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Big Sonic Heaven: A sonic preview of ‘The Bride!’ with Fever Ray, plus Deary, Detroit’s Bluhm + more

2 March 2026 at 22:21

Tonight, we heard some stellar new tracks, including Fever Ray’s “The Lake (Cinematic)” from the upcoming movie, “The Bride!” It’s pretty darn cool! Plus, She’s Green is back with a new release, a great new track from Apparat, and Deary hits another home run with their song, “Alfie.” 

We also discussed a few important opportunities to vote for your favorite bands and radio hosts. Jeff Buckley and New Order/Joy Division are nominated to be inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cast your vote here.

Also, Detroit’s Dreampop duo Bluhm is nominated for Detroit’s best local act. Cast your vote for them and WDET’s own Ryan Patrick Hooper for radio host, and Jerome Vaughn and Pat Batcheller for radio news or sports reporter.

Listen to the full episode above, on-demand for two weeks at wdet.org.

  • “The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove” – Dead Can Dance
  • “Clusters” – Emma Anderson
  • “Blush” – The Secret French Postcards
  • “Icing Sugar” – The Cure
  • “Alfie” – Deary
  • Inhaler” – Hooverphonic
  • “Double Dream” – Bluhm
  • “Rubber Ring” – The Smiths
  • “Only Hinting” – Clinic Stars
  • “Blew It” – Liquorice
  • “Mettle” – She’s Green
  • “Morning Theft” – Jeff Buckley
  • “skin in the game” – Slowdive
  • “Hum Of Maybe” – Apparat
  • “Everywhere” – Cranes
  • “The Lake (Cinematic)” – Fever Ray
  • “Atmosphere” – Joy Division
  • “Gold” – Sigur Ros
  • “Cry In The Wind” – Clan Of Xymox
  • “Coast is Clear” – Curve
  • “Cave” – Future Islands
  • “Obviously” – A Shoreline Dream
  • “Octopus” – Starrgazy
  • “Crushed” – Cocteau Twins
  • “Sapphire Door” – Soft Blue Shimmer
  • “Burrow” – AtticOmatic
  • “Paradise” – New Order
  • “Poison Berry” – Night Swimming
  • “Wop-a-Din-Din” – Red House Painters
  • “Fly to the Ceiling (feat. Rosa Rocca)” – Theis Thaws, Tricky
  • “Harold and Cindy Hospital” – Severed Heads
  • “Blackhole” – Basement Revolver
  • “Leave Them All Behind” – Ride
  • “Burst” – Snowcuffs

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Big Sonic Heaven: New music by Inner Magic, Art School Girlfriend, + more, Chapterhouse and She’s Green go on tour

23 February 2026 at 15:06

There’s been a lot of new music in Big Sonic Heaven over the last few weeks. This time around, we featured “Underground,” a new track by Inner Magic, the new band of former Chromatics and Smashing Pumpkins members, Adam Miller and Jeff Schroeder, respectively.

We heard the new single “Doing Laps” from Polly MacKay’s project called Art School Girlfriend, along with new tracks from Searows, Whitelands, AtticOmatic, Softcult, Good Day Father, and more. 

Chapterhouse is kicking off their North American Tour in May, where they’ll be performing their debut album, “Whirlpool,” in its entirety, with the Toronto show featuring another Big Sonic Heaven favorite, She’s Green. This is their first North American tour since 2010. We listened to “Pearl” to celebrate the announcement! Plus, a slew of your favorite Big Sonic Heaven classics!

Don’t forget that every show is available for replay for two weeks at wdet.org. Thanks for listening!

  • “Lorelei” – Cocteau Twins
  • “We Would Meet in Center City” – The Innocence Mission
  • “Garden” – Maria Somerville
  • “Duel” – Propaganda
  • “Doing Laps” – Art School Girlfriend
  • “Sooner Than You Think” – New Order
  • “Goodbye” – Cigarettes for Breakfast
  • “Soon” – My Bloody Valentine
  • “Queen of Nothing” – Softcult
  • “A Means to An End” – Joy Division
  • “A Return” – The Tear Garden
  • “Nothing” – Depeche Mode
  • “8th Deadly Sin” – Miki Berenyi Trio
  • “Brighter” – Slowdive
  • “Golden Daze” – Whitelands
  • “The Sulphur Man” – Doves
  • “Underground (feat Ruth Radelet)” – Inner Magic
  • “Lovelife” – Lush
  • “All that We’ll Ever Be” – Mint Julep
  • “Isobel” – Björk
  • “Dirt” – Searows
  • “All Night Long” – Peter Murphy
  • “Jerusalem” – Sinead O’ Connor
  • “Hljómalind” – Sigur Rós
  • “Lewin” – AtticOmatic
  • “Ballerina Out of Control” – The Ocean Blue
  • “The Great Unknown” – Ivy
  • “Sonic Amadea” – Good Day Father
  • “Pearl” – Chapterhouse
  • “Dreamweavers” – Trentemøller
  • “Take Forever” – Japanese Popstars (feat Robert Smith)
  • “Seabird” – Deary
  • “Out of Sight” – Hooverphonic

 

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Big Sonic Heaven: New music by Deary, Kate de Rosset, a tribute to David Lynch + more

19 January 2026 at 16:27

Tonight, Big Sonic Heaven featured some great brand-new tracks. We heard “Seabird,” the first single from Deary’s upcoming debut album, “Birding.” They’re a three-piece dreampop band from London, signed to Simon Raymond’s label, Bella Union.  

Cigarettes for Breakfast is the project of Matt Whiteford. “The Color Wheel” EP is out in March, and we heard “Melting.”

Plus, “In the New” from singer-songwriter Kate de Rosset. She’s from North Carolina and has a brand-new album called “It Will Burn,” which was released earlier this month. 

In honor of filmmaker and artist David Lynch, who passed away a year ago last week, we heard “Falling,” by Julee Cruise, the Twin Peaks theme song. Lynch co-wrote the song with Cruise.

Checkout the playlist below and listen to the replay, available for the next two weeks.

  • “Pink Orange Red” – Cocteau Twins
  • “Lonely Town” – Steve Queralt (feat Emma Anderson)
  • “Sacred Echoes (Part Two)” – The Church
  • “All in my Mind” – Love and Rockets
  • “Seabird” – Deary
  • “Sleep Well Tonight” – Gene
  • “Stranglehold” – The Churchhill Garden
  • “Prayers for Rain” – The Cure
  • “Waldorf Theft Song” – Au Revoir Borealis
  • “Swordsman” – Night Tapes
  • “A Girl Like You” – The Wolfgang Press
  • “Dreams Never End” – New Order
  • “After the Rain” – Orange Peels
  • “Nirvana” – Glazyhaze
  • “Half a Person” – The Smiths
  • “You and Your Sister” – This Mortal Coil
  • “For a While” – Fenne Lily
  • “Sanvean/Tristan” – Dead Can Dance
  • “Dead Sound” – The Raveonettes
  • “Taste” – Ride
  • “Melting” – Cigarettes for Breakfast
  • “Vertigo” – Miki Berenyi Trio
  • “Gabriel” – Lamb
  • “In the New” – Kate de Rosset
  • “If Only” – Nothing
  • “Adorations” – Killing Joke
  • “Little Galaxy” – Silk Daisys
  • “A New Goodbye” – Nation of Language
  • “Such a Shame” – Talk Talk
  • “The Slab” – Slowdive
  • “Slowdive” – Siouxsie and the Banshees
  • “Falling” – Julee Cruise
  • “Untitled 1” – Sigur Rós

 

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