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Big Sonic Heaven: Barcelona’s Primavera Sound Festival, new Carly Hann + more

8 June 2026 at 15:09

In this week’s Big Sonic Heaven, we heard new music from Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Hann, a dreamy track from the project Fischersund featuring Jónsi from Sigur Rós, the latest from Edward Ka-Spel, and more. We also featured artists who were a part of the incredible Primavera Sound Festival lineup in Barcelona including The Cure, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, and Einstürzende Neubauten, as well as your favorite shoegaze, dreampop and post-punk classics. 

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for June 7, 2026

  • “Golden Hair” – Slowdive
  • “Clusters” – Emma Anderson
  • “Time to Breathe” – Remington Super 60″
  • “Happiness Is Easy” – Talk Talk
  • “Mon Amour Sauvage” – Dead Can Dance
  • “For Phoebe Still A Baby” – Cocteau Twins
  • “Kiss Her Kiss Her” – Blonde Redhead
  • “Six Different Ways” – The Cure
  • “Alone” – Carly Hann
  • “Lovesleep” – Swallow
  • “Juniper” – Forest Circles
  • “Ten Grand Goldie” – Einstürzende Neubauten
  • “Blind Hearts” – Clan Of Xymox
  • “Projections” – Night Tapes”
  • The Visitors” – Double Speak
  • “Deus” – Sugar Cubes
  • “Last Dance” – The Secret French Postcards
  • “Sometimes” – My Bloody Valentine
  • “Selene” – deary
  • “Half A Person” – The Smiths
  • “Skiptir engu (translates to “It doesn’t matter”)” – Fischersund, Jónsi, Kjartan Holm & Sin
  • “Song To The Siren” – This Mortal Coil
  • “Smoke” – Shye
  • “Under Your Spell” – Desire
  • “Thoughtforms” – Lush
  • “Dark Horse” – Edward Ka-Spel
  • “Crank” – Catherine Wheel
  • “Just Drive” – Postiljonen
  • “Feel This Flame Unfold” – Bragolin & Carrellee
  • “Ruined In A Day” – New Order
  • “Calling the Magazine” – Mind Cinema
  • “Snow Heart” – Lucy La Dusk
  • “The Dance Of The Birds” – Gergana Dimitrova & Lisa Gerrard
  • “Beauty*2” – Ladytron
  • “Compulsion” – Martin L. Gore

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Big Sonic Heaven: Russian shoegaze, British synthpop + more

1 June 2026 at 15:02

We heard new music from Doublespeak, the synthpop project of Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yaz, Erasure), Neil Arthur of Blancmange, and producer Benge. Plus, music from Russian shoegaze band Shark’s Tears, the brand-new single from The Secret French Postcards and, as always, your favorite shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk classics.  

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for June 1, 2026

  • “Untitled” – The Cure
  • “What They Call Us” – Fever Ray
  • “Slivered Kisses (feat. Danella Hocevar)” – She Shone
  • “Plain Tiger” – Cocteau Twins
  • “Rain” – Shark’s tears
  • “Tunic (Song for Karen)” – Sonic Youth
  • “Disorder” – Joy Division
  • “Fairground” – Deary
  • “Last Dance” – The Secret French Postcards
  • “Visions” – Hooverphonic
  • “Strangers” – ACTORS
  • “Distraction” – Beachy Head
  • “6 Underground” – Sneaker Pimps
  • “Gold” – Sigur Rós
  • “Long Distance Lover” – Locust
  • “Girl Of Colours” – 24 Gone
  • “Each Day I Adore you” – Welcome Strawberry
  • “History” – The Verve
  • “Like Me” – MØAA
  • “Reel Around The Fountain” – The Smiths
  • “Goodbye to Love” – Doublespeak
  • “Summertime” – The Sundays
  • “My Plants Are Dead” – Blonde Redhead
  • “Shanty” – Slowdive
  • “Welcome to the Ocean of My Drowned Stars” – Dog Silent
  • “Blown a Wish” – My Bloody Valentine
  • “October Love Song” – Chris And Cosey
  • “Because I Don’t Know (feat. Mitch Sanders)” – Tricky
  • “Slow” – Caelum Bliss
  • “Not Sorry” – Poster Paints
  • “All In My Mind (Acoustic Version)” – Love and Rockets
  • “Time to Breathe” – Remington Super 60
  • “What Else Is There?” – Röyksopp
  • “A Question of Lust” – Depeche Mode

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Big Sonic Heaven: Robert Smith and The Twilight Sad team up, songs from deary + more

13 April 2026 at 19:16

In tonight’s Big Sonic Heaven, we featured music from The Twilight Sad’s new album which features Robert Smith on bass and guitar.

The band is also touring this spring with another Big Sonic favorite, deary. We played two new tracks from their debut album, “Birding.”

We also heard the latest from Hammock featuring The Flaming Lips and more, along with your favorite shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk classics!

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above. 

  • “Feel So Different” – Sinéad O’Connor
  • “Vertigo” – Miki Berenyi Trio
  • “Our Day Will Come” – Dead Can Dance
  • “Feel” – The Church
  • “Blue Ribbon” – deary
  • “Face To Face” – Siouxsie & The Banshees
  • “Kandy” – Fever Ray
  • “Crushed” – Cocteau Twins
  • “Silhouette” – Nation of Language
  • “All Night Long” – Peter Murphy
  • “Blood Money” – The Sisters Of Mercy
  • “Plainsong” – The Cure
  • “Everyone Knows” -Slowdive
  • “INHOSPITABLE/HOSPITAL” – The Twilight Sad
  • “Delicious Demon” – Sugarcubes
  • “Just Drive” – Postiljonen
  • “Sunday Morning” – Beth Gibbons & War Child Records
  • “Kiss Her Kiss Her” – Blonde Redhead
  • “Monopoly” – Yndling
  • “Leaves Me Cold” – Lush
  • “Desire” – Silver Swans
  • “No Sweeter Feeling” – deary
  • “Lions & Tigers” – Asobi Seksu
  • “Translucent” – The Bellwether Syndicate
  • “Ride It On” – Mazzy Star
  • “Hide & Seek” – Airiel
  • “Strolling” – The Giraffe Told Me In My Dream
  • “Compulsion” – Martin L. Gore
  • “Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)” – Hammock
  • “The Him” – New Order
  • “Gold” – Sigur Rós
  • “Summer Moon” – The Raveonettes
  • “Universal Soldier” – Depeche Mode & War Child Records
  • “Goodbye Lucille #1” – Prefab Sprout
  • “Pump” – He Said

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