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.
