1/4/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Layla Kaylif "I'm Afraid of Americans"
Album of the Week: Cavetown Sailboat EP

Calibro 35 "Mister Magic"
Ilhan Ersahin's Istanbul Sessions "Yedi Tepe"
Umut Adan and Zebanis "Sale Marino"
Jake Mason Trio (ft. Kurt Elling)"The Modern Ark"
M83 "Spectres"
Charli xcx "Chains of Love"
HEALTH "SHRED ENVY"
Artemas "time alone w you"
Shellshaker "Major Drugs"
Theo Bleak "NJ Transit"
Cavetown "Sailboat" (feat. chloe moriondo)
Blanket "Leaning on You"
Doechii & SZA "girl, get up."
GENA "Circlesz"
KATSEYE “Internet Girl"
Cerrone(feat. The Flints) "Dancing Back To Life"

-hour 2-

Myd "Sweatin'(Povoa Remix)"
Robyn "Dopamine"
Silva Bumpa, Wideboys (ft. Dennis G) "Wanna Party(Original Mix)"
BL3SS "567AM"
bullet tooth "Flava"
Anastasia Coope "Oregon"
Thee Centipedes "Eyeliner Song"
Max Gardener "High Time"
MOTO SOLO "Fantasy Meet Pleasure"
Volumes "California"
Layla Kaylif "I'm Afraid of Americans"
Altin Gün "Neredesin Sen"
River Tiber "Spirals"
NOTHING "purple strings"
Plasma Driver "Tip of My Tongue"
YUNGBLUD, The Smashing Pumpkins "Zombie"

Not On Spotify:
Layla Kaylif "I'm Afraid of Americans"

We made it to another year of new music. How? I honestly couldn’t tell you. But I can get into the latest entry in the ongoing music-discovery series known as New Noize.

This was the first New Noize of 2026 and a lot of it was music I either forgot about in 2025 or that slipped out right before the new year. That said, I did manage to uncover a few proper 2026 gems in the process.

Cavetown has a new full-length dropping next Friday, but they decided to ease us into the year by releasing their Sailboat EP just two days into January. It opens with some very 100 gecs-adjacent energy, then gradually locks into something more cohesive as the EP unfolds. The harmonies are great, and there’s a ton of radio potential here. Every track has this pop-fuzz sheen, drenched in oversaturated autotune that somehow works. You get hints of chiptune textures mixed with lo-fi progression, and honestly, it’s just fun. Easy choice for Album of the Week.

Song of the Week goes to Layla Kaylif’s “I’m Afraid of Americans.” Layla Kaylif, an English–Arab singer-songwriter and filmmaker takes on the Bowie/NIN classic and adds a weight and intensity that feels uniquely hers. It’s heavy in all the right ways, and the best part? This isn’t a one-off. There’s apparently a full album coming later this month.

Also HEALTH. Who quietly dropped CONFLICT DLC in the final weeks of 2025. It’s everything you want from a HEALTH record: loud, chaotic but cohesive, stylish, and insightfully hilarious in that way only HEALTH can pull off.

I’m genuinely looking forward to all the new music headed our way this year and even more excited to keep breaking it all down with all of you.