1/26/25 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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Song of the Week: Hiromi (ft. Sonicwonder) "Balloon Pop"
Album of the Week: FKA twigs "EUSEXUA"

Röyksopp & Fever Ray (feat. Trentemøller) "What Else Is There"
ROZET "SHADOW WURK"
BLOND:ISH, Stevie Appleton "Never Walk Alone"
Douvelle19 "Find A Way"
Shygirl(feat. Isabella Lovestory & Pink Pantheress) "True Religion"
FKA twigs "Striptease"
Miso Extra "Certified"
Mereba "Counterfeit"
Marie Davidson "Demolition"
Khadija Al Hanafi "DJ HANAFI"
Jeshi(feat. LEILAH) "STUCK ON LOOP"
Ki! "Knight Rider"
Kuna Maze "Stab"
Adrian Younge "A Música Na Minha Fantasia"
THE PRO-TEENS "Supervillain Theme"

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Hiromi (ft. Sonicwonder) "Balloon Pop"
Central Cee "GBP"
Allen Stone "Memory Of You"
Panchiko "Ginkgo"
Frozen Inertia "Spy Balloon"
Mogwai "Hi Chaos"
Strange Lot "It's Always You"
Kestrels (feat. Alex Edkins (METZ, Weird Nightmare) "Lilys"
Brigitte Calls Me Baby "Careless Whisper"
Ben Kweller "Optimystic"
Vundabar "Spades"
Soft Loft "Leave The Light"
Cheekface "Growth Sux"
High. "Painbox"

We’re IN it, baby—you and me. Another New Noize in the bag as we roll through these early weeks of the new year. Oh, and yeah, I had to cut a solid 50 minutes (basically hour three) from Sunday’s set. Too much heat to cover, but we keep it moving.

New Noize Album of the Week was tough as hell to choose. We had a three-way tie, but I had to crown a winner. Mogwai is back with The Bad Fire, a glorious return to their early sound but with all the depth and experience they’ve built over the years. This 55-minute journey is not to be missed.

I almost missed this one myself, but luckily, I follow her. Khadija Al Hanafi—remember that name. Her album !OK! has "Top 10 Records of 2025" energy, and we’re only four weeks into the Year of the Snake. Iranian brilliance.

If you know me and have been following New Noize since the beginning then YOU KNOW my everything Tahliah Debrett Barnett (aka FKA Twigs) dropped her new record and humanity has never been the same. "EUSEXUA" is one of her best works from front to back. Sonically it cascades throughout itself with this grungy warehouse 3:15 AM rave ear-feel that aligns all my chakras in the most chaotic ways. I LOVE THIS RECORD.  It’s exciting, joyful, unique, vulnerable, and gangster—an overwhelming masterpiece front to back.

-I did not love the vinyl release of  EUSEXUA , I shelled out a premium amount of rupees for the liquid vinyl version just for her label to cancel this release. I have always wanted a liquid vinyl release and I always get twigs stuff on wax so needless so say the material girl in me was crushed.  I did snag the "steel" version (yes, pressed on steel?), but I’m still waiting on that one. Fingers crossed.-

The New Noize song of the week goes to Hiromi's "Balloon Pop". This sounds like it belongs on the Marvel vs Capcom OST.

Real talk, this might be the most boring Super Bowl in my 44 years of existence. But hey, I’m still hyped for all the party stuff that isn’t the game. Actually, what do people even do at a Super Bowl party if they’re not watching the game?