7/27/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Russian Circles “Eluvial” Sargent House
Album of the Week: kelz "A Sweet Passerby" Bayonet

The Avalanches (feat. Karen O) “Blue Shadows”
The Strokes “Going to Babble On”
JENNIE “Less than a Lover”
Grace Blue “Spewing”
Foodman “Face to Voice”
MIKE D “Crypto”
Josh da Costa “Shireen”
MorMor “Don’t Need It”
Million Moths “You Knew Exactly What You Were Doing”
kelz “Sunday Miracle”
Meg Lui “Elvis Queen”
Cor de Lux “The Deli”
Quadeca “Hell of a Time”
Son Rompe Pera “Nada Que Hacer”
Goldie (feat. Natalie Williams) “Jungle Daze”
Maceo Plex “The Plan”

-hour 2-

Boy Harsher “Hard Beat”
Years of Denial “We Operate on Each Other (Diamond Version)”
VANITY “Size Two”
N8NOFACE “Paranoid”
The Afghan Whigs “My Lover”
Queens of the Stone Age “Easy Street”
Protomartyr “Sounds We Cannot Hear”
Chelsea Wolfe “Cold”
Loathe “Fortress Down”
REZN “The Vessel”
Amon Amarth “Gjallarhorn”
Russian Circles “Eluvial”

The heatwave continues, and so does the new music! I love a good sizzling summer, and this one is in full blast.

I kicked off the show with The Avalanches featuring Karen O, and it set the pace for a classic New Noize set. I especially liked the tail end of the show, where we went full-on! That new REZN album is something to behold.

I also really dig the new Protomartyr track, “Sounds We Cannot Hear,” but the New Noize Song of the Week belongs to those Chicago boys Russian Circles with “Eluvial.” Oh, they released a shorter song alongside it that is just as heavy, BUT you know your boy had to play the longer track because we here at New Noize are like that.

Oh, but don’t worry I have a soft side. My dad always says I have a soft heart. I HATE this so very much, but he is not wrong. I put up a solid front that only a few people can see through...or maybe I’m delusional.

An album that embraces all the feels in the most stylish way, while delivering some insane grooves, is also your New Noize Album of the Week.

A Sweet Passerby is like looking at someone who is super cool out-of-your-league-type-shit cool wearing huge sunglasses that you and 99% of the population couldn’t pull off. They look totally put together, but underneath those shades are eyes filled with the weight of the world and tears ready to burst...but they won’t, for social reasons.

Playful and personal, A Sweet Passerby is a record that will captivate you and reveal more and more to those who keep coming back..like me.

Until next time.

7/19/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Dry Cleaning “Grass” 4AD
Album of the Week: Jack White FROZEN CHARLOTTE thirdman

Getdown Services “Cha Cha Slide”
49th & Main “Pulse”
Gayance (feat. Waahli & Jarreau Vandal) “Podjab”
Adrian Younge “Fire in the Disco”
Orquesta Akokán “Hace Tiempo”
Helado Tropical “Tocando”
Rodrigo y Gabriela “OurHome”
Alex Amor “Avalanche”
Anne-Claire “River”
Babe Rainbow “Polymuscalsaccharide”
Black Marble “Anything”
Dry Cleaning “Grass”
Yard Act “Thrill of the Chase”
Little Grandad “Babe, We’ve Run Out of Time”
Babehoven “Lasagna”
Convinced Friend “On Fire”
Ceremony “Dark Summer”

-hour 2-

Jack White “You’ll Never Fix Me”
The Menzingers “Romanticism”
RAGEFLOWER “PUSH PIN”
Quicksand “In Full Color”
Show Me the Body “Mileage”
Loathe “Fortress Down”
Our Common Collapse “Invertebrate”
Entheos “Golden Crown”
Psycroptic “No Blade of Grass”
Amon Amarth “Upphaf”
Motionless in White (feat. Corey Taylor) “Playing God”
Eartheater “Don’t Look Back”
Tricky (feat. Marta) “Out of Place”
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets “Okarena”
Millennium Parade (feat. Saya Gray & Daniel Caesar) “Blue” (GHOST IN THE SHELL OST)

Melting on a Monday because it’s summertime.

It was such a busy few days. I saw The Odyssey on Friday(it was as good as people are saying) went to see Young the Giant at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Saturday, and then pulled a nine-hour shift at the station on Sunday, concluding with New Noize.

Another set is in the books, and I managed to hit a nice streak of metal, including an acoustic jam from Amon Amarth.

The New Noize Song of the Week comes from the deluxe rollout of Dry Cleaning’s latest record, Secret Love. They included a few new songs on the deluxe release, including this week’s pick, “Grass.”

Album of the Week was a hard one to pick. Quicksand, Yard Act, and Tricky all released bangers, but Album of the Week belongs to Jack White’s FROZEN CHARLOTTE. Jack doesn’t make bad records, and this one is a bullet packed with all things Mr. White. His guitar work is legendary, and it’s heavily showcased on his latest record.

I’ll catch you cats in the next write-up.

7/12/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: The Koreatown Oddity "Ragu & Prego" Stones Throw
Album of the Week: mary in the junkyard "Role Model Hermit" AMF
 
Ezra Collective (feat. Lila Iké) "Well Organised"
Ichiko Aoba "SAYONARA PENGUIN"
Haruomi Hosono "Note of Mothership"
mui zyu "時の流れに身をまかせ"
Girl Ultra "Denisse"
The Koreatown Oddity "Ragu & Prego"
DJ Shadow "Divides"
Chuck Strangers "Bomberman"
Kelela (featuring PinkPantheress) "the bridge"
slayr "promise"
Ladaniva "Yasaman"
ZAINAB (feat. Surya Sen) "Banglahore"
Chelsea Days "Bittersweet"
she's green "dear ivy"
Slow Pulp "Not for Nothing"
Freak Slug "Girl, Intentions"
Squirrel Flower "Not Me"
Xiu Xiu "Smashy Smashy"
of Montreal "Take The Form"

hour 2

Nation of Language "The Conversation"
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom "Graveyard"
Sad13 "Pretty Little Lifers"
Plum "Bodies in Motion"
Pretty Sick "UrNewImTrue"
Lisa LeBlanc "Whole Lotta Talkin'"
Late Again "Crazy or Stupid"
Your Jack "Lip Licker"
Disgusting Sisters "Sorry Mister"
Gurriers "Party Lines"
The Linda Lindas (feat. Hayley Williams) "Closer"
Teilz "17"
Allison Russell (feat. Kara Jackson, Denitia & Explore! Pop Choir) "Cold April"
Stick Men "Swimming in Tea"
mary in the junkyard "Seek and Destroy"
The Garden "Down Doggy"
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Level 5"

NOT ON SPOTIFY:
Xiu Xiu "Smashy Smashy"
Panda Bear & Sonic Boom "Graveyard"
Plum "Bodies in Motion"
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Level 5"


It is officially A/C weather in Santa Barbara. I still don't have a steady gig, and I may melt away in more ways than just this heat. You aren't here for a weather report, so let's talk about New Noize.

Every week I come up with a highly curated plan of action, and this week's plan was executed flawlessly. That said, I had to drop all the metal I wanted to play. Next week's show is gonna be brutal. You have been warned.

I did a couple of themed blocks in the first hour. I hit you with an "It Came From Japan..." block featuring new music from Ichiko Aoba, Haruomi Hosono, and mui zyu. All three tracks shared a similar vibe but took completely different paths to get there. I closed out the first hour with a Polyvinyl block. I've been sitting on the new of Montreal for a while and realized I never actually played it on New Noize. That mistake has now been corrected.

Hour two got guitar-heavy, plus we got the Album of the Week, Role Model Hermit by mary in the junkyard. Full transparency: I'm already a fan of mary in the junkyard, so I'm extra elated that I love their new record. It's subtle in its delivery and somehow asks big questions very quietly, if that makes any sense. I highly recommend listening to this one in order, cover to cover. Why? It's the type of record that sticks with you. Then, many, many hours later, a melody or riff suddenly jumps into your brain and jolts you back to the album like you just discovered a clue to where the fuck Carmen Sandiego went.

New Noize Song of the Week is all about corporate sauce wars, depicted by one of our great contemporary orators who flips everyday speech into absurdly clever rhymes while enlightening his counterparts. Oh, and he also has impeccable taste in cassette tape samples. I'm talking about The Koreatown Oddity. He's back on his bullshit, and we're all better for it. I thought the only surprise I was getting this week was that Ghost in the Shell remake, and then Koreatown Oddity pulled up like "Dracarys" all over my weekend.

See you next week.

7/5/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Dinosaur Jr. "Several Got Away" label
Album of the Week:  Michi Dirty Talk: Sunshine Hotline Mixes Stones Throw Records

Adrian Younge "Shake Down"
CZARFACE Meets Frankie Pulitzer "Brothers Grimm"
K-Rec & Checkmate (feat. Sadat X) "Good Nutrition"
TABLEEK (feat. Boogie Fields) "Black Jack"
Michi (feat. Gabriel da Rosa) "Memmy (Recuerdo) (Knxwledge RMX)"
Gold Panda "WAKŌ HEIGHTS"
Tokyo Tea Room "All Night"
Poolside (feat. Stevie Appleton) "Bedroom Eyes"
Punctual & Beachcrimes "Angel City"
Ela Minus & Nick León "Espiral"
Galantis "Do You Mind"
Smidley "Capstone"
Tommy Barlow "Won't You Ever Need Me"
Wild Pink "Box Store"
CASTLEBEAT "Garden"
Velocity Girl "My Forgotten Favorite"

-hour 2-

The Durutti Column "Liars"
Bella Poarch "My Boy"
WEEN "Boston Chicken"
Cheekface "No Fly Zone"
Ecce Shnak "Eddie Legalistic Homeslice"
Party Dozen "Mad Rooter"
The Paranoyds "Tracy Don't"
RAT BOY "BASEBALL BAT"
The Dwarves "Bad Drugs"
PUP "If This Is It"
Margo Price "Maggie's Farm"
Jah Wobble and Tian Qiyi "Tomorrow Never Knows"
Dinosaur Jr. "Several Got Away"
Crown The Empire "raw"
NEVER "HXLDING TIME"
The Night Eternal "Where This World Ends"

250 years of AMERICA!!!! Happy birthday to us.

This week I celebrated our nation's birth and was reminded that the great experiment known as the United States of America lives through all Americans, and it's our responsibility to show up as our authentic selves, no matter how ridiculous we are. I could go on and on about Saturday's fireworks, but you're here for Sunday's new music.

This set had some flair to it. I missed a few things simply because the new music cycle has been STACKED. Jazz and hip hop are two of America's greatest gifts, so I kicked the show off with exactly that. I also had to hit Tom Hardy's new role as Frankie Pulitzer alongside CZARFACE, and I am pumped for this record. CZARFACE is highly underrated and deserves all of your attention.

One of my favorite Americans is Margo Price, and she dropped a surprise protest record. Days of Unrest is a collection of songs that reflects where we are right now with zero filters. Some tracks are originals, while the rest of the record is filled out with covers, including the one I featured, Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm." A ton of artists have covered this song, and I absolutely love Miss Price's rendition. Personally, my favorite version is still Rage Against the Machine's. Oh...and a portion of the proceeds from the vinyl release of Days of Unrest will benefit the Florence Immigrant & Refugee Rights Project.

Speaking of cover songs, I also played the latest from Jah Wobble and Tian Qiyi, taking on The Beatles' "Tomorrow Never Knows," and it's SOLID.

I don't know much about this Velocity Girl reissue from Slumberland Records, but it looks like some sort of compilation collecting the band's early and previously unreleased material. I don't own much of their catalog, so I always appreciate it when labels dive deep and do the heavy lifting. My wallet can't handle rare 45s anymore, so I am definitely looking forward to this one. Oh...I played "My Forgotten Favorite."

I even managed to squeeze in a whole punk section during Hour 2 before getting to the New Noize Song of the Week, Dinosaur Jr.'s "Several Got Away." Truer statements have never been made. At this point, you should know that if J Mascis is involved, I'm probably playing it.

TON UP motherfuckin' PUMPS!!! I officially have a favorite Gold Panda record, and this is it. Studio Barnhus is a Stockholm based label I had never heard of before, but now I need to dive deep because they just unlocked something special with Gold Panda. TON UP is an absolute onslaught of funkiness. If you're a DJ, this record is your new secret weapon. I was a week late on this one, but in my defense, I had zero relationship with Studio Barnhus. Hopefully that changes, hit me up Studio Barnhus.

I surprised myself this week with my Album of the Week pick. I love a good remix, but to be honest, I rarely keep an entire remix record in constant rotation...until now. Back in May I played "Are You Lonesome," which featured Mndsgn. Apparently, Stones Throw gave the green light to expand 2025's Dirty Talk into Dirty Talk: Sunshine Hotline Mixes.

The album is short but packs a serious punch. Eight tracks total: the first four are remixed by knxwledge, while the final four belong to mndsgn, split between features and remixes. The knxwledge/mndsgn connection is well known among their fans. Both have incredibly distinct styles, yet somehow complement each other perfectly. Watching these two reinterpret Michi's music is something that needs to be experienced, and it'll take you less than 23 minutes.

I wrote this before the USA World Cup match against Belgium a game in which the President of the United States somehow got a red card overturned.

IF THAT DOESN'T SCREAM AMERICA, I DON'T KNOW WHAT DOES!