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!

6/28/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Chelsea Wolfe "The Dark" Loma Vista Recordings
Album of the Week: Sea Moss/Miscomings "Big Tube Scene"

Muse "Hexagons"
Cara Delevingne "Need It"
Chloé Caillet "Bad Bara"
Peggy Gou (feat. Ayra Starr) "Wo,man"
HAAi (feat. Pat Alvarez) "DIGITiSE"
DJ Tennis (feat. Campbell King) "Misbehave"
EdiP & Dinu "Nocturno"
Sophia Stel "Molly In The Club"
Orquesta Akokán "Mami Qué Qué"
Alewya "Selah"
Devon Gilfillian "Black Dog Rabbit Hole"
Christian Taylor "holdin it down"
BALTHVS "Liminal Stages"
Beth Orton "Otherside"
Babe Rainbow "Waterfall"


-hour 2-

Phoebe Bridgers "Lost Boys"
Izzy Oram Brown "When There's Nothing Left"
Ethan Regan "spring cleaning"
Chanel Beads "The Coward Forgets His Nightmare"
Emperor X "Superbus"
Noiseheads "Something About You"
E.VAX "Say"
Yard Act "New Beginnings"
Sweeping Promises "Cocoon"
ill peach "CRASH COURSE DUMMY"
Sea Moss "Stale Bread"
Miscomings "Girlbob Gaspants"
Chelsea Wolfe "The Dark"
JJerome87 "Quaaludes"
GILT "...On The Side Of The New Jersey Turnpike"
Crazier "Dissolving"

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It's not July yet, but damn... it feels like 2026 is moving at warp speed.

I had an action packed weekend. I was looking extra fly this past Saturday at my friends Nick and Lizzie's wedding. What a magical evening filled with so much love and fun. Being around two people who are perfect for each other is amazing to witness. Effortless love is something you can't fake, and Nick and Lizzie are prime examples that people are made in pairs. It just takes some of us a little longer to find our other 50%.

Me? I have my one love, and it's New Noize.

After the wedding, I pulled a nine hour radio residency on Sunday, including the Reggae Sound Clash before wrapping up the night with New Noize.

This week's show was stacked with discoveries. After kicking things off with one of the heavier songs from Muse's new record, "Hexagons," we dove headfirst into mostly electronic and dance music. That stood in stark contrast to the much noisier, more abrasive indie heavy second hour, where both our Song of the Week and Album of the Week lived.

Chelsea Wolfe's "The Dark" is your New Noize Song of the Week. She released two new songs last week, and both are unmistakably Chelsea Wolfe. "The Dark" leans into an Americana feel and is one of her more atmospheric tracks, weaving her haunting vocals through acoustic guitar before slowly building. About two-thirds of the way through, everything blooms as the effects wash over the song. It's one of those tracks that somehow makes you feel better, even when you don't.

Before I get into the Album of the Week, I wanted to highlight a few records you should absolutely listen to from front to back.

GILT has released one of the heaviest, most soul grasping records of 2026. I Saw Myself In The Black Screen absolutely rips while playing with familiar rock clichés, all while building GILT's signature sound right in front of you. As you move through the record, you can feel the band's growth. Every track builds on the last, pulling from adjacent subgenres without ever losing its identity. By the end, you're left with a deep sense of satisfaction. I highly recommend listening to I Saw Myself In The Black Screen in order. Also... this was very close to being Album of the Week.

JJerome87 is Joe Newman from alt-J, and he just released an album called The Canyon. I LOVE IT. It is very alt-J, and I am not mad about that one bit. alt-J has these vocal harmonies that slip effortlessly into funky alternative grooves, and I can't get enough of them. Those same qualities are all over The Canyon. It has a distinctly American feel despite their British origins, and there's so much humor woven throughout the record. There are also some incredibly sweet moments of self reflection and gratitude that everyone should hear.

One of my favorite bands from the late 2000s is Ratatat. I LOVE THOSE TWO DUDES, so you already know I was all over Just Like Fire, the new solo album from E.VAX, aka Evan Mast (one half of Ratatat). WHAT. A. RECORD.

Sliding guitars, ambient noise used with purpose, obscure vocal samples, and, of course, that unmistakable Ratatat cool factor that's still ice cold. The difference between Ratatat and E.VAX is subtle but noticeable. It's smoother, more restrained, and a little more patient in its musicality. I'll definitely be spending more time with Just Like Fire and will report back.

The Album of the Week goes to Sea Moss/Miscomings' Big Tube Scene. I've heard of collaborative albums and 45 splits, but this kind of construction is rare. On Big Tube Scene, you get Sea Moss for the first half of the record, Miscomings for the second half, and only two songs where both bands cross over.

The album just came out, but I've had it for months and have spent a ton of time with it. It's easily one of my Top 10 records of 2026 so far. It's chaotic, noisy, unpredictable, and sends a bolt of electricity through you that reminds you of your own freedom. I can't stop listening to it. I've been hyping this record to anyone who would listen, and now that it's finally out, I can't wait to hear what everyone else thinks.

This past weekend was EVO, so I was locked in. I didn't get to cover EVO 2026 because of my current situation, which really sucks since I've covered it for various outlets over the past few years. Thankfully, the tournament absolutely delivered.

Arslan Ash won his eighth EVO title in Tekken. One more trophy and he'll stand completely alone in the history books. He's already shattered virtually every major Tekken record, and he'll forever be the guy who represents Pakistan in the best possible light.

Here's hoping No. 9 comes in 2027... and hopefully I'll be there to see it.

Until next write-up...

6/21/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: FOODMAN "Hard Reclining"
Album of the Week: Alexander Noice "Perpetually and Forever"

DJ Shadow (feat. Run The Jewels, Denzel Curry & TiaCorine) "Nobody Speak Part 2"
Danielle Ponder "Power"
Chuck Strangers "G Pack"
The Allergies (feat. Andy Cooper & BlabberMouf) "Dig It Up"
Kiwi Jr. "Pure Michigan"
Eels "Cap In Hand"
Lily Seabird "Election Day"
Elephant Stone "Fascists Killed Yer Rock'N' Roll"
Pond "Nashville (I'm Dying)"
No Joy "BIG LIFE BIG LEAF"
Warning "Landing Lights"
Ceremony "Death Destruction Mayhem"
GILT "Spit Out Into A Ditch..."
Saul Williams "Conspiracy"
Tyrant "Into The Light"

-hour 2-

Pretty Sick "home2hide"
worry "pretty place 2 cry"
The Crooked Stuff "Sci-Fi Radio"
case/lang/veirs "Accidental Tattoo"
Bitter:Sweet "The One"
Baauer "Calling Out For U"
Two Shell "Thing About You"
Momery "Galaxy"
FOODMAN "Hard Reclining"
RAGEFLOWER "CONTROL"
Butthole Surfers "Intelligent Guy"
Alexander Noice "Ayler in Loghaven"
sundayclub "Sad Summer"
Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders "Critical Masses"

NOT ON SPOTIFY:
GILT "Spit Out Into A Ditch..."
Momery "Galaxy"

ALL HAIL THE SUN!

This past weekend brought our annual Summer Solstice celebration and a glorious three-day weekend. We had the full-on parade Saturday, Reggae Sunday (hosted by the DJ before my show), and World Cup excitement on top of it all. The fun just keeps stacking, so naturally we went a little wild on New Noize to commemorate the moment.

This past Sunday's session was all over the map. We had a few longer tracks, some extremely niche selections, plenty of new music, and generally got a little weird with it.

FOODMAN is back with "Hard Reclining." FINALLY, music that speaks directly to me.

Now, FOODMAN is not easy listening. But if you're a fan of experimental music, FOODMAN has you covered. It's chaotic, fascinating, and unlike pretty much anything else out there. It's also your New Noize Song of the Week.

That brings us to the Album of the Week, which lives in a similar universe as FOODMAN while ultimately being something completely different. Alexander Noice's "Perpetually and Forever" jumps frenetically between contrasting themes and ideas. The best way I can describe it is like gearing up for a night at the local fair: riding the Ferris wheel, eating way too much funnel cake, running through the funhouse, and buying a Zippo from a carny.

Using familiar sounds and rhythms layered on top of each other, "Perpetually and Forever" almost hypnotizes the listener. It's strange, adventurous, and honestly just a lot of fun. Give it a listen.

Not New Noize-related, but still cool as hell, was the return of House of the Dragon. This season is already ramping up, and people are hoping their favorite character doesn't die.

HOW WRONG YOU ARE!!!!

I haven't even started talking about the upcoming anime season, but I can already tell it's going to be a heroic time.

Until next Sunday