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.

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

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

-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. 

2/26/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

-Hour 1-

1. Darkest Hour “Knife in the Safe Room” southern lord
2. Power Trip “Crucifixion”
3. Antropomorphia “Sinful Rapture” metal blade
4. Mastodon “Show Yourself”
5. Xui Xui “Forget”
6. Crystal Fairy “Necklace of Divorce” ipecac
7. Pissed Jeans “Not Even Married” sup pop
8. Meat Wave “Shame”
9. Dude York “Tonight” hardly art
10. Mew “85 Videos” 
11. the Orwells “They Put a Body in the Bayou” atlantic
12. Priests “Lilia 20”
13. R. Stevie & Jason Falkner “Play Myself Some Music” bar none
14. Andrea Moss “Bring the Hell”
15. Ballyhoo “Girls” ingrooves
16. Joe Marson “Explore/Explore”

-Hour 2-

17. Thundercat “Tokyo” brainfeeder
18. Little Dragon "High"
19. Tennis “My Emotions Are Blinding” mutually detrimenta_
20. Allan Rayman “13” communion
21. M.I.A. "POWA" interscope
22. Karriem Riggins (feat Jessica Care Moore) “Suite Poetry” stonesthrow
23. Novella “Desert” sinderlyn
24. Father John Misty “Ballad of the Dying Man” sub pop
25. Maggie Rogers “On + Off”
26. Night Club “Bad Girl” gate blanco
27. Bernice “Don’t Want To Be European” 
28. the Besnard Lake “Laura Lee” 
29. Pixx “Bow Down”

It was the Oscars last night and this gif says is all. There were some dope moments but for me it was history to FINALLY SEE A FUCKING MUSLIM WIN A MOTHERFUCKING OSCAR! There is something to be said to see yourself in someone else, and during these politically charged times for Muslims around this nation, especially the youth, it was a moment where this one individual won an accolade of the highest degree in his craft and happened to be a Muslim. It shows that if you work hard you will be recognized despite all the madness that is cascading throughout our current culture. Mashallah Mahershala Ali. 

And come hell, high water or Oscars on Sundays we do NEW NOIZE baby! This Oscar Sunday was no different and I must say that this set is one of my better ones, mostly due to the fact that my inbox is overflowing with stacks of new music. Seriously I tried to squeeze a 3 hour set into 2 hours, which is mathematically impossible and yet I still attempted it (silly Ahmed)