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

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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