We’re back with a whole new set of bangers including new music from Matthew Dear, Babe Rainbow, Blind Yeo and Ghost Funk Orchestra. Plus, legendary composer Danny Elfman joins the show to talk about the music that has influenced him over the years ahead of his show tomorrow night at the Fox Theatre in Detroit and a fond farewell for legendary jazz vocalist Cassandra Wilson.

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 September 8, 2026

• “Booger’s Bounce of Joy” — Karate Boogaloo
• “Bicho auto” — Juana Molina
• “Acid and Honey” — Babe Rainbow
• “New Drug (Original)” — Matthew Dear
• “Macho” — Jaakko Eino Kalevi
• “TOY NO” — MUGRE
• “Something Against You” — Pixies
• “Brown Rice” — Don Cherry
• “Colour Pillow / Kologo” — Blind Yeo
• “Ocotillo” — Ghost Funk Orchestra
• “Espionage” — Butcher Brown feat. Charlie Hunter

In The Groove with Danny Elfman

• “What’s This?” — Danny Elfman

• “Minor Swing” — Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli & The Quintet of the Hot Club of France

• “Night Boat to Cairo” — Madness
• “Los Angeles” — X
• “Breakfast Machine” — Danny Elfman
• “Ice Dance” — Danny Elfman

More from the show

• “Snowman” — Blonde Redhead
• “Harvest Moon” — Cassandra Wilson
• “Samois a Moi” — Cyrille Aimée
• “Train on the Island” — Aldous Harding
• “Tugboat” — Galaxie 500
• “Olive Branch” — ARTEMIS
• “I Didn’t Know What Time It Was” — Cécile McLorin Salvant
• “Baby Blue” — King Krule
• “Sleeping Ute” — Grizzly Bear
• “Do I Move You?” — Nina Simone
• “The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday’s Kiss)” — Aretha Franklin
• “I Found the F” — Broadcast
• “Only a Shadow” — The Cleaners From Venus
• “R&B (Theo Verney Version)” — English Teacher
• “Ritual Union (Maya Jane Coles Remix)” — Little Dragon
• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” — English Teacher & Daniel Avery
• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” — The Cure

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