Today’s In the Groove opened with Nine Perfect Lives and their new track “Die,” which was released today. It’s a new Brooklyn-based project featuring Helena Straight and Stella Wave, both founding members of Hello Mary (we love them!). The song was written while Straight was living in Los Angeles and Wave remained in Brooklyn, reflecting the emotional strain of their separation and their determination to keep making music together. It’s their first release on the AD 93 label, which is always ahead of the curve.

We also highlighted new music from Westside Cowboy, who will be in town next year opening up for Fontaines D.C. They’re a Manchester band who just dropped their debut album, “It Goes On,” back in August. The song features shared vocals from Aoife Anson O’Connell and Reuben Haycocks, with an arrangement partly inspired by The Velvet Underground’s “What Goes On.” The band has described the album as an attempt to capture the music that made them fall in love with making songs in the first place.

We’re opening up the groove hotline to get your picks for songs that feel kinda spooky but aren’t necessarily traditional Halloween songs. You can call in and leave a voice message on the hotline (313-577-3414) and we’ll play them later this week!

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

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 27, 2026

• “Die” — Nine Perfect Lives
• “Lost Boys” — Phoebe Bridgers
• “Easy Street” — Queens of the Stone Age
• “Dream On” — Palace
• “Something Else to Give” — Man/Woman/Chainsaw
• “Kick Stones (The Boys)” — Westside Cowboy
• “A Movie Script Ending” — Death Cab for Cutie
• “Fire on the Water” — Bonobo & Arooj Aftab
• “Black Ego” — Digable Planets
• “Four On Six (Remastered 2025)” — Wes Montgomery
• “Please Go Easy With Me” — S.E. Rogie
• “Firesuite” — Doves
• “Here It Comes” — Doves
• “Can’t Run But” — Paul Simon
• “Roo” — Bullion
• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” — Midlake
• “Demon in Profile” — The Afghan Whigs
• “God Gets You Back” — Mogwai
• “Fingertips” — The Brian Jonestown Massacre
• “The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness” — The Feelies
• “Coast to Coast” — Elliott Smith
• “Where’s My Phone?” — Mitski
• “only tomorrow” — my bloody valentine
• “Days Move Slow” — Bully
• “Boys Don’t Cry (86 12″ Mix) [2026 Remaster]” — The Cure
• “Give Me Back My Man” — The B-52’s
• “mettle” — she’s green
• “Boyfriend” — Best Coast
• “New Muscles” — mary in the junkyard
• “Venus Hour (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)” — Automatic & Peanut Butter Wolf
• “A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)” — The Cure
• “Cairo FM” — Alewya
• “Pick Up” — DJ Koze

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

New music from Michael Kiwanuka, who recently unveiled that he suffered a stroke and has been in recovery. This music is the first taste of his upcoming album “Fudge,” which is due out later this October via Polydor. We close out the show with a trip-hop ocused atmospheric and moody set with Massive Attack, Portishead, Blonde Redhead, Sneaker Pimps and Ghostpoet.

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

In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 6, 2026

• “Symphonie Pacifique” — Greg Foat
• “Summer Clothes” — Michael Kiwanuka
• “Ulla Dulla” — Traffik Island
• “The Girl from Ipanema” — Charlie Byrd
• “Sun And Moon” — Brittany Davis
• “Afro Golden Line” — Amir Bresler
• “Spellbinder” — Gabor Szabo
• “Right Down Here” — Asha Puthli
• “Alger la blanche” — Nicolas Godin
• “Train on the Island” — Aldous Harding
• “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?” — Sufjan Stevens
• “Burnin’ and Lootin'” — The Wailers
• “Straight to Hell (Extended Unedited Version [Remastered])” — The Clash
• “Try a Little Tenderness” — Otis Redding
• “Zero Sun” — Little Barrie & Malcolm Catto
• “Dripping Sun” — Kikagaku Moyo
• “Love and Hate in a Different Time (Original)” — Gabriels
• “The House of the Rising Sun” — Nina Simone
• “100 Yard Dash (Nicky D Remix)” — DeRobert & The Half-Truths
• “1969” — The Stooges
• “Here’s The Thing” — Fontaines D.C.
• “Covet” — Basement
• “Give Me Back My Man” — The B-52’s
• “See Out Loud” — Interpol
• “This Mirror Weighs a Ton” — Interpol
• “Mind’s a Lie” — High Vis
• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson) [2012 Mix/Master]” — Massive Attack
• “The Rip” — Portishead
• “23” — Blonde Redhead
• “6 Underground” — Sneaker Pimps
• “Drinking in L.A.” — Bran Van 3000
• “Survive It” — Ghostpoet

Listen to In the Groove with host Ryan Patrick Hooper weekdays from noon-3 p.m. ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.