8/3/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: IDLES "Rabbit Run" Partisan
Album of the Week: Wisp "If Not Winter" Interscope

Bret McKenzie "Freak Out City"
hey, nothing "Black Bear"
mark william lewis "Still Above"
The Voidz "Blue Demon"
IDLES "Rabbit Run"
Ghostface Killah "Rap Kingpin"
The Armed "Heathen"
Wisp "Mesmerized"
The Antlers "Carnage"
Yves Tumor & NINA "WE DONT COUNT"
MF Robots "Hello Sunshine"
Quadeca "AT A TIME LIKE THIS"
Far Caspian "First Day"
Bicep "Aappoq"

-hour 2-

Sofia Kourtesis "Unidos (with Daphni)"
Baxter Dury "Schadenfreude"
Fat Dog "Pray To That"
Laibach "Die Kanone (feat. Bjelo Dugme)"
Debby Friday "All I Wanna Do Is Party"
Bon Iver "From"
Ami Taf Ra "The Prophet"
The New Eves "Rivers Run Red"
Orbit Culture "Hydra"
Maren Morris "earth angel"
Avery Tucker "Like I'm Young"
The Beths "Metal"
LAPêCHE "Autotelic Nosebleed"

I’m happy to report I did in fact get tamales at Our Lady of Guadalupe here in SB so yeah, my Fiesta was a success.

But let’s not sugarcoat it, this year felt different. The streets weren’t as packed, and you could sense the tension, especially around the fear of ICE activity in town. It was quieter than usual, and that weight was definitely felt across the celebration. I am also happy to report I was not the one who got stabbed and I like it when my skin is not pierced by violence.

You know we New Noize'd this Sunday like we always do. I was bummed I didn't get to go to the Maren Morris show at the SBBowl but that was mostly due to the fact that I had to do New Noize so instead I played "earth angel".

And yes, as you can see I played a bunch of other things. That’s kind of my whole thing every Sunday.

Kicked it all off with Bret McKenzie, because anytime I can, I will. I love that dude’s songwriting brain. He always sounds like he’s scoring a musical inside someone else’s head.

New Noize Song of the Week goes to IDLES with “Rabbit Run”, featured on the upcoming film Caught Stealing, about a guy who agrees to watch his punk rock roommate’s cat… and then chaos ensues. Check the trailer. It looks wild:

Before I get to Album of the Week, let me shout out a few other records that nearly took the crown which include The Armed, Debby Friday, Quadeca, and two fantastic EPs from Sofia Kourtesis and The Voidz. All worthy of your time and attention.

Top honors got to Wisp for "If Not Winter" Their first studio album and it’s a beautiful, shoegaze-soaked meditation. This record doesn't ask for anything from you. It just envelops you. It places a soft-focus filter on your inner world and lets you view your reality from a slightly off-axis perspective...familiar, but reimagined. I love records that make you immediately hit replay. If Not Winter does that and more.

Now, this would usually be the part where I talk about EVO but I skipped it this year. Still bitter. Inshallah next year.

Catch you next time, new week, New Noize.

7/27/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Tame Impala "End Of Summer" Columbia
Album of the Week: Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist Alfredo 2

Anamanaguchi "Rage (Kitchen Sink)"
SPRINTS "Rage"
Moon Panda "Butterknife"
Indigo De Souza "Crush"
Hunx And His Punx "No Way Out"
Mac DeMarco "Holy"
Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist "Empanadas"
Platonic Sex "Easy"
Cate Le Bon "Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday)"
John Maus "Came & Got"
Yumi Zouma "Cross My Heart and Hope to Die"
NATION OF LANGUAGE's "Under The Water"
Tame Impala "End Of Summer"
Soulwax "Run Free"
Fcukers "Play Me"
Tyler, The Creator "Stop Playing With Me"
PUNCHBAG "I Love This"

-hour 2-

MIRAMAR "La Playa"
Jamie xx "Dream Night"
Mechatok (ft. Tohji) "200"
HAAi "Hey!"
Fever Ray "I'm Not Done (Radical Romantics Session)"
Big Wild(ft. Phantogram) "Too Loud"
Holly Palmer "Requiem For A Dream"
Daniel Avery "Rapture in Blue"
The Body "A Curse"
Thrice "Gnash"
We Are Scientists "The Big One"
Cory Hanson "On the Rocks"
Flock of Dimes "Long After Midnight"
Kurt Vile & Luke Roberts "wildflower"
Motion City Soundtrack "You Know Who The Fuck We Are"
Sloan "Dream Destroyer"

Not on Spotify:
MIRAMAR "La Playa"
Holly Palmer "Requiem For A Dream"

Viva la Fiesta. It's that special time of year in Santa Barbara when confetti ends up in every crevice of your car, clothes, and existence. I’m still recovering from this past week. Thursday I saw SB local folk rockstar Father John Misty rock the folk out the SBBowl. Friday, Gogol Bordello tore up the Arlington. And Saturday? I saw Fantastic Four. No spoilers, but I’m not a huge FF guy, and I still dug it. Then Sunday? You already know. New Noize time.

This week’s show had some serious weight. I spun a previously unreleased track from MIRAMAR, a sneak peek ahead of his upcoming boat cruise here in Santa Barbara on August 9. Also got in that new Mac DeMarco track “Holy,” a teaser for his upcoming SB Bowl show.

New Noize Song of the Week? No contest—Tame Impala with “End of Summer.” And yes, I played the full 7+ minute non-radio edit. If you’re gonna drift, drift properly.

The New Noize song of the Week goes to Tame Impala with the "End Of Summer", and yes i played the 7+ minute non radio edited version of this banger.

The Album of the Week goes to the follow up to Alfredo, Alfredo 2. Alchemist and Freddie Gibbs created lighting once again. Top to bottom this album is thick with style you wish you had.

Also pour some more our for Alchemist, one of the hardest working humans in 2025 when it comes to music.

As for me?

I'm gonna try to survive Fiesta this week and EVO next week. I won’t be going to EVO this year (still salty), but life conflicts are life conflicts.

Catch you next Sunday. No confetti, no excuses—just New Noize.

7/20/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Nine Inch Nails "As Alive As You Need Me To Be" Interscope
Album of the Week: DJ Haram "Besides Myself" Hyperdub

Pile "Bouncing in Blue"
Still Blank "Ain't Quite Right"
Jeff Tweedy "Enough"
Wisp "Breathe onto me"
Big Thief "All Night All Day"
Alex G "Spinning"
Child Seat "Love Drug"
Hermanos Gutiérrez(feat. Leon Bridges) "Elegantly Wasted"
she's green "Willow"
They Are Gutting a Body of Water "trainers"
Wombo "Spyhopping"
Wet Leg "pokemon"
Skullcrusher "Exhale"
DRAIN "Stealing Happiness From Tomorrow"
Water From Your Eyes "Playing Classics"

-hour 2-

Hot Chip "Devotion"
Nine Inch Nails "As Alive As You Need Me To Be"
Modeselektor "MEGA MEGA MEGA"
Slikbak "Knot"
DJ Haram (ft. Kayy Drizz) "Do u Love me"
Two Shell "eXist"
Justice(feat. The Flints)  "Mannequin Love(Hudson Mohawke Remix)"
Sudan Archives "MY TYPE"
clipping.(feat. Counterfeit Madison and Kid Koala) "Night of Heaven"
$ilkMoney "THE $400 CHEESEBURGER FROM THE WINDOW SHOPPER VIDEO WAS JUST A BIG MAC"
Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist "1995"
Raekwon(Ft Nas) "The Omerta"
Clipse "So Far Ahead"
Geese "Taxes"  

So there I was, watching The Sandlot at the Santa Barbara Courthouse, peak summer vibes, when a literal rocket launched across the nightsky. I’m not saying that was a sign from the universe, but I am saying my weekend was a bit ridiculous.

Then Saturday hit and I caught The Marías doing a full takeover of the Santa Barbara Bowl. Wild to think I first saw them back in their Soho nightclub infancy—now they’re out here performing for some of the best-looking humans in SoCal. That merch line? Pure chaos. That beverage line? Nonexistent. That opener? Julie. The hyper-opposite of The Marías, and that’s why it worked. I saw Julie open for Foo Fighters once and made sure to show up early & still managed to miss the first song. Don’t sleep on Julie.

And yes, Friday brought another avalanche of new music. I had to slice nearly an hour of material just to fit what made the final cut. Not complaining. That’s my favorite kinda problem.

NINE INCH NAILS IS BACK WITH A NEW OST! Yes, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross have been killing the soundtrack game under their own names for years but now they’re flipping the switch back to NIN mode for the TRON: Ares OST. The moment I heard “As Alive As You Need Me To Be,” I knew it was the New Noize Song of the Week. It’s icy. It’s cinematic. It’s exactly what you want NIN doing in 2025.

Here’s the trailer if you haven’t seen it:

And speaking of being possessed by sound, My Album of the Week is DJ Haram’s "Besides Myself" an unsettling, gorgeous, grime-soaked hallucination of a record. There’s something sinister laced through this whole album, it’s forcing a rewire to your nervous system in real time. Just let it. It’s worth it.

Thursday night, I’m catching Father John Misty, and I will not be watching Marley & Me in the park. Absolutely not. That movie is devastating and I refuse, REFUSE to get emotional in public. Not trying to weep into my reusable wine tumbler while surrounded by strangers. Nope.

I’ll be back next Sunday.
New set. New chaos. Same New Noize.
See you then.

7/13/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Deftones "my mind is a mountain" Reprise  
Album of the Week: Wet Leg "moisturizer" Domino

BLACKPINK "Jump"
TWICE "THIS IS FOR"
Purity Ring "place of my own"
Nicolas Bougaïeff "Sunday Morning at Panorama Bar When Things Go Sideways"
Fever Ray "Now's The Only Time I Know (Therapy Session)"
Barry Can't Swim "Different""
José Gonazález "Heartbeats (Logic1000 Remix)"
Danny L Harle(ft. PinkPanthress) "Starlight"
Bring Me The Horizon "shadowm0ses.frq"
Gina Birch "Don't Fight Your Friends"
Ingebrigt Håker Flaten (Exit) Knarr (tweaked by Karl Hjalmar Nyberg) "Austin Vibes"
Kassa Overall "REBIRTH OF SLICK (COOL LIKE DAT)"
Jon Batiste "BIG MONEY"
Kokoroko "Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)"
Spaceface "Everything Is Money"

-hour 2-

Clipse (Feat Tyler, The Creator) "P.O.V."
Wet Leg "pillow talk"
Harmony "Porcelain"
Die Spitz "Throw Yourself To The Sword"
deftones "my mind is a mountain"
Rocket "Wide Awake"
N8NOFACE "The Way Out Of Here"
The Hives "Legalize Living"
BIG SPECIAL "YESBOSS"
Tombstones In Their Eyes "I Am Cold"
shame "Quiet Life"
jay Som (feat Jim Adkins) "Float"
Towa Otowa (feat Clare Uchima) "Atsu's Theme" (Ghost of Yōtei OST)
Neko Case "Wreck"
Mark Stewart "Everybody’s Got To Learn Sometime"
Noah Cyrus "Way Of The World"

Do you ever feel like a cheetah in the savannah? Cheetahs are one of the most successful murders on earth and yesterday ya boy's kills rate was flawless.

It definitely helped that Friday was a monster for new releases. I mean, look at this set. It’s art. And as usual, I had to slash a good chunk of heat just to fit it into a two-hour show.

We opened with two K-pop juggernauts—BLACKPINK and TWICE. I didn’t make it to BLACKPINK’s kickoff show in LA this weekend, but I did spin their new single. Meanwhile, TWICE dropped a whole album last week in the middle of swirling controversy, and somehow still delivered a fun, catchy record.

From there we went full electronic, bounced into a lo-fi curveball from Bring Me The Horizon (yes, really), jazzed it up, and even landed on that new Jon Batiste joint—he’s coming to the SB Bowl later this year, by the way.

Hour 2 was so heavy. I shot off the new Clispe featuring tyler with POV. Top to bottom produced by Pharrell, this is one of the best records of 2025 but it's not my album of the week. I wanted it to be but Wet Leg had other plans. Their new record, moisturizer, has been draining my batteries and battering my earholes since its release. Everything about this sophomore record screams "fuck you pay me like jay z". That’s Album of the Week behavior.

 Also in the mix: Die Spitz, the newest act signed to Third Man Records. If you don’t know them, change that. Their new track “Throw Yourself to the Sword” is raw, and I can’t wait for their album to drop later this year.

Speaking of drops, let’s talk about Ghost of Yōtei. PlayStation gave us 20 minutes of preview chaos last week and absolutely broke the internet with the announcement of three modes:

• Kurosawa Mode: black & white, more wind, more drama

• Miike Mode: blood, mud, tighter camera, straight outta 13 Assassins

• Watanabe Mode: lo-fi hip-hop during combat and exploration. I repeat: lo-fi samurai battles.
  

They also dropped two tracks from the OST, so of course I had to spin "Atsu’s Theme."

And after all that heat, what took New Noize Song of the Week? Deftones with "My Mind Is a Mountain.” A new Deftones album is exactly what this country needs.

This upcoming weekend is so stacked.

• Friday: catching The Sandlot at the Sunken Gardens (SB’s “Movies in the Park” series—the theme is dogs).

• Saturday: fingers crossed I get into that Julie / Marais show (Insha’Allah). Big fan of the opener, so get there early—I will

• Sunday? You already know. Another New Noize set.

See you then