4/13/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Igorrr "ADHD"
Album of the Week: Valerie June "Owls, Omens, and Oracles"

Jamael Dean "Paradox"
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke "Gangsters"
Tune-Yards "Heartbreak"
Mamalarky "Blush"
Bardo(feat. Combo Chimbita) "Renacer"
Lifeguard "It Will Get Worse"
Pissed Jeans "Waves of Fear (Lou Reed cover)"M
Florist "Moon, Sea, Devil"
The New Eves "Highway Man"
Brian Eno  Beatie Wolfe "Suddenly"
LA Witch "The Lines"
Bon Iver "Day One (feat_ Dijon and Flock of Dimes)"
Dirty Projectors, David Longstreth, stargaze "Opposable Thumb"
Midnight "Cleveland Metal"
Eric Hilton(feat Puma Ptah) "Leave It All"

hour 2

Sahara Grim "Blindfold"
Valerie June "Changed"
Jangus Kangus "Goldilocks"
Arcade Fire "Year of the Snake"
Turnstile "NEVER ENOUGH"
LSDXOXO "QT (feat. Cobrah)"
yeule "Evangelic Girl is a Gun"
HAAi, KAM-BU "Shapeshift"
GRYFFIN & Band of Horses "The Funeral"
Jlin "B12"
Igorrr "ADHD"
Idle Heirs "PILLOW TALK"
Yuno "Massive"
young friend "loose"
Pulp "Spike Island"

hour 3

KADAVAR "Regeneration"
We Are Scientists "Please Don't Say"
Cold Specks "Cold Goodbye"
Garbage "There's No Future In Optimism"
mclusky "chekhov's guns"
Slow Teeth "Still You Speak"
Atticus Roness "Teens"
Messa "Fire on the Roof"
gloryBots "Abscond"
Alisa Xayalith "Kiss Me Like You're So In Love"
EKKSTACY "forever"
Alien Boy "Pictures Of You?"
Camp Crush "Shadows"
The Kooks "Sunny Baby"
The Jaws Of Brooklyn "Litebringer"
CURSE "MIND"

Not on Spotify:
Eric Hilton(feat Puma Ptah) "Leave It All"
gloryBots "Abscond"

Sads you’re not out in the desert for Coachella? Don’t be. Neither am I — and honestly, not catching a rogue firework to the face or melting under the $20 bottled water sunburn tax is a win in my book. I’ll take my 3rd-degree-burn-free living room over the influencer-thunderdome any day.

I did a full 3-hour takeover this week ‘cause I covered the Reggae Soundclash ahead of my usual slot. A blessing in disguise, because there was way too much good stuff to squeeze into two hours anyway.

Album of the Week goes to Valerie June’s Owls, Omens, and Oracles — a record that plays like you’re staring at a staticy CRT screen, waiting for your high school crush to sneak out so you can hit that sweetleaf, and meet the crew for a midnight horror flick. Americana, old-school reverb, church pew grooves, 50s arrangements, and Valerie’s signature voice — this album’s got the kind of vibes that’ll make you wanna slow dance on a rooftop, cocktail in hand, as the sun dips into the Pacific.

The Song of the Week? It’s Igorrr – ADHD. If chaos were a genre, Igorrr would be its mascot. This track’s got everything: glitchy electronic mischief, operatic vocal samples, classical piano breakouts, and double-bass drum blasts for days. If you like your music to sound like a cyberpunk demolition derby, this one's for you.

Also — shoutout to Record Store Day! I managed to scoop up the only two records I cared about: Flying Lotus’ Spirit Box and Wu-Tang Clan’s Black Samson, The Bastard Swordsman: From the Wu-Tang, The Saga Continues Collection. The Wu release even came with 5,000 individual, one-of-a-kind album covers. Yay for consumerism

See you next Sunday.

4/6/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Tortoise "Oganesson"
Album of the Week: Σtella "Adagio"

Evanescence "Afterlife"
Kamasi Washington "Vortex"
Replaced "Void"
ODESZA & Theodore Shapiro "Entering Lumon" (ODESZA Severance Remix)
Flying Lotus "MOUTH BLOOD"
TEKE::TEKE "Meikyu"
Jack Black "I Feel Alive"
cootie catcher "Friend of a friend"
The Bug Club "Jealous Boy"
Witch Post "The Wolf"
Car Seat Headrest "CCF (I'm Gonna Stay With You)"
Whitehall "Malibu #2"
Wet Leg "Catch These Fists"
Anika "Oxygen"
girlpuppy "Champ"

-hour 2-

Miynt "I am I am what"
Tortoise "Oganesson"
Butcher Brown "Change in Weather [feat_ MIA GLADSTONE]"
Σtella "Omorfo Mou"
Eiko Ishibashi "Trial"
Jenny Hval "The artist is absent"
Bria Salmena "Radisson"
Yukimi "Break Me Down"
Noonzy "Buffalo"
Lucy Dacus "Modigliani"
Momma "How To Breathe"
Great Grandpa "Emma"
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets "Weird World Awoke"
PUP "Get Dumber"
Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs "Blockage"
The New Pornographers "Ballad of the Last Payphone"
Black Country, New Road "Happy Birthday"

I’M BACK, BABY. Did you miss me? Eid Mubarak to all—this Ramadan had me running on divine melatonin. Ya boy was tired.

This week’s set was a sleeper in the best way—dreamy, cinematic, and built to soundtrack your life. First seven songs? All from soundtracks. That’s right, it’s an OST takeover:

  • Evanescence – “Afterlife”: straight off the Devil May Cry anime

  • Kamasi Washington – “Vortex”: from Lazarus, MAPPA + Adult Swim + Shinichirō Watanabe magic

  • Replaced – “Void”: a future cult-classic video game OST in the making

  • ODESZA x Theodore Shapiro – “Entering Lumon”: Severance remix from the show you all watch (except me)

  • Flying Lotus – “MOUTH BLOOD”: from the ASH OST, directed/produced/scored by FlyLo himself

  • TEKE::TEKE – “Meikyu”: featured in the new Assassin’s Creed Shadows

  • Jack Black – “I Feel Alive”: from the Minecraft movie—yes, really

This week’s Song of the Week? Tortoise with “Oganesson” Chicago post-rock royalty. They’re back, and I’m hype like it’s the first time I heard TNT in my college dorm. If you’ve never seen them live, that’s a life experience waiting to happen.

Album of the Week goes to Σtella “Adagio”. A chill, lush, multilingual springtime dream. This album’s meant to be played at golden hour with a Negroni in hand and your lover staring off into the middle distance like you’re both extras in a Wes Anderson scene.

Apologies for the late write-up—life’s been moving fast.

3/23/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Durand Jones & The Indications "Been So Long"
Album of the Week: Japanese Breakfast "For Melancholy Brunettes (& sad women)"

The Folk Implosion "Dare to Be Surprised"
Marlon Funaki "Under Fire"
Deerhoof "Immigrant Songs"
YHWH "Iron Feet"
BRETT NEWSKI "Bad Invention"
Japanese Breakfast "Winter in LA"
Dead Bars "Wait So Long"
caroline "Total euphoria"
Fusilier "U N I NO"
Mamalarky "Anhedonia"
Panchiko "Honeycomb"
Mark Pritchard & Thom Yorke "This Conversation is Missing Your Voice"

-hour 2-

Droogie Otis (Madlib, Your Old Droog) ft. Boldy James "Everything Designer"
Faithless (ft. Suli Breaks) "Peace And Noise"
Ora The Molecule "Prince Of The Rhythm"
Miso Extra "POP"
nimino "Do It Like Me"
Elmoe "This Way"
aya "navel gazer"
Flying Lotus "GREEBLES" off the ASH OST
Venetian Snares "Drums"
Playboi Carti & The Weeknd "RATHER LIE"
Yasmine Hamdan "Shmaali شمالي'
Groovy Kaiju "Chaos Control (Vapor Velociraptor - Orca Adventure DX)"
Capital Cities “Farrah Fawcett Hair (feat. André 3000) (predux)"
Eric Hilton (feat Natalia Clavier) "Je ne t'aime plus"
Durand Jones & The Indications "Been So Long"
MRCY "Man"
Young Gun Silver Fox "Stevie & Sly"
Eli Roth "Don Powell - Amori stellari - Giochi erotici nella terza Galassia"
Yukimi "Peace Reign"
Melvins "King of Rome"
Superheaven "Stare At The Void"
My Morning Jacket "Squid Ink"
Windser "Abandon"

Not on Spotify:
BRETT NEWSKI "Bad Invention"-Bandcamp exclusive
Eric Hilton (feat Natalia Clavier) "Je ne t'aime plus"

Yeah, I kicked off the show with a track from 1997. Why? Because The Folk Implosion got the reissue treatment—Dare to Be Surprised is back on wax, WHITE VINYL, and they’re even touring again (okay, fine, it’s for their album from last year, but still). That record is too good to ignore.

Speaking of surprises, YHWH—a four-piece out of NYC—just dropped Nailgun on Friday, and I’ve had it in HEAVY rotation. It’s aggressive, noisy, sporadic, and most importantly—worth your time.

Album of the Week goes to a record I’ve been waiting for all year: Japanese Breakfast – For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women). And don’t let the title fool you—this record is glowing. It’s the first peek of spring sunlight through your blinds, that perfect SoCal blend of melancholy and warmth. How SoCal? Jeff Bridges—yes, THE DUDE, Santa Barbara royalty—shows up on a track. He better pull up to the Santa Barbara Bowl show this August.

Speaking of the Bowl, My Morning Jacket is rolling through a few days before Japanese Breakfast, supporting their new album, Is (which also dropped Friday). If you’ve never seen MMJ live, fix that immediately. Their following is cult-like, but Santa Barbara shows are chill as hell. Last time they played here, two random humans bought me beers. Is feels exactly like that moment—warm, unexpected, and just good vibes all around.

Oh, and if that wasn’t enough, Flying Lotus not only directed, starred in, and produced his new film ASH—he also scored the entire thing. This soundtrack is pure FlyLo madness, so if the film is anything like this cosmic horror soundscape, buckle up.

Now, let’s talk Eli Roth. The man who brought you Hostel is out here curating Italian soundtrack compilations from the '60s to early '80s, digging into the vaults of the legendary CAM Sugar label. As someone who appreciates a shortcut to dopeness, I love this. This music makes me feel like I’m in a classic Vespa speeding down a cobblestone back alley in Italy, scarf flapping in the wind, some bella clutching me with one hand, sharing a cigarette with the other. Thanks, Eli.

And finally, Song of the Week goes to Deerhoof – Immigrant Songs. Seven minutes of everything I love—chaotic, melodic, and sprawling. I wish all Deerhoof songs were this long.

This Wednesday, I’m watching my favorite Hayao Miyazaki film—Princess Mononoke—on IMAX in 4K. I’m bringing someone who’s never seen it, so I’m curious how a 1997 anime classic lands with fresh eyes. Also, IMAX tickets are TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE. They are also releasing this just this one time, why? for reals can someone explain this?

And lastly—Ramadan is coming to an end this weekend. Eid Mubarak in advance! Since it’s Eid, not sure if I’ll be on air next Sunday, but we’ll see.

Until next time, keep it loud, keep it weird, and stay curious.

3/16/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: feeble little horse "This Is Real" saddle creek
Album of the Week: clippin_ "Dead Channel Sky" sub pop

mclusky "people person"
Këkht Aräkh "drom-sang"
feeble little horse "This Is Real"
Annie DiRusso "Good Ass Movie"
Tamara & The Dreams "Successful Bisexual"
Dead Gowns "Bad Habit"
Penny & the Pits "Montenegro on Ice"
Edith Frost "What a Drag"
Freddie Gibbs "Nobody"
mehro "Lady Parts and Mannequins"
Florist "Moon, Sea, Devil"
Propagandhi "At Peace"
Staticlone "Patching Holes In A Dead Star"
Rwake "With Stardust Flowers"
Traxman "Tha Wolf"

-hour 2-

Playboi Carti (ft. Kendrick Lamar) "Good Credit"
clipping_ "Mood Organ"
Whatever the Weather "8¯C"
Brother Ali "The Counts"
Two-Man Giant Squid "I Was a DJ in 2015"
Barry Can't Swim "Still Riding"
axxa* "shinin'"
Circuit des Yeux "Truth"
HAAi & Tom VR "Can't Stand To Lose (hard soft rework)"
Bambara "Dive Shrine"
Aidan Jack Finnecy "Your Sideways Smile"
Florence Sinclair "bandz"
Bon Iver (feat. Danielle Haim) "If Only I Could Wait"
HAIM "Relationships"

Another New Noize in the books, and the soundscape was more laid-back than I expected—but no complaints.

Song of the Week goes to feeble little horse for "This Is Real." It starts off soft, then explodes into a cacophony of feedback and indie goodness. feeble little horse is back, and after hearing this, all I want is a new record.

How is no one talking about this album? Seriously—no big outlets are covering this killer record. Dead Channel Sky by clipping. is obliterating any notion of genre boundaries. Revolutionary lyricism paired with frantic, shape-shifting production that jumps from jungle to industrial to chiptune and beyond. Sub Pop has done it again.

See you next week.