2/1/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: GEZAN "TRANSIT" kilikilivilla/13th records
Album of the Week: Blackwater Holylight "Not Here Not Gone" Suicide Squeeze

Thundercat (feat. Lil Yachty) "I Did This To Myself"
Miso Extra "Right Here"
GEZAN "TRANSIT"
ISTA "Gods In Heat"
Kekht Arakh "Three Winters Away"
Softcult "Hurt Me"
CRLLL "No Sex"
Miss Grit "Stranger"
The Soft Pink Truth "Orchard"
By Storm (feat. billy woods) "Best Interest"
Cat Power "Nothing Compares 2 U"
Violet Grohl "THUM"
Dream Nails "House Of Bones"
Barry Walker Jr. (feat. Rob Smith & Jason Willmon) "Peridot, Call Me"
KNEECAP "Liars Tale"
Lord Jah-Monte Ogbon "Nah, You're Mad Extra"

-hour 2-

SPRINTS "Deceptacon"
Christine and the Queens (feat. Thee Diane) "Ah Ya"
Eric Hilton (feat. Natalia Clavier) "Lalita"
Sébastien Tellier (feat. Slayyyter & Nile Rodgers) "Thrill of the Night"
James Blake "Death of Love"
Proc Fiskal "ADDICTIONZ"
POST SEX NACHOS "SOS"
Blackwater Holylight "Void To Be"
Beck "I Can’t Help Falling In Love"
HELD. "New You Anthem"
The Tammy Shine "Junk Mail"
J’cuuzi "Advance / Decline
Devon Thompson "Hunger"
Eaves Wilder "Hurricane Girl"
Butterfly Vendetta "Veneers"

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Did everyone get the Grammy show they wanted? I did watch the awards, but my focus every Sunday is always New Noize, so let’s get into it.

Singles always get me amped for the full-length releases to follow, and this past Sunday I dropped a ton of new singles — including new music from Thundercat, Miso Extra, KNEECAP, and James Blake.

This week’s Song of the Week goes to Japanese band GEZAN. Their newest record, I KNOW HOW NOW, drops on the 11th and is currently up for pre-order exclusively on Bandcamp. GEZAN push conventional sounds aside in favor of their own brand of quirky experimentation, grounded in classic progressive stylings. The two singles released last week couldn’t be more different from each other, which makes me especially curious to hear how the album sounds front to back.

Before wrapping things up, I wanted to give some extra love to Softcult’s latest release, When A Flower Doesn’t Grow. It’s fun, confident, and noticeably more mature than their previous work. Clocking in at around 30 minutes, the album takes you inside their inner world of anxiety-laced themes mixed with harmonies, truths buried under guitar riffs, and melodies hiding between the lyrics. It all clicks.

Album of the Week goes to Blackwater Holylight, who just dropped Not Here Not Gone via Suicide Squeeze. Fuzz-drenched guitars, thick low-end bass lines, and a heavy emotional weight throughout make this record an ideal way to kick off February.

Yes, another late post. 2026 is pulling me in ways I never knew were possible. I’ll keep you all updated on when I post next… hopefully not late.

1/25/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: The Claypool Lennon Delirium "WAP" ATO
Album of the Week: Ski Team "Burnout/Boys" Only One On The Mountain

Barry Can’t Swim "Chala (My Soul Is On A Loop)"
GorpoPap "Acid Rain"
Charlotte Day Wilson "Lean"
Jane Remover "So What_"
Puma Blue "Hush"
Harry Styles "Aperture"
sosocamo "keep steady"
Ski Team "Landslide"
Snail Mail "Dead End"
The Claypool Lennon Delirium "WAP"
This Is Lorelei "Holo Boy"
Cat Clyde "Another Time"
Jeff Jakobs "Yesterdays News"
Local Weatherman "The Hole"
Woo "Pokhara"

hour 2

Em Spel "Geographic"
Tinariwen "Sagherat Assani"
Courtney Barnett "Site Unseen"
Wolf Parade "I’ll Believe in Anything"
.idk. "EVERYONE KNOWS"
Durand Jones & The Indications "Let’s Take Our Time"
Vundabar "Death Punch"
The New Pornographers "Votive"
Shellshaker "Leather Jacket"
Death Lens "Monolith"
Cut Worms "Windows on the World"
Caroline Carter "Watchdog"
Anna Tivel "Memphis"
KÁRYYN "COLLAPSE PHASE"
White Denim "Lock and Key"
Tigers Jaw "Ghost"

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GorpoPap "Acid Rain"Don’t get too used to me dropping these a day late, but here we are talking New Noize.

This past Sunday’s set leaned a little more subdued, and honestly? That’s not a bad thing. Sometimes maintaining a groove is better than reaching all over the place, and that was very much the vibe for this week’s New Noize. A steady, locked-in flow for whatever version of doomscrolling you found yourself in.

Don’t get it twisted there were still some loud, off-the-wall moments in the mix. Death Lens’ “Monolith,” Shellshaker’s “Leather Jacket,” and White Denim’s “Lock and Key” made sure of that. But overall, this was a balanced meal of new music grooves.

Cat Clyde’s “Another Time” is one of those tracks, pure sunset-in-Wyoming energy.

I also played the new Harry Styles track, and I somehow walked away with more questions. Apparently this album was heavily influenced by LCD Soundsystem live sets and disco dancing, which… yeah, I’m absolutely here for.

Snail Mail is back with “Dead End,” and if this is any indication of what we’re getting later this year, we’re all going to be laid to waste.

My favorite song and New Noize Song of the Week goes to The Claypool Lennon Delirium’s “WAP". Not a Cardi B cover (something Les Claypool and Sean Ono Lennon would totally do). “WAP” marks the return of a collaboration that has already proven to be a fantastic meeting of two musical titans. There’s a heavy Beatles earfeel throughout, but it stays cohesive and weird in all the right ways. This band loves diving into the deep, uncharted parts of the audio sea, and if this is any hint of what the next record sounds like, assuming it actually comes out, I’m very ready.

Speaking of new releases…

Local Weatherman dropped a new EP packed with guitar riffs. If I were still in school, this is exactly what I’d play during the sweet release of recess. If I had a job (yes, I’m still looking for a corporate gig. How I’ve survived this long, I truly don’t know), this would be on the moment my lunch break hits. Which reminds me, I need money. Anyway.

I don’t usually highlight reissues on the show, but Woo’s 1982 album Whichever Way You Are Going You Are Going Wrong (Expanded Edition) is so much more than that. The original release was wildly ahead of its time, and somehow the expanded edition still sounds current decades later. This mostly instrumental gem will have you mentally planning your next vacation on the French Riviera regardless of your actual bank balance.

What I don’t need money for is telling you how much you’re going to love the New Noize Album of the Week, Ski Team's "Burnout/Boys". Locking down their sound is hard to describe, but once you hit play, you’ll get it. And the getting it part is what makes this album so good. They subtly expand their sound in ways you only notice after a few listens and trust me, you’re going to listen to this more than once.

1/18/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Mitski "Where's My Phone?" Dead Oceans
Album of the Week: A$AP Rocky "Don't Be Dumb" RCA

Puscifer "ImpetuoUs"
Kim Gordon "NOT TODAY"
NOTHING "toothless coal"
Xiu Xiu "I Put a Spell on You"
sunn O))) "Glory Black"
Mitski "Where's My Phone?"
Band of Horses "Boat to Row"
A$AP Rocky (feat Westside Gunn & Damon Albarn) "WHISKEY (RELEASE ME)"
The Olympians "Strawberry Kiwi"
The Sha La Das "Young Love and Laughter"
The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis "Gestations"
Surfbort "Lucky"
Mute Swan "Phantasms of the Living"
waterbaby (feat. ttoh) "Memory Be a Blade"

Hour 2

Eric Hilton "The Dharma Lovers"
Jill Scott "Pressha"
Julianna Barwick & Mary Lattimore "Perpetual Adoration"
Lamb of God "Into Oblivion"
Cryptic Shift "Hexagonal Eyes"
Converge "We Were Never the Same"
Arlo Parks "2SIDED"
Apparat "Hum Of Maybe"
Lava La Rue & Foster The People "JET LAGGED"
Disgusting Sisters "Calvin Klein"
Peaches "No Lube So Rude"
Fcukers "L.U.C.K.Y"
Jill Blutt "Nice2MeetU"
Lonely Bunker "Repeat"

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Not On Spotify:
Xiu Xiu "I Put a Spell on You"

After a crazy weekend in LA and MLK day you get the New Noize update on a Tuesday aka today. Lets get into it.

We’re only three weeks into 2026 and I’m already dangerously optimistic about how stacked this year is about to be. I had to cut down almost 45 minutes of music just to squeeze this into the 2-hour format. And yes I had two songs clocking in over the 10-minute mark, because of course I did.
 
Singles are raining from the sky right now, and where there are singles… there are promises of incoming albums. Sunn O))) “Glory Black” feels like a ritual and a warning shot at the same time  and I cannot wait for whatever this duo is about to unleash via Sub Pop.

Band of Horses are back with “(Biding Time Is a) Boat to Row” and they just announced a tour that includes a stop at the Santa Barbara Bowl in June, which means: congrats to my wallet, it’s already stressed.

Fcukers are also warming up for a 2026 run and dropped “L.U.C.K.Y” to celebrate the announcement. Pure “we’re outside this year” energy.

And then there’s Kim Gordon. The pioneer. The visionary. The effortlessly stylish human moodboard. “NOT TODAY” is here, and yes: I’m a HUGE Kim Gordon fan. I will be completely unbearable once the full album drops. You’ve been warned.

The New Noize Song of the Week goes to Mitski with “Where’s My Phone?” It’s giving early era Mitski in the best way. Raw, sharp, immediate but we need more context to see what direction she’s taking this project. Her albums always have these conceptual components that reveal themselves track by track, record by record… and when she tours, she brings the whole world with her. The hype for this upcoming tour + the new material? I’m locked in. Oh and on this song she drops a MF DOOM bleep over a curse word not as censorship but as part of the song like DOOM would.

Album-wise, 2026 is already stacking up too. The Sha La Das dropped Your Picture and it feels like a Polaroid that’s been sun-faded for 30 years in the best possible way. Soul throwback grooves with echo filled harmonies will have you and your lover dancing on the hardwood.

And Xiu Xiu… look. Xiu Xiu records are always special. This band is ridiculous in all the right ways, and more people should absolutely dive into their catalog. Their latest release Xiu Mutha Fuckin’ Xiu: Vol. 1 is a covers album that covers ALL the covers. Talking Heads, The Normal, Screamin’ Jay Hawkins, Throbbing Gristle, Roy Orbison, Soft Cell, Robyn, This Heat, GloRilla, Daniel Johnston, Coil… it’s chaos, it’s art, it’s therapy, it’s an exorcism

"Don't Be Dumb" is a mantra I live by and is also the New Noize Album of the Week by A$AP Rocky.

My guy executed this project flawlessly. It’s maximal, it’s cinematic, it’s weird in the right places, and it moves like a circus with A$AP as the ringmaster. The patience it took to build this era is insane. It took something like 5 months just to make the “Punk Rocky” video:

There is so much diverse talent on this and it all interweaves. Let's take Tim Burtons doing all the art, which A$AP uses in his music videos as avatars much like the Gorillaz, which he also has featured on this record with Griselda (WESTSIDE GUNN). The features are stacked, the talent is diverse, and somehow it all weaves together without losing Rocky’s identity. If anything, it enhances it. Getting Danny Elfman and Thundercat on a track is genuinely unhinged genius. I haven't even got to the Tyler feature plus so much more. You’d think a record with all this talent would eclipse the artist at the center but Rocky stays the main character the whole time.

In true New Noize (which happens on Sundays nights 9-11PM on 92.9 KJEE) fashion I played “WHISKEY (RELEASE ME)” and then the next day Rocky drops this:

My track record of pulling the best songs off new albums and then watching the artist/label push that exact track the next day has been a trend for me for 18 years. All my day ones know.

But do you know how you get paid for that skill?

1/11/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Father John Misty "The Old Law" sub pop
Album of the Week: Dry Cleaning "Secret Love” 4AD

Mandy, Indiana "Cursive"
GorpoPap "Rubber Bass"
Indira Paganotto "La Patrona"
Wesley Joseph(ft. Danny Brown) "Peace Of Mind"
Jane Inc. "elastic"
Robyn "Talk To Me"
DJ "Seinfeld Plush"
Peaches "Not In Your Mouth None Of Your Business"
DRAMA "Yalla Habibi"
49th & Main "LIVE 4 THE WEEKEND"
Felsmann + Tiley(feat. Laius) "God Is Lonelier"
more eaze "bad friend"
Last Dinosaurs "Apxllo"
Chinese American Bear "No No Yeah Yeah"
Cate Le Bon(feat. St. Vincent) "Always The Same"
LuxJury "Snacks"

-hour 2-

A$AP Rocky "Punk Rocky"
Jenny on Holiday "Pacemaker"
Dry Cleaning "Evil Evil Idiot"
Amiture Music “Mountain"
Prostitute "All Hail"
Poor Bambi "This One Is For Free"
Dari Bay "Moon"
Lala Lala "Even Mountains Erode"
Angel Du$t "I'm The Outside"
Father John Misty "The Old Law"
The Cribs "Rose Mist"
Buck Meek "Gasoline"
Endearments "Real Deal"
Mon Rovîa "Heavy Foot"
This Is Lorelei "Holo Boy"
T. Gold "305 'til I Die"

Not On Spotify:
GorpoPap "Rubber Bass"
T. Gold "305 'til I Die"

Welcome to another New Noize write-up, which technically dropped this past Sunday. This one’s landing a day late, so yeah we’re officially starting 2026 in true Haaris fashion. (It only took 2 New Noize sets this year to refer myself in the third person, there goes one of my New Year resolutions)

This week’s set had two very clear movements: electronic first, rock second. I kept most of the playlist rooted in 2026 releases, with just a few late-2025 stragglers sneaking in. And honestly, one of the biggest misses of 2025 for me was the new Prostitute album Attempted Martyr. It dropped in November and somehow flew completely under my radar until last week when a good friend over at Mute Records sent it my way. To be fair, he did send it to me back then & it just got lost in the absolute war crime that is my Gmail inbox.

And wow… Attempted Martyr should’ve been on my Best of 2025 list. We’re here now though, and this record feels like the album we need for 2026. It’s confrontational, raw, and sonically thick not something you casually throw on. It exists to rattle you awake. Every time I listen, I hear something new hiding under the noise.

Album of the Week goes to Dry Cleaning Secret Love. This record builds beautifully on what they’ve been quietly perfecting. Their last cycle leaned heavily on older demos and B-sides, and right from the opener (“Hit My Head All Day”), you know this isn’t that. It’s familiar, but it’s new. Secret Love doesn’t punch you in the face; it slowly reveals itself, like realizing too late that the water is boiling. Their humor, skewed reality, and understated menace all live in the negative space of these songs. They have this sinister sound that holds my insides hostage and its very effective on Secret Love. I’ve always said Dry Cleaning could turn almost anything into a radio single, and that still holds true here but do yourself a favor and listen to all 41 minutes and 8 seconds in one sitting. It’s worth the ride.

Singles are coming out faster than movie sequels right now, and a few standouts from this week really hit: Robyn’s 2026 comeback is off to a great start, Wesley Joseph & Danny Brown’s “Peace of Mind” goes way harder than expected, Lala Lala’s “Even Mountains Erode” is quietly devastating, Chinese American Bear is quickly becoming a new obsession with “No No Yeah Yeah,” and A$AP Rocky stepping into his alt-rock era with “Punk Rocky” is… honestly kind of working.

Song of the Week belongs to Santa Barbara local (he’s been here long enough to count) Father John Misty with “The Old Law.” Is Josh gearing up for a new record? Maybe an EP? We saw a ton of artists double-dip last year (FKA twigs, Westside Gunn) and while Mahashmashana came out in 2024, this wouldn’t be that wild of a turnaround. Either way, this track rules. It feels like it could’ve lived on the last album… or it could be the beginning of a new sonic chapter. We’ll find out soon enough as his tour kicks off right down the road in Ventura at the Majestic Theatre (yes, I live in Santa Barbara and that’s close enough).

Another quick note. I will be using AI to create images based off my playlists moving FW. Let me know what you think.

Catch you all next week.