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Big Sonic Heaven: German, Philadelphia, and French Shoegaze & Dreampop, and Björk, too!

15 June 2026 at 04:00

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

 

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Big Sonic Heaven: Cocteau Twins ‘Victorialand’ turns 40 and New Order gets inducted into Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

20 April 2026 at 15:57

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

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