Tonight in Big Sonic Heaven, we heard the latest from Silk Daisys, The Church, and Bluhm.

We also heard two songs featuring Shoegaze familiars, Rachel Goswell and Mark Gardener. 

A few holiday songs were featured to celebrate the season as well, including a beautiful rendition of Silent Night by Sinead O‘Connor and a not so traditional song by A Sunny Day in Glasgow. 

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

• Higher than the Sun – Primal Scream
• Fairground – Deary
• Little Galaxy – Silk Daisys
• Paralysed – Ride
• Sacred Echoes (Part Two) – The Church
• Disorder – Joy Division
• Kiss Her Kiss her – Blonde Redhead
• 10 Mile Stereo – Beach House
• You and your Sister – This Mortal Coil
• Goldmine – Chokecherry
• Neverland – The Knife
• Black Metallic – Catherine Wheel
• Birdseye – Babehoven
• Swordsmen – Night Tapes
• Lorelei – Cocteau Twins
• Silent Night – Sinead O’ Connor
• Slow Rewind – Bluhm
• Proud to Fall – Ian McCulloch
• Tic Tac feat Rachel Goswell – Pete International Airport
• Hands – Ms. John Soda
• I Want You Now – Depeche Mode
• Down with the Upward feat. Mark Gardener – A Shoreline Dream
• The Lonely Crowd Fades in the Air – Swervedriver
• Feed the Tree – Belly
• Broken – The Haunted Youth
• Stumble – Meena
• All I Want – The Cure
• Merry Christmas from Bjork
• Shut Your Mouth It’s Christmas – A Sunny Day in Glasgow
• Hollywood – Ashes and Diamonds
• Face to Face – Siouxsie and the Banshees
• Hoppipolla – Sigur Ros
• Hide & Seek – Airiel
• Slowdive – Primal – Just for a Day
• Nirvana – Glazyhaze

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

This week’s episode leaned into our first big snowfall of the season here in Detroit with some holiday and winter songs from Cranes, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and All My Faith Lost.

We also heard new music from Acopia, Chokecherry, Fawn, along with your favorite Big Sonic Heaven classics. 

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

• “Undenied” – Portishead
• “Chained to a Cloud” – Slowdive
• “Silhouette” – She’s Green
• “Iceblink Luck” – Cocteau Twins
• “Television” – Night Tapes
• “Deus” – Sugarcubes
• “8th Deadly Sin” – Miki Berenyi Trio
• “Pale Trembles a Gale” – The Autumns
• “Like Cockatoos” – The Cure
• “Falter” – Acopia
• “Thursday” – Asobi Seksu
• “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” – Cranes
• “Waiting For the Night” – Depeche Mode
• “Doot Doot” – Fauns
• “Feels Like the End of the World” – Chameleons
• “Nirvana” – Glazyhaze
• “Smile” – State of Grace
• “Nobody Loves You More” – Kim Deal
• “Lie in the Sound” – Trespassers William
• “Setting Yourself Up for Love” – Ashes and Diamonds
• “We Have All the Time in the World” – My Bloody Valentine
• “In the Bleak Midwinter” – All My Faith Lost
• “Sacrifice” – Lisa Gerrard and Pieter Bourke
• “Flood the Harbour” (feat. There’s Talk & Tamaryn) – Kai Tai
• “Thoughtforms” – Lush
• “Goldmine” – Chokecherry
• “All I Want For Christmas.” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Fleeting Sun” – Fawn
• “Ulysses” – Dead Can Dance
• “Beauty in all Blue Satin” – Deary
• “Counting Sheep” – Acrylics
• “Wild Horses” – The Sundays
• “The Loony Bin” – Jahrund

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  

Last night was the debut of Big Sonic Heaven on WDET. I’ve been doing the show for over 30 years, and last night was just as, if not more, exciting as ever!

Bringing BSH back home to Detroit was a thrill! As always, I love to mix classics with new cuts, and last night was no exception.

Some of my new favorites I played ​were Nother & Moon Leap “Until You Come Back Home,” Night Tapes “Helix,” Daniel Ash’s new band, Ashes and Diamonds with “Setting Yourself Up For Love,” and The Tear Garden “A Return.”

I’m so looking forward to being back in the studio this and every Sunday at 9 p.m. to play some more amazing tracks! Talk to you then.

Listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Darren Revell’s Big Sonic Heaven ruled Sunday night radio in Detroit for over 8 years, beginning in 1995. After leaving the airwaves, the show continued to develop a fervent international following of folks looking for shoegaze, dream pop, brit pop, trip hop, and electronic music with online streaming shows.

WDET is proud to introduce the next chapter in this groundbreaking program with a new weekly radio show every Sunday night from 9 p.m. to midnight. Darren will also be joining the on-air talent team as a support host.

Big Sonic Heaven will begin broadcasting on WDET this Sunday, November 16, at 9 p.m., replacing rebroadcasts of the Don Was Motor City Playlist and Sound Opinions.

More jazz on Saturday nights, and farewell to The New Music Show on WDET

WDET listeners will have more opportunity to enjoy Kaleigh Wilder’s Visions (Monday 8-10 p.m.), with rebroadcasts every Saturday night from 8-10 p.m. beginning November 15.

The New Music Show wrapped up a fantastic run of shows with its last broadcast on Saturday, November 8. We want to thank Shigeto for an amazing 19-month run on WDET.

Fans of the Don Was Motor City Playlist (Friday 8-10 p.m.) will now find an encore broadcast every Monday night from 10 p.m. to midnight (replacing the rebroadcast of Acoustic Café).

The Progressive Underground (Saturday 6-8 p.m.) with Chris Campbell rebroadcasts Wednesday nights, 10 p.m. to midnight.

Download our updated program schedule to see the new layout.