9/14/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Tame Impala "Loser" Columbia
Album of the Week: Big Thief "Double Infinity" 4AD

Gorillaz feat. Sparks "The Happy Dictator"
Tame Impala "Loser"
Nine Inch Nails "As Alive As You Need Me To Be"
KNEECAP & Paul Hartnoll "Sayōnara"
Just Mustard "WE WERE JUST HERE"
HEALTH "ORDINARY LOSS"
Ho99o9 feat Chelsea Wolfe "Immortal"
Die Spitz "RIDING WITH MY GIRLS"
SPEED "PEACE"
Maruja "Bloodsport"
La Dispute "Man with Hands and Ankles Bound"
shame "To and Fro"
Cafuné "justwhenuthought"
Skullcrusher "Dragon"
Big Thief "Words"

-Hour 2-

Nightmares on Wax(feat. Yasiin Bey & Mos Def) "Bang Bien"
Kassa Overall "BIG POPPA"
Benny Sings "Simple Life"
Say She She "Disco Life (drink sum wtr)"
NxWorries ft. Thundercat "KeepHer (Knxwledge Remix)"
Peyton "New Leaves"
HAAi "Stitches"
Manslaughter 777 "Die In The Night"
Rian Treanor & Cara Tolmie "Inuti-I"
Sudan Archives "COME AND FIND YOU"
Yukimi "Get It Over"
Liquid Mike "AT&T"
King Princess "Get Your Heart Broken"
David Byrne(ft. Hayley Williams) "What Is The Reason For It?"
Hatchie "Lose It Again"
The Temper Trap "Lucky Dimes"
AFI "Holy Visions"

Not On Spotify
Manslaughter 777 "Die In The Night"

I took a rare Sunday off last week, but I’m back in fine form and trying to stack two weeks of new music into two hours. And what a stack it is.

Started with new Gorillaz "The Happy Dictator". They’ve gone all in on Indian inspiration for this record and, as a Pakistani-American dude, I’m hyped. Followed that with the Song of the Week, Loser by Tame Impala. For some reason it is really hitting a lot of inner strings, wonder why?

Nine Inch Nails are rolling through Thursday/Friday. As of now I’m not going, but that could flip. What won’t change is how wild it feels to hear Trent and Atticus turning in a Disney TRON: Ares soundtrack. Teenage me would’ve never believed it.

Album of the Week goes to Big Thief’s "Double Infinity". Dropped two Fridays ago while I was off, but worth the rewind. It’s a sharp left turn from their “sound” pace, feel, attitude all stretched thin in the best ways. The record makes you question past and future at the same damn time. Uncomfortable, but good uncomfortable. They’re hitting the Hollywood Bowl in October, fingers crossed I’ll be there.

Other standouts you need in your rotation:

  • Die Spitz "Something to Consume": Been sitting on this record a while. It’s pure fire. I can’t wait until they announce a tour because this band is built for chaos.

  • Maruja "Pain to Power": First full dive after a few singles and… wow. Still processing, but it’s living up to the anticipation.

  • Ho99o9 "Immortal": Easily their most alternative work yet. Aggressive as always, but sonically abstract in a way that feels like a plunge into the aphotic zone.

Outside music: yes, I saw Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle. FUCK YEAH, and the hype is real. If I were a Hashira, my breathing style would be playlist breathing. If you know, you know.

Also, shoutout to the Santa Barbara International Film Festival. They’re running an Akira Kurosawa retrospective right now. I’ve already caught three films — full write-up coming next week.

Still looking, always cooking. See you next Sunday.