4/5/26 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

Song of the Week: Dry Cleaning “Sliced By a Fingernail” 4AD
Album of the Week: Thundercat "Distracted" Brainfeeder

Jack White “G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs”
Jack White “Derecho Demonico”
Lambrini Girls “Cult of Celebrity”
Weird Nightmare “Little Strange”
Dry Cleaning “Sliced By a Fingernail”
Angine De Poitrine “Yor Zarad”
SUNN O))) “Does Anyone Hear Like Venom”
Tori Amos “Shush”
Holy Fuck “Bricks”
Converge “Hum of Hurt”
Poison Ruïn “Pilgrimage”
Greg Mendez “Gentle Love”
Bleachers “you and forever”
Ecca Vandal “SORRY! CRASH!”

-hour 2-

KNEECAP “FENIAN”
Arlo Parks “Get Go”
hackedepicciotto “Wiederbelebung”
Puma Blue “Sweet Relief”
Thundercat(feat. A$AP Rocky) “Funny Friends”
Gelli Haha “Klouds Will Carry Me To Sleep”
Fcukers “Getaway”
Magi Merlin “SpiceKick”
Dylan Brady “Throat Song”
Laibach(feat. Wiyaala) “Musick”
Disclosure “The Sun Comes Up Tremendous”
KÁRYYN “END TO KNOWING YOU”
HEALTH “A.L.O.N.E.”
Bon Iver “P.D.L.I.F. - Red Hill Auditorium, Perth, AU. Feb 26 2023”
Basement “The Way I Feel”

NOT ON SPOTIFY:
Weird Nightmare “Little Strange”

April is here and still no steady income. At this point, even King Kai is probably like “bruh, what are you doing?” I’ve been surviving off flipping relics from my own life; vintage concert tees, untouched sneakers, pieces of my past just to keep the lights on. You’d think after 20+ years in the music world something would’ve locked in by now, but nah… we’re still in side-quest mode. The struggle is very real.

That said, I did get a much-needed break from the existential spiral & on Saturday I made the run down to Hollywood High to catch the final night of Mitski’s LA residency. Being back in a school building after two decades was already surreal, but then you add this intimate, almost living-room-style production on stage? Different level. Her latest record leans heavy into the anxiety of just existing, so it hit. Hard. For my currently-unemployed-self, it felt like a reset. The sound was incredible, she was incredible, and for a moment things actually felt OK. Maybe even hopeful.

Fast forward to Sunday night & I was hyped. Kicked things off with back-to-back new Jack White joints (and seriously, go watch that SNL episode best one of 2026 so far, easy). Then we slid right into the Song of the Week: “Sliced by a Fingernail” from Dry Cleaning. They’ve got that signature deadpan delivery so detached, but sharp and it just works. I don’t know if a new album is coming, but after hearing this? I just want a tour.

Speaking of tours I’ll be pulling up to Disclosure this Wednesday at the SBBowl as the prep for Coachella with back-to-back nights at one of the best venues in the country. On top of that they casually dropped a new track like it’s nothing. Always curious what kind of production they’re about to bring. Trust I’ll report back.

One of my personal favorites from the night: Tori Amos “Shush.” You already know I’m a sucker for a slow burn.

And then there’s SUNN O))) with “Does Anyone Hear Like Venom”, the longest track of the night of New Noize and somehow the shortest on their new self-titled. They’re on Sub Pop now, played LA recently, and yes I missed it. The FOMO is still lingering.

Angine de Poitrine is having one of those “if you know, you know but also you should know” moments right now. Internet buzz is building, and for good reason. Vol. II expands on everything they set up before using chaotic, whimsical math rock that somehow feels both precise and unhinged. Much like the Absolute DC universe I’m all in. Don't take my word for it, Dave Ghrol was just gushing about them. Ok he was just talking about them but I rarely get to use the word "gush" and its such a fun word.

The longest song from last night's set belongs to SUNN O))) “Does Anyone Hear Like Venom” which also happens to be the shortest song on their latest self titled record. Oh and they are on Sub Pop now plus they played a show in LA that I missed which gave me serious FOMO.

Album of the Week goes to Thundercat with Distracted. Look, I’m biased. I could go on for paragraphs about how absurdly groovy this record is (because it is), but what really stood out this time is the features. This might be the most collaborative Thundercat project yet, he even got the Lemon Twigs on a track! At least our current timeline has dope music.

I might be back in LA on Friday for another show, stress on the “might.” Not even sure if I’m getting in. But if I do? You’ll hear about it next week. And if I don’t you’ll definitely hear it next week.