8/14/22 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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1. Alvvays "Easy On Your Own?" Polyvinyl
2. Yeah Yeah Yeahs "Burning" Secretly Canadian
3. Homes At Night "Tell Emma"
4. Stella Donnelly "How Was Your Day" Secretly Canadian
5. of Montreal "Modern Art Bewilders" Polyvinyl
6. Boris "Blah Blah Blah" Relapse
7. Megadeth "Soldier On!"
8. Revocation "Re-Crucified" Metal Blade
9. Anti-Flag(ft. Tim McIlrath of Rise Against & Brian Baker of Bad 10. Religion) "THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES"
11. Kiwi Jr. "Parasite II" Sub Pop
12. The Killers "boy" Island
13. Hans Pucket "My Brain Is A Vacant Space" Carpark
14. Nicki Minaj "Super Freaky Girl" Republic
15. Megan Thee Stallion(Ft-Latto) "Budget" Certified Entertainment / 300
16. YG "Toxic"

-hour 2-

17. Sylvan Esso "Sunburn" Loma Vista
18. Little Dragon "Frisco" Ninja Tune
19. Ora the Molecule "Samurai" Mute
20. Rubblebucket "Earth Worship" Grand Jury
21. TRY (with EARTHGANG) "Clarity" Spectrophonic
22. Baauer "Let Me Love U" Lucky Me
23. Hudson Mohawke "3 Sheets To The Wind" Warp
24. Danger Mouse & Black Thought (feat. MF Doom) "Belize"
25. Broken Bells "Saturdays" AWAL
26. Lil Silva(feat. BADBADNOTGOOD) "To The Floor" Nowhere
27. Panda Bear Sonic Boom "Livin in the After" Domino
28. Phantoms "This Can't Be Everything" Foreign Family Collective
29. Dendrons "Vain Repeating" Innovative Leisure
30. Golden Dawn Arkestra "Superstar" Spaceflight
31. Terence Fixmer "Corne de Brume" Mute

Let's be honest, my sets have been killer and this past Sunday the onslaught continued. Quick programming note, I cut a good 45 minutes of this set as there was just so much to go over this week.

New Noize album of the week is a no brainer (if you know me that is). BORIS released Heavy Rocks (2022) and what a record. This is one of the shortest BORIS records to date, with hyper quick songs (at least for them) This is the 3rd in a series of what they call "Heavy Rocks" which BORIS' interpretation of certain musical rock genres and they put their signature spin on it. Despite the short, punchy songs all of these tracks are HEAVY and AGGRESSIVE. And I mean really aggressive. BORIS has always been on the fringes of experimental rock but we hear them showcase a few sounds that they normally do not highlight. For example on the track I played this past Sunday, Blah Blah Blah, they place this isolated experimental Saxophone that drops in and out as the song progresses while playing off their normal madness of cascading noise and progressive build ups. It's a great record but only made for the brave.

Song of the week goes to Danger Mouse & Black Thought (feat. MF Doom) "Belize '' I KNOW the album Cheat Codes came out this past Friday, why isn't it the Album of the Week??? BORIS thats why... Danger Mouse went way back into the archives and grabbed this unheard b side to Danger Doom and dropped it on this new release. I shouldn't say this, but Cheat Codes will be the album of the week next week if we make it to next week that is.

I have so much more to say but my Monday is jammed. See ya next Sunday, maybe.

8/7/22 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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1. Last Dinosaurs "Auto-Sabotage" Nettwerk
2. Forrest Isn't Dead "Born or Made" Madison
3. Chastity "Pummeling" Deathwish Inc.
4. The Aquadolls "Beachy"
5. Palm "Feathers" Saddle Creek
6. Okzharp "Incline Disconnect" Hyperdub
7. Noiseheads "Big Money" Silly Monkey
8. Dendrons "Vain Repeating" Innovative Leisure
9. Thus Love "In Tandem" Captured Tracks
10. Cheekface "You Always Want To Bomb The Middle East"
11. Sufjan Stevens "Notelle"
12. Young Jesus(feat. Tomberlin) "Ocean" Saddle Creek
13. Panda Bear & Sonic Boom "Edge of the Edge" Domino
14. Josie Cotton "Ballad of Elvis Presley" Kitten Rob
15. Chris Shiflet "Long Long Year" Jake Jackson

-hour 2-

16. The Mars Volta "Vigil" Clouds Hill
17. Tallies "Heavens Touch" Kanine
18. Crooked Royals "Glass Hands" Many Hats
19. Kennebec (feat. Hemlock Ernst & Sudan Archives) "Tall Tales" Night Time Stories
20. trubbleboy "Baby Ur Dead 2 Me" Shok and Awe
21. Genesis Owusu "GTFO" AWAL
22. The Wheel Workers "Quarter Page"
23. Bear's Den (Ft Jade Bird) "Please Don't Hide Yourself Away"
24. Connie Constance "Til The World's Awake" Play It Again Sam
25. DC Gore "I Like You" Domino
26. Joyeria "Colour Film" Speedy Wunderground
27. Saint Small "You Must Destroy What Will Destroy You" Manic Pop Thrill
28. Housewife "I'm Spent" Hazel Street
29. Big Wild "Red Sun"
30. A-Z "Trial by Fire" Metal Blade

NOT ON PLAYLIST:
4. The Aquadolls "Beachy"
22. The Wheel Workers "Quarter Page"

Viva La Fiesta, is what we here in Santa Barbara say during Fiesta. It is a cultural celebration here in SB and for the rest of the year confetti will be showing up in the strangest of places. So many other things happened including me making the local news. Relax, I was talking about food.

Prey the new Predator movie is out on Hulu and what a great addition to the series. Highly recommend and imma say it now, top 10 sci fi movies of 2022 hands down

The Sandman is out on Netflix and I am currently crushing this 10 episodic run. I have not completed but what I have seen I LOVE. Let me be clear, the Sandman is one of my favorite comic book runs and frankly speaking stories. Personally I think this is Neil Gaiman's best work and I was hyper critical going into this Netflix adaptation. I am happy to report that I love what they have seen and it was worth the wait. It was cast beautifully, the way they weave the storyline is fantastic especially with how much ground/lore they cover. I look forward to finishing up the series later this week.

The big BIG thing this weekend was Evo, or said properly for the normals, Evolution 2022. It is the one of the oldest "global esports tournaments" and centers around fighting games. Being Pakistani you don't see our names in lights but Fate Khan & Arslan Ashe represented by taking 2nd & 3rd in the Tekken7 Tournament. Knee(from S Korea) was too strong this time out. It was also the 1st time we saw a Guilty Gear game close out the tournament. Why? OVER 2000 people from around the world came to Las Vegas to compete in just that game! Evo is unique in eSports (and to be real any sport) because it is all inclusive. It doesn't matter you global rank, amateur or professional, sex, age, height, color, culture or background. Meaning a total no one could come in and decimate the competition or you can play a professional and watch yourself get bodied. I didn't go to Evo this year, but fingers crossed for the future. For those that know I play and consider myself part of the FGC (fighting game community) but by no means am I worthy or have the skill set to be ranked. Despite this lack of skill I will take on anyone who wants some.

Oh and there was New Noize! In fact since Rebultion was in town, on a Sunday the normal Reggae DJ was out, again. So Captain Freiza showed up. ANYWAYS...

...Album of the Week goes to Cheekface with "Too Much to Ask". Don't let their sense of humor fool you, there is a lot they are talking about, they just have a nonchalant expression which works for me.

The New Noize Song of the Week belongs to Palm with "Feathers" I can't wait to hear what the whole LP sounds like.

See you next Sunday.

7/31/22 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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1. The Afghan Whigs "A Line Of Shots" Royal Cream
2. Jack White "I've Got You Surrounded (With My Love)" Third Man
3. Katalyst "Dogon Cypher" Jazz Is Dead
4. Starcrawler "Stranded"
5. Rodrigo y Gabriela "Weird Fishes/Arpeggi" ATO
6. The Beths "Expert In A Dying Field"  Carpark
7. Built to Spill "Spiderweb"
8. Dry Cleaning "Anna Calls From The Arctic" 4AD
9. DOMi & JD BECK  Anderson .Paak "TAKE A CHANCE"
10. Living Hour(feat. Jay Som) "Feelings Meeting" Kanine
11. Sofie Royer "Feeling Bad Forsyth Street"  Stones Throw
12. Bret McKenzie "If You Wanna Go" Sub Pop

-hour 2-

13. LAPêCHE "Mermaid Blues" New Granada
14. flipturn "Playground" Dualtone
15. Ginger Root "Holy Hell" Acrophase
16. Turnover "Myself in the Way (feat Brendan Yates)" Run For Cover
17. U.S. Girls "So Typically Now"
18. Boyfriend (ft. Pussy Riot) "Dance With The Devil"
19. OLAN "Wake and Return (Little Dragon Remix)" Anjunadeep
20. Beyonce "THIQUE" Columbia
21. Rosalía "DESPECHA" Columbia
22. Moon Boots (feat. Cherry Glazerr) "Come Back Around" Anjunadeep
23. Amon Amarth "Oden Owns You All"
24. Goatwhore "Born of Satan's Flesh" Metal Blade
25. Lamb of God "Omens" Epic
26. Beach Rats "Saturday" Epitaph
27. exPorter "Your Boyfriend (Suckup)" maxthedog

NOT ON PLAYLIST:
Amon Amarth "Oden Owns You All"

August cometh and all sorts of heat is oozing out including yesterday's show. Crazy to think there is only 5 months left in 2022 & I for one am just ramping up.

TBH I didn't want to do this past Sunday's show, I would have rather gone to Red Hot Chili Peppers playing with Thundercat & Beck down at SoFi but that rock gods had other plans. Those plans were staying in Santa Barbara and doing New Noize.

The radio show was pretty extra last night. There was something truly for everyone during the 2 hour set.

Beyonce dropped a record so by the laws that govern this world and the next Renaissance is your New Noize Album of the Week. This record is 97% bangers. All the tracks can and will be club singles. I played THIQUE but I could have played just about anything off this album and it would still melt every speaker tuned into the KJEE frequency.

New Noize's Song of the Week was a bit more difficult to pick. I went with Ginger Root's new one "Holy Hell". I really don't know much about this cat but damn this single is smooth and goes ALL OVER THE PLACE! This has a touch of Toro y Moi & MNDSGN which is an extremely good thing. I'd love to see this play in a full length release.

Specail honors goes out to Goatwhore's newest single "Born of Satan's Flesh". These humans are finally back and I'm really hoping we will get a full length which builds on this specific sound. The change ups happen fast and as soon as you notice they switch it back, flip it upside down and pull you inside out. It's a rollercoaster ride of pure metal and I want to go again.

Until next Sunday...

7/24/22 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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1. black midi "Still" Rough Trade
2. Interpol "Fables" Matador
3. Dan Mangan "Fire Escape" Arts & Crafts
4. Jack White "Madman From Manhattan" Third Man
5. beabadoobee "Tinkerbell Is Overrated" Dirty Hit
7. St. Vincent "Piggy" (NIN cover) Loma Vista
8. Momma "Speeding 72" Polyvinyl
9. Peach Fuzz "Mary's Gone Crackers" Psychic Hotline
10. Ty Segall "Hello, Hi" Drag City
11. Titus Andronicus "(I'm) Screwed" Merge
12. Jacob Turnbloom "Balboa Park" Dangerbird
13. Big Wild "Red Sun"
14. PVA "Hero Man" Ninja Tune
15. Destrage "Italian Boi"

-hour 2-

16. Working Men's Club "Widow" [PIAS]
17. Supreme Beings of Leisure "Full Circle" Leisurephonic
18. Vladislav Delay "Isomulkku" Planet Mu
19. The Koreatown Oddity "HOMEBOYS IN OUTERSPACE" Stones Throw
20. Megan Thee Stallion (feat. Future) "Pressurelicious" 300 Entertainment
21. Triathalon "Running" Lex
22. Danger Mouse & Black Thought(feat. Michael Kiwanuka) "Aquamarine" BMG
23. The Meltdown "Side By Side" Hopestreet
24. Dead Cross "Reign of Error" Ipecac
25. Megadeth (feat ICE-T) "Night Stalkers" UMG
26. Slipknot "The Dying Song (Time To Sing)" Roadrunner
27. The Armed "AN ITERATION" Live at the Masonic Sargent House
28. A Day To Remember "Miracle" Fueled By Ramen
29. Sumerlands "Dreamkiller" Relapse

We in July but I'm looking at the horizon of the immediate future and things are weird. I had to cancel my NYC trip for next month and I am still mad about it. But I am going for a quick weekend trip to Portland to see BORIS in September. I have never been to Portland so I NEED RECOMMENDATIONS and if I have any people there hit me ASAP.

So this New Noize was fun to say the least. As per the norm the diversity of this new music show was pretty high hitting a bunch of genres so something for everyone.

Album of the Week goes to The Koreatown Oddity with "ISTHISFORREAL?" All of his records are unique but this one you feel his maturity as an artist and what were once fuzzy tape sample have matured over to a studio sound with the same "down" quality bit with way more refinement & fineness. Personally I really like his South Asian samples and how he uses them specifically here. Continuing to compare this work to his past records it is his best execution of a concept album which if we are being honest is what the K-Town Oddity does.

Song of the Week goes to Mike Patton and the boys over at Dead Cross with "Reign of Error" on Ipecac Records. It SHREDS. Also kudos for releasing the song on a Tuesday! Very nostalgic, the real ones know.

Lastly I have covered the reggae soundclash 2 weeks in a row and have done a number of the shows throughout the year. With this fact I have decided to come up with a new DJ moniker for when I am called to cover the soundclash in the future. I am open to suggestions but I am rocking with Captain Frieza. See the DJ before New Noize goes by the "Cool Rullah" so I wanted to do a play off that. See Frieza father was Cooler in the DBZ series PLUS at one point he was a captain so yeah. Again I am open to suggestions so send em this way.