11/10/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Tunde Adebimpe "Magnetic" Sub Pop
Album of the Week: Freak Slug "I Blow Out Big Candles" Future Classic

Major Lazer & M.I.A. "Where's The Daddy" Mad Decent
Mau P "MERTHER" Defected
Prospa(ft. RAHH)"This Rhythm" CircoLoco
Didon "Salam" Electrofone
Raissa (ft. Rahim Redcar) "No Genius"  Neon Gold
Malachiii "Back 2 Me"  Electric Feel
Obongjayar Tomorrow Man"
Leifur James "Forest Of Love" Night Time
Katrina Ford "World On A Wire"
Freak Slug "Witch" Future Classic
variety "Skeletal Offerings" Very Soft
Les Breastfeeders "La vérité c'est que tu mens"
Katie Gavin "As Good As It Gets"
Mk.gee "ROCKMAN"
The Velveteers "Go Fly Away"
Faye Webster "After the First Kiss" Secretly Canadian

hour 2

Tunde Adebimpe "Magnetic" Sub Pop
Fontaines D.C. "Starburster"
Friedberg "I Sometimes Do (But Mostly Might)" Clouds Hill
Common Saints "Sweet Release" Starsonics
Michael Kiwanuka "The Rest Of Me"
Walking Wounded "Unholy Bargain" Relapse
Ripped To Shreds "孽鏡臺 (Visions of Sin, Mirror of Darkness)" Relapse
Living Gate "HUNTING MAGGOTS" Relapse
Dreamless Veil "Every Limb of the Flood" Relapse
Rockaway "Did I Make You Up?"
King Stingray "Southerly"  Cooking Vinyl
Johnny Huynh "MISS YOU TONIGHT" Columbia
Shai Foxx "Not Real Sure"
Keeley "Galloway Princess"
My Sunshine "Alexandra Leaving"

WTF America? I am not the majority and that's ok. Saying I’m not happy would be putting it lightly, but I’ve got a lot on my plate right now, so I’ll deal with this mess next year. But damn, I do feel for the environment, women, Muslims, and teachers—you’re about to be FUCKED.

And before anyone comes at me, let’s be clear: I believe in actions. The last time King Orange was in power, these groups got hit hard, and I’m not expecting anything different. I hope I’m wrong, but I know I’m not. For me, not voting for a racist was an easy call, but clearly not for the majority of Americans. And no, I’m not saying you’re a racist if you voted for Trump, but come on—you know he is, right?

Now, on to something that doesn’t make me want to scream into the void. The New Noize Album of the Week goes to Freak Slug with I Blow Out Big Candles. This one was a tough pick—it was neck and neck with the new Variety record, Sub-Topical, which is RAD.

Song of the Week goes to Tunde Adebimpe with “Magnetic” Wait, Haaris, didn’t that drop in October? Yes, loyal New Noize fan, you’re correct. But I only got around to it this past Sunday, so here we are.

Speaking of happenings, this will be the last New Noize for a bit. I’ll be back in mid-December. Until then, peace out, my people.

11/3/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Wand "Help Desk" Drag City
Album of the Week: Flying Lotus "Spirit Box" warp

Wand "Help Desk" Drag City
THUS LOVE "Lost In Translation" Captured Tracks
Ezra Furman & Alex Walton "Tie Me to The Train Tracks" Bella Union
OMBIIGIZI "Ziibi"
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Phantom Island" p(doom)
Godzilla "1954 Main Theme"
Freddie Gibbs "30 Girlfriends (Yeah Yeah)" AWAL
Flying Lotus "Ajhussi" Warp
Tyler The Creator "Thought I Was Dead" Columbia
King Geedorah "Fazers" Big Dada
Megan Thee Stallion "Bigger In Texas"
Fabiana Palladino "Drunk"
KOKOROKO "Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)" Brownswood
sOuL from the O "Red Dawn: Nine Nine Twenty"
Sofi Tukker "Bread"

-hour 2-

Daft Punk "Veridis Quo"
LCD Soundsystem "x-ray eyes" Columbia
Ora the Molecule "Løveskatt" Mute
Michi "There's No Heaven" Stones Throw
DARKSIDE "Graucha Max" Matador
Wet "Signs"
Franc Moody "Driving On The Wrong Side Of The Road" Night Time
Cutouts "Bloodsucker"
Scream Journal "November" Death Bug
Solstafir "Hin helga kvöl"
Delain "Dance with the Devil" Napalm
Pixies "Jane (The Night The Zombies Came)"
Tim Hause "Make it Take it" Blood Harmony
Fake A Smile "The Party Is A Mess"
War Strings "Kill Your Dreams"

It’s ya boy back, right before SUPER TUESDAY, and let me tell you, I’m not exactly feeling the “super” part. This election? Not something I’m buzzing about. Neither candidate is out here with the plan I want, but yeah, I’m still voting. Why? Because I like to complain—a lot. And I mean complain complain about anything and everything. Voting is my ticket to complain guilt-free for the next four years, so you bet I’m going to cast that ballot. You should too, so we can complain together.

On a brighter note, I had a BLAST doing New Noize. I threw in a few tributes, including the original 1954 Godzilla theme, because our King of All Monsters just turned 70! If you follow me on Instagram, you were fully bombarded with Godzilla content. I also slipped in MF DOOM’s “Fazers” (aka King Geedorah himself) as a nod to the metal-faced legend.

Opened the set with the New Noize Song of the Week: “Help Desk” by Wand. This release is a trip—they dropped two new tracks with remixes of those, so it’s technically an EP, but it’s longer than some full albums out there. Bottom line: I need more.

The New Noize Album of the Week goes to none other than Flying Lotus with Spirit Box. I’ve been playing this EP front to back since it dropped, and every listen pulls up something new. One of the best releases of 2024, no question.

This week, I’m hitting up Sofi Tukker at the SB Bowl—the last show of the 2024 season there, sadly.

I’ll be back for Sunday’s show, then going on a little break until December.

Oh, and yeah, in case it wasn’t clear: vote.

10/27/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

10/27/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Great Grandpa "Doom" Run For Cover
Album of the Week: Pom Pom Squad "Mirror Starts Moving Without Me" City Slang

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory "Afterlife" Jagjaguwar
Soccer Mommy "Driver" Loma Vista
Momma "Ohio All The Time" Polyvinyl
Mereba "Counterfeit" Secretly Canadian
Tyler, The Creator "NOID" Columbia
Fashion Club "Ice Age" felte
Mk.gee "ROCKMAN"
Korean Boyfriend "Middle Management"
Sam Redmore(feat. Lumi HD) "What Would You Do" Jalapeno
Pom Pom Squad "Street Fighter" City Slang
Peach Pit "Yasmina" Columbia
yeule "eko" Ninja Tune
Great Grandpa "Doom" Run For Cover
The Effigies "Drip Feed"
Medium Build(with Julien Baker) "Yoke"

-hour 2-

Royel Otis "If Our Love Is Dead"
Thunder Jackson "Fever & The Dream" VERO
DJ Seinfeld "Hopecore" Ninja Tune
Robert DeLong "PLAYLIST of DOOM"
Reverse Pathogen "Attention Is The New Heroine"
Laura Marling "Patterns"
Anna Shoemaker "Game of Thrones"
Delachute "I Need Your Violence"
Katie Gavin "Casual Drug Use" Saddest Factory
Band of Silver "Lifting The Curtain"
Little Moon "holy and sweet"  Joyful Noise
Wolfgang Valbrun "Denying the Truth" Jalapeno
The Body "Careless and Worn"
OBEYER "Witness"
Sixpence None The Richer "Julia"

Not on Spotify:
The Body "Careless and Worn"

Lots going on right now:

• The Yankees are really testing my patience.

• Halloween’s a few days away.

• Godzilla’s hitting the big 70.
  

Then there’s the election. And yes, it's personal this time, no question. But here’s the deal: just vote. Anyone telling you how or who to vote for? Fuck em. Voting is your right, it’s private, and it’s nobody’s business but yours. We’ll get through Nov. 6, don’t worry. Meanwhile, the world keeps spinning—kids in Gaza are still dying, Earth’s ecosystem is still on fire.

Also, New Noize.

Album of the Week: Mirror Starts Moving Without Me by Pom Pom Squad.
Song of the Week: “Doom” by Great Grandpa.

LET’S GO YANKEES.

10/20/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Father John Misty "She Cleans Up" sub pop
Album of the Week: Japandroids "Fate & Alcohol" anti

Whitey "A3 BOOSTED LITTLE PIGGIES V2"
Father John Misty "She Cleans Up"  Sub Pop
The Linda Lindas "Don't Think" Epitaph
Japandroids "D&T" anti
Porridge Radio "Lavender Raspberries" Secretly Canadian
Karl Blau "Taxes" Otherly Love
The Velveteers "Go Fly Away" Concord
Sofie Royer "Young-Girl (Illusion)"  Stones Throw
Silas Short "L-Train" Stones Throw
Adrian Younge "Esperando Por Voce"  Linear Labs
Liraz and Adrian Younge "Farrar Konam"  Linear Labs
Kurious "Bacalao Opera" Metalface
Sam Sellers(feat. Phase One) "The Labyrinth"
Jean Dawson feat. Lil Yachty "Die For Me"
Sasha (with Sentre) "Super Hero" Night Time
Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham "Without A Leg To Stand"  Loma Vista

-hour 2-

Bon Iver "THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS" Jagjaguwar
Phantogram "Feedback Invisible"  Neon Gold
Bear Hands "Mosquito Song" Cantora
John Roberts "Something Ain't Right"
Laibach "Leben heißt Leben" (Opus Dei Revisited 2024)" Mute
piglet "certainty"
Rubblebucket "Moving Without Touching"
Camp Crush "Mind's Eye"
BIG SPECIAL feat. John Grant "Stay Down, Lazarus"
Anxious "Counting Sheep" Run For Cover
Chris Acker "Cursive Proverbs" Gar Hole
King Falcon "Crush Crush Crush"
Casual Male "Hondo Civic"
The Struts "Can't Stop Talking" Big Machine

AND THE YANKEES ARE HEADED TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!

Four more wins and the New York Yankees secure #28. Yes, I live in SoCal, and trust me, the New York hate is palpable out here, but you better believe I’m rocking full Yankee regalia all day, every day.

On to New Noize—I’ll keep it short because this Monday is dragging and so am I. Apologies in advance.

New Noize Song of the Week goes to Father John Misty with "She Cleans Up." I caught this live a few weeks ago, and let me tell you, it’s a certified banger. His new album Mahashmashana is out next month (and yeah, I know I mistakenly reported it was dropping next year in a previous write-up—my bad for the confusion). Oh, and the music video for "She Cleans Up" drops tomorrow on YouTube. Honestly, it could just be him strutting to this song for five minutes and I’d still be wildly entertained.

Album of the Week goes to Japandroids' final release Fate and Alcohol. Bittersweet, because shortly after dropping this, they announced on social media—no final tour, no last show. Just a social media post and peace out. Sad, but when it’s over, it’s over. What a run. I’m a firm believer that these band breakups aren’t always forever, though. Maybe they’ll reunite, maybe they won’t, but I’m not holding my breath. What I do know is these guys rule live. I caught them on their first tour at this tiny, makeshift venue in downtown Santa Barbara called Muddy Waters (RIP). It was a random weeknight, and I was hyped to see this duo from Vancouver tear it up. My +1? Winston, aka the Cool Rulah, host of the Reggae Soundclash, which, as you know, airs right before New Noize. Per usual, he was late.

Japandroids were loud—extra loud, since there were like 20 people in the venue. At one point, Brian King jumps on top of the bar, screaming the lyrics at the top of his lungs, but he’s practically drowned out by his own shredding. Rulah turns to me mid-show and says, “Des are sum bad white boys.” Yes, Rulah. Yes, they are. Thanks, Brian and Dave, for the memories and making me feel all the feelings. I’m gonna miss you... until you inevitably get back together. Maybe.

Oh and to all my Dodger fans I cant wait to bathe in your tears of sadness after the Yankees wipe the floor with you.