3/19/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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1. Chastity Belt "Different Now"
2. Jonti feat Steve Lacy "Scrood"
3. Johnossi "Blood" pol
4. Real Estate "Stained Glass" dead oceans
5. Bleached "Dear Trouble" dead oceans
6. Basement "Promise"
7. the Moonlandingz "Sweet Saturn Me" chimera
8. Kiki Hitomi "Samurai Spoon" 
9. Dirty Projectors "Cool Your Heart"
10. Sylvan Esso "Die Young"
11. Thundercat "Jethro" brainfeeder
12. GRMLN "27 Kids"
13. PJKTS "California State"
14. Spoon "Do I Have to Talk You Into It"
15. Jay Som "(Bed Head)" polyvinyl
16. the Afghan Wigs "Demon In Profile" sub pop"

-Hour 2- 

17. Alina Baraz feat Khalid "Electric" mom+pop
18. London O'Conner "Guts"
19. Blood and Glass "Whiskey" simone
20. Crystal Fairy "Secret Agent Rat" ipecac
21. Your Old Droog feat Heems "bangladesh" fatbeats
22. NOLIFE "UNKIND"
23. Strands of Oak "Salt Brothers" dead oceans
24. Fleet Foxes "Third of May" 
25. Hurray for the Riff Raff "Life to Save" sto
26. the Feelies "Pass the Time" sub pop
27. Rolling Blackouts C.F. "Colours Run" sub pop
28. Vagabon "The Ember" father/daughter
29. The Obsessives "Its Not Fair"
30. Little Dragon "Sweet"
31. Girl Pool "1 2 3"

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE!!!! Yeah I did it, stepped over the edge and it's time to join the masses with this Spotify thing! YUP now you can listen to New Noize via Spotify.

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!!

Ok, so not all the tracks from the New Noize playlist made it on to the Spotify playlist cause Spotify doesn't have EVERYTHING new just yet but a good chunk (and when I say "good chunk" I mean I'm missing 1 song on the Spotify playlist). Go for it, check it out, share it, tell your friends and stream it while your playing your favorite games on the PS4. 

https://play.spotify.com/user/haaris_ahmed/playlist/2Q6QQ6UsXh91SRTOg3yT9G

I just got this service so I'm still trying to find out how to build widgets, customise and all that other fun stuff I don't know how to do just yet. If anyone has any advice I am all ears.

Hope you enjoy the playlist! Until next Sunday.

3/12/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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-Hour 1-

1. Torgeir Waldemar "Sylvia (Southern People)" jansen plateproduksjon
2. the Afghan Wigs "Demon In Profile" sub pop
3. Hurray for the Riff Raff "Settle" sto
4. Fleet Foxes "Third of May" 
5. Rolling Blackouts C.F. "Sick Boy" sub pop
6. Minus the Bear "Last Kiss" suicide squeeze
7. the Feelies "Gone Gone Gone" sub pop
8. Jay Som "1 Billion DOgs" polyvinyl
9.  R. Stevie & Jason Falkner “I H8 PPL” bar none
10. Joseph and the Beasts "Tangled Tern" 
11. Methyl Ethel "L'Heure Des Sorcieres" 4AD
12. Portugal the Man "Feel It Still"
13. Strands of Oak "Quit It" dead oceans
14. Mark Langean Band "Beehive"
15. I Prevail "Alone"

-Hour 2- 

16. HEALTH "EUPHORIA"
17. Kiki Hitomi "Yellow Story"
18. Bug vs Earth "Snakes Vs Rats"
19. Thundercat "Captain Stupido" brainfeeder
20. NOLIFE "UNREAL"
21. Cohen Beats "Get Started" stonesthrow
22. Porter Ray "My Mothers Words" sub pop
23. Karriem Riggins “Pay.gio” stonesthrow
24. Little Dragon "Sweet"
25. Findlay "Waste My Time"
26. Caged Animals "^^ & Away"
27. Vagabon "100 Years" father/daughter  
28. Maggie Rogers “On + Off”
29. Crystal Fairy "Moth Tongue" ipecac
30. Darkest Hour “Timeless Numbers” southern lord
31. Father John Misty “Ballad of the Dying Man” sub pop

BIG UPS to the parents, 39 years ago on 3/12 they were married and have been together ever since. 39 years is a LONG FREAKING TIME to be with someone, don't know how they do it but I'm glad they are still driving each other crazy.

Also watched the latest King Kong flick, Skull Island, it was dope. It takes place in the 70's and the soundtrack is fantastic! Led Zeppelin, CCR, and Black Sabbath to name a few jams while you stuff your face with butter popcorn and sweet fizzy cola. Don't want to give to much away but they are definitely setting up for a "monster island" type situation. All we need now is DOOM to score the soundtrack to this next movie and we are set. 

Talking monsters, sets and soundtracks I took off last sunday (cause there was an inner war devastating my body) but was back this past Sunday and released a Kaiju of new music. Got to tear into the full lengths of The Feelies (still making killer records), Jay Som, Cohen Beats, Findlay, Crystal Fairy and of course Thundercat. 

Also can we just sub pop for a moment, this Seattle label is going a bit bananas with there new music releases. New tracks from this playlist alone had Afghan Wigs, Rolling Blackouts CF, Porter Ray and Father John Misty. Oh and I have it on good authority that their sister label will be sending me a new track from a band that made my top 10 BEST OF New Noize 2016. 

This week's surprise came from a record that came out in 2016. Its very rare, VERY RARE, that I would break my own rules, but its my freaking show so I had to. An anonymous hommie on FB of all places directed me to a "boiler room" video session of an artist from the Osaka Prefecture, Kiki Hitomi. She's labeled a "reggae artist" but she is oh so much more. Fusing electronic sludge, dissasant dub and a whole lotta chiptune with vocal manipulation doesn't even scratch the surface of her sound and artistry, I'm done describing her she needs to be heard. Another tasty morsel was came from the new NO LIFE EP, its killer. 

The major snag from this Sunday was that I didn't have an extra 20 something minutes, I had to cut a nice chunk from the new music discovery pie. No worries I will be back next Sunday and will make sure to hit up the tasty drops I missed from this past Sundays set.

Last thing and this ones for Moms cause I know she reads the write ups, I made it once more round the sun this past week! Thanks mom. 

2/5/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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-Hour 1-

1. Crystal Fairy “Chiseler”
2. Mastodon “Show Yourself”
3. White Reaper “Judy French”
4. Future Island “Ran”  
5. Me and that Man “My Church is Black”
6. Less Than Jake “Bomb Drop” 
7. Avalon Landing “Only Kids”
8. Dropkick Murphys “Paying My Way” born and bread
9. Portugal the Man “Noise Pollution”
10. the Menzingers “Bad Catholics” epitaph
11. Mew “Carry Me to Safety”
12. the Bombpops “Capable of Lies” fat wreck chords
13. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears “Sexual Tensions” ingrooves  
13. the New Pornographers “High Tickets Attractions”
14. Methel Ethyl “Ubu”
15. Real Estate “Darling” domino

-Hour2

16. Father John Misty “Ballad of the Dying Man” sub pop
17. Mac Demarco “Can You Deal”
18. Strand of Oak “Salt Brothers” dead oceans
19. Ty Segall “Orange Color Queen”
20. Japandroids “Midnight To Morning”
21. Bonobo “7th Sevens”
22. Thundercat (feat Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins) "Show You the Way” brainfeeder
23. Justice “Alakazam!” 
24. Karrien Riggins “oddness” stonesthrow
25. Emily Wells “Im No Heroine” thesis instinct
26. Sofi Tukker “Johnny”
27. Hollerado “Born Yesterday”
28. Goldfrapp “Anymore” mute
29. Craig Finn “Preludes” partisan

Did you see what Lady GaGa did last night? So did I!!! How much gusto does this little white lady have? I DON'T CARE what anyone says, the amount of bravery it takes to jump off the roof of the Houston Texans Dome is something very few people have and apparently Lady GaGa is one of those people. Plus you know the whole thing about the New England Patriots coming back from the biggest Super Bowl deficit EVER! As a NY Giants fan there are few things I hate more than the Patriots (the Cowboys hold that #1 hate spot) but even I can appreciate the immense talent of Tom FREAKING Brady. That guy threw for over 400 yards and willed that win, pretty fantastic stuff. If you are an Atlanta Falcons fan odds are you probably called out sick this Monday. What a game. 

This Sunday was also witness to another New Noize. 

*****Brief side note, I have covered the Reggae specialty show “The Reggae Soundclash” for the past 3 weeks now, pretty sure I’m sporting dreads*****

Each Sunday keeps getting better not because I can weave some amazing playlists, it’s because there is so much new music coming out its a bit like 2016 all over again (not a bad thing). During the New Noize set I got in some deeper cuts form the new Strand of Oak,Ty Segall, Japandroids and Bonobo. Father John Misty has released 3 new songs (and videos) as of today and they hype just keeps growing for his upcoming record. The super group Crystal Fairy keeps impressing with their new single Chiseler. Despite the woes that are being felt in the A-T-L area after those dirty birds did not finish comes great news. One of my “unicorn bands”(bands for some reason the cosmos don’t want me to see live) Mastodon has released a new single and you know your boy spun it. 

In gaming news nothing…JK yo. I was thinking about picking up Nioh, but then I read a review saying this was “Dark Souls with Samurais” and I quickly lost interest. BUT For Honor has sparked the fire of interest and I will be rocking that come Valentines day. 

 

 

 

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. 

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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!!!!!!!!