time something new reveals itself from the static. Love a record with a code you gotta crack.

Lastly Metroid Prime 4 is supposedly out this week on the 4th. I’ll believe it when I see it downloaded on my Switch 2 but I am hyper excited. Marketing’s been suspiciously quiet, but I like going in blind anyway. Call me old-fashioned, but I love forming my own opinion without 4,000 trailer breakdowns from YouTubers named “RetroTechNovaPrimeGuy.”

11/23/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Lifeguard "Ultra Violence" Matador
Album of the Week: Oneohtrix Point Never "Tranquilizer" warp

Shygirl "BAWDY is A LOT" [Nick León + Six Sex]
Oliver Night (feat. Kaya Fyah) "Vibez"
Low End Activist "BRILLOS TEETH"
Boy Deluxe "I FOUND GOD"
nimino "Rest Easy"
Pepe Deluxé "Before You Leave" (DJ Slow 2025 remix)
Archive "Wake Up Strange"
TEED "Come Tonight"
Oneohtrix Point Never "Lifeworld"
The xx "Insects"
HEALTH "SHRED ENVY"
KNEECAP "No Comment"
Converge "Love is Not Enough"
Lime Garden "Maybe Not Tonight"
Twen "Allnighter "
Haley Heynderickx & Max Garcia Conover "Fluorescent Light"

-Hour 2-

Lifeguard "Ultra Violence"
Mola Oddity "A SCARLET RIDING HOOD"
Lance Ferguson "Oz Bump (Soul Thing)"
Plantoid "Good For You"
David Byrne "T Shirt"
Sara Devoe "Cruel"
Maria Somerville "Garden"
Torri Weidinger "BIG RED EYES"
The Charlatans "Glad You Grabbed Me"
Grouper "Adorned"
congratulations "Fought 4 Love"
STILL BLANK "Dead and Gone"
LAPêCHE "Happy 4U"

The Sunday before turkey slaughter day is always a fun set here in Santa Barbara. A bunch of early celebrators are already back home, so of course I had to serve them up a full plate of new everything.

The first hour was pure movement high BPM dance and electronic tracks stitched with some experimental and atmospheric layers. It worked. (I think.)  

That being said the New Noize song of the week goes to Lifeguard newest single "Ultra Violence". I like this band a lot and would not be mad if they snuck a new record before the end of 2025.

Before I get into the New Noize Album of the Week I want to mention a fun EP by Mola Oddity "Cave Crackers". This Beijing based band have constructed an ep that has this cinematic mid 70s Asian feel. Pulling distinctive asian riffs you get transported to this zone filled with old school motifs with a new school delivery. Fun and filled with moog-ish organ sounds you should check out this gem of a record.

The album of the week goes to" Tranquilizer" by Oneohtrix Point Never. What an atmosphere. A lot of this record feels like the observer is observing in real time which changes their observation. It sounds like the soundtrack of when one transmutes into the 4th dimension. I could be wrong & the only way to prove it is to listen to the album.

I'll be in Santa Barbara for Thanksgiving. This is the first turkey death day I am missing with the fam (sans covid) since I moved to California in 2004 and I'm not good with it but whats a dude to do? You deal with life not loath it and Inshallah next year the Ahmed clan will be at full force feasting over this commercial holiday I hold so dear. At least the NY Giants are playing a Monday night game which means I can gobble gobble in peace.

Oh Saturday if you are in Santa Barbara the SBIFF is showing Demon Slayer Infinity Castkle at 11am at the Riviera for only $1 with complimentary popcorn and drinks (courtesy of Crunchyroll). This is the first partnership I am aware of with the anime streaming service and I AM ABOUT THIS. Anime is rare in our little beach community so I am hyped to see this movie despite it being the English Dub, which is understandable. Again the anime community is small out here.

And since I am in town for Thanksgving there will be New Noize this Sunday, see you then