Tonight, in Big Sonic Heaven, we brought you some great new shoegazey, atmospheric music. We featured Brooklyn multi-instrumentalist Taja Cheek, also known as L’Rain, whose genre-bending music has been described as kaleidoscopic. We also featured some beautifully layered atmospheric shoegaze from In Inertia, out of Jakarta, Indonesia. We played the new Shye, who always delivers a great Dreampop track, and the first single from Swervedriver’s Raise:demos album coming out this October, and your favorite Shoegaze, Dreampop, and Post-Punk tracks.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for Aug. 16, 2026

“Black Celebration” – Depeche Mode
“Down with the Upward” – A Shoreline Dream (feat. Mark Gardener)
“Brussels Is Haunted” – Echo & The Bunnymen
“Les Yper-Sound” – Stereolab
“Flawed (demo version”) – Swervedriver
“Musette And Drums” – Cocteau Twins
“There Must Be so Much More” – Pink Turns Blue
“Ophelia 3:58” – Johnny Marr
“Are You Safe?” – Maquillage
“500 (Shake Baby Shake)” – Lush
“Never Follow Suit” – The Radio Dept.
“Lusty” – Lamb
“I Wanna Disappear” – Starflyer 59
“Breaking My Light” – Minor Victories
“Love Spells” – Attic Ocean
“Six Different Ways” – The Cure
“In The Flowers” – Sea Lemon
“What Remains Is Beautiful” – In Inertia (feat. Niskala)
“Bonny” – Prefab Sprout
“I Wanted It To Be You” – Shye
“Bright As Yellow” – The Innocence Mission
“The Sweetness Of Honey” – Club 8
“Euphoria (Firefly)” – Delerium
Want You – deary
“Hoppípolla” – Sigur Rós
“Dark Horse” – Edward Ka-Spel
“So And Slow It Grows (7″ Remix)” – WIR
“Death Cults” – Dead Can Dance
“elmyra” – L’Rain
“Harrowdown Hill” – Thom Yorke
“Come Together (7″ Version)” – Primal Scream
“Ruined In A Day” – New Order
“swim” – Night Tapes
“After the Rain” – The Orange Peels
“Crown of Thorns” – Erasure
“My Times Up” – The Raveonettes

Tonight we featured the new single from DIIV’s forthcoming album due out this October. Plus, new music from the debut album by Spike, the London-based synth-pop project of Hannah McLoughlin. I also played another new track from She’s Green, who are coming to town on October 1st to The Sanctuary in Detroit, and took the new Blonde Redhead for another spin. And, as always, we heard some of your Shoegaze, Dreampop, and Post-Punk faves.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for Aug. 9, 2026

“Lorelei” – Cocteau Twins
“Além” – Summer of Hate
“I Think I Knew” – The Church
“1963” – New Order
“The Fountain” – DIIV
“Only Shallow” – My Bloody Valentine
“Emo Song” – The Haunted Youth
“Brussels Is Haunted” – Echo & The Bunnymen
“Coastal” – Attic Ocean
“Ballerina Out Of Control” – The Ocean Blue
“I’m So Tired” – Deserta
“Mettle” – She’s Green
“New Day” – The Cure
“Waldorf Theft Song” – Au Revoir Borealis
“Tell Me” – Johnny Jewel (feat. Saoirse Ronan)
“Speakers Don’t Speak” – The Wolfgang Press
“Drive That Fast” – Kitchens Of Distinction
“You’re Missing” – Spike
“Stripped” – Depeche Mode
“Awake” – Tycho
“In Violet” – Searows
“Crash Landing” – Mary in the Junkyard
“Beauty*2” – Ladytron
“A Shoulder To The Wheel” – Bel Canto
“Marinade” – Tricky (feat. Mitch Sanders)
“Leave Them All Behind” – Ride
“Shoot Me Down” – Velveteen
“Blue Days – John Fryer Mix” – Seasurfer (feat. Elena Alice Fossi)
“South Coast” – Throwing Muses
“Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me” – The Smiths
“The Cicadas” – Dead Can Dance
“I’m on Fire” – Chromatics
“Blood Spilled” – Blonde Redhead
“Dagger” – Slowdive
“Wake Up In New York” – Craig Armstrong
“Other People” – Beach House

Tonight we heard the brand-new single from Blonde Redhead and a track from the new Starflyer59 EP. Plus, some dreamy new music from Locust & Olive Kimoto, and more, along with your favorite shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk classics.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for Aug. 2, 2026

• “The Garden Ends” – The Autumns
• “Mon Amour Sauvage” – Dead Can Dance
• “Blood Spilled” – Blonde Redhead
• “Crank” – Catherine Wheel
• “I Wanna Disappear” – Starflyer 59
• “The Sweetness Of Honey” – Club 8
• “Eighties Fan” – Camera Obscura
• “Lions & Tigers” – Asobi Seksu
• “Coming Home” – The Haunted Youth
• “From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea” – The Cure
• “The Visitors” – Doublespeak
• “New Dress” – Depeche Mode
• “Recollection” – Keep Shelly In Athens
• “swim” – Night Tapes
• “Unicorn” – Bel Canto
• “White Light” – Locust & Olive Kimoto
• “Jellyfish” – Left at Orion
• “Pearl” – Chapterhouse
• “Sleepsong” – Deary
• “Without you (feat. Soccer Mommy)” – Winter
• “2 Wicky” – Hooverphonic
• “Octopus” – Starrgazy
• “A Return” – The Tear Garden
• “Orange Appled” – Cocteau Twins
• “Aurora” – Attic Ocean
• “Someone’s Calling” – Modern English “Northern Sky (w/ Anne Garner)” – Stefano Guzzetti
• “Mr. Somewhere/Andialu” – This Mortal Coil
• “Gold” – Sigur Rós
• “Ophelia” – Johnny Marr
• “Chained to a cloud” – Slowdive

Tonight was a compilation kind of night. I featured tracks from the upcoming “We Are The Beautiful” 4-CD box set that tracks the development of the shoegaze genre over the past 20 years. I also spun a track from L.A. based Tombstones In Their Eyes, which is from the recently released shoegaze/dreampop box set called “Mind Your Mind,” and honored Sinéad O’Connor, with her passing being 3 years ago today.

Plus, we heard brand new music from Johnny Marr, Night Tapes, She’s Green, and much, much more along with your fave shoegaze, dreampop and post-punk classics.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for July 26, 2026

• “Souvlaki Space Station” – Slowdive
• “Convertible” – Prepare My Glider
• “Speakers Don’t Speak” – The Wolfgang Press
• “Be Still (Robin Guthrie remix featuring Elizabeth Frazer)” – Peace Together
• “The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Ophelia” – Johnny Marr
• “Nothing Natural” – Lush
• “locket” – She’s Green
• “War in Heaven” – The Raveonettes
• “I’ll Fall With Your Knife” – Peter Murphy
• “Fall” – Tombstones In Their Eyes
• “Lazy Day” – The Boo Radleys
• “On Your Side” – The Innocence Mission
• “Brussels Is Haunted” – Echo & The Bunnymen
• “Pagan Poetry” – Björk
• “Crash Landing” – Mary in the junkyard
• “Waiting For The Night” – Depeche Mode
• “Double Sky” – Autoregulate
• “Blissfield” – Au Revoir Borealis
• “Juniper” – Forest Circles
• “Closedown” – The Cure
• “The Worst Taste In Music” – The Radio Dept.
• “The Cicadas” – Dead Can Dance
• “Horror Head” – Curve
• “God’s Dream” – Ringo Deathstarr
• “Coastal” – Attic Ocean
• “Lovesleep” – Swallow
• “to be free (remastered)” – Night Tapes
• “Aikea-Guinea” – Cocteau Twins
• “wake up” – The Haunted Youth
• “Memories Fade” – Tears For Fears
• “Clusters” – Emma Anderson
• “A Rush and a Push and the Land Is Ours” – The Smiths
• “It’s Enough” – Atmos Bloom

In this week’s show on WDET, we featured the first new music from Echo & The Bunnymen in 12 years, and it’s catchy! We also played a new single from the Australian shoegaze/dreampop duo Grazer, music from She’s Green’s newly released album, “swallowtail,” and the London-based dreampop duo Atmos Bloom.

We also took that Stefano Guzzetti song, Northern Sky, for another spin. I love the This Mortal Coil inspiration behind it and can’t wait to hear the whole album. We heard all of this and much, much more, along with your shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk faves!

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for July 19, 2026

• “Twenty Four Hours” – Joy Division
• “little galaxy” – Silk Daisys
• “Aurora” – Attic Ocean
• “Success Has Made A Failure Of Our Home” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Burrow” – AtticOmatic
• “Brussels Is Haunted” – Echo & The Bunnymen
• “Blood Money” – The Sisters Of Mercy
• “Silhouette” – Nation of Language
• “The Cicadas” – Dead Can Dance
• “Marinade (feat. Mitch Sanders)” – Tricky
• “Rockin’ Back Inside My Heart” – Julee Cruise
• “Hide” – Deserta
• “dear ivy” – she’s green
• “Renaissance Affair” – Hooverphonic
• “Casi Famosas” – UNIFORMS
• “Everything” – Atmos bloom
• “Northern Sky (w/ Anne Garner)” – Stefano Guzzetti
• “andalucia plays” – Slowdive
• “All Flowers In Time Bend Toward the Sun” – Jeff Buckley & Elizabeth Fraser
• “Last Day on Earth” – Swervedriver
• “Juniper” – Forest Circles
• “Sweetest Perfection” – Depeche Mode
• “Paradise” – GRAZER
• “Here’s To All the Ones” – Hunter As a Horse
• “To Be Free” – Emiliana Torrini
• “Seabird” – deary
• “Death Opened A Boutique” – Future Bible Heroes
• “Anotherwave” – Tycho & Sea Lemon
• “Holding” – Kalia Vandever
• “Song To The Siren” – This Mortal Coil
• “Pink Orange Red” – Cocteau Twins
• “Hide & Seek” – Airiel
• “Speakers Don’t Speak” – The Wolfgang Press
• “Ornaments of Gold” – Siouxsie & The Banshees
• “The Robot Girl Psychiatrist” – The False Dawns
• “If Only Tonight We Could Sleep” – The Cure

We had lots of new music this week, which included South London trio, Mary In The Junkyard, and a collab between Tycho and Sea Lemon. There were also a few new tracks with a 4AD record label connection, which included Stefano Guzzetti, inspired by This Mortal Coil, and features artwork by ex-4AD graphic designer Timothy O’Donnell.

We also featured The Veldt, whose new video is inspired by 4AD graphic designer Vaughan Oliver. We heard a brand-new single from 4AD vets, The Wolfgang Press, who worked with Chris Bigg of 4AD’s V23 graphic design studio on their new album artwork. And, of course, it was all mixed in with your favorite shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk classics.

Big Sonic Heaven Playlist for July 12, 2026

• “Dewy Fields” – Bel Canto
• “The Drift” – deary
• “Anotherwave” – Tycho & Sea Lemon
• “Iceblink Luck” – Cocteau Twins
• “Speakers Don’t Speak” – The Wolfgang Press
• “Lie To Me” – Depeche Mode
• “Dreamweavers” – Trentemøller
• “swim” – Night Tapes
• “That Was Another Country” – The Innocence Mission
• “Elephant Woman” – Blonde Redhead
• “A Different Light” – Bibi Club
• “Transatlantic” – Basement Revolver
• “Faded Flowers” – Shriekback
• “locket” – She’s green
• “Doot Doot” – The Fauns
• “Love Spells” – Attic Ocean
• “Your Silent Face” – New Order
• “We Have All the Time In the World” – My Bloody Valentine
• “Morning, June and Yesterday” – The Veldt
• “Here’s Where The Story Ends” – The Sundays
• “In a Haze” – Gliss
• “Crash Landing” – Mary in the Junkyard
• “Help Me Lift You Up” – This Mortal Coil
• “Dreamer” – Toni Childs
• “Double Sky” – Autoregulate
• “To My Right” – Prince Innocence
• “Heaven” – Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
• “Water Drops” – New German Cinema
• “Michael” – Beachy Head
• “Vapour Trail” – Ride
• “Skin in the Game” – Slowdive
• “Northern Sky (w/ Anne Garner)” – Stefano Guzzetti
• “Gabriel” – Lamb
• “Louise” – Clan Of Xymox

The week Big Sonic Heaven was full of new music out of the UK. From London, we heard a brand-new single from Night Tapes, new shoegaze from Velveteen, and sadplanet. We also heard indie dreampop band Swim Deep out of Birmingham and British shoegaze four-piece bdrmm. 

Back over on this side of the pond, we featured Milwaukee-based band SSAANN and our very own Bluhm out of Detroit.

Plus, we also heard some of your favorite shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk classics.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for June 21, 2026:

• “Varúð” – Sigur Rós
• “Fine Friend” – Pale Saints
• “Flowing” – Cigarettes for Breakfast
• “Monopoly” – Yndling
• “Pieces of You” – Swim Deep
• “Diamonds In The Sand” – State Of Grace
• “Swim” – Night Tapes
• “Shiver And Shake” – The Cure
• “A Fool’s Paradise” – Velveteen
• “Cotton Candy Clouds” – Ringo Deathstarr
• “Wish You Well” – Peel Dream Magazine
• “Blue Bell Knoll” – Cocteau Twins
• “Blue Ribbon” – deary
• “Spanish Air” – Slowdive
• “Goodbye to Love” – Doublespeak
• “Higher Love” – Depeche Mode
• “do you?” – sadplanet
• “Construction Site” – Postcards
• “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – Swans
• “Faceless Angel (feat. Alias Error)” – Now Always Fades
• “Lusty” – Lamb
• “Typical” – Frazier Chorus
• “Haunt You Still” – Softcult
• “Sat in the Heat” – bdrmm
• “New Dawn” – Tokyo Shoegazer
• “You Look So Fine” – Garbage
• “Dirty Soul” – Bluhm
• “All Fire” – The Bellwether Syndicate
• “Paradise” – New Order
• “Come and Go” – Bodywash
• “Under the Sun” – DIIV
• “Shining Road” – Cranes
• “Echo” – SSAANN
• “Surely I Can’t Wait” – Nation of Language
• “Post Traumatic Love” – ACTORS
• “Summertime” – The Sundays
• “No Motion” – Dif Juz

We heard incredible walls of sound in Big Sonic Heaven tonight as I featured the latest single from London’s sadplanet, Brooklyn grungegaze band Glimmer, Warsaw four-piece Midsommar, London duo Rainsong and so much more. Plus, your favorite classic shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk tracks!

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for June 21, 2026:

• “Ulysses” – Dead Can Dance
• “Seven Hours” – The Fauns
• “Dive In” – Midsommar
• “Life in Mono” – Mono
• “please” – sadplanet
• “Last Night” – Lush
• “Escape (Single)” – Blankenberge
• “Brand New Life” – Doublespeak
• “Sudden Stars (EP Version)” – Stereolab
• “Musette And Drums” – Cocteau Twins
• “Jellyfish” – Left at Orion
• “If You Wonder” – 93MillionMilesFromTheSun
• “Come Together (7″ Version)” – Primal Scream
• “A New Goodbye” – Nation of Language
• “Paris And Rome” – Cranes
• “Faux Sweetness” – Lucid Express
• “Renaissance Affair” – Hooverphonic
• “Someday Sunshine” – Glimmer
• “The Winner” – Primer
• “Burrow” – AtticOmatic
• “Violently Happy” – Björk
• “Westerly” – Mint Julep
• “In the Deep” – Kiara NGL
• “Fly” – Lamb
• “Funerals” – Airiel
• “Glory Box” – Portishead
• “Teenage Sadness (feat. Memory Stitches)” – The Julies
• “New Dress” – Depeche Mode
• “Lose More Slowly” – Still Corners
• “Tears (full arrangement)” – The Chameleons
• “fifteen” – Rainsong
• “Alma” – deary
• “Me and My Charms” – Kristin Hersh
• “The Ghost In You” – Siouxsie & The Banshees

On this week’s Big Sonic Heaven, we heard Attic Ocean, a German shoegaze band; Philadelphian multi-instrumentalist Angel Ocana’s project, Forest Circles; and the latest from Kiss Facility, an Arabic shoegaze band out of Paris, France. We also celebrated 31 years of Bjork’s album Post and Swervedriver coming to Detroit! Along with your favorite Shoegaze, Dreampop, and Post-punk classics.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for June 14, 2026

• “The Same Deep Water As You” – The Cure 
•  “Sleepsong” – deary
• “Machine Gun” -Slowdive 
• “Plasma” – Kiss Facility  
• “Back to Fourteen” – The Twilight Sad 
• “Feed The Tree” – Belly 
• “In Real Life” –  ACTORS 
• “Hello” – State Of Grace 
• “Lloyd, I’m Ready to Be Heartbroken” – Camera Obscura 
• “One Day” – Future Islands 
• “Thursday” – Asobi Seksu 
• “Texture” – Catherine Wheel 
• “The Headmaster Ritual” – The Smiths 
• “8th Deadly Sin” – Miki Berenyi Trio 
• “Smoke and Mirrors” – Doublespeak 
•  “Neon Beanbag” – Stereolab
• “Gorecki” – Lamb 
• “In Violet” – Searows 
• “Hyperballad” – Björk
• “Your Love Is A Lie” – Roller Derby
• “Juniper” – Forest Circles  
• “Rave Down” – Swervedriver 
• “Adrift” – Cranes 
• “Myth” – Beach House
• “In The Flowers” – Sea Lemon 
• “Carolyn’s Fingers” – Cocteau Twins 
• “Out Of Sight” – Hooverphonic 
• “Serafina” – Kilbey Kennedy 
• “Fallin’ In Love” – Lush 
• “Coastal” – Attic Ocean
• “The Beach” – Winter 
• “Leave In Silence” – Depeche Mode 
• “Mon Amour Sauvage” – Dead Can Dance
• “Shock Me” – Red House Painters 
• “Until You Come Back Home” – Nother & Moon Leap
• “All Nerve” – The Breeders  
• “The Dog-end of a Day Gone By” – Love and Rockets 
• “No Motion” – Dif Juz

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

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

Big Sonic Heaven featured some bands hittin’ the road this year! Tricky is touring North America for the first time in eight years, and his first show is right here in Detroit at El Club on September 16. We heard his latest track “Out of Place” (feat. Marta).

Gene’s first American Tour in 24 years starts this November. The limited tour doesn’t include Detroit, but if you want to travel, they’ll be in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, DC, and NYC. The same goes for The Tear Garden. The closest shows to Detroit are Chicago on September 24 for the Cold Waves festival and Cleveland at the Grog Shop on September 26. 

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 18, 2026

• “Black Metallic” – Catherine Wheel
• “No One’s Listening” – Goodbye Ranger
• “Jovano” – Gergana Dimitrova & Lisa Gerrard
• “Jerusalem” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Out of Place (feat. Marta)” – Tricky
• “This Far” – Cranes Come
• “wake up (clean version)” – The Haunted Youth
• “Michael” – Beachy Head
• “Next Life” – Mint Julep
• “Just One Kiss” – The Cure
• “Drink the New Wine” – Bauhaus
• “Olympian” – Gene
• “Mon Amour Sauvage” – Dead Can Dance
• “Lovelife” – Lush
• “Alfie” – deary
• “Long Distance Lover” – Locust
• “Souvlaki Space Station” – Slowdive
• “You Are The One” – Kilbey Kennedy
• “Slivered Kisses (feat. Danella Hocevar)” – She Shone
• “Pale Clouded White” – Cocteau Twins
• “Always There” – The Churchhill Garden
• “Floating” – Julee Cruise
• “8th Deadly Sin” – Miki Berenyi Trio
• “Pause The Rain” – Masal & Emma Anderson
• “This Life” – Mandalay
• “Além” – Summer of Hate
• “Ophelia” – The Tear Garden
• “Home” – Depeche Mode
• “One Day” – Future Islands
• “Untitled 8″ – Sigur Rós”

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

It’s been a great couple of months for new music in Big Sonic Heaven and tonight we dove into those albums further. Dead Can Dance continues to release a new track every month via Bandcamp. We heard the almost 9-minute track, “Death Cult.”

We also revisited Deary, Bug Teeth, Art School Girlfriend, The Twilight Sad, Miki Berenyi Trio, Ashes and Diamonds, The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream, and A Shoreline Dream. Plus classics from Lush, Slowdive, Tones On Tail, The Cure, Cocteau Twins, and more.

Check out the playlist below and don’t forget this show is available on-demand for the next two weeks at wdet.org.

• “Glóð” – Sigur Rós
• “Light From A Dead Star” – Lush
• “Smile” – Deary
• “That Was Another Country” – The Innocence Mission
• “Life in Mono” – Mono
• “Death Cults” – Dead Can Dance
• “Blind Hearts” – Clan Of Xymox
• “Saudade” – This Love Is Deadly
• “lakes” – She’s Green
• “Birdmad Girl” – The Cure
• “Thin Circle” – Bug Teeth
• “Blue Bell Knoll” – Cocteau Twins
• “Seven” – Fever Ray
• “You Just Haven’t Earned It Yet, Baby” – The Smiths
• “Like Me” – MØAA
• “Down with the Upward (feat. Mark Gardner)” – A Shoreline Dream
• “Christian Says” – Tones on Tail
• “BACK TO FOURTEEN” – The Twilight Sad
• “Boyfriend” – Majesty Crush
• “Paralysed” – Ride
• “Surely I Can’t Wait” – Nation of Language
• “Stray Fantasies” – Mint Julep
• “Almost Transparent” – Art School Girlfriend
• “When The Sun Hits” – Slowdive
• “Fate” – Memoryhouse
• “Into You” – The Haunted Youth
• “In Your Room” – Depeche Mode
• “Island Of One” – Miki Berenyi Trio
• “Ruined In A Day” – New Order
• “Hollywood” – Ashes And Diamonds
• “Just Like Honey” – The Jesus & Mary Chain
• “Tonight Is Mine” – Emma Anderson
• “Nefi & Girly” – Asobi Seksu
• “Before” – The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream
• “Special One” – Ultra Vivid Scene
• “Acid, Bitter and Sad” – This Mortal Coil

It’s been 40 years since the release of Cocteau Twins’ “Victorialand.” In celebration of the anniversary, we heard two tracks from the album. We also heard a track from New Order celebrating their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Then we heard a classic from Bjork as she gears up for her rave during the eclipse in Iceland this August and a new limited edition 7’ single from Nation of Language, covering the Bruce Springsteen song, “Tougher Than The Rest.”

Plus a track from the debut album from the new Italian shoegaze band, Yumeia & Tre Flip. Portland-based Phosphene has a new album, “Velveteen,” due out in May. We listened to “Wired,” along with new Hammock, The Twilight Sad, and more!

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

• “Lazy Calm” – Cocteau Twins
• “Skin in the game” – Slowdive
• “Emo Song” – The Haunted Youth
• “The Loudest Sound” – The Cure
• “Alma” – Deary
• “Vapour Trail” – Ride
• “Nirvana” – Glazyhaze
• “1963” – New Order
• “Wire” – Phosphene
• “Sweetest Perfection” – Depeche Mode
• “Slow (Clean Version)” – Basement Revolver
• “Falter” – Acopia
• “Drive That Fast” – Kitchens of Distinction
• “Back to Nature” – Doublespeak
• “Duel” – Propaganda
• “The Unsetting Sun” – Hammock
• “The Last Day Of Our Acquaintance” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Lonely Town” – Steve Queralt & Emma Anderson
• “Spring And By Summer Fall” – Blonde Redhead
• “Pluto Drive / Solar Choir” – The Creatures
• “DESIGNED TO LOSE” – The Twilight Sad
• “500 (Shake Baby Shake)” – Lush
• “Gepetto” – Belly
• “Maid Of Orleans” – OMD
• “Fly to the Ceiling (feat. Rosa Rocca-Serra)” – Theis Thaws, Tricky
• “Death Cults” – Dead Can Dance
• “Unicorn” – Bel Canto
• “eterno riposo” – Yumeia & Tre Flip
• “Such A Shame” – Talk Talk
• “4ever” – Bathe Alone
• “Venus As A Boy (7″ American Dream Remix)” – Björk
• “Tougher Than the Rest” – Nation of Language
• “Little Spacey” – Cocteau Twins
• “Beauty*2” – Ladytron

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

Excited about some new music in Big Sonic Heaven this week. We played two tracks from the much-anticipated album “Birding” from dreampop three-piece Deary, which was released this week. We also heard the new single from She’s Green, “Paper Thin,” from their upcoming EP, “Swallowtail,” which is due in July.

Plus, the latest from The Julies, Dead Can Dance, Searows, and Miki Berenyi Trio, along with your favorite shoegaze, dream pop, and post-punk.

• “Elysium, Honor Him, Now We Are Free” – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
• “Doot Doot” – The Fauns
• “In Violet” – Searows
• “Baby’s Breath” – deary
• “Love’s Easy Tears” – Cocteau Twins
• “I Think I Knew” – The Church
• “A Night Like This” – The Cure
• “Low December Sun” – Air Formation
• “Paper Thin” – She’s Green
• “Sweetness And Light” – Lush
• “I’m So Tired” – Deserta
• “Out Of Sight” – Hooverphonic
• “Nobody Loves You More” – Kim Deal
• “Neon Afterlife” – The Julies
• “All Mine” – Portishead
• “Island Of One” – Miki Berenyi Trio
• “Run” – New Order
• “Orange of the Westering Sun” – The Innocence Mission
• “Primal” – Slowdive
• “Smile” – deary
• “Everywhere” – Cranes
• “New You” – My Bloody Valentine
• “Fine Friend” – Pale Saints
• “Stranglehold” – The Churchhill Garden
• “Hazlewood” – Toothpaste
• “Halo” – Depeche Mode
• “Thin Circle” – Bug Teeth
• “Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Vanity (feat. Rachel Goswell)” – Drab Majesty
• “Coldsweat” – Sugarcubes
• “Our Day Will Come” – Dead Can Dance
• “The Worst Taste In Music” – The Radio Dept.