Tonight in Big Sonic Heaven, we featured a new “60s-breezy” track from Miki Berenyi Trio, a new-ish song from Future Islands, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a rarities compilation album, and a dreamy collaboration between Hammock and The Flaming Lips, along with several other new releases.

In keeping with the recent trend of music benefiting charitable causes, we played My Bloody Valentine​ in recognition of Robert Smith’s series of curated shows at Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust. These performances, which took place from March 23-29, featured My Bloody Valentine, Elbow, Mogwai, The Joy Formidable, Placebo, and Garbage. You can find clips of these performances online. The Teenage Cancer Trust provides specialized care and support for young people within the NHS.

Finally, ​we shared some details about the limited-edition Rough Trade release of Cocteau Twins’ “Head Over Heels“​ album on pearl vinyl. It includes an insert with interesting commentary from Robin Guthrie about the making of the album. It is a great read if you have the chance to check it out.

Of course, also your favorite classic shoegaze, dreampop, and postpunk.

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

• “Closedown” – The Cure
• “Birdseye” – Babehoven
• “Burrow” – AtticOmatic
• “Brighter” – Slowdive
• “Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)” – Hammock
• “Every Little Counts” – New Order
• “Poor Sweet Mary Millington” – The False Dawns
• “Musette and Drums” – Cocteau Twins
• “Sail” – Future Islands
• “Paris And Rome” – Cranes
• “Pagan Poetry” – Björk
• “Lights Out” – Roller Derby
• “Alfie” – deary
• “Pearl” – Chapterhouse
• “Our Day Will Come” – Dead Can Dance
• “Black Celebration” – Depeche Mode
• “Just Drive” – Postiljonen
• “Renaissance Affair” – Hooverphonic
• “Myth” – Beach House
• “Free, Free” – Ladytron
• “Fallin’ In Love” – Lush
• “No More Kissing In The Rain” – Trentemøller
• “We Have All the Time In the World” – My Bloody Valentine
• “Clusters” – Emma Anderson
• “Michael” – Beachy Head
• “Here And Now” – Ride
• “Island Of One” – Miki Berenyi Trio
• “Broken (Bedroom Version)” – The Haunted Youth
• “Black Boys On Mopeds” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Fences” – Yndling
• “The Night Is Quiet” – Nonsense Rats
• “Dark Western” – Au Revoir Borealis
• “Sonnet” – The Verve