2/23/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Suki Waterhouse "Dream Woman"
Album of the Week: Saya Gray "SAYA"

Melvins "Victory of the Pyramids"
spill tab "Angie"
Mamalarky "#1 Best Of All Time"
Alon Aboutboul "Potion of Love"
Sam Akpro "Tunnel Vision"
Lael Neale "Tell Me How to Be Here"
Suki Waterhouse "Dream Woman"
Nell Smith "Anxious"
Maria Somerville "Garden"
JENNIE (feat Doechii) "ExtraL"
Salami Rose Joe Louis "Arm fell asleep"
Tunde Adebimpe "Drop radio"
Toro Y Moi "Daria (feat. Kenny Beats)"
Miso Extra "Ghostly"
Lionmilk "get high"

-hour 2-

Yann Tiersen Arne "Rathlin from a Distance"
James Krivchenia "Probably Wizards"(with Sam Wilkes)
Nicolas Bougaïeff "Harvest"
Mochakk "From The Stars" (feat. The RAH Band)
Yuno "True"
Bon Iver "Everything Is Peaceful Love"
Saya Gray "LINE BACK 22"
Baths "Peacocking"
Ichiko Aoba "SONAR"
The Murder Capital "A Distant Life"
Killswitch Engage "Collusion"
Superheaven "Cruel Times"
Fontaines D.C. "It's Amazing To Be Young"

As the rest of the country shivers through a deep freeze, we here in SoCal are basking in an unexpected pocket of summer. But we’re not here to talk about the weather…

New Noize this past Sunday was a ride—one of those sets that had a groovy belly to it. Listen to the playlist, and you’ll get what I mean.

This week finally brought us Saya Gray’s new album, "SAYA." It felt like forever waiting for this one, but in reality, she’s been rolling out singles since October. My internal longing clearly messed with my sense of time. Either way, it’s here, and it delivers. Saya weaves effortlessly through genres, pulling elements together in ways that shouldn’t work—but do. A prime example? "EXHAUSTING THE TOPIC"—country twang meets alternative textures, indie chords, harp strings, and subtle electronic flourishes. It’s the kind of song that makes you feel like you’re on a summer road trip, lost in thought. Album of the Week? No question.

Song of the Week? Now that was a tough one.

So many standouts in this set.

  • Kicked things off with a 9+ minute Melvins track into one of my favorite new artists, spill tab (whose new record I’m HIGHLY anticipating).

  • Lionmilk’s "get high" is aggressively laid-back.
    I love everything about that new JENNIE & Doechii single, "ExtraL."

  • That Toro Y Moi & Kenny Beats track "Daria"? Straight-up jam.

  • And don’t even get me started on Miso Extra’s "Ghostly"—so good it makes me mad.

But the New Noize Song of the Week? That would belong to Suki Waterhouse’s "Dream Woman." I thought she was done dropping new music last year, but I was wrong—and I’m glad I was. This single gives off that "I might just drop another record this year" energy. Maybe it’ll be an EP, maybe she gives Memoir of a Sparklemuffin the deluxe treatment—whatever she and Sub Pop decide, I’m here for all of it.

Before I sign off I just want to send love to my Muslim fam—we are MASSIVE, and come Friday, we all walk the path of Ramadan, whether we can fast or not. This year’s gonna be extra for ya boy in all aspects, but that’s what it’s about.

Get in all the haram now, brothers and sisters.

See y’all next week.