5/3/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Vince Staples “Blackberry Marmalade”  Loma Vista/Concord
Album of the Week: The Claypool Lennon Delirium "The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy" ATO

Panda Bear & Sonic Boom "Graveyard"
The Claypool Lennon Delirium "Cliptopia"
Thurston Moore Bonner Kramer "THE THIRD MIGRATION"
Sea Moss Miscomings "Seacomings"
Myth Math "Deep Down"
Laura Cahen "Un jour (feat. Saint Saviour)'
Sub-T "Nokomis"
Weird Nightmare "Pay No Mind"
Ecce Shnak "Vincent"
DDK "My Lonely Room"
Love Spells "Crutch"
Chanel Beads "Song for the Messenger"
Kelsey Lu(ft. Sampha) "Better Than That"
Zoon "I Was Younger"
knitting "Here Comes"
KNEECAP "Smugglers & Scholars"

-hour 2-

Karsh Kale "Tabla Beat Scientist"
Zainab "HER EYES"
Ibibio Sound Machine "Return To Sender"
Laibach(feat. Wiyaala) "Allgorhythm"
E.VAX, Ratatat "When I'm Gone"
Vince Staples "Blackberry Marmalade"
David Byrne(feat. Natalia Lafourcade and Mexican Institute of Sound) "¿Cuál Es La Razón"
Mexican Institute of Sound & Meridian Brothers "Cumbia de los estudiantes"
Kacey Musgraves, Miranda Lambert "Horses and Divorces"
The Black Keys "It’s A Dream"
Greg Mendez "No Evil"
Tori Amos "Gasoline Girls"
Bleachers "i'm not joking'
Pope "Make You Feel"
Young The Giant "Mona Lisa"
All Them Witches "The Welterweight"

NOT ON SPOTIFY:
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom "Graveyard"
Karsh Kale "Tabla Beat Scientist"

May the 4th be with you! Personally I am more of a Revenge of the 5th kinda guy.

Let’s talk collabs because apparently I went off without even trying. Five out of the first six tracks? Basically all collaborations. Completely unplanned:

  • Panda Bear & Sonic Boom "Graveyard"- record store day exclusive collab

  • The Claypool Lennon Delirium "Cliptopia"- the New Noize album of the week and a killer psych rock collab

  • Thurston Moore Bonner Kramer "THE THIRD MIGRATION"- a collaborative project reflecting on the devastation in Palestine and pushing awareness forward

  • Sea Moss Miscomings "Seacomings" a split record that blurs the line; one shared track (the one I played), then each side takes over.

  • Myth Math "Deep Down"- Not a collab

  • Laura Cahen(feat. Saint Saviour) "Un jour"- from her Side by Side EP, where every track pairs her with a different voice… literally side by side.

And that energy doesn’t stop there, the entire show is threaded with collaborations. Different worlds colliding, different voices meeting in the middle. That’s the whole spirit of New Noize anyway.

I am also here for Vince Staples latest track "Blackberry Marmalade", which also happens to be your New Noize song of the week.

Still holding out on Flight of the Conchords, they are rocking the party on Thursday here at the SBBowl. Saturday however I am locked in for Avett Brothers x Mike Patton at Vina Robles Amphitheatre, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BEST COLLABS OF LAST YEAR.

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

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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”

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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.

4/19/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: JJerome87(ft. alt-J) "Track And Field" Virgin
Album of the Week: Nine Inch Noize "Nine Inch Noize" Interscope

Boards Of Canada "Tape 05"
Adrian Younge "Galt"
Eaves Wilder "English Tea"
BLARF "What's For Dinner"
Evolfo "Detatch"
Teen Suicide "Living death"
beaming "DADA"
Loraine James(ft. Miho Hatori) "Flatline"
JJerome87(ft. alt-J) "Track And Field" Virgin
Camp Crush "Good Girls Never Die"
Lucy Dacus "Planting Tomatoes"
Cola "Skywriters Sigh"
Broken Social Scene "The Call"
lovetempo "Thinking About You"
Nation of Language "Tougher Than The Rest" (Bruce Springsteen cover)

-hour 2-

obli "He Dreams of Friends"
Getdown Services "The Radiator"
Nine Inch Noize "Heresy"
TOMORA "RING THE ALARM"
Tiga, MRD "IAMWHATIAM"
MIRAMAR, Goshfather "Not Enough"
Honey Dijon(feat. Rochelle Jordan) "New Wave Groove"
Igor Gritsay & aygad(feat. Marina Thorik) "Dusk"
ISTA "Low Fruit"
Widowspeak "No Driver"
Devvy Dub "Vision"
Kacey Musgraves "Middle of Nowhere"
Castle Rat "WIZARD"
Six Feet Under "Mister Blood and Guts"
Drug Church "Pynch"
Tongues of Fire "D.I.F.O.M."

NOT ON SPOTIFY:
Boards Of Canada "Tape 05"
Evolfo "Detatch"
Camp Crush "Good Girls Never Die"
Lucy Dacus "Planting Tomatoes"
Six Feet Under "Mister Blood and Guts"

Another New Noize in the books and yeah, this update is once again a day late. Blame 4/20 activities and watching the Knicks lose Game 2 in the first round to Atlanta. But you’re not here for sports or excuses… let’s get into it.

Post-Coachella fallout is always messy, and this year delivered. Big ups to The Strokes for still keeping things rock ’n roll. Being the “lube band” for Justin Bieber (Julian’s words, not mine), complaining about being old, and getting political with a pro-Palestinian stance on one of the biggest stages in the world, streamed to millions, was extremely satisfying to watch mostly for nostalgia. Most artists are way to scared to take a stance on anything so watching the Strokes show their solidarity made my tri state chest grow 3x its size.

Sabrina was great as well, although she did hit a hiccup. Apparently she "doesn't like" zaghrouta aka the Arabic call with yodeling. Its ok, people don't have to know everything. Just sad she doesn't dig these type of brown people. Again, ok for me to say because its true and she will never read this. I still love her & her performance was top tier but disappointed that this woman didn't support other women cause "she doesn't like it"

The best of the best, the artist that stole the show also had a live new album release was none other than Nine Inch Noize aka Nine Inch Nails X Boys Noize. What a performance, so impactful it stole both weekends at Coachella. HDA was all over this dessert set along with beefed up production with dancers! I'm still processing the set and I streamed it from my couch. Needless to say Nine Inch Noize is your New Noize Album of the Week, which also happens to be the set from Coachella weekend 1. Yes they took the liveset from weekend 1 and released it this past Friday. Essentially its Boys Noize fangirling over NIN catalogue by reworking & remixing these works with his own perspective whilst Trent & Atticus enhance his vision. NIN has a rich history of not only letting other artists reinterpreted what they have done they will go in and assist that artist revision and the results speak for themselves.  

Then you’ve got another collab that quietly went just as hard: TOMORA aka Tom Rowlands and Aurora. WHAT. A. RECORD. This thing shapeshifts constantly avant-garde drift one second, full-on ethereal rave ritual the next. It feels ancient and futuristic at the same time, like you’re dancing around a fire but also inside a machine. Hard to explain. Easy to feel.

Eaves Wilder’s Little Miss Sunshine is one of those albums I can’t fully explain and honestly don’t want to. It’s not about “why.” It just works. It’s effortless on the surface, but you can feel the craft underneath. Sometimes you just hit play and stop asking questions.

Last album I have to  recommend is Teen Suicide’s Nude Descending Staircase Headless. Yeah, the title is a lot. But the music hits. It’s anxious, raw, and weirdly comforting in that “we’re all stuck in this together” kind of way.

And yeah, they say good things come in threes, so let’s round it out with JJerome87 and alt-J. “Track and Field” is your Song of the Week. Clean, weird, and exactly the kind of left turn that makes this show what it is.

See you next week.

4/12/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: zzzaharra “Chinese Tobacco” Lex
Album of the Week: Webb Chapel “Vernon Manner” Strange Mono

Iceage “Ember”
Pond “Two Hands”
Lime Garden “Do You Know What I’m Thinking”
Lola Bates “Madonna Gold”
Mei Semones “Kurage”
Mamas Gun “First Time (In A Long Time)”
Bye Parula “I Don’t Know”
Tiwayo “Unchained Lovers (feat. Kendra Morris)”
Lolo Zouaï “Coquelicot (feat. disiz)”
Wesley Joseph “Blinded”
Scott Fisher “The Great Unknown”
Chinese American Bear “Turn Up The Radio (把收音机开大点)”
Eric Gabriel “Night After Night”
American Football (feat. Brandon Yates) “No Feeling”
Webb Chapel “Consolation Prize”
Knitting “I Want to Remember Everything”
zzzaharra “Chinese Tobacco”

-hour 2-

Makthaverskan “Glass and Bones”
Kurt Vile “Chance to Bleed”
Lucky “Hide and Seek”
villagerrr “Locket”
Zoh Amba “Another Time”
My New Band Believe “Pearls”
it foot, it ears “Doomed Vacuum Duet (with Lo)”
she’s green “Paper Thin”
Brockhoff “Sunny Day”
Chelsea Days “Silver Screen”
Conscious Pilot “Human Poultry”
Sweat “Displaced”
AISHA “Trying hard is hard, so I try hard to try hard.” (Jam’s Theme)
The Lemon Twigs “2 or 3”
TV Star “Reality Cheque”
Gorillaz “The Shadowy Light (feat. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Amaan & Ayaan Ali Bangash)”

NOT ON SPOTIFY:
it foot, it ears “Doomed Vacuum Duet (with Lo)”

Hello from LA on a Tuesday. I’m in transit, so let’s keep this tight… but still hit.

Two major highlights this week outside of the usual “Best Of” chaos:

First off pretty sure I’m the only person on radio spinning AISHA’s “Trying hard is hard, so I try hard to try hard.” aka Jam’s Theme. And yeah… what is that? Only the latest drop tied to Guilty Gear -Strive- after a massive update. Im talking FGC massive. The kind where you’d expect a “Super” repackage (you already know if you know)… but nope they just gave it away. Free update, new season pass (which you have to buy), Jam Kuradoberi playable immediately, new stage, and two new tracks. Of course, I had to run one.

Second highlight closing the show with one of Asha Bhosle’s final recordings, tucked into the latest Gorillaz project. I grew up on Bollywood. Her voice is Bollywood to me. Multi-generational, cross-cultural, era-defining. That’s legacy.

Song of the Week? Honestly, stacked week but the one that ran the stadium for me: zzzahara “Chinese Tobacco.” This follows her last single from a few weeks back, and with her currently on tour I’m reading the tea leaves. Album incoming? I hope so.

Album of the Week goes to Webb Chapel with “Vernon Manner.” Sometimes I get albums early weeks, even months ahead. This wasn’t one of those. Straight Friday drop like everyone else. But unlike everyone else, I’m telling you now this isn’t getting the shine it deserves. Under 30 minutes, in and out, but it moves. It bends your sonic palette, jumps lanes, and disappears before you’re ready.

Lastly Godzilla Minus One trailer drops at 3:55 PM PST today, and of course the internet already spoiled a major moment. Why are we like this? Let it breathe. Let us have something. Anyway The King of All Monsters hitting NYC on November 6th & ya boy may need to book a flight.

See you next Sunday.