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Darren Revell

Doublespeak
  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: Russian shoegaze, British synthpop + more

Darren Revell June 1, 2026

We heard new music from Doublespeak, the synthpop project of Vince Clarke (Depeche Mode, Yaz, Erasure), Neil Arthur of Blancmange,...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: A preview of great artists out on tour this year including Tricky, Gene + more

Darren Revell May 18, 2026

Big Sonic Heaven featured some bands hittin' the road this year! Tricky is touring North America for the first time...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: Celebrating 30 years of ‘Fall Sounds’ by Velour 100

Darren Revell May 11, 2026

Tonight’s episode featured new music from The Haunted Youth’s new album "Boys Cry Too," more from the latest Tokyo Shoegazer...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven
  • Culture & Music

Big Sonic Heaven: New Shoegaze releases

Darren Revell May 4, 2026

Shoegaze is a prominent genre in Big Sonic Heaven and last night was no exception as I featured new music...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: Diving deeper into the latest new music!

Darren Revell April 27, 2026

It's been a great couple of months for new music in Big Sonic Heaven and tonight we dove into those...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

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

Darren Revell April 20, 2026

It’s been 40 years since the release of Cocteau Twins' "Victorialand." In celebration of the anniversary, we heard two tracks...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: Robert Smith and The Twilight Sad team up, songs from deary + more

Darren Revell April 13, 2026

In tonight’s Big Sonic Heaven, we featured music from The Twilight Sad’s new album which features Robert Smith on bass...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: Stellar new music by Deary and She’s Green

Darren Revell April 6, 2026

Excited about some new music in Big Sonic Heaven this week. We played two tracks from the much-anticipated album "Birding"...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: New releases, charitable causes, and more details on limited edition ‘Head Over Heels’ album

Darren Revell March 30, 2026

Tonight in Big Sonic Heaven, we featured a new "60s-breezy" track from Miki Berenyi Trio, a new-ish song from Future...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: Music for a cause by Dead Can Dance, War Child Records

Darren Revell March 23, 2026

This episode of Big Sonic Heaven featured three tracks with proceeds going toward helping people in war-stricken areas. First up,...

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  • Big Sonic Heaven

Big Sonic Heaven: Depeche Mode and Beth Gibbons on War Child Records charity compilation

Darren Revell March 16, 2026

Tonight, Big Sonic Heaven featured tracks by Depeche Mode and Beth Gibbons from the "War Child Records Help(2)" charity compilation....

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

Darren Revell March 2, 2026

Tonight, we heard some stellar new tracks, including Fever Ray's "The Lake (Cinematic)" from the upcoming movie, "The Bride!" It's...

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