This episode of Big Sonic Heaven featured the latest from Nation of Language, Morrissey, Hatchie, Stereolab, and another track from Whitelands new album “Sunlight Echoes.”

We also heard a couple of great Alex Chilton and Cole Porter covers by This Mortal Coil and Sinead O’Connor, respectively, and, of course, a whole bunch of shoegaze, dreampop, and post-punk classics.

See the playlist below and hear this episode on demand for two weeks at wdet.org or via the WDET app.

• “In A Lonely Place” – New Order
• “Purple” – She’s green
• “Silhouette” – Nation of Language
• “Last Night” – Lush
• “I Am No God, an Effigy” – Whitelands
• “Life in Mono” – Mono
• “Want You” – Deary
• “Kangaroo” – This Mortal Coil
• “This Is Not a Drill” – Lanterns on the Lake
• “Make-up is a lie” – Morrissey
• “Crystal Wrists” – Peter Murphy
• “You Do Something to Me” – Sinead O’ Connor
• “In A Manner Of Speaking” – Martin L. Gore
• “Give up the Ghost” – Minor Victories
• “Apart” – The Cure
• “Little Galaxy” – Silk Daisys
• “Crank” – Catherine Wheel
• “Flowing” – Cigarettes for Breakfast
• “Musette And Drums” – Cocteau Twins
• “Familiar” – Piroshka
• “Come Alive” – Nitzer Ebb
• “Carousel” – Hatchie
• “Ace of Hz” – Ladytron
• “Magic Doors” – Portishead
• “Consequence.” – The Notwist
• “Fed Up With Your Job” – Stereolab
• “Up the Down Escalator” – The Chameleons
• “Here Is The House” – Depeche Mode
• “Warmth” – Glazyhaze
• “San Geronimo” – Red House Painters
• “Slomo” – Slowdive
• “The Worst Taste In Music” – The Radio Dept.
• “Glimpse” – The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream
• “Open Mind” – Moev

The last Big Sonic Heaven of the year features the latest from She’s Green, The Mary Onettes, Yndling, Night Tapes, 16 Underground, and more.

Plus, this episode features tributes to two music industry greats who passed away this week. Perry “Teddy” Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist of The Cure, passed Dec. 26, and Howie Klein, head of Sire and Reprise Records, passed away at 77. Darren reminisced about long conversations with Howie and his love and dedication to music. 

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

• “Gold” – Sigur RósBlack
• “Celebration” – Depeche Mode
• “Little Birds” – She’s Green
• “From The Edge of the Deep Green Sea” – The Cure
• “Without a Trace” – 16 Underground
• “6 Underground” – Sneaker Pimps
• “No More Kissing in the Rain” – TrenteMøller
• “Sea of Tranquility” – Siouxsie
• “Champagne Charlie” – Ashes and Diamonds
• “Machine Gun” – Slowdive
• “Procession” – New Order
• “The United States of Amnesia” – Hooverphonic
• “What Else is There??” – Royksopp
• “Hurricane Heart” – The Mary Onettes
• “Musette and Drums” – Cocteau Twins
• “Pacifico” – Night Tapes
• “Blown a Wish” – My Bloody Valentine
• “Vertigo” – Miki Berenyi Trio
• “Jesseye ‘Lizabeth (feat. Phoebe Bridgers)” – Mercury Rev
• “You Know How I Hate it (How the World Moves On)” – Yndling
• “You Do Something to Me” – Sinead O’ Connor
• “Vertigo” – The Love is Deadly
• “Snow Heart” – Lucy La Dusk
• “Leave the Lights” – Marta and Tricky
• “All Night Long” – Peter Murphy
• “Sacred Echoes (Part Two)” – The Church
• “Twisterella” – Ride
• “Like Suicide” – Actors
• “Atonement (feat Hatchie)” – Winter
• “For Love” – Lush
• “Out of Breath” – Melt Motif
• “Shine ’07” – Ulrich Schnauss
• “War in Heaven” – The Raveonettes

Sunday marked the Winter Solstice as we celebrated the longest night of the year in Big Sonic Heaven.

We played mix of traditional and non-traditional holiday songs, along with some of your favorite shoegaze, dreampop, trip-hop, and post-punk. Check out the playlist below. 

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

• “Silent Night” – Sinead O’Connor
• “Shanty” – Slowdive
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “2000 Miles” – Deary
• “Stumble” – Meena
• “Christmas Reindeer” – The Knife
• “Merry Christmas from Björk” – Björk
• “All is Full of Love” – Björk
• “Christmas Don’t Be Late” – Rosie Thomas
• “My Love” – Silk Daisys
• “Winter Wonderland” – Cocteau Twins
• “Thoughtforms” – Lush
• “White Christmas” – 93MillionMilesfromtheSun
• “Warmth” – Glazyhaze
• “Stripped” – Depeche Mode
• “Holiday House” – Beach House
• “You Look So Fine” – Garbage
• “Emo Song” – The Haunted Youth
• “Christmas Time is Here” – Mark Kozelek
• “Song to the Siren” – This Mortal Coil
• “Christmas Will Break Your Heart” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Mad About You” – Hooverphonic
• “Just Drive” – Postiljonen
• “O Holy Night” – Bien
• “Gorecki” – Lamb
• “Until You Come Back Home” – Nother and Moon Leap
• “Happy Xmas (War is over)” – Cranes
• “She Won’t Be Home” – Erasure
• “Say You Will” – Ivy
• “Spirit”- Dead Can Dance
• “White Christmas” (2010) – Iggy Pop
• “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)” (2007) – Asobi Seksu
• “Frosty the Snowman” – Cocteau Twins
• “My Christmas Prayer” – St. Etienne
• “All I Want For Christmas” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Oíche Chiún (Silent Night)” – Enya

Listen to Big Sonic Heaven with host Darren Revell Sundays from 9 p.m. to midnight ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.