11/3/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Wand "Help Desk" Drag City
Album of the Week: Flying Lotus "Spirit Box" warp

Wand "Help Desk" Drag City
THUS LOVE "Lost In Translation" Captured Tracks
Ezra Furman & Alex Walton "Tie Me to The Train Tracks" Bella Union
OMBIIGIZI "Ziibi"
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard "Phantom Island" p(doom)
Godzilla "1954 Main Theme"
Freddie Gibbs "30 Girlfriends (Yeah Yeah)" AWAL
Flying Lotus "Ajhussi" Warp
Tyler The Creator "Thought I Was Dead" Columbia
King Geedorah "Fazers" Big Dada
Megan Thee Stallion "Bigger In Texas"
Fabiana Palladino "Drunk"
KOKOROKO "Three Piece Suit (feat. Azekel)" Brownswood
sOuL from the O "Red Dawn: Nine Nine Twenty"
Sofi Tukker "Bread"

-hour 2-

Daft Punk "Veridis Quo"
LCD Soundsystem "x-ray eyes" Columbia
Ora the Molecule "Løveskatt" Mute
Michi "There's No Heaven" Stones Throw
DARKSIDE "Graucha Max" Matador
Wet "Signs"
Franc Moody "Driving On The Wrong Side Of The Road" Night Time
Cutouts "Bloodsucker"
Scream Journal "November" Death Bug
Solstafir "Hin helga kvöl"
Delain "Dance with the Devil" Napalm
Pixies "Jane (The Night The Zombies Came)"
Tim Hause "Make it Take it" Blood Harmony
Fake A Smile "The Party Is A Mess"
War Strings "Kill Your Dreams"

It’s ya boy back, right before SUPER TUESDAY, and let me tell you, I’m not exactly feeling the “super” part. This election? Not something I’m buzzing about. Neither candidate is out here with the plan I want, but yeah, I’m still voting. Why? Because I like to complain—a lot. And I mean complain complain about anything and everything. Voting is my ticket to complain guilt-free for the next four years, so you bet I’m going to cast that ballot. You should too, so we can complain together.

On a brighter note, I had a BLAST doing New Noize. I threw in a few tributes, including the original 1954 Godzilla theme, because our King of All Monsters just turned 70! If you follow me on Instagram, you were fully bombarded with Godzilla content. I also slipped in MF DOOM’s “Fazers” (aka King Geedorah himself) as a nod to the metal-faced legend.

Opened the set with the New Noize Song of the Week: “Help Desk” by Wand. This release is a trip—they dropped two new tracks with remixes of those, so it’s technically an EP, but it’s longer than some full albums out there. Bottom line: I need more.

The New Noize Album of the Week goes to none other than Flying Lotus with Spirit Box. I’ve been playing this EP front to back since it dropped, and every listen pulls up something new. One of the best releases of 2024, no question.

This week, I’m hitting up Sofi Tukker at the SB Bowl—the last show of the 2024 season there, sadly.

I’ll be back for Sunday’s show, then going on a little break until December.

Oh, and yeah, in case it wasn’t clear: vote.

10/27/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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10/27/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Great Grandpa "Doom" Run For Cover
Album of the Week: Pom Pom Squad "Mirror Starts Moving Without Me" City Slang

Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory "Afterlife" Jagjaguwar
Soccer Mommy "Driver" Loma Vista
Momma "Ohio All The Time" Polyvinyl
Mereba "Counterfeit" Secretly Canadian
Tyler, The Creator "NOID" Columbia
Fashion Club "Ice Age" felte
Mk.gee "ROCKMAN"
Korean Boyfriend "Middle Management"
Sam Redmore(feat. Lumi HD) "What Would You Do" Jalapeno
Pom Pom Squad "Street Fighter" City Slang
Peach Pit "Yasmina" Columbia
yeule "eko" Ninja Tune
Great Grandpa "Doom" Run For Cover
The Effigies "Drip Feed"
Medium Build(with Julien Baker) "Yoke"

-hour 2-

Royel Otis "If Our Love Is Dead"
Thunder Jackson "Fever & The Dream" VERO
DJ Seinfeld "Hopecore" Ninja Tune
Robert DeLong "PLAYLIST of DOOM"
Reverse Pathogen "Attention Is The New Heroine"
Laura Marling "Patterns"
Anna Shoemaker "Game of Thrones"
Delachute "I Need Your Violence"
Katie Gavin "Casual Drug Use" Saddest Factory
Band of Silver "Lifting The Curtain"
Little Moon "holy and sweet"  Joyful Noise
Wolfgang Valbrun "Denying the Truth" Jalapeno
The Body "Careless and Worn"
OBEYER "Witness"
Sixpence None The Richer "Julia"

Not on Spotify:
The Body "Careless and Worn"

Lots going on right now:

  • The Yankees are really testing my patience.

  • Halloween’s a few days away.

  • Godzilla’s hitting the big 70.


Then there’s the election. And yes, it's personal this time, no question. But here’s the deal: just vote. Anyone telling you how or who to vote for? Fuck em. Voting is your right, it’s private, and it’s nobody’s business but yours. We’ll get through Nov. 6, don’t worry. Meanwhile, the world keeps spinning—kids in Gaza are still dying, Earth’s ecosystem is still on fire.

Also, New Noize.

Album of the Week: Mirror Starts Moving Without Me by Pom Pom Squad.
Song of the Week: “Doom” by Great Grandpa.

LET’S GO YANKEES.

10/20/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Father John Misty "She Cleans Up" sub pop
Album of the Week: Japandroids "Fate & Alcohol" anti

Whitey "A3 BOOSTED LITTLE PIGGIES V2"
Father John Misty "She Cleans Up"  Sub Pop
The Linda Lindas "Don't Think" Epitaph
Japandroids "D&T" anti
Porridge Radio "Lavender Raspberries" Secretly Canadian
Karl Blau "Taxes" Otherly Love
The Velveteers "Go Fly Away" Concord
Sofie Royer "Young-Girl (Illusion)"  Stones Throw
Silas Short "L-Train" Stones Throw
Adrian Younge "Esperando Por Voce"  Linear Labs
Liraz and Adrian Younge "Farrar Konam"  Linear Labs
Kurious "Bacalao Opera" Metalface
Sam Sellers(feat. Phase One) "The Labyrinth"
Jean Dawson feat. Lil Yachty "Die For Me"
Sasha (with Sentre) "Super Hero" Night Time
Andrew Bird & Madison Cunningham "Without A Leg To Stand"  Loma Vista

-hour 2-

Bon Iver "THINGS BEHIND THINGS BEHIND THINGS" Jagjaguwar
Phantogram "Feedback Invisible"  Neon Gold
Bear Hands "Mosquito Song" Cantora
John Roberts "Something Ain't Right"
Laibach "Leben heißt Leben" (Opus Dei Revisited 2024)" Mute
piglet "certainty"
Rubblebucket "Moving Without Touching"
Camp Crush "Mind's Eye"
BIG SPECIAL feat. John Grant "Stay Down, Lazarus"
Anxious "Counting Sheep" Run For Cover
Chris Acker "Cursive Proverbs" Gar Hole
King Falcon "Crush Crush Crush"
Casual Male "Hondo Civic"
The Struts "Can't Stop Talking" Big Machine

AND THE YANKEES ARE HEADED TO THE WORLD SERIES!!!!!!

Four more wins and the New York Yankees secure #28. Yes, I live in SoCal, and trust me, the New York hate is palpable out here, but you better believe I’m rocking full Yankee regalia all day, every day.

On to New Noize—I’ll keep it short because this Monday is dragging and so am I. Apologies in advance.

New Noize Song of the Week goes to Father John Misty with "She Cleans Up." I caught this live a few weeks ago, and let me tell you, it’s a certified banger. His new album Mahashmashana is out next month (and yeah, I know I mistakenly reported it was dropping next year in a previous write-up—my bad for the confusion). Oh, and the music video for "She Cleans Up" drops tomorrow on YouTube. Honestly, it could just be him strutting to this song for five minutes and I’d still be wildly entertained.

Album of the Week goes to Japandroids' final release Fate and Alcohol. Bittersweet, because shortly after dropping this, they announced on social media—no final tour, no last show. Just a social media post and peace out. Sad, but when it’s over, it’s over. What a run. I’m a firm believer that these band breakups aren’t always forever, though. Maybe they’ll reunite, maybe they won’t, but I’m not holding my breath. What I do know is these guys rule live. I caught them on their first tour at this tiny, makeshift venue in downtown Santa Barbara called Muddy Waters (RIP). It was a random weeknight, and I was hyped to see this duo from Vancouver tear it up. My +1? Winston, aka the Cool Rulah, host of the Reggae Soundclash, which, as you know, airs right before New Noize. Per usual, he was late.

Japandroids were loud—extra loud, since there were like 20 people in the venue. At one point, Brian King jumps on top of the bar, screaming the lyrics at the top of his lungs, but he’s practically drowned out by his own shredding. Rulah turns to me mid-show and says, “Des are sum bad white boys.” Yes, Rulah. Yes, they are. Thanks, Brian and Dave, for the memories and making me feel all the feelings. I’m gonna miss you... until you inevitably get back together. Maybe.

Oh and to all my Dodger fans I cant wait to bathe in your tears of sadness after the Yankees wipe the floor with you.

10/13/24 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: flying lotus "Ingo Swann" warp  
Album of the Week: Blood Incantation "Absolute Elsewhere"

Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan "Aaj Sik Mitran Di" Real World Records
MF DOOM "One Beer (Madlib Remix)" Rhymesayers
The Pro-Teens "Kon Queso" College Of Knowledge
The Allergies "My Own Way (feat. Dr Syntax & Skunkadelic)"
Clairo "Love Songs" (Margo Guryan cover) Sub Pop
Kim Gordon "Bangin' on the Freeway" Matador
Blood Incantation "The Message [Tablet I]"
MASTER BOOT RECORD "PSU" Metal Blade
Chat Pile "Shame" The Flenser
The Crown "Gone to Hell" metal blade
September "Mourning Spit You Out"

-hour 2-

Jerry Cantrell "I Want Blood"
Dua Saleh "2excited" Ghostly International
Charli xcx(featuring julian casablancas) "Mean Girls"
flying lotus "Ingo Swann" warp
Fazerdaze "A Thousand Years"
Freak Slug "Sexy Lemon" Future Classic
Obongjayar "Just My Luck"
Allysha Joy "your touch" First Word
Maribou State" Otherside (feat. Holly Walker)" Ninja Tune
Vlad Holiday "This Was Always Gonna End"
Babe Rainbow "LONG LIVE THE WILDERNESS"
The Jins "Crutch"
SIX LOUNGE "Without any words" Sony
Kylie V." Year of the Rabbit" Royal Mountain
Saya Gray "SHELL (OF A MAN)"Dirty Hit

I work a lot. Like, a lot. This weekend? Covered Saturday and Sunday shifts before the reggae soundclash, and then it was right back to the station for New Noize. I was getting blown up left and right with calls, "Yo, you're on the radio!"—people aren't used to hearing my voice during daylight hours. I get it.

Big news though—I FINALLY BEAT BLACK MYTH: WU KONG! Between that, FFVII Rebirth, and Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection, I don’t even know how to pick my Game of the Year. But I do know what my New Noize pick of the week is.

Single of the week? Flying Lotus, “Ingo Swann.” Could this be the FlyLo October surprise we’ve been waiting for? Stay tuned.

Album of the week? Blood Incantation’s Absolute Elsewhere. And before you @ me, yes, I know it dropped two weeks ago, but I didn’t spin it till now. If you’re looking for something more fresh, Chat Pile’s new one Cool World just dropped and demands your attention. Do yourself a favor and blast both of these albums at full volume. You can thank me later.

Also, this past Sunday was Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan’s birthday. Gone since '97, but not before my parents took me to see him live a few times. Long story short, Real World Studios unearthed a few crispy recordings from 1990 and pressed them into a four-song EP. Let's be real though—when an EP clocks over 40 minutes, it’s basically an LP. Chain of Light is incredible, whether you're a longtime fan or have no clue what I’m talking about. Major shout out to Peter Gabriel and Real World Records for putting it out.

And last but not least: LET'S GO YANKEES!