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

Song of the Week: mui zyu “パラレリズム (Parallelisme)”
Album of the Week: Bait (OST) FAMM

aja monet feat. Mick Jenkins & Vic Mensa “Melting Clocks”
Montoya “Oddu”
Miss Grit “Mind Disaster”
horsegiirL “Earth Is Turning”
The Chainsmokers feat. Oaks “Already Know”
Disgusting Sisters “Weirdo Magnet”
Tricky feat. Marta Złakowska “Out of Place”
Natasha Noorani, Riz Ahmed & Abdullah Siddiqui “SAYA” (OST Bait)
mui zyu “パラレリズム (Parallelisme)”
Genesis Owusu “Life Keeps Going”
April and VISTA “Do What You Know”
Pastel Blank “Venetians”
Born At Midnite “Y o Y”
Muse “Cryogen”
Eyedress “Stoner Olympics”

Hour 2

MONO “Winter Daphne”
core blo77er “County of Prefixes”
OOIOO “The Horizon”
White Fence “I Wanted a Rolex”
The Strokes “Going Shopping”
Gia Margaret “Phenomenon”
Failure & Hayley Williams “The Rising Skyline”
Bummer Camp “High Water”
youbet “See Thru”
Boundaries “Death Will Follow Me”
Beck “Ride Lonesome”
Foo Fighters “Of All People”
Ceremony “Other Hells”
Modest Mouse “Picking Dragons' Pockets”

NOT ON SPOTIFY:
Bummer Camp “High Water”
youbet “See Thru”

How’s your post-420 going? Some might be baffled reading this and wondering why I’m talking about the herbal holiday a full seven days late. If you’re really down with the culture like I am, you know this is actually right on time.

Speaking of time, let’s talk about the biggest stressor of doing New Noize: too much new music. I usually have my set done by Friday night, leaving some room in case somebody decides to surprise drop something over the weekend. Then Sunday becomes trimming the fat and building the flow. This past Sunday I cracked open my 2016 MacBook and had 4 hours and 12 minutes of possible material. Literally enough for two full shows with leftovers. Blessing and curse.

Anyway, I played a ton of singles this week. The 420-timed Eyedress drop “Stoner Olympics,” the ultra-fun new horsegiirL, a playful collab between The Chainsmokers and Oaks, Beck doing his cowboy thing, and the absolutely ridiculous Disgusting Sisters cut “Weirdo Magnet.”

The New Noize Song of the Week goes to mui zyu with “Parallelisme.” This track moves in waves of ultra-chill sound design. Feels like the loading screen music for some forgotten fantasy point-and-click game. I’m always impressed by how much she packs into a song while making it feel weightless. There is a lot happening here; complex layers, subtle shifts but it never asks for attention. It just pulls you in.

Two albums really stood out this week. The first came from a submission by core blo77er, an artist I’d never heard before. I always listen when artists reach out, but making the show is a different beast entirely. As soon as I threw on bulgaria, it clicked. I love abstract, garage experimental rock (yes, I did play that new OOIOO), but core blo77er makes it digestible. He inlays these sampled vocal tracks that it perfectly whist eliminating the need for a lead vocalist. This genre can get abrasive quickly, but bulgaria has a different undercurrent—something warmer, more inviting.

The New Noize Album of the Week is Bait (OST). What a soundtrack. Riz Ahmed has always been sharp with execution, and Bait is one of the best TV shows of 2026. Move over Idris Elba this is an even wilder concept than a Black James Bond: a Pakistani 007. Through comedy, the show hits on a ton of real issues.

And no, I didn’t pick this just because Riz is Pakistani and I’m Pakistani. Well... yes and no. The real reason is the soundtrack is wildly diverse. Yes, it centers South Asian artists, but it moves through so many sounds and styles, heavily shaped by the UK diaspora experience. That’s what we are: a collective, not a monolith. There’s even a fucking Arooj Aftab / Anish Kumar cover of “Sweet Dreams” that you’ll probably hear at every Pakistani wedding going forward. Trust me.

And that’s what I respect about Rizwan. Unlike the narrow casting you sometimes see elsewhere (Bollywood), this soundtrack brings in South Asian artists from all backgrounds. Not just Pakistani, not just Muslim, just talented people making great music. I love us, and I love this soundtrack.