6/15/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: John Maus "I Hate Antichrist" Young
Album of the Week: The Bug Club "Very Human Features" Sub Pop

Big Thief "Incomprehensible"
Japanese Breakfast "My Baby (Got Nothing At All)" (Materialists Original Soundtrack)
M83 "First Steps Upward"
Kim Gordon "BYE BYE 25!"
John Maus "I Hate Antichrist"
Charlie Nieland "Drown"
Pile "Uneasy"
Queens Of The Stone Age "Kalopsia" (Alive in the Catacombs)
The Bug Club "Beep Boop Computers"
The New Eves "Rivers Run Red"
Leafblower "Namaste Home"
Water From Your Eyes "Life Signs"
King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard "Sea of Doubt"
David Byrne(ft. Ghost Train Orchestra) "Everybody Laughs"
WITCH "Dancer on a Trip"

-hour 2-

Matmos "Steel Tongues"
Mystic Knights "This High Up"
L'Eclair(ft. Pink Siifu) "REPLICA M001"
José González + Bibio "Crosses" (Bibio Remix)
Iron & Wine(feat. I'm With Her) "Robin's Egg"
Rober Glasper "‘bout Sunlight"
Phoebe Rings "Fading Star"
FaltyDL "I Can Hear It All The Time"
Felsmann + Tiley "Warum"
Sudan Archives "DEAD"
LSDXOXO "Red (feat. Boys Noize & VTSS)"
Manslaughter 777 "I Do Not Believe In Art"
Ho99o9 "Upside Down"
Laura Jane Grace "Wearing Black"
exporter "Southern Kingsnake"
Hannah Jadagu "My Love"

Not on Spotify:
Manslaughter 777 "I Do Not Believe In Art"

It might be spring wherever you are, but it’s full-on summer here in SB — and I’m not complaining. On top of that, it’s been a busy AF Monday, so this write-up’s gonna be short (which might be a good thing ‘cause I know how much you love reading these week after week).

We’re hitting that point in the year where a ton of notable records are starting to drop — which means I can’t fit everything in. Sometimes I miss stuff, sometimes labels get it to me late. Case in point: Phoebe Rings, whose latest album Aseurai dropped two Fridays ago. I LOVE JAPANESE CITY POP — and this album screams modern Japanese City Pop, which the world has been seriously lacking.

This week’s Album of the Week is another Sub Pop release (seriously, this label can’t miss right now). The Bug Club’s Very Human Features is pure gold — the perfect “it’s still technically spring but it feels like summer” record. Fun harmonies, hilariously truthful, a little silly — exactly what we all need.

John Maus has a new single out — your New Noize Song of the Week. “I Hate Antichrist” will absolutely get stuck in your head (I’m currently on Day 5).

Speaking of singles — shout out to Kim Gordon for reworking “BYE BYE” into “BYE BYE 25!” — a new version to go along with this past weekend’s “No Kings” protest.

This weekend is Solstice in SB — and it’s gonna go OFF. Pray for me and my non-pagan soul.

6/8/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Cate Le Bon Heaven "Is No Feeling" Mexican Summer
Album of the Week: Lifeguard "Ripped and Torn" Matador

Frankie and the Witch Fingers "Eggs Laid Brain"
shame "Cutthroat"
Lifeguard "Ripped + Torn"
Paper Lady "Silt"
Marissa Nadler "New Radiations"
Cate Le Bon Heaven "Is No Feeling"
elbow "Dis-Graceland 463-465 Bury New Road"
Dropkick Murphy's "Who'll Stand With Us"
Portugal. The Man "Silver Spoons"
Maiya Blaney "Honey i"
DJ Haram "Distress Tolerance"
Bicep "CHROMA 010 BRILLO"
Sudan Archives "DEAD"
Juan Wauters "Manejando por Pando"
Panda Bear "Virginia Tech"

-hour 2-

Mother Soki "Rivet Gun"
Indigo De Souza "Crying Over Nothing"
Nilüfer Yanya "Where To Look"
Byzantine "Kobayashi Maru"
Pulp "Spike Island"
McKinley Dixon "Sugar Water"
Bear Maze "Daisy"
Born Ruffians "Supersonic Man"
Brian Eno & Beatie "Wolfe Suddenly"
Bones Shredder "Daylight"
Wisp "Save me now"
Ethel Cain "Nettles"
TOPS "Chlorine"
The Modbeats "Hold Me Roll Me"
Hide And Shine "Heaven on Sunday"

Not On Spotify:
Byzantine "Kobayashi Maru"
Hide And Shine "Heaven on Sunday"

What timeline am I living in? Secured a Switch 2 on Thursday. Eid was Friday. Beat the Paintress on Saturday (finally). Took an L in lawn bowling on Sunday. ICE protests in LA. Feds are taking it too far. And in the middle of it all—New Noize.

This week’s set is a little more low-key, and that’s not a bad thing. Plenty of big-name releases dropped—stuff I will get to later—but I wanted to shine a light on some artists who often get left out of the Spotify algorithm conversations. There’s so much music getting released every week, and honestly? Most of the best stuff still flies under the radar

Album of the Week goes to  "Ripped and Torn" by Lifeguard. I’ve been waiting on this one like it’s a sneaker drop. And yeah—it’s a personal pick. Lifeguard just makes my kind of music. No other way to say it. Raw, urgent, driving—but not aimless. Ripped and Torn is exactly what I wanted it to be. Shoutout to Matador for keeping the distortion distorted.

Song of the week goes to Cate Le Bon "Heaven Is No Feeling" out on Mexican Summer records. This is the most “pop” Cate’s ever sounded—and I mean that in the best way possible. There’s still her signature surrealism in the songwriting, but the track’s structure and delivery feel way more inviting. It sounds like a radio single without sacrificing the weird. She’s always been incredible and more people need to be on Cate.

I need a nap.

—Haaris

6/1/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Wet Leg "CPR" Domino 
Album of the Week: Swans "Birthing" Young God

The Budos Band "Kudzu Vine"
Unknown Mortal Orchestra "BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES"
Idiot Mambo "Pillowcase"
Ty Segall "Skirts of Heaven"
Miynt "Stranglers"
Lionmilk "sambinho"
Swans "Red Yellow"
Disiniblud(ft. Julianna Barwick) "Give-upping"
Clipse "Ace Trumpets"
Foxwarren "Dress"
yeule "Tequila Coma"
Aesop Rock "Himalayan Yak Chew"
Night Tapes "pacific"
Rome Streetz x Conductor Williams (feat. Method Man) "Ricky Bobby"
MRCY "Man"
Obongjayar "Not In Surrender"
HAAi (feat Jon Hopkins, Obi Franky, ILĀ Satellite, Trans Voices "Humanise"

-hour 2-

Child Seat "Heart To Heart"
Garbage "Radical"
Sledges "STUMBLING AS I FALL"
Sir Chloe "Forgiving"
Wet Leg "CPR"
Miley Cyrus "Golden Burning Sun"
The Bug Club "appropriate emotions"
Audio Book Club "She's Too Cool For You"
Yumi Zouma "Blister"
rise against "I want it all"
Faun Fables "Wonderous Stories"
King Isis "LATELY"
Matt Berninger(Feat. Hand Habits) "Breaking Into Acting"
Middle Kids "Cause"
Mocky "Today Years Old"

Sometimes you're up. Sometimes you're down.
And if you’re a Knicks fan... you already know. This week’s been brutal. And honestly, if there’s any solace, it’s this: no one’s watching these NBA Finals. I’d put money on this being the lowest-rated Finals in recent memory. But you’re not here for hoop eulogies.

Let’s talk albums.
Way too many dropped this week—and as much as I wanted to dive into all of them, I could only get to a few. That said, these records deserve your ears:

• The Budos Band – VII

• Ty Segall – Possession

• Miynt – Rain Money Dogs

• Lionmilk – WHEN THE FLOWERS BLOOM

• Foxwarren – 2

• yeule – Evangelic Girl is a Gun

• Aesop Rock – Black Hole Superette

• Rome Streetz x Conductor Williams – Trainspotting

• MRCY – Volume 2

• Obongjayar – Paradise Now

• Garbage – Let All That We Imagine Be The Light

• Miley Cyrus – Something Beautiful

• Matt Berninger – Get Sunk

Every one of those is doing something interesting but there can only be 1 album of the week and that belongs to the Swans with Birthing. Look—I’m not gonna pretend I’m objective here. I love this band. Always have. Birthing is Swans in full form: crawling, building, testing your patience, then rewarding it in ways only they can. Their live show is still the best part of the whole experience—but Birthing is the weight you carry until you can hear it at full volume in a blacked-out room with your ribcage vibrating. People call Swans an “acquired taste.” Those people are wrong. Good music is good music. And Swans make great music.  

Wet Leg is back with "CPR"  , a clean, cheeky, deceptively perfect single. And yeah, word is a new record is coming… but I’m not holding my breath. If Nintendo taught us anything, it’s that the more you want it, the longer it takes. And trust—I really want this one.  I also want a Nintendo Switch 2….

…..OK byeeeeeeee.

5/25/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Forth Wanderers "7 Months"
Album of the Week: lavender "were having a barn dance"

Gabriel da Rosa "Seu João"
Pierpont & Helgeson "Isle of The Damned"
Yuuf "Iman"
Kokoroko "Sweetie"
Pachyman "In Love"
Yaya Bey "raisins"
Jose James(feat. Taali) "Tokyo Daydream"
NoSo "Sugar"
Forth Wanderers "7 Months"
Triathalon "Last Night"
Thalia Zedek Band "Pin"
Blonde Redhead "Before (Choir Version)"
U.S. Girls "Like James Said"
Stereolab "Transmuted Matter"
The Sophs "SWEAT"
Wednesday "Elderberry Wine"

-hour 2-

UNIVERSITY "GTA Online"
Hunx and His Punx "ALONE IN HOLLYWOOD ON ACID"
They Are Gutting a Body of Water "AMERICAN FOOD"
Greet Death "Country Girl"
Grails "Silver Bells"
The Armed "Well Made Play"
Rivers of Nihil "Water & Time"
Anand Wilder "Appointment in Samarra"
BAMBII "Blue Sky (LYZZA & SadBoi)"
Yasmine Hamdan "Shmaali شمالي Tarweeda (Nicolas Jaar Remix)"
lavender "lowlight:slowlight"
Matt Maltese "Anytime, Anyplace, Anyhow"
White Lies "Nothing On Me"
We Are Scientists "I Could Do Much Worse"

Khruangbin on a Wednesday. Justice on a Friday. Both at the SB Bowl. The weather: postcard perfect. And the Knicks… THE KNICKS WON. Honestly? What else do you need? But I’ll give you more anyway.

Let’s talk New Noize.

If Bon Iver’s harmonies ever whispered you out of a nap in a sunroom somewhere in Big Sur, then lavender’s we’re having a barn dance might just be your next favorite thing. It’s raw but not undercooked. Haunting in spots, melodic in others, and full of small, everyday sounds that feel big in the right headphones. Highly recommend.

Also—Stereolab. I know, I know. Everyone’s talking about the new record. Good. They should be. It’s fantastic.

Picking Song of the Week was like choosing between dream snacks at 2am. This past set was overflowing with standout singles: The Armed’s “Well Made Play” is a beast. Greet Death and U.S. Girls dropped undeniable gems. Wednesday is out here making everyone else look lazy. But "7 Months" by Forth Wanderers? That one just hits different. If this is where they’re headed, someone tell Wet Leg to start looking over their shoulder.

Til next time...