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

Tonight’s episode featured new music from The Haunted Youth’s new album “Boys Cry Too,” more from the latest Tokyo Shoegazer album, a Philadelphia multi-instrumentalist called Forest Circles, and more from The Twilight Sad.

A few great collaborations were also featured, including “Pause the Rain” by synthpop harp duo Masal and Emma Anderson of Lush. Plus, a track from Kilbey Kennedy, featuring Steve Kilbey of The Church and Martin Kennedy from All India Radio, as well as the hypnotizing new track from Gergana Dimitrova and Lisa Gerrard of Dead Can Dance.

Local music included Shoestrings, a new release from the Detroit Dreampop duo Bluhm, as well as a classic from Velour 100 in celebration of the 30th anniversary of their album Fall Sounds, which is now available on vinyl for the first time.

Big Sonic Heaven can be heard Sundays 9 p.m. to midnight and on-demand at WDET.org, playing dreampop, shoegaze, post-punk, trip-hop and more.

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 May 11, 2026

• “andalucia plays” – Slowdive
• “Barabas” – Hooverphonic
• “Hurt” – The Haunted Youth
• “Swamp Thing” – The Chameleons
• “Pause The Rain” – Masal & Emma Anderson
• “Iceblink Luck” – Cocteau Twins
• “No Sweeter Feeling” – deary
• “Who Do You Love?” – Mojave 3
• “Lost In the Weight” – Deserta
• “New Dawn” – Tokyo Shoegazer
• “Lament” – The Cure
• “Stare Into Light” – Velour 100
• “Higher Love” – Depeche Mode
• “Forgive You” – Shoestrings
• “Serafina” – Kilbey Kennedy
• “Another Kind of Love” – Bluhm
• “Only Shallow” – My Bloody Valentine
• “wake up” – The Haunted Youth
• “Acid, Bitter, and Sad” – This Mortal Coil
• “BACK TO FOURTEEN” – The Twilight Sad
• “Stray Fantasies” – Mint Julep
• “Only So Much Light” – Air Formation
• “Priest Alley Song” – Red House Painters
• “The Dance Of The Birds” – Gergana Dimitrova & Lisa Gerrard
• “Wandering Star” – Portishead
• “Our Day Will Come” – Dead Can Dance
• “Smile” – State Of Grace
• “Double Dream” – Panda Riot
• “After the Rain” – The Orange Peels
• “Juniper” – Forest Circles
• “Lover Lover Lover” – Ian McCulloch
• “Paradise” – New Order
• “Voices” – Intermix

Shoegaze is a prominent genre in Big Sonic Heaven and last night was no exception as I featured new music from Tokyo Shoegazer, She Shone, The Haunted Youth as well as some Shoegaze classics. Take a peek below at the playlist and, as always, the show is available for two weeks on-demand at WDET.org. Thanks for listening!

• “Rococo” — Cocteau Twins
• “The Drift” — deary
• “The Perfect Girl” — The Cure
• “Be Still” (Robin Guthrie remix featuring Elizabeth Frazer) — Peace Together
• “A New Goodbye” — Nation of Language
• “Remains” — Tokyo Shoegazer
• “Mesmerise” — Chapterhouse
• “Prince of Insecuria” (feat. Erik Ljunggren & Johannes Winther Farstad) — Bel Canto
• “A Girl Like You” [7″ Mix] — Wolfgang Press
• “Slivered Kisses” (feat. Danella Hocevar) — She Shone
• “Diamonds in the Sand” — State of Grace
• “What a Mess!” — Ellis
• “Love in Itself” — Depeche Mode
• “Atlantis” — Postiljonen
• “You and Your Sister” — This Mortal Coil
• “Another Tale From Another English Town” — Lanterns on the Lake
• “The Dance of the Birds” — Gergana Dimitrova & Lisa Gerrard
• “End Credits” — Laptop
• “In Real Life” — ACTORS
• “Leave Me Alone” — New Order
• “Wake Up” — The Haunted Youth
• “Bedbugs and Ballyhoo” — Echo & the Bunnymen
• “Clusters” — Emma Anderson
• “The Maker of Heavenly Trousers” — Cranes
• “Chained to a Cloud” — Slowdive
• “Além” — Summer of Hate
• “No Flash in the Sky” — Moev
• “Our Day Will Come” — Dead Can Dance
• “Wild Horses” — The Sundays
• “Tell Me” (feat. Saoirse Ronan) — Johnny Jewel
• “I L U” — School of Seven Bells
• “Dirt” — Searows
• “Lions” — Tones on Tail
• “The Runaway” (feat. Elle J) — UNKLE
• “Trainspotting” — Primal Scream