9/25/22 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

1. Natasha Noorani (Prod. Talal Qureshi) "Laiyan"
2. Daniel Avery & HAAi "Wall of Sleep" Mute
3. Floating Points "Problems"Ninja Tune
4. Sally Spitz "Night and Day"
5. Divino Niño "Especial" Winspear
6. The Allergies "Hypnotise" Jalapeno
7. Algiers "Bite Back" Matador
8. Miss Grit "Like You" Mute
9. Sofie Royer "Love Park" Stones Throw
10. The Soft Pink Truth "Wanna Know" Thrill Jockey
11. THUS LOVE "Repetitioner" Captured Tracks
12. METZ feat. Joe Talbot "Come On Down" Sub Pop
13. No Age "Slow Motion Shadow" Drag City
14. Keiji Haino & SUMAC "A shredded coiled cable within this cable sincerity could not be contained" Thrill Jockey

-hour 2-

15. Kramies "Shitty Hotel in LA"
16. Persher "Man With The Magic Soap" Thrill Jockey
17. Starcrawler "Broken Angels" Big Machine
18. Weyes Blood "It's Not Just Me, It's Everybody" Sub Pop
19. Angel Olsen & Sturgill Simpson "Big Time" Jagjaguwar
20. Spacey Jane "Lunchtime" AWAL
21. Tamino Tamino "Cinnamon" Djinn
22. Sports Team "Unstuck" Bright Antenna
23. Bruno Bavota & Chantal Acda "Her Eyes"
24. Clutch "Slaughter Beach" Weathermaker
25. Lybica "Manifest" Metal Blade
26. The Mommyheads "Genius Killer"
27. Wild Pink "See You Better Now" Royal Mountain

NOT ON PLAYLIST:
23. Bruno Bavota & Chantal Acda "Her Eyes"

I'm back!!! I took a small vacation to Portland and missed last Sunday's New Noize. Since then I have seen a few things...

BORIS & Nothing played a show at Revolution Hall in Portland which was great. After the show I was walking to a spot and bumped into Nothing while they were loading out, they were a nice group of humans. BORIS killed it and fucked around and got a set list.

The following day I saw Spoon open up for Interpol in downtown PDX and it was magical. Spoon during sunset as the crows of Portland flew overhead was a moment I will remember. I have never seen Interpol at a venue so small. I will be back Portland.

The fun did not stop there. This past Thursday I went down to LA with our Music Director and all around Mr Cool Guy Dave to check out IRON MAIDEN! I don't know how many tours they have left but they were INCREDIBLE. Those metalheads maybe old but not a trace of rust, twas a spectacle to behold.

I tried to pack 2 shows in 1 this past Sunday and what a killer show it was.

I kicked the show off with the Song of the Week "Laiyan" by Natasha Noorani Pakistani clan is out in 2022. Honorable mention goes out to the METZ with Joe Talbot of the IDELS for "Come On Down".

Album of the Week goes to No Age with "People Helping People". Hands down this is one of my favorite records they have done and they have come a LONG WAY since 2007 Weirdo Rippers record. Mature yes, but so much fun and joy is captured in between these 13 songs it hard not to smile as this ignites both hemispheres of your brain.

Am I going to see the new Gundam movie, "MOBILE SUIT GUNDAM: CUCURUZ DOAN'S ISLAND" only in theaters for 2 days and am so psyched but have to drive over an hour to see it. COME ONE SANTA BARBARA WE NEED ANIME HERE!

Also seeing the Wu Tang Clan on Friday.

Until next Sunday party people.

9/11/22 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

1. Weird Nightmare "I Think You Know" Sub Pop
2. Ancient Shapes "Bird With an Iron Head" Sub Pop
3. Sorry "Key To The City" Domino
4. Built to Spill "Never Alright"
5. Winter (feat. SASAMI) "Good"  Bar None
6. Dry Cleaning "Gary Ashby" 4AD
7. Eyedress (feat. Elvia) "FULL TIME LOVER" Lex
8. Enumclaw "Cowboy Bebop" Luminelle
9. J.R. SLAYER "Not Rotten" Memory
10. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Ice V"
11. Suki Waterhouse "Nostalgia" Sub Pop
12. Preoccupations "Death of Melody"
13. Foreign Air "Lonely People"
14. The Afghan Whigs "I'll Make You See God"  Royal Cream

hour 2

15. Phoenix (ft. Ezra Koenig) "Tonight"
16. TVAM "Double Lucifer"  Invada
17. Santigold "High Priestess"  Little Jerk
18. Sudan Archives "Freakalizer"  Stones Throw
19. Glorilla (ft. Latto & JT) "F.N.F. (Remix)"  Blac Noize!/Campsouth
20. Meechy Darko "Get Lit Or Die Tryin'"  Loma Vista
21. Kenny Beats "Hooper"  XL
22. Whitmer Thomas "Rigamarole" Hardly Art
23. Ingested "Tides of Glass" Metal Blade
24. Lamb of God "Grayscale" Epic
25. Boris "Cramper" Relapse
26. BADSOMA "Violet Hue"  Dead Comet
27. Flogging Molly A Song Of Liberty"
28. The Ramona Flowers "Up All Night"
29. Rare Americans "Moving On"

So many things to get into but who got the time? Especially this week so I will keep things as brief as possible. I still cant believe that Nine Inch Nails is playing the SBBowl.

New Noize Album of the Week as promised belongs to Kenny Beats with LOUIE. Every track is a banger, trust.

Song of the Week goes to Dry Cleaning with their new single "Gary Ashby".

No New Noize this coming Sunday as I will be in Portland to see BORIS on Saturday night. If you are in Portland or know any must spots to hit let me know,

9/4/22 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

1. Louis Cole "I'm Tight" Brainfeeder
2. Little Dragon "Frisco" Ninja Tune
3. TSHA (feat. Clementine Douglas) "Dancing In The Shadows" Ninja Tune
4. John FM "White Science"
5. SYAMESE "Spontaneous Human Combustion (Sub 6. Version)" Crammed Discs
6. ooi "I Wanna Die" Majestic Casual
7. Turnover (feat Bre Morell) "Ain't Love Heavy" Run For Cover
8. Special Interest ft Mykki Blanco "Midnight Legend" Rough Trade
9. MILLY "Marcy" Dangerbird
10. The Medium "Space Force" yk Records
11. Palm "Parable Lickers" Saddle Creek
12. SOHN "I Won't" 4AD
13. Sol Messiah (feat. Evidence) "Limitless" Rhymesayers

-hour 2-

14. Anarbor "Until I'm With You"
15. Kenny Beats "Hold My Head" XL
16. Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin "Tongo Barra" Dead Oceans
17. Eyedress (feat. Tim Koh) "SHROOMS IN DISNEYLAND" Lex
18. Arctic Monkeys "There’d Better Be A Mirrorball" Domino
19. zzzahara "cupid's out tonight" Lex
20. Muse "Kill Or Be Killed" Warner
21. Revocation "The Intervening Abyss of Untold Aeons"
22. Boris "Ghostly imagination" Relapse
23. LACRIMAS PROFUNDERE "An Invisible Beginning" Steamhammer
24. Secret Machines "Matrons"
25. Two Door Cinema Club "Lucky" Glassnote
26. Fazerdaze "Break!" section1

September started out HOT HOT HOT. SoCal, according to science, currently has a dome of heat that is baking locals including your boy. Despite getting cooked I did some things...

I saw Flume at the Santa Barbara Bowl and what a shit show. Flume was great and I got a chance to catch TSHA's set, which she killed BUT there was something in the air. Not to get into a lot of details but people were getting tossed out, falling over and I saw many MANY people that could not handle their "good time". Lets just say there was a lot of sand covering the concrete...I KNOW at a Flume show???? As I get older I understand much MUCH less.

This week I will be seeing Little Dragon & Leon Bridges hopefully with a normal laid back Santa Barbara crowds that I'm used to.

Despite the long weekend there was New Noize and apologies ahead. I cut so much off as I could not fit all this new music into 2 hours.

So many new records dropped over the last few Fridays it was hard to even keep track. Muse, Two Door Cinema Club, and zzzahara all dropped new full lengths. SYAMESE EP is great. I also got the new Revocation record early and once your ears get on it they will bleed with joy. So who got the New Noize Album of the Week? It is between 2 records. Kenny Beats has finally released his 1st solo album and it BANGS! If no fire records come out this Friday it will be next week's pick (my foreshadowing is not subtle) Eyedress dropped a new album which was a HUGE surprise since he usually releases a nice amount of singles but not this time. "FULL TIME LOVER" is a celebration of all of Eyedress' musical style, growth, influence, impact and career. He has a signature sound/feel but dips his toes in many different genres. Basically this album takes all of his previous work and provides you a roadmap to all things Eyedress. It goes all over the place, but in a particular order that seems very premeditated. FULL TIME LOVER starts out with his refined sound that is a mishmash of all his styles but quickly decontructs to his early work of lo fi garage rock then ramps to his style of avante punk rock with some guest features. Talking "features" there are a ton on this record that complement the album and fit right in rather than overpower or standout. Then when you are raring to go, blood pumping he chills you out with his chill laid back songs with strung out chords and wavy melodies. As soon as you get comfy he fuzzes you up with these fun after school jams then Eyedress makes a hard left turn into the R&B portion of the album. At the final stretch all of a sudden we are now listening to hip hop as my body naturally starts bouncing. WHAT A JOURNEY!!!! it's like New Noize only all of it is on 1 record.

The New Noize Song of the Week is "Tongo Barra" by Vieux Farka Touré et Khruangbin out now on Dead Oceans. It's a Khruangbin colab with guitarist Vieux Farka Touré and they are putting out a whole record that I will be copping once released.

At this point I would wrap things up but I HAVE to say something in my SIDE NOTE for this week.

SIDE NOTE: I like to keep things light but we are officially screwed as humans. I mentioned the heat in SoCal at the top...According to reality 1/3 of Pakistan is under water. Let that sink in, one of the highest populations of humans that make less than 1% of greenhouse emissions globally has suffered from all of our actions including my own. Obviously I am deeply impacted by this as my parents are from Pakistan and I have loved ones (family & friends) that lives will be never the same. The saddest thing is how much the world has turned a blind eye to this. Pakistan is one of the highest exporters of cotton yet the fashion community stays silent. The flood has impacted this industry so badly that the entire culture of cotton in Pakistan may be gone due to those lands never being able to recover. This will affect us here in the USA as we will see prices rise. Same with Denim, Pakistan produces the majority of the worlds Denim so get ready for those Lucky jeans to get even more expensive. Bollywood, an industry that Pakistan helped build (but in recent years has gone as far as banning all Paksitani's from being in the industry) has stayed silent. The floods in Pakistan are a precursor of the changes the earth is making due to our impact on the climate. If you want to actually do something DONATE MONEY. And donate directly to organizations & nonprofits that work with the people DO NOT DONATE TO RELIEF THAT THE GOVERNMENT HANDLES. Pakistan has a history of blatant corruption so DO NOT contribute to large nonprofits that work with the Pakistani government as the people will not get that aid. Instead do some actual research and contribute to local nonprofits/organizations that work directly with the people affected. If you are reading this and want to help but don't know where to start, reach out to me.

Until next week.

8/28/22 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

1. The National(feat. Bon Iver) "Weird Goodbyes" 4AD
2. Bret McKenzie "That's LA" Sub Pop
3. Julia Jacklin "Moviegoer" Polyvinyl
4. Interpol "NYC (demo)" (Black Session) Matador
5. Coco "Rough Water"
6. Illiterate Light "Light Me Up"
7. Elk City "That Someone"
8. Archers of Loaf "Screaming Undercover" Merge
9. Lit Mouth "Shut" Round Hill
10. Gilla Band "Backwash" Rough Trade
11. Dropkick Murphys "Ten Times More" [PIAS]
12. Magdalena Bay "All You Do" Luminelle
13. Johanna Warren "Piscean Lover" Wax Nine
14. MorMor "Seasons Change" AWAL
15. SOHN "MIA" 4AD
16. Drugdealer "Someone to Love" Mexican Summer

-hour2-

17. Danger Mouse & Black Thought(feat. A$AP Rocky & Run the Jewels) "Strangers" BMG
18. Iceage "Shake The Feeling" Mexican Summer
19. Norma Jean "W W A V V E" Solid State
20. Story of The Year "REAL LIFE" SHARPTONE
21. Arch Enemy "House Of Mirrors" Savage Messiah
22. Russian Circles "Betrayal"
23. Disq "If Only" Saddle Creek
24. De Lux "New Summers" Innovative Leisure
25. Little Dragon "Where You Belong" Ninja Tune
26. Lil Silva(feat. BADBADNOTGOOD) "To The Floor" Nowhere
27. Daniela Lalita "No Para" Young
28. Röyksopp "Let's Get It Right" Dog Triumph
29. Sad Night Dynamite "What Does That Make Me?" Parlophone
30. LP Giobbi(Feat. Caroline Byrne) "Forever And A Day" Byrne) "Forever And A Day"
31. THANYA IYER "leave the room and face the waves"

NOT ON PLAYLIST:
7. Elk City "That Someone"

The last few days have been a whirlpool of happenings. It all started on Thursday when I saw Atmosphere and Iration, as the weekend progressed I shook down with Anderson Paak while somehow ignoring my crush TOKIMONSTA all while cutting it up with a friend who I haven't seen in 2 years as they now live in Australia. The hits keep coming as FLUME is playing at the SBBowl on the 1st

New Noize was in full effect this Sunday. The New Noize song of the Week goes to Johanna Warren with "Piscean Lover". It's a great song and i really hope this sets the tone for her upcoming record. As for the New Noize Album of the Week, that goes to Danger Mouse & Black Thought with Cheat Codes. Yes this record came out many MANY weeks ago but it is still new plus I played a track off it this past Sunday and it's my show.

Oh in video games I purchased the new SD Gundam Battle Alliance for the PS5 and I LOVE IT. It's ultra japanese and I am surprised that this title got a US release as these types of games are usually a Japanese exclusive. 

See ya next Sunday