Detroit’s hazy skies have us leaning into the mood with a smoky soundtrack. As poor air quality settles over the city, we’re also welcoming the news of Beck’s first album announcement in seven years by spinning a pair of his songs. Plus, new music from Twisted Teens, favorites from People Under the Stairs, MF DOOM, Cat Power, Mitski, and Hope Sandoval.

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 July 16, 2026 

• “San Francisco Knights” – People Under the Stairs 

• “Acid Raindrops” – People Under the Stairs 

• “Doomsday (feat. Pebbles The Invisible Girl)” – MF DOOM 

• “A Place to Go” – DJ Day 

• “For Pete’s Sake” – Sweetwater 

• “Draft Morning” – The Byrds 

• “(You Caught Me) Smilin’ (Single Version)” – Sly & The Family Stone 

• “Badu Medley” – Cousin Kula 

• “New Beat” – Toro y Moi 

• “A Glue Too Thick” – Hot Chip 

• “Someone Like Me” – Röyksopp 

• “Ruin” – Cat Power 

• “The Homeless Wanderer” – Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru 

• “You Ain’t the Problem” – Michael Kiwanuka 

• “Rite of the Ancients” – The Budos Band 

• “Spanish Grease” – Willie Bobo 

• “Slipping into Darkness” – Funkees  

• “Light My Fire” – Africa 

• “I’m Confessin’” – Fabienne Delsol 

• “Bonnie And Clyde” – Brigitte Bardot & Serge Gainsbourg 

• “Prisencolinensinainciusol” – Adriano Celentano 

• “Florida Water Blues” – Twisted Teens 

• “New Age” – Blitz 

• “Why Can’t I Touch It?” – Buzzcocks 

• “Talk of the Town” – The Pretenders 

• “Poinciana” – Ahmad Jamal 

• “Showrooms” – Sam Prekop 

• “Diving Woman” – Japanese Breakfast 

• “Come On Let’s Go” – Broadcast 

• “My Love Mine All Mine” – Mitski 

• “The End of the World” – Sharon Van Etten 

• “In The Night” – Beck 

• “Ride Lonesome” – Beck 

• “Let Me Get There (feat. Kurt Vile)” – Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

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. 

We’re matching the gloomy weather with something a little hazy today. Spinning tracks from The Marías, Tara Clerkin Trio, plus jazzier sounds from Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers, Okonski, and Nina Simone. 

Today’s playlist also includes Little Dragon, Moses Sumney, and Air, along with Massive Attack’s “Paradise Circus” featuring Hope Sandoval. You’ll also hear tracks from José José, Cymande, and Curtis Mayfield mixed in. 

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 April 29, 2026 

• “Back To Me” – The Marías 

• “Another Day” – Soul Saver 

• “Porcelain (Above & Beyond Remix)” – Moby 

• “The Other Lover” – Little Dragon & Moses Sumney 

• “Retold” – Nate Smith 

• “Unfinished Sympathy (feat. Shara Nelson)” – Massive Attack 

• “Sexy Boy (Vegyn Version)” – Air 

• “Adeleine” – Water From Your Eyes 

• “Boy from School” – Hot Chip 

• “Love Story” – My New Band Believe 

• “The Way I Feel Inside” – The Zombies 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Darkness, Darkness” – Kieran Hebden & William Tyler 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “La Nave del Olvido” – José José 

• “Á la Mode” – Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers 

• “Montagne Ste Genevieve” – Stephane Wrembel 

• “Summertime” – Rosinha De Valença 

• “California Dreamin’” – Bobby Womack 

• “I Believe To My Soul” – Farhad Mehrad 

• “Vista” – Okonski 

• “Get Me Back in the Game” – LL Burns 

• “Soul On Fire” – LaVern Baker 

• “Dub Me In Your Arms” – Hollie Cook 

• “Baltimore” – Nina Simone 

• “Ann Wants to Dance” – Papooz 

• “Dove” – Cymande 

• “Paradise Circus (feat. Hope Sandoval)” – Massive Attack 

• “Here But I’m Gone” – Curtis Mayfield 

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.