Tonight we got snuggled in for the first day of fall coming up this week. We featured new music from Fleeting Colours, a song called “Autumn,” a dreamy, cozy psych-folk cover of a Lester Folsom song from Beach House, and the latest from The Church and ACTORS.

Plus, we heard a new instrumental from Dead Can Dance, picked Apples for Isaac with Echo and the Bunnymen, and much, much more along with your fave Shoegaze, Dreampop, and Post-Punk classics.

Check out the playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the media player above.

Big Sonic Heaven playlist for Sept. 20, 2026

• “Iceblink Luck” – Cocteau Twins
• “Clusters” – Emma Anderson
• “Going Nowhere (feat. Olive Kimoto)” – Locust
• “Bachelorette” – Björk
• “Blister Sunrise” – M83
• “Coast Is Clear” – Curve
• “Alma” – deary
• “Stay” – Dr. Horsehead
• “Peng! 33” – Stereolab
• “Martian Skyline” – The Church
• “Paralysed” – Ride
• “April Suzanne” – Beach House
• “You And Your Sister” – This Mortal Coil
• “kisses” – Slowdive
• “Exploded View” – ACTORS
• “Calling the Magazine” – Mind Cinema
• “Tunic (Song for Karen)” – Sonic Youth
• “Autumn” – Fleeting Colours
• “Love In Itself” – Depeche Mode
• “Graze” – She’s Green
• “The Light That Surrounds You” – Echo & The Bunnymen
• “…And The Next Day” – Melissa Auf der Maur 
• “Harold and Cindy Hospital” – Severed Heads
• “Deep Blue Day” – Brian Eno
• “Phantom Fears” – Dorian’s Steaming Shadow
• “Adorations” – Killing Joke
• “International Dateline” – Ladytron
• “Love’s Riddle (feat. Emma Anderson & Heidi Berry)” – Stefano Guzzetti
• “Black Boys On Mopeds” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Are You Safe?” – Maquillage
• “Prevail” – Mouth Ulcers
• “The Headmaster Ritual” – The Smiths
• “Primitive Painters” – Felt
• “Nāda” – Dead Can Dance
• “Sinking” – The Cure
• “Soul Sky” – Locust, Griff Spex & Olive Kimoto
• “Clementine” – Xymox

Stand-in host Darren Revell plays new music from James Blake, Kim Gordon, and Jalen Ngonda. Along the way, you’ll hear songs from Jeff Buckley, Beach House, Blood Orange, Patti Smith Group, plus more from Detroit icons Jack White, Thornetta Davis, and Majesty Crush. 

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 June 9, 2026 

• “Don’t Wanna Dance (Mario C Mix)” – Automatic 

• “Where Are They Now?” – Gene 

• “Nightmares by the Sea” – Jeff Buckley 

• “Chain Gang” – Sam Cooke 

• “Derecho Demonico” – Jack White 

• “Ball of Confusion (USA Mix)” – Love and Rockets 

• “Nothing Is Forever” – Kraak & Smaak & Kosta G 

• “Trying Times – A COLORS SHOW” – James Blake 

• “Madam Butterfly (Un bel di vedremo)” – Malcolm McLaren 

• “They” – Jem 

• “6 Underground” – Sneaker Pimps 

• “Essex_Honey.mp3” – Blood Orange 

• “The Zookeeper’s Boy” – Mew 

• “Bring On the Dancing Horses (Extended Mix) [Bonus Track]” – Echo & The Bunnymen 

• “Cruise Ship Designer” – Dry Cleaning 

• “Take Care” – Beach House 

• “It’s All Right” – The Impressions 

• “What Is Love?” – Deee-Lite 

• “Magic Doors” – Portishead 

• “And Then She Smiles” – A Certain Ratio 

• “State of the Nation” – Industry 

• “Uma” – Majesty Crush 

• “The Breath Of Now (feat. Ian Rankin)” – Pye Corner Audio 

• “Beautiful Object” – Glass Candy 

• “All Night Long” – Peter Murphy 

• “I’m Walkin’” – Fats Domino 

• “Next Life” – Mint Julep 

• “Because the Night” – Patti Smith Group 

• “Get up and Dance Away Your Blues (feat. Marcus Belgrave)” – Thornetta Davis 

• “Blue Morpho” – Ed O’Brien 

• “Burning Temptation” – Jalen Ngonda 

• “Waiting Room” – Fugazi 

• “Your Generation” – Generation X 

• “Vow” – Garbage 

• “PLAY ME” – Kim Gordon 

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.