2/18/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock
Song of the Week: METZ "Entwined (Street Light Buzz)" Sub Pop
Album of the Week: IDLES "TANGK" Partisan
1. Friko "Crashing Through" ATO
2. Pissed "Jeans Sixty-Two Thousand Dollars in Debt" Sub Pop
3. DIIV "Brown Paper Bag" Concord
4. METZ "Entwined (Street Light Buzz)" Sub Pop
5. Vampire Weekend "Gen-X Cops" Columbia
6. IDLES "Hall & Oats" Partisan
7. Boris x Coaltar of the Deepers "Waterbird" (bandcamp exclusive)
8. Kim Gordon "I'm A Man" Matador
9. Monkey3 "Collision" Napalm
10. Chelsea Wolfe "Dusk" Loma Vista
11. Warpaint "Common Blue"
12. Jessica Pratt "Life Is" Mexican Summer
13. Laura Jane Grace "I'm Not A Cop" Polyvinyl
14. Penny Arcade "Land of Glacier"
15. Lime Garden "Love Song"
-hour 2-
16. Beyonce "TEXAS HOLD EM" Columbia
17. Iron & Wine "You Never Know" Sub Pop
18. Beth Gibbons "Floating On A Moment" Domino
19. Fever Ray "Shiver" Mute
20. Elkka "Make Me" Ninja Tune
21. Saya Gray "BOUQUET FOR YOUR 180 FACE" Dirty Hit
22. salute "system" Ninja Tune
23. Doug Munro "Obsolete"
24. Jordan Mackampa "BLACCJACK THE MAC" AWAL
25. K-Rec(feat. Sadat X & Emcee K-Ski) "I Can't Call It"
26. Heems "Kala Tika" Mass Appeal
27. ScHoolboy "Q YEERN 101"
28. Cochise "YOSHIMITSU" Columbia
29. claire rousay "head" Thrill Jockey
Not on the Spotify Playlist:
7. Boris x Coaltar of the Deepers "Waterbird"
14. Penny Arcade "Land of Glacier"
25. K-Rec(feat. Sadat X & Emcee K-Ski) "I Can't Call It"
Hi everyone. It feels like every other Sunday I'm underwater here in Santa Barbara and this Sunday was no different. I am starting to sound like a broken record & hopefully, the SoCal monsoons are done for 2024. What isn't done is New Noize.
Right off the bat let me be the first to say what a crazy few weeks of new music releases. It was an especially stellar show. I had to cut almost 2 hours of music which is a good problem to have. This set was all thrills no frills.
The New Noize song of the week could have been any of these singles. Seriously there is not one track from this list that does not deserve this slot, but much like Highlander, there can only be one. Except when I make an exception but this is not one of those times. This week's New Noize single of the week goes to METZ with "Entwined (Street Light Buzz)" cause its a kick-ass track and deserves that top spot.
New Noize Album of the Week has caused the same degree of anxiety because of the onslaught of new releases, which again is a good thing. Heems dropped a banger out of nowhere, LAFANDAR is technically a collab record between Heems & Lapgan and its pure South Asian excellence. For those that don't know I too and part of that Desi clan and my chest is all the way out when I hear any track off this flawless record.
Talking collab projects and out-of-the-blue releases Boris & Coaltar of the Deepers got together to do each other's songs. The story goes that Coaltar of the Deepers, a kick-ass Japanese late 90s band who hasn't made a new record in a long while decided to put out an all-covers record of Boris. Boris caught wind of this news, said fuck that, and got in the studio with the COTD to get down on this project. On this record, hello there, both bands go back and forth covering each other's songs, reworking each track in a combined effort to create something new. They also cover the Cure song "Killing Another" which is a must listen. The only way to listen is to get this off of Bandcamp or if you know my guy Taro in Japan. He came through yet again.
This Sunday's New Noize Album of the Week goes to IDLES with TANGK. I have been waiting for this new album with great anticipation these UK cats sure did deliver. I think TANGK is one of their best records and is one of my favorite releases of 2024 so far so listen to it cover to cover.
This Sunday I had a very special guest in the house, a guy I have known since my freshmen year of college at Seton Hall, he works at Hot 97 and still works/contributes at WSOU 89.5 Jesse. It was incredible having him in the studio, talking shop and just kicking it. He is a warrior braving an atmospheric river just to come up for some noodles and radio. Needless to say, it was a great time.
I want to give an extra shout-out to all the people I reached out to especially my international people you humans came through with some exclusives.
A few nonrelated New Noize topics before I call this one done. This week is my movie week. Seeing Final Fantasy VII Advent Children tomorrow & you already know I have to drive at least an hour to see this, in SoCal after work traffic, yay? Is anyone else hyped for FFVII Rebirth release at the end of this month? Just me?
The following day I am walking to the movie theaters to see the new Demon Slayer. No Santa Barbara International Film Festival for me this year so I am looking forward to my mini-movie run.
Heads up there will probably be no show on 3/10/23