4/30/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

1. ODESZA "Late Night"
2. Jimmy Urine "End Boss"
3. Com Truise "Memory"
4. CO/NRTY "Second Life" factor
5. Dustin WOng & Takako Minekawa "Zaaab"
6. PLANETARIUM "Mercury"
7. the Night Game "The Outfield"
8. Woods "Love is Love" woodist
9. Boxed In "Shadowboxing" 
10. Brick + Mortar "One Little Pill"
11. Foster the People "Doing It For the Money"
12. Lord Echo (Feat Mara & TK) "The Sweetest Meditation"

-Hour 2- 

13. Shabazz Palaces "Shine a Light" sub pop
14. DJ Shadow & Nas "Systamatic"
15. Ghostpoet "Immigrant Boogie" 
16. Kendrick Lamar "DNA" top dawg
17. Gorillaz (feat DRAM) "Andromeda"
18. El Michels Affair (feat Lee Fields and the Shacks) "Tearz" big crown
19. Charlotte Dos Santos "Red Clay"
20. Braxton Cook "I Can't"
21. Ike Reiko "Experience" bamboo
22. Brutus "All Along" sargent house
23. Bob's Burgers "Darryl's Slow Jam" sub pop
24. Julien Taylor Band "Chemical Low"
25. Basement "For You the Moon" fueled by ramen
26. Afghan Whigs "Copernicus" sub pop
27. Chastity Belt "Caught in a Lie" hardly arts
28. Father John Misty "Total Entertainment Forever" sub pop
29. Mac Demarco "Dreams of Yesterday" captured tracks

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

Music Not On Spotify List: 
6. PLANETARIUM "Mercury"
23. Bob's Burgers "Darryl's Slow Jam" sub pop
26. Afghan Whigs "Copernicus" sub pop
29. Mac Demarco "Dreams of Yesterday" captured tracks

You know what it is, it's New Noize! For fans of the show (yes I'm talking to all 3 of you) you may have noticed no "all vinyl set". Besides me being a dirty liar, a series of mishaps, early birthday festivties (not my b day) and life curve ball on the form of termites have caused the all wax set to be postponed. 

On to this weeks New Noize playlist. I played some longer tracks this week, thus the shorter playlist. Not only did I get new Com Truise, he apparently is playing a few blocks from my house, May 10th to be exact. I got some full lengths and dived deep into the Afghan Whigs, Mac Demarco, Bobs Burgers, CO/NRTY and Basement. OH I did spin 1 record store day release, Ike Reiko. If you were lucky enough to score the Ike Reiko vinyl, the insert came with a cd. What I wasn't prepared for was the coding on my itunes which is totally in Japanese. Lucky for me the jack of the CD as well as the vinyl is in English. Also fun fact I got 0690 of 1000. 

As far as singles go, I had to kick off the show with new ODESZA. Also spun new Shabazz Palaces, DJ Shadow & Nas, Brutus and Foster the People. Talking Foster the People, WTF! I mean they totally stole Every Time I Die's font for thier cover art. I applaud Every Time I Die twitter person for calling them out on social media. For reals who doesn't like a good indie rock feud. Then again maybe Foster the People did this on purpose, their new single is called "Doing It For the Money" after all. 

The surprise bonus was the new Jimmy Urine full length record. This is his solo project from his immensely popular Mindless Self Indulgence band that he is known for. I'll be honest, I am not a huge fan of MSI but after hearing this album maybe I should go back and give it another chance. From the opening notes I was immediately attracted to this new album release. Maybe it's the appealing "video game" feel I get but all I know is I am looking for excuses to spend more time with this new record. 

Until next time..

4/23/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

1. Chastity Belt "Caught in a Lie" hardly arts
2. Girl Pool "It Gets Me Blue"
3. Chicano Batman "Friendship" ato
4. Mount Kimbie feat James Blake "We Go Home Together"
5. the Black Black "I Am A Grandiose Romantic Gesture" money fire
6. the Afghan Wigs "Araibian Hieghts"
7. Violents & Monica Martian "Equal Powers" partisan
8. Little Dragon "Strobe Light" loma vista
9. Hoops "Rules" fat possum
10. Pile "hairshirt" exploding in sound
11. Nightlands "Love is Love"
12. Wavves "Million Enemies" ghost ramp
13. Dirty Projectors "Little Bubble" domino
14. Melt "Forget" 
15. Marika Hackman "My Lover Cindy" 

-Hour 2- 

16. Charlotte Dos Santos "Red Clay"
17. Braxton Cook "FJYD"
18. Kendrick Lamar "DNA" top dawg
19. Father John Misty "Smoochie" sub pop
20. MNDSGN feat Swarvy "Bweyy"
21. Blockhead "Coloring Book" young heavy souls
22. Black Lips feat Yoko Ono "Occidental Front" vice
23. Bobs Burgers "The Fart Song" sub pop
24. Mastodon "Word to the Wise" reprise
25. Low Cut Connie "Revolution Rock n Roll" contender
26. Yi "Sleep Talk" hand drawn dracula
27. Charly Bliss "Black Hole" barsuk
28. Jack White "Battle Cry" thirdman
29. the Jesus and Mary Chain "Presidici Et Chapaquiditch" artificial plastic
30. CO/NTRY "Cash Out" simone
31. Hovvdy "Problem" double double whammy
32. Slowdrive "Star Roving" dead oceans 

TRACKS MISSING FROM SPOTIFY:
5. the Black Black "I Am A Grandiose Romantic Gesture" money fire
11. Nightlands "Love is Love"
14. Melt "Forget" 
22. Black Lips feat Yoko Ono "Occidental Front" vice 

What a Week. Happy post 420. For this "holiday" I saw Russian Circles, Eagles of Death Metal and MASTODON! It was my 1st time seeing Mastodon and it was fantastic. Their set list was a booming reflection of their entire career. Needless to say the closed the show with "March of the Fire Ants" It was a true success. 

It was also Earth Day weekend and in SB we do it BIG! Both Jack Johnson and Jeff Bridges were walking amongst their local neighborhood. What did I do? After working a bit of board opt duty with one of our flagship DJ's, Phat J, I ended up catching Little Dragon opening for Glass Animals who closed out the show. Little Dragon completely slayed as awalys droping a "best of" set. It was Glass Animals last show of their tour and you could tell they pulled out all the tricks and jams. I was impressed as was the sold out Santa Barbra Bowl crowd. 

OH AND IT WAS RECORD STORE DAY!!!! Shoutouts to all that participated and supported their local record store. Did I get everything I wanted? No, but it was still a great success. I will go into the whole RSD thing when I do my all wax set next week!

As per the norm I hope you like this past Sunday's New Noize, still one of the best new music specialty shows in the world. 

4/2/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

1. Anathema “Springfield” kscope
2. MONO “The Last Scene” temporary residence
3. Blondie "Long Time"
4. alt J “In Cold Blood”
5. Dan Auerbach "Shine On Me"
6. ANOHNI “Paradise” secretly canadian
7. Geotic “Actually Smiling” ghostly
8. Lusine “Just A Cloud” ghostly
9. James and Lydia Primate “Bio-Engineer” from the Heavy Rain video game Soundtrack
10. Yves Tumor “Slow (Scubas Version)
11. Thurston Moore "Smoke of Dreams"
12. Slowdrive “Sugar for the Pill” dead oceans
13. Diet Cig “Barf City” frenchkiss

-Hour 2-

14. Dragonforce “Judgment Day” metal blade
15. Mastodon “Clandestiny” reprise
16. Anthrax “Carry On A Wayward Son”
17. Big Walnuts Yonder “Sponge Bath” sargent house
18. Crystal Fairy “Bent Teeth” ipecac
19. Loose Teeth “Free Skate” father daughter
20. Perfume Genius "Slip Away" matador
21. Wire “Short Elevated Period”
22. Black Lips "Can't Hold On"
23. Father John Misty “Things It would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution” sub pop
24. Mount Eerie “Real Death“
25. Kendric Lamar "The Heart Part 4"
26. WaqWaq Kingdom “Koko Says“
27. Gorillaz feat Jehnny Beth "We Got the Power"

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

Music Not On Spotify List: 
9. James and Lydia Primate “Bio-Engineer” from the Heavy Rain video game Soundtrack
13. Diet Cig “Barf City” frenchkiss
14. Dragonforce “Judgment Day” metal blade
19. Loose Teeth “Free Skate” father daughter
23. Father John Misty “Things It would Have Been Helpful to Know Before the Revolution” sub pop
WaqWaq Kingdom “Koko Says“

OH HELLO!!!! Another Sunday in da books and I must say my playlists are getting better and better. This week was a bit difficult. Normally when I make these playlists I build it in iTunes to gauge how long round about I have. Usually I go over by 15 to 20 minutes and have to cut some tracks. This week was WAY different, I ended up going over 2 hours and some change. It was hard to cut so much music but that's a burden I'm willing to take. 

Special note SHOUTOUT to Father John Misty, Sub Pop and all the people working this record. I got the CD full length and let me just say its fantastic. I have been instaSnaping (thats what the kids are calling it right?) using a new App called “Hype Type”. To all doing social media/marketing check out Hype Type, its pretty cool and made by a Brooklyn based app company called Easy Tiger. I use Easy Tiger Font Candy App frequently, mostly for my video game screen captures. Easy Tiger Apps is dope. 

This whole playlist is a highlight. New Dragonforce, Anathema, Wire and everything else. I dived deep on some full lengths including Geotic, Crystal Fairy, Lusine, Mastodon & Father John Misty. I also had to reach out to get the MONO record from last year and holy instrumental amazingness batman. 

I finally saw get out with my white girl friend and this flick was SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOD Seriously Jordan Peele is the man. 

Also got to check the series finale of Big Little Lies. To be 100 with you I didn’t think that I would be into a show about a bunch of rich white women and their Monterey Bay problems. BOY WAS I WRONG, fucking HBO always dropping the TV hammer of excellence. This mini series is not to be missed. 

Till next Sunday my New Noizers. 

3/27/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

1. Blondie "Long Time"
2. The Jesus and Mary Chain "Always Sad"
3. the Feelies "Been Replaced" bar none
4. Thurston Moore "Smoke of Dreams"
5. Pontiak "Ignorance Makes Me High"
6. the Buttertones "I Ran" innovative
7. This Wild Life "Falling Down"
8. the Afghan Wigs "Demon In Profile" sub pop
9. Mount Eerie "Crow"
10. Black Lips "Can't Hold On"
11. Perfume Genius "Slip Away" matador
12. Spoon "Can I Sit Next To You" matador
13. Strands of Oak "Radio Kids" dead oceans
14. SYLML "Where's My Love" netwerk
15. PJKTS "Chandelier"
16. Bonzie "How Do You Find Yourself, Love?"

-Hour 2-

17. Gorillaz feat Jehnny Beth "We Got the Power"
18. James and Lydia Primate "Stone Heads" from the Heavy Rain video game Soundtrack
19. Your Old Droog feat Danny Brown "Grandma Hips" fatbeats
20. Thundercat "3AM" brainfeeder
21. Kendric Lamar "The Heart Part 4"
22. Porter Ray feat Shabazz Palaces "Everything (Interlude)" sub pop
23. WaqWaq Kingdom "I Would Like To Let You Go"
24. Goldfrapp "Systemmagic" mute
25. Father John Misty "2 Wildly Different Perspectives" sub pop
26. Chastity Belt "Different Now" hardly arts
27. Jay Som "Remain" polyvinyl
28. Crystal Fairy "Under Trouble" ipecac
29. Basement "Promise Everything"
30. Generationalss "Turning the Screw"
31. Tuxedo "Back in Town" stonesthrow

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

TRACKS MISSING FROM SPOTIFY:
6. the Buttertones "I Ran" innovative
18. James and Lydia Primate "Stone Heads" from the Heavy Rain video game Soundtrack
23. WaqWaq Kingdom "I Would Like To Let You Go"
24. Goldfrapp "Systemmagic" mute
31. Tuxedo "Back in Town" stonesthrow

Oh Hi there! 

REALLY QUICK HAPPY FREAKING BIRTHDAY SILVARETTA AKA DAVE SILVA. Dave is OG crew and man sun you old, now here's a pic from us fresh off college freshman year. 

Another New Noize done and here is the dope as hell playlist. Things to note on this particular set.

As you know being on the forefront of new music is a daunting task, full of stacks and stacks of new music being sent to both your digital inbox and traditional inbox. So how does this guy get a one up on all the other specialty djs out there? By going the extra mile. 

You might have noticed that adorable gif I posted to kick off this write up. Thats slugcat and he (or she, but he looks like a he to me) is the main protagonist in Rain World, an indie "survival" game coming out on the PS4 and PC tomorrow. I do enjoy video games as much as I do the music scene so I burned some incense and prayed to the PR gods as I shot out an email contacting the makers of Rain World to get my hands on some of their amazing music that I have heard over the course of the development for this game. To my excitement they responded and after a few back and forths via email James and Lydia Primate were kind enough to send me an advance of the entire soundtrack, and MAN is it good. Its deep, dark and thick of fuzzy goodness which transports you to this world that slugcat needs to survive in. Personally I think its gonna be a contender for "best game music" in certain circles for 2017. Needless to say I am HYPED!!!! You can catch me streaming this game when it drops on YouTube or Twitch.

Quick NOTE since we are talking video games and I am part of the cult which is known as Destiny it is OFFICIAL, DESTINY 2 is coming out in September.

Another amazing band that I had to go the extra mile for was WaqWaq Kingdom. I have recently discovered the musical force known as KiKi Hitomi from Osaka Japan. In my research/digging/compulsive disorder to constantly find new audio I came up on WaqWaq Kingdom bandcamp page and who is in this band? KiKi Hitomi that's who! I reached out and they hooked me up with a copy of their record and needless to say I was STOKED. I highly recommend their new record Shinsekai, its tight and best beleive that you will be hearing more in the upcoming Sundays. 

One last thing and its on the sad tip. As some of you know I work for Jack Johnson as part of my day gig and one of the cats I would interact with is Ben Beverly, the dude who ran Brushfire Records. Ben passed away over the weekend. He was a great guy to work with and an even better man. Though we didn't interact many times outside a professional setting, the few times we did he the definition of a  stand up guy with strong opinions and dug punk rock. I will miss Ben.