The first Big Sonic Heaven episode of 2026 features a range of the latest music from around the world, including New York, Manchester, Germany, Lebanon, San Francisco, and Taiwan. And let’s not forget the Big Sonic classics.

See the playlist below, and don’t forget that this and every episode are available on demand for two weeks after it airs online.

Big Sonic Heaven Playlist for Jan. 5, 2025

• “Paris and Rome” – Cranes
• “Breaking My Light” – Minor Victories
• “The Loony Bin” – Jahrund
• “Love in Itself” – Depeche Mode
• “Silhouette” – She’s Green
• “I Want to Touch You” – Catherine Wheel
• “Phosphorous” – Lamb
• “Haunt” – Washed Out
• “Girl of Colours” – 24 Gone
• “The Great Unknown” – IVY
• “Doused” – DIIV
• “Lament” – The Cure
• “The Drift” – Deary
• “Hollywood” – Ashes and Diamonds
• “Memories Fade” – Tears for Fears
• “Goldmine” – Chokecherry
• “Someone’s Calling” – Modern English
• “Kiss of Snow (feat Krissy Vanderwoude from The Churchhill Garden)” – Longingsky
• “The Headmaster’s Ritual” – The Smiths
• “You Against the Rest of Us” – Airiel
• “Down with the Upward” – A Shoreline Dream
• “Blue Bell Knoll” – Cocteau Twins
• “Faît Accompli” – Curve
• “Wait” – Meena
• “Silently” – Blonde Redhead
• “Heaven” – Red Lorry Yellow Lorry
• “Before” – The Giraffe Told Me in My Dream
• “Celia’s Dream” – Slowdive
• “Clusters” – Emma Anderson
• “Once More” – Bathe Alone
• “The Him” – New Order
• “Construction Site” – Postcards
• “Raconte Moi Une Histoire” – M83

This week’s episode of Big Sonic Heaven paid tribute to two great artists who recently passed: the bassist of The Stone Roses, Gary ‘Mani’ Mounfield, at the age of 63, and Rorika, half of the shoegaze duo Fleeting Joys, who passed away in July of this year. The latter news just became public a few days ago.

Plus, new music from Ashes and Diamonds, The Church, Ivy, and a track from the Chameleons’ first new album in over two decades.

Check out the playlist below, along with the on-demand replay above for the next two weeks.

• Donimo – Cocteau Twins 
• Infinity Peaking – Bdrmm
• En Lögn, En Sanning – Kallsup
• Deep Ocean Vast Sea – Peter Murphy
• I Wanna Be Adored – Stone Roses
• Sapphire Door – Soft Blue Shimmer
• Holiday House – Beach House
• Hooked Into My Soul – Fleeting Joys
• Saviours Are A Dangerous Thing – Chameleons
• Carousel – Hatchie
• Fine Friend – Pale Saints
• Only So Much Light – Air Formation
• Just One Kiss – The Cure
• Hollywood – Ashes and Diamonds
• Creation – Meena
• Brother (feat. Dave Gahan) – Humanist
• All That We Had Is Lost – Postiljonen
• Say You Will – Ivy
• Double Dream – Bluhm
• The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove – Dead Can Dance
• Sacred Echoes (Part Two) – The Church
• Bedbugs and Ballyhoo – Echo and the Bunnymen
• Hazlewood – Toothpaste
• Division – Tycho
• Wave of Mutilation (UK Surf) – Pixies
• Until You Come Back Home – Nother & Moon Leap
• Mandy – She’s Green
• Dagger – Slowdive
• The Big Shake – The Mary Onettes
• New Town Velocity – Johnny Marr 
• City Girl – Kevin Shields
• Bright as Yellow – The Innocence Mission