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

Darren Revell February 23, 2026

There’s been a lot of new music in Big Sonic Heaven over the last few weeks. This time around, we...

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Big Sonic Heaven: ‘Boys Don’t Cry’ goes platinum, anniversaries for Pretty in Pink and Rough Trade Records

Darren Revell February 16, 2026

Big Sonic Heaven celebrated a few milestones: The Cure's re-release of the 1986 New Vocal Version of "Boys Don't Cry"...

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Big Sonic Heaven: New Whitelands album, Hatchie, Stereolab + more

Darren Revell February 9, 2026

This episode of Big Sonic Heaven featured the latest from Nation of Language, Morrissey, Hatchie, Stereolab, and another track from Whitelands...

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Big Sonic Heaven: Celebrating The Cure’s Grammy wins, new music by Whitelands, Cigarettes for Breakfast + more

Darren Revell February 2, 2026

In this episode of Big Sonic Heaven, we kicked off February with a track from the brand new Whitelands album,...

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