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The Big Sonic Heaven 7 – All Eyes

The Big Sonic Heaven 7 is 7 questions we ask our favorite bands. This time we asked All Eyes... 1. Where are you from/based? Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2. Give us a brief history of the band. Alicia and I started dating right as she began recording "Shelf Life" in 2011. She'd recorded six albums previously under her own name, but with a turn toward darker, more atmospheric, and more electronic-influenced music, […]

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The Big Sonic Heaven 7 – No Romance

The Big Sonic Heaven 7 is 7 questions we ask our favorite bands. This time we asked No Romance... 1. Where are you from/based? We are made up of 2 Kiwis, a Californian, and a Brit, based in Berlin. 2. Give us a brief history of the band. We started jamming together in summer 2019. We met through mutual friends and none of us had played music with others in […]

todaySeptember 23, 2021 40

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The Big Sonic Heaven 7 – The High Violets

The Big Sonic Heaven 7 is 7 questions we ask our favorite bands. This time we asked The High Violets... 1. Where are you from/based? We are from Portland OR and still reside here. 2. Give us a brief history of the band. Strahota and Sargent started the band in the late ’90s after their band The Bella Low fell apart. After an early lineup (3 piece) we then found […]

todaySeptember 22, 2021 48

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Top 100 Big Sonic Heaven Songs

[vc_row row_height_percent="50" override_padding="yes" h_padding="2" top_padding="5" bottom_padding="1" overlay_alpha="50" gutter_size="3" column_width_percent="100" shift_y="0" z_index="0"][vc_column column_width_use_pixel="yes" position_vertical="middle" align_horizontal="align_center" gutter_size="3" overlay_alpha="50" shift_x="0" shift_y="0" shift_y_down="0" z_index="0" medium_width="0" mobile_width="0" width="1/1" column_width_pixel="900"][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic="h6" text_size="fontsize-160000" text_transform="uppercase" text_space="fontspace-135905" text_color="accent"]26 Years[/vc_custom_heading][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic="h3" text_size="fontsize-155944"]Big Sonic Heaven favorites from the last 26 years.[/vc_custom_heading][vc_column_text text_lead="yes"]To celebrate the 26 year anniversary of Big Sonic Heaven, listeners voted for their favorite songs. On August 27, 2021 Darren counted down the Top 100 Songs live on-air. Here's […]

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Interview: Seasurfer

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Seasurfer is a shoegaze band based in Hamburg, Germany. Founded by Dirk Knight, the band released its debut album Dive In in 2014. The second album Under the milky way… who cares came out in 2017. Dirk Knight changed the band’s line-up several times to gather musicians around him who fit the sound perfectly. Singer Apolonia joined in 2018 and first appeared on the EP “Vampires.“ Seasurfer's third full-length, Zombies, […]

todayJune 13, 2021 102

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Interview: Choux

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Choux is an indie dream pop duo featuring longtime friends and collaborators Lizzie Carolan and Jordan Gatesmith. They are best known for their lush soundscapes and ethereal melodies that carry listeners to another dimension. They released their debut EP, Super Moon, in November, 2020. Big Sonic Heaven contributor Rick Bourgoise recently had a really fun conversation with the duo about their unique process for combining songs from two different parts […]

todayMay 20, 2021 112

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Interview: Heligoland

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Heligoland is a band originally from Melbourne, Australia, now based in Paris, France. Formed more than 20 years ago as a trio and featuring several different members through the years, Heligoland is currently a duo of founders Steve Wheeler and Karen Vogt. Earlier this year, the band released its first full-length album in ten years, This Quiet Fire, after several EPs over the past decade. This Quiet Fire was produced, […]

todayMay 12, 2021 103

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Interview: Dreampop band Powder Pink & Sweet

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Powder Pink & Sweet is a Los Angeles-based dreampop band, which released its fourth single “Grey Day” in October. Created by Cris Verso as a solo project in 2016 with the single “Blue Sunshine,” on which Cris plays all of the instruments, Power Pink & Sweet has grown to become a quartet. Cris still conducts all of the songwriting and performs some of the lead instruments in addition to delivering […]

todayDecember 1, 2020 111

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Interview: Eclectic Shoegaze Band EEP

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] EEP is the newly formed shoegaze band from El Paso, Texas. Big Sonic Heaven contributor BSH spoke to all five band members – Rosie Varela, Ross Ingram, Sebastian Estrada, Serge Carrasco, and Lawrence Brown III – following the release of their debut album “Death of a Very Good Machine.” Rosie is the lead singer and plays guitar and writes songs. Ross plays guitar and keyboards and handles most of […]

todayOctober 30, 2020 110

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