2/26/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

-Hour 1-

1. Darkest Hour “Knife in the Safe Room” southern lord
2. Power Trip “Crucifixion”
3. Antropomorphia “Sinful Rapture” metal blade
4. Mastodon “Show Yourself”
5. Xui Xui “Forget”
6. Crystal Fairy “Necklace of Divorce” ipecac
7. Pissed Jeans “Not Even Married” sup pop
8. Meat Wave “Shame”
9. Dude York “Tonight” hardly art
10. Mew “85 Videos” 
11. the Orwells “They Put a Body in the Bayou” atlantic
12. Priests “Lilia 20”
13. R. Stevie & Jason Falkner “Play Myself Some Music” bar none
14. Andrea Moss “Bring the Hell”
15. Ballyhoo “Girls” ingrooves
16. Joe Marson “Explore/Explore”

-Hour 2-

17. Thundercat “Tokyo” brainfeeder
18. Little Dragon "High"
19. Tennis “My Emotions Are Blinding” mutually detrimenta_
20. Allan Rayman “13” communion
21. M.I.A. "POWA" interscope
22. Karriem Riggins (feat Jessica Care Moore) “Suite Poetry” stonesthrow
23. Novella “Desert” sinderlyn
24. Father John Misty “Ballad of the Dying Man” sub pop
25. Maggie Rogers “On + Off”
26. Night Club “Bad Girl” gate blanco
27. Bernice “Don’t Want To Be European” 
28. the Besnard Lake “Laura Lee” 
29. Pixx “Bow Down”


It was the Oscars last night and this gif says is all. There were some dope moments but for me it was history to FINALLY SEE A FUCKING MUSLIM WIN A MOTHERFUCKING OSCAR! There is something to be said to see yourself in someone else, and during these politically charged times for Muslims around this nation, especially the youth, it was a moment where this one individual won an accolade of the highest degree in his craft and happened to be a Muslim. It shows that if you work hard you will be recognized despite all the madness that is cascading throughout our current culture. Mashallah Mahershala Ali. 

And come hell, high water or Oscars on Sundays we do NEW NOIZE baby! This Oscar Sunday was no different and I must say that this set is one of my better ones, mostly due to the fact that my inbox is overflowing with stacks of new music. Seriously I tried to squeeze a 3 hour set into 2 hours, which is mathematically impossible and yet I still attempted it (silly Ahmed)

2/19/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

-Hour 1-

1. Thundercat "Friend Zone" brainfeeder
2. Little Dragon "High"
3. Karriem Riggins “Crystal Stars” stonesthrow
4. Sampha "What Shouldn't I Be" young turks
5. M.I.A. "POWA" interscope
6. Bernice "Don't Want to Be European"
7. Granddaddy "Everyone"
8. Marian Hill "Wild"
9. Acceptance "Fire and Rain"
10. Magic Giant "Set on Fire"
11. the Bright Light Social Hour "Tear Down That Wall"
12. Future Islands "Ran"
13. Jen Lekman "Whats That Perfume That You Wear" secretly canadian
14. Mastodon “Show Yourself”
15. Violents & Monica Martin "How It Left" partisan 

-Hour 2-

16. Meat Wave "Run you Out"
17. Xui Xui "Jenny GoGo"
18. Priests "Suck"
19. Hanni El Kahtib "Mangos & rice" innovative leisure
20. Crystal Fairy “Crystal Fairy” ipecac
21. Dude York "Something in the Way" hardly arts
22. Father John Misty “Ballad of the Dying Man” sub pop
23. Sunset City "The Walking Dead"
24. PWR BTTM "Big Beautiful Day"
25. Novella "Does the Island Know" sinderlyn
26. NE - HI "Sisters"
27. Emma Ruth Rundle & Jaye Jale "To Fold in England (Hours)" sargent house
28. Black Angels "Currency" partisan
29. Clap Your Hands Say Yeah "Down (Where I wanna Be)

SoCal is known for a few things, bikini weather, skate parks, tacos, and great cheeba. Only one of those things were true this weekend as mother nature tore thru Santa Barbara like a viking warlord rolling up on English soil. I LOVE CALIFORNIA! With that said these cats can't drive in the rain. Being from the Tri-State we get all sorts of weather and all walks of life and when you combine the 2 you get some of the most foul mouthed yet responsible motorists America has to offer. Not so much on the west side my friends, pretty sure they think "hydroplaning" is a new way to grow marijuana. 

No worries, I made it through stormpacolypse 2017 with full power, no flooding and put in some serious netflix hours. Plus I delivered yet another over the top 2 hours of new music for all the brave souls that were out in the muck. Got a few phone calls from people that resorted to listening to their radios as they had no power and no internet (thanks mother nature)

This week I am looking forward to seeing my brown brother Hanni El Kahtib thursday night and dropping another killer New Noize come Sunday. Until then...

2/12/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

-Hour 1-

1. M.I.A. "POWA" interscope
2. Marian Hill "Down"
3. Thievery Corporation (feat Shana Hallihgan) "Love Has No Heart" ingrooves
4. Sampha "Kora Sings"
5. Jessica Hoop "Pegasi" sub pop
6. Mac Demarco "My Old Man"
7. Ty Richards "Going Out for a Cigarette" tremolo
8. Ty Segall “Thank You Mr. K" 
9. Bleached "Can you Deal"
10. Rubblebucket "Donna" yebo
11. Cold War Kids "Love is Mystical"
12. Arcade Fire "Gave You Power"
13. SOHN "Proof 4ad
14. the New Pornographers “High Tickets Attractions”

-Hour2

15. Crystal Fairy “Crystal Fairy” ipecac
16. Hanni El Kahtib "Born Borwn"
17. Antropomorphia "Sermon ov Wrath" metal blade
18. Mastodon “Show Yourself”
19. Thundercat (feat Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins) "Show You the Way” brainfeeder
20. Black Angels "Currency" partisan
21. Karriem Riggins “4Es'J” stonesthrow
22. Father John Misty “Ballad of the Dying Man” sub pop
23. the Royal Foundry "We Keep Dancing"
24. Priests "J.J." sister polygon
25. NE - HI "Sisters"
26. Future Island “Ran”
27. ninet "Elinore" 
28. Japandroids “I'm Sorry”
29. Sleaford Mods "I Can Tell"

This past Sunday the "Industry" was out in full force for the Grammys. I always have mixed feelings about this particular awards show, namely who wins. I mean I think we all would agree the Adele has an incredible voice and can blow the pants off of anyone who steps up into her domain EXCEPT FOR THE BOSS LEVEL RPG G-O-D BEYONCE.

How Lemonade didn't dominate the Grammys landscape is beyond me, I mean did you see her performance? Looking like a remixed Shiva with gold on gold on gold she mesmerised all eyes, the only thing missing was psilocybin mixing with my blood to enhance the visuals she was throwing. Talking about performances that's what I'd rather focus on and there were some standouts. Bruno did his Prince thing, and yes Lady GaGa donned the metal veil and joined Metallica, broken mics and all. The night belonged to the TRIBE though. After Anderson Paak wowed the crowed the on-stage transition revealed Busta Bust aka Busta Rhymes flanked by the one and only Tip aka Q-Tip talking directly to the Cheeto in charge and proceeded to medly some new and old Tribe Called Quest tracks. Oh and MEGADEATH  beat out Metallica for an award, so that's a 1st. My favorite Grammy moment didn't even happen on-stage, it was going on during the entire awards show and it was centered around the snubbed but loved Rihanna. RiRi brought a diamond studded flask cause you know, shes a badass. 

New Noize was pretty dope this past Sunday as well. I PLAYED NEW MIA!!!!!!!! POWA gives me power, they hype levels are over 9000.

I also got my mits on the new Priests album and it has been in constant rotation on my iPod(classic status). I dived deeper into some new full lengths  releases including SOHN, Sampha, Japandroids & Thievery Corporation.

See ya next Sunday...

2/5/17 New Noize on 92.9 KJEE Santa Barbara's Modern Rock

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-Hour 1-

1. Crystal Fairy “Chiseler”
2. Mastodon “Show Yourself”
3. White Reaper “Judy French”
4. Future Island “Ran”  
5. Me and that Man “My Church is Black”
6. Less Than Jake “Bomb Drop” 
7. Avalon Landing “Only Kids”
8. Dropkick Murphys “Paying My Way” born and bread
9. Portugal the Man “Noise Pollution”
10. the Menzingers “Bad Catholics” epitaph
11. Mew “Carry Me to Safety”
12. the Bombpops “Capable of Lies” fat wreck chords
13. Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears “Sexual Tensions” ingrooves  
13. the New Pornographers “High Tickets Attractions”
14. Methel Ethyl “Ubu”
15. Real Estate “Darling” domino

-Hour2

16. Father John Misty “Ballad of the Dying Man” sub pop
17. Mac Demarco “Can You Deal”
18. Strand of Oak “Salt Brothers” dead oceans
19. Ty Segall “Orange Color Queen”
20. Japandroids “Midnight To Morning”
21. Bonobo “7th Sevens”
22. Thundercat (feat Michael McDonald & Kenny Loggins) "Show You the Way” brainfeeder
23. Justice “Alakazam!” 
24. Karrien Riggins “oddness” stonesthrow
25. Emily Wells “Im No Heroine” thesis instinct
26. Sofi Tukker “Johnny”
27. Hollerado “Born Yesterday”
28. Goldfrapp “Anymore” mute
29. Craig Finn “Preludes” partisan

Did you see what Lady GaGa did last night? So did I!!! How much gusto does this little white lady have? I DON'T CARE what anyone says, the amount of bravery it takes to jump off the roof of the Houston Texans Dome is something very few people have and apparently Lady GaGa is one of those people. Plus you know the whole thing about the New England Patriots coming back from the biggest Super Bowl deficit EVER! As a NY Giants fan there are few things I hate more than the Patriots (the Cowboys hold that #1 hate spot) but even I can appreciate the immense talent of Tom FREAKING Brady. That guy threw for over 400 yards and willed that win, pretty fantastic stuff. If you are an Atlanta Falcons fan odds are you probably called out sick this Monday. What a game. 

This Sunday was also witness to another New Noize. 

*****Brief side note, I have covered the Reggae specialty show “The Reggae Soundclash” for the past 3 weeks now, pretty sure I’m sporting dreads*****

Each Sunday keeps getting better not because I can weave some amazing playlists, it’s because there is so much new music coming out its a bit like 2016 all over again (not a bad thing). During the New Noize set I got in some deeper cuts form the new Strand of Oak,Ty Segall, Japandroids and Bonobo. Father John Misty has released 3 new songs (and videos) as of today and they hype just keeps growing for his upcoming record. The super group Crystal Fairy keeps impressing with their new single Chiseler. Despite the woes that are being felt in the A-T-L area after those dirty birds did not finish comes great news. One of my “unicorn bands”(bands for some reason the cosmos don’t want me to see live) Mastodon has released a new single and you know your boy spun it. 

In gaming news nothing…JK yo. I was thinking about picking up Nioh, but then I read a review saying this was “Dark Souls with Samurais” and I quickly lost interest. BUT For Honor has sparked the fire of interest and I will be rocking that come Valentines day.