1/29/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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-Hour 1-

1. Father John Misty “Pure Comedy” sub pop
2. Goldfrapp “Anymore” mute
3. Palmas “Floating in the Dark”
4. Mew “Carrying Me to Safety” pias
5. the New Pornographers “High Tickets Attarctions” 
6. Frank Carter & the Rattlesnakes “Lullaby”
7. White Lies “Morning L.A.”
8. Regrettes “Hey Now” wb
9. Spoon “Hot Thoughts”
10. Methel Ethyl “Ubu”
11. Chavez “The Bully Boys”
12. Chelsea Shag “New Perfume”
13. Robot Koch & Savannah Jo Lack “Skipping Stars”
14. the Matinee Dancing on Your Grave” light organ 

-Hour 2- 

15. Thundercat (feat Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins) "Show You the Way” brainfeeder
~~~~STONESTHROW BLOCK START~~~~
16. Karrien Riggins “Bahia Dreamns” stonesthrow
17. Tuxedo “July”
18. the Koreatown Oddity (feat Ton7Seize) “Spinning Axis” stonesthrow
19. Gabriel Garzón-Montano “Bombo Fabrika” stonesthrow
~~~~STONESTHROW BLOCK END~~~~~
20. Flaming Lips “Almost Home (Blisko Donnu)” wb
21. Ty Segall “Freedom”
22. Japandroids “No Known Drink or Drug”
23. All Them Witches “2.5.7.” nine west
24. Crumb “Bones” 
25. Cloud Nothings “Up To the Surface” car park
26. Pissed Jeans “Ignorecam” sub pop
27. Alex Clare “Surviving is Not Living” etc
28. Surfer Blood “Mother of Time”

Another Sunday in the books and I must say I'm killing it, but enough about what you already know.  

Can't get enough of Crumb!!!!! I only have a 3 song sampler/EP thing thing from the label pusher and I gotta get my hands on more. Looking forward to that Father John Misty record, if this new single and video is the theme for his new LP then my expectations are high. And while we are on the subject of being HIGH how HIGH was Ty Segall self titled new album. I think it's his best work yet, and while we are on the subject of kick ass white dudes making music, hour 2 kicked off with Thundercat enlisting Michael McDonald and Santa Barbara local Kenny Loggins on a new track called "Show You the Way”. Pretty sure Thundercat can balance the United States budget, bring peace to the Middle East and create Vegeta’s “Final Flash” attack when he's not making kick as jams. MAD SHOUTOUTS to Stonesthrow, they are bringing some serious heat in Q1 of 2017, so much so I had to give em a block. 

Now lets get personal. I have it easy when it comes to being Muslim on SoCal, people are fairly laid back and not to aggressive in my sleepy Shangri-La beach town. Other brothers and sisters don’t have it as good as I do. Don’t get me wrong, Santa Barbara is no cake walk, but at least I’m not in Tampa. Big UPS to all my peeps holding it down for the international fam at JFK, SFO, LAX and all the other international airports where people are taking it to the streets with action. 

Remember to follow a dude on Instagram and check out this weeks “Album of the Week”

One last morsel of awesome, the OG G O D Wallaby King Ironman Golden Eagle Pretty Tony che-che-la-ghost, Ghostface Killah is playing a few blocks away from my apt the day before I turn 37, WU TANG!!!!!!!!

1/22/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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-Hour 1-

1. Spoon “Hot Thoughts”
2. Ty Segall “Break a Guitar”
3. Cloud Nothings “Sight Unseen” car park
4. Surfer Blood “Mother of Time”
5. Hanni El Khatib “Paralyzed”
6. Iggy Pop “Gold”
7. Los Campesinos! “Flucloxacillin" wichita
8. Chavez “The Bully Boys”
9. New Language “Frantic Believer”
10. Ryan Adams “Doomsday”
11. Shy Girls “Trivial Motion”
12. Thorcraft Cobra “Caught In Between”
13. Regrettes “Juicebox Baby” wb
14. Tuxedo “Special” stones throw
15. Alex Clare “Tell Me What You Need” etc
16. Sleater Kinney “Surface Envy (Live in Paris)” sub pop
17. Parekh & Singh “I Love Baby I Love You Doll” peace frog 

-Hour 2-

18. Run the Jewels (Feat Zach De La Rocha) “A Report to the Shareholders: Kill Your Masters”
19. Flaming Lips “Nigdy Nie (Never No)” wb
20. Radiohead “Dark Days”
21. the xx “A Violent Noise” young turks
22. the Koreatown Oddity “F*ck Dinosaurs” stones throw
23. Nine Inch Nails “The Idea of You”
24. Cherry Glazerr “Nuclear Bomb” secretly canadian
25. Pissed Jeans “Ignorecam” sub pop
26. 78RPM “Best Friend to Enemy” white water
27. All Them Witches “Don’t Bring Me Coffee” nine west
28. Crumb “Vinna”
29. Entrance “Not Gonna Say Your Name”
30. Hard Proof “Stinger” modern outsider
31. Dr Wylie “Addict”

The transition of power has happened with zero to no violence as the Moldy Orange sits in the highest office our country has to offer. This is no alternative fact, it’s the truth, whatever thats worth. Despite the despair and the January monsoon that has hit southern California I strapped on my Wu-Tang DC boots and dropped another killer 2 hours of New Noize. Hope you enjoyed it.

FYI I am posting the “Album of the Week” on my Instagram later today, follow me here for a chance to win. 

Also quick note to all the wonderful women around the world and here in the USA, way to hold it down for humanity.  

#PussyPower

1/15/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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-Hour 1-

1. Pissed Jeans “Ignorecam” sub pop
2. Dude York “Black Jack”
3. Rolling Blackouts Costal Fever “Julie’s Place”
4. Entrance “Not Gonna Say Your Name”
5. Temples “Stranger Or Be Forgotten” fat possum
6. Sinkane “Telephone” city slang
7. Megafauna “Doubt”
8. the Black Delta Movement “Seven Circles”
9. Zavala “Mirrors” fake four inc
10. Justice “Randy”
11. Gap Dream “153” burger
12. Cherry Glazerr “Nuclear Bomb” secretly canadian
13. Rubblebucket “If U C My Enemies”
14. Japandroids “Near to the Wild Heart of Life” anti
15. Foxygen “On Lankershim” jagjaguwar
16. Hard Proof “Soul Thing” modern outsider

-Hour 2-

17. the Koreatown Oddity “A Break from the Drama of Life Drunk at the Wet T-Shirt Contest” stones throw
18. Flaming Lips “How?” wb
19. Crystal Fairy “Drugs on the Bus” ipecac
20. Nine Inch Nails “Dear World,”
21. Run the Jewels “Don’t Get Captured”
22. the xx “Brace for Your” young turks
23. Six Feet Under “Sacrificial Kill” metal blade
24. Alice Jemima “No Diggity” pias
25. SADAF “the Clinic” adult swim
26. Dr. Wylie “She’s Had a Few”
27. Crumb “So Tiered”
28. EFG “Outlier”
29. Enemies “itsallwaves” heavywieight 

Oh hey there. Hows its going? How was the weekend? For some reason I always like Friday the 13th, its aways a precursor to a great weekend and WHAT A WEEK IN FOOTBALL!!! I’m still a bit sore on the G-Men getting blown out by the Packers but MAN it was fun watching A-A-Ron squash the hopes and dreams of the Cowboys.

Lets talk MUSIC! As per the norm, I dropped 2 solid hours of new jamz last night and my my was it a set to behold. Finally got my mitts on the Koreatown Oddity and its one of the best albums of 2017 so far. Talking about Koreatown Oddity can Stones Throw be stopped? Their last few drops have been simply fantastic. If I had more $$$$ I would have totally joined stones throw vinyl subscription for the year, stupid priorities. Oh and did you know there was a new Flaming Lips record? Did you also know its really good and will melt your brain from temple to temple? Give it a listen and let it all sink in.

I will be doing weekly “Album of the Week”. Follow me on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/haaris_ahmed/ and see who’s up this week. Oh and I will be mailing 1 lucky follower the “Album of the Week”. 

And lastly today is Martin Luther King Jr. day. As a son of immigrant parents combined with the current political climate that surrounds Muslims as well as those with Pakistani decent I must give my thanks, praise and respect to Martin Luther King Jr. Without his existence and contributions to American Culture & Civil Rights I would not be here, let alone programing/hosting the greatest 2 hours of radio on the planet. One day in the near future I am sure Dr Kings vision of what ALL of us could be, will be. 

1/1/17 New Noize BEST OF 2016 SPECIAL on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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46. Nine Inch Nails "Branches/Bones"
45. Florence + the Machine "Stand By Me" (off the FFXv soundtrack)
44. Captain Murphy "Crowned" adult swim
43. nots "Inherently Low" goner
42. Kaytranada "Glowed Up"
41. Kim Gordon "Murdered Out" matador
40. Run The Jewels "Legend Has It" mass appeal
39. Candiria "With Broken Bones"
38. Rihanna "James Joint"
37. Gold Panda "Metal Bird" city slang
36. Tacocat "Plan A, Plan B" hardly arts
35. The Claypool Lennon Delirium "Ohmerica" ato
34. S U R V I V E "High Rise" relapse
33. Helms Alee    "Dream Long" sargent house
32. Shag Kava - "Jabba Flow: Rick Rubin Re-Work (Feat. A-Track)" (off of Star Wars Headspace)
31. Disasterpeace "The Last General" (Hyperlight Drifter soundtrack)
30. M.I.A. "ALi r u OK"
29. Oddisee "Right Side of the Bed"
28. Kendrick Lamar "untitled 05 l 09.21.2014."
27. Lee Fields & The Expressions "Special Night" big crown
26. Iggy Pop "Vulture"
25. Tobacco "Dimensional Hum" ghostly
24. BADBADNOTGOOD (Featuring Sam Herring) "Time Moves Slow" innovative  
23. The Wytches    Crest of Death
22. Frank Ocean    "Solo"
21. DJ Shadow "Mambo" mass appeal
20. Mndsgn "Where Ever U R" stones throw
19. Danny Brown    "When It Rain" warp
18. A Tribe Called Quest ((featuring Busta Rhymes, Jack White and Sir Elton John) "Solid Wall of Sound"
17. Tycho "Division" ghostly
16. Gojira"The Shooting Star"
15. Beyoncé (Feat. Jack White) "Don't Hurt Yourself" 
14. Deerhoof "Acceptance Speech" polyvinyl
13. Kanye West "FACTS"
12. M83    "Go" mute
11. Radiohead "Decks Dark" xl
10. Boris & Merzbow Boris "Farewell"/ Merzbow "Planet of Crows"(played both tracks at same time off of Gensho) 
9. NxWorries "Livvin" stonesthrow
8. Autolux "Reappearing"
7. So Pitted "No Nuke Country" sub pop
6. Solange "F.U.B.U." 
5. The Avalanches (feat Danny Brown) "The Wozard of  astralwerks
4. David Bowie "Lazarus"
3. Bat For Lashes "Honeymooning Alone" wb
2. Russian Circles "Calla" sargent house
1. Mitski "A Loving Feeling"dead oceans 

You have gone through all the "best of 2016" lists, from boogie websites to industry legends, everyone and their grandma have an opinion on what should "rise to the top". Did 2016 suck? Most def BUT 2016 was also a benchmark year in music, I mean artists were dropping straight fire the last week of 2016?!?!?!?!?!. I only had 3 hours to do my thing so this is what happened. Let me know what you think, hit me back!

2017 lets do this...