12/4/23 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: MGMT "Bubblegum Dog"
Album of the Week:Haiku Hands "Pleasure Beast"
 
1. Naoki Sato "Godzilla-1.0 Suite I" Godzilla Minus One OST
2. Full of Hell & Nothing "Spend The Grace" Closed Casket Activities
3. Chelsea Wolfe "Tunnel Lights" Loma Vista
4. Thomas Powers(Featuring Julien Baker) "Empty Voices"
5. Jonathan Rado "Blue Moon"
6. MGMT "Bubblegum Dog" Mom+Pop
7. youbet "Carsick" Hardly Art
8. Omni "Exacto"  Sub Pop
9. Glitterer "Plastic" Anti
10. James Supercave "FAKE PRETTY BABY"
11. Yard Act "Petroleum"
12. Alex Nicol "Hollywood"
13. The Jacklights "Past Tense"
14. Porno For Pyros "Agua"
15. Harp "Throne of Amber" [PIAS]
16. Whispering Sons "The Talker" [PIAS]

-hour 2-

17. Real Estate "Water Underground" Domino
18. Future Islands "The Fight" 4AD
19. Haiku Hands "Grandma" Spinning Top
20. O. "Moon" [PIAS]
21. STRFKR "Armatron" Polyvinyl
22. Tiga & Hudson Mohawke "Love Minus Zero"
23. 2 Chainz, Lil Wayne "Crazy Thick" Def Jam
24. JID ft. 21 Savage "Surround Sound" Interscope
25. Revival Season "Pump" (feat. Shaheed Goodie)
26. Atmosphere (feat. Buck 65 & Kool Keith) "Hello Pete" Rhymesayers
27. Don Streat, Animal Gang, Smimooz "Animal Barz"  Animal Gang
28. Deltaphase "Fckd Up"

Not on the Spotify Playlist:
Thomas Powers(Featuring Julien Baker) "Empty Voices"

GODZILLA MINUS ONE BEST MOVIE OF 2023

I will save the exhaustive long movie write to simply say this movie is not what you expected in all the right ways.

Let's get to New Noize

Song of the Week goes to MGMT with "Bubblegum Dog". I have been highly critical of these Brooklyn dudes with everything they put out and am happy to report I am into the 2 singles they dropped this year, "Bubblegum Dog" being the most recent. It's got this David Bowie Ziggy Stardust feel throughout this new single, check it.

Haiku Hands finally came out with their new LP "Pleasure Beast" and I love it. There are a few other records that were close to this #1 spot including the new collab record by Full of Hell & Nothing "When No Birds Sang", Godzilla Minus One OST & Tiga & Hudson Mohawke's collab record "L'Ecstacy". Ultimately I went with  Haiku Hands cause it's the most fun and we need some fun. Regardless you should listen to "Pleasure Beast" by Haiku Hands and everything else I listed.

So next week will be the final New Noize (maybe) of the year then I will be doing my "Best of 2023" 3-hour wrap-up show the following Sunday, maybe.

Until then see you all next week, maybe. 

11/26/23 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Miso Extra "2nd Floor" Transgressive
Album of the Week: C'Mon Tigre "Habitat"
 
1. The Smile "Wall Of Eyes" XL
2. Colouring "For You"  Bella Union
3. gglum "Easy Fun" Secretly Canadian
4. The Golden Dregs "Dealer"  4AD
5. J Mascis "Can't Believe We're Here" Sub Pop
6. a.l. west "Lake Song"
7. Kurt Vile "Like a wounded bird trying to fly" Verve
8. Kishi Bashi "My Name is Kishi Bashi" Joyful Noise
9. Bleachers "Alma Mater" Dirty Hit
10. C'Mon Tigre "Nomad At Home" Intersuoni
11. Dengue Fever "Prahok in My Suitcase" Tuk Tuk
12. Sandunes (feat. Ramya Pothuri) "The Surge" Tru Thoughts
13. almost monday "coast to coast" Hollywood
14. Pile "Only For A Reminder"

-hour 2-

15. Danny "Brown Tantor" Warp
16. Jonah Yano "concentrate" Innovative Leisure
17. Sleaford Mods "West End Girls" Rough Trade
18. Björk & Rosalía "Oral"
19. Babebee "CIGARETTES/TWO DOVES" Epitaph
20. Shygirl "Thicc"
21. Vince Clarke "White Rabbit" Mute
22. Ghostly Kisses "Golden Eyes" Akira
23. Miso Extra "2nd Floor" Transgressive
24. Gifted & Blessed "Invitation" Stones Throw
25. H31R "Train of Thought"
26. Cactus Flower "Flowers In Her Hair" People.Parties.Places.
27. Ben Frost "Turning The Prism"
28. The Ivy "Good Faith"

Back from turkey slaughter day in Florida and it was fantastic. The Ahmed clan was at 100% (which is rare) plus minimal family drama. Something feels off...Anayay back in SB and yes we New Noize'd last night.

Since I missed a few shows this set was packed with a bit of everything.

New Noize song of the week goes to Miso Extra with "2nd Floor" It has this strange offness about it. It is ultra pop with some unique sonic distance that works well backed by her buttery voice. It may be all over the place but you should grab it while you can.

The New Noize Album of the Week was scooped by C'Mon Tigre with "Habitat" This record has a jazz/r&b base foundation but don't peg these humans because this record is truly versatile. Some may say even chaotic. The journey a band makes to figure out their sound is full of discoveries picking up various audio assets and incorporating them into their tool kit. C'Mon Tigre takes this to the next level, some tracks might have you scratching your head pondering if this is the same band you started to listen to. I assure you it is and you should definitely give "Habitat" a chance.

Also seeing Godzilla Minus 1 this Thursday at the smallest IMAX in the US. Yay? Whatever its almost Godzilla time...

It's good to be back in Santa Barbara.  

11/12/23 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Heartworms "May I Comply"
Album of the Week: PinkPantheress "Heaven knows"

1. Yaeji "easy breezy"
2. PinkPantheress "The aisle"
3. George Riley(feat. Hudson Mohawke) "S e x"
4. Haiku Hands "Cool For You""
5. The Kid LAROI "NIGHTS LIKE THIS"
6. Pearl & The Oysters(Jerry Paper Remix) "Konami"
7. LIA LIA "I cry in my Mercedes"
8. Logic1000 (feat. Kayla Blackmon) "Self To Blame"
9. Peggy Gou & Lenny Kravitz "I Believe In Love Again"
10. Foodman "Pichi Pichi"
11. Julia Holter "Sun Girl"
12. Chanel Beads "Police Scanner"
13. See Jazz "Laika"
14. Breeze "Ready For Love"
15. Heartworms "May I Comply"
16. Omni "Exacto"

-hour 2-

17. Ty Segall "My Room"
18. Momma "Sunday"
19. Arlo Parks "Jasmine"
20. Sleater-Kinney "Say It Like You Mean"
21. Grandaddy "Watercooler"
22. Marika Hackman "Slime"
23. Opez "Oro"
24. Papooz "DON'T YOU THINK IT'D BE NICE"
25. Cat Power "Tell Me, Momma"
26. Desire Marea "The Only Way"
27. Aesop Rock(feat. Hanni El Khatib) "Kyanite Toothbook"
28. Bark "Arcade"
29. Mother Mother "The Matrix"
30. Lumari "In Waves"

Not on the Spotify Playlist:
Opez "Oro"

It was a weekend full of laying low and cleaning the apartment cause that the rule before you travel, right? Anyway as SoCal braces for rain this week, yes that is a real thing people are stressing about, lets New Noize.

Before I get into all the fun I did cut almost 75 minutes from this past Sunday's set. Gone are the days of there being an off-season for new music releases which is a huge plus if you like music. I like music. Music.

The New Noize song of the week goes to Heartworms with "May I Comply". More people need to know about this band and their latest single is a great introduction. Fairly new to the scene but their sound is not. Heartworms have all the cliches down. They are from London. They have a goth post punk sound. They also have that black-and-white aesthetic perfected. What is far from cliche is their music. It has a certain aggressive fuck you dont touch me but watch this shit texture which hasn't been seen in this scene for a while. The band is fronted by Jojo Orm, remember that name. If they keep producing quality jams like this you will be hearing about them and her a lot more. While we wait for a proper full-length LP check out "May I Comply" along with their EP "A Comforting Notion" which was released back in March.

The New Noize album of the week goes none other than PinkPanthress. "Heaven knows" flows like an old-school PS2 soundtrack. Cascading landscapes of deep-cut samples hidden through rolling nostalgic drum and base sequences with 90s-like R&B vocals make this record, minus the last track, a wild ride. Not to dive too deep but let's take the track "Feelings" where the listener is met with 2 sounds. One is this classic key progression from a fuzzed-out synth and the other is the character select screen from Street Fighter BUT with an active player pressing in a direction that anyone from the FGC(look it up you normal) would instantly recognize. This combo creates a ridiculous hype yet laid-back intro; I'm talking about the first 8 to 9 seconds of this song that's how much care was taken into the creation of this highly anticipated luxury mixtape, and I mean that in the best ways.

Also no New Noize next week I'll be hanging with the gators as I lounge in my parent's Floridian home turkey slaughter.

Gobble gobble.

11/5/23 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: WILLOW "alone"
Album of the Week: bar italia "The Twits" Matador
 
1. Linked Horizon "Saigyo no Titan/The Last Titan"
2. Ai Higuchi "Itterashai/See You Later"
3. UNA "Seraglio"
4. Benny Sings "Distance" Stones Throw
5. Sen Morimoto "Deeper" City Slang
6. Mndsgn "Finallyalone" Stones Throw
7. WILLOW "alone"
8. Actress "Its me ( g 8 )" Ninja Tune
9. Jockstrap "Sexy (ft. Babymorocco)" Rough Trade
10. Elkka "DJ Friendly"
11. Tkay Maidza "Won One" 4AD
12. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee "Los Angeles (with James Murphy)"
13. Kevin Abstract "Real 2 Me"
14. bar italia "Hi fiver" Matador
15. Hotline TNT "I Thought You'd Change" Third Man

-hour 2-

16. Viji "Say Hi" [PIAS]
17. Savana Santos "bigger man"
18. Liza Anne "Utopian" AntiFragile
19. Crime & the City Solution "Brave Hearted Woman" Mute
20 Folly Group "I'll Do What I Can"
21. Cheekface "Largest Muscle"
22. IAN SWEET "Smoking Again" Polyvinyl
23. Snailmate "Trash, Baby"
24. Morne "Wretched Empire" Metal Blade
25. William Eggleston "Improvisation" Secretly Canadian
26. Windser "TV"
27. IDLES "Dancer" Partisan
28. Yard Act "Dream Job"
29. Dwarves "Roxette"
30. The Defiant "Dead Language"
31. Madness "Baby Burglar"

What a weekend!!! Let's just dive right in!

I had a killer set as you can clearly see. I opened with Last Horizon's "Saigyo no Titan/The Last Titan", the opening music for the last episode of Attack on Titan, and immediately after that I played "Itterashai/See You Later", the closing track from that same episode by Ai Higuchi. Both songs are amazing just like this TV show, which I will return to later in this write-up.

In that same hour, I got into the new track by WILLOW "Alone" which also happens to be the New Noize Song of the Week.

This past week we saw some amazing full lengths including new album drops from Viji, Actress, Crime & the City Solution, Dwarves,  Hotline TNT, and Kevin Abstract. This week's Album of the Week goes to bar italia's "The Twits". Highly stylized and feeds me that post-90s garage/alternative sound which is alive and well with bar italia.

So we all know I freaked out this past Friday to celebrate Godzilla Day. Happy 69 years to the King of All Monsters.

One of the biggest things to happen to TV in 2023 happened this past Saturday, I am talking about the last episode of Attack on Titan. What an amazing ending, which I dare was damn near flawless in all aspects. A mark of a good film/series is a pretty simple one, if you can remove a scene and it doesn't change the film/series then that scene should be cut. In Attack on Titan every single scene, event & decision had consequences that were relevant. If you have watched this show you know what I am talking about, if not then do yourself a service and experience the cultural phenomenon that is Attack on Titan, a series that surpasses its own genre. I know for a lot of people out there this is their gateway to the world of anime, Im talking to you Billie Elish...To the people who won't touch this because this is anime, I feel sorry for you. This is and will always be the ultimate medium to tell a visual story. Attack on Titan is speaking on what's going on with the world right now. For me, Attack on Titan is about the bittersweet struggle for survival called life no matter what age you live in.

Thank you Hajime Isayama for this amazing human journey.