11/5/23 New Noize 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: WILLOW "alone"
Album of the Week: bar italia "The Twits" Matador
 
1. Linked Horizon "Saigyo no Titan/The Last Titan"
2. Ai Higuchi "Itterashai/See You Later"
3. UNA "Seraglio"
4. Benny Sings "Distance" Stones Throw
5. Sen Morimoto "Deeper" City Slang
6. Mndsgn "Finallyalone" Stones Throw
7. WILLOW "alone"
8. Actress "Its me ( g 8 )" Ninja Tune
9. Jockstrap "Sexy (ft. Babymorocco)" Rough Trade
10. Elkka "DJ Friendly"
11. Tkay Maidza "Won One" 4AD
12. Lol Tolhurst x Budgie x Jacknife Lee "Los Angeles (with James Murphy)"
13. Kevin Abstract "Real 2 Me"
14. bar italia "Hi fiver" Matador
15. Hotline TNT "I Thought You'd Change" Third Man

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16. Viji "Say Hi" [PIAS]
17. Savana Santos "bigger man"
18. Liza Anne "Utopian" AntiFragile
19. Crime & the City Solution "Brave Hearted Woman" Mute
20 Folly Group "I'll Do What I Can"
21. Cheekface "Largest Muscle"
22. IAN SWEET "Smoking Again" Polyvinyl
23. Snailmate "Trash, Baby"
24. Morne "Wretched Empire" Metal Blade
25. William Eggleston "Improvisation" Secretly Canadian
26. Windser "TV"
27. IDLES "Dancer" Partisan
28. Yard Act "Dream Job"
29. Dwarves "Roxette"
30. The Defiant "Dead Language"
31. Madness "Baby Burglar"

What a weekend!!! Let's just dive right in!

I had a killer set as you can clearly see. I opened with Last Horizon's "Saigyo no Titan/The Last Titan", the opening music for the last episode of Attack on Titan, and immediately after that I played "Itterashai/See You Later", the closing track from that same episode by Ai Higuchi. Both songs are amazing just like this TV show, which I will return to later in this write-up.

In that same hour, I got into the new track by WILLOW "Alone" which also happens to be the New Noize Song of the Week.

This past week we saw some amazing full lengths including new album drops from Viji, Actress, Crime & the City Solution, Dwarves,  Hotline TNT, and Kevin Abstract. This week's Album of the Week goes to bar italia's "The Twits". Highly stylized and feeds me that post-90s garage/alternative sound which is alive and well with bar italia.

So we all know I freaked out this past Friday to celebrate Godzilla Day. Happy 69 years to the King of All Monsters.

One of the biggest things to happen to TV in 2023 happened this past Saturday, I am talking about the last episode of Attack on Titan. What an amazing ending, which I dare was damn near flawless in all aspects. A mark of a good film/series is a pretty simple one, if you can remove a scene and it doesn't change the film/series then that scene should be cut. In Attack on Titan every single scene, event & decision had consequences that were relevant. If you have watched this show you know what I am talking about, if not then do yourself a service and experience the cultural phenomenon that is Attack on Titan, a series that surpasses its own genre. I know for a lot of people out there this is their gateway to the world of anime, Im talking to you Billie Elish...To the people who won't touch this because this is anime, I feel sorry for you. This is and will always be the ultimate medium to tell a visual story. Attack on Titan is speaking on what's going on with the world right now. For me, Attack on Titan is about the bittersweet struggle for survival called life no matter what age you live in.

Thank you Hajime Isayama for this amazing human journey.