New music is front and center today with releases from Twisted Teens, Jack White, and Wet Leg, while Alabama Shakes returns with their first new songs in years. We also spin new collaborations from Nate Smith and Kiefer alongside favorites from Prince, The Strokes, Björk, Curtis Mayfield, Iggy Pop, and more. 

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 10, 2026 

• “hi from me” – Wet Leg 

• “I Feel Hope Coming” – Alabama Shakes 

• “Another Life” – Alabama Shakes  

• “Free (Acoustic Version)” – Prince 

• “Fingers” – Joyce Moreno, Adrian Younge & Tutty Moreno 

• “PATCHWORK” – Nate Smith, Kiefer, CARRTOONS & Kenny Beats 

• “Tell Me More And More And Then Some (dublon Remix)” – Nina Simone & dublon 

• “The Spin Cycle” – Spoek Mathambo 

• “badman” – nomi. 

• “Florida Water Blues” – Twisted Teens 

• “Hewlett’s Daughter” – Grandaddy 

• “Draggin’” – Hannah Cohen 

• “Ya Banat” – Kazdoura 

• “Holiday Destination” – Nadine Shah 

• “Satan’s a Woman” – Twin Temple 

• “If I Let You” – The Womack Sisters  

• “There’s Nobody There” – Jack White 

• “The Mainline Song” – Spiritualized 

• “Reptilia” – The Strokes 

• “Think I’m in Love” – Beck 

• “Guess I’m Fallin In Love” – Spoon 

• “Blow My Mind” – Say She She & Piya Malik 

• “Billy Jack” – Curtis Mayfield 

• “For the Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva 

• “Quetzel” – Los Hermanos 

• “Los Ojos Del Cóndor” – Hermanos Gutiérrez 

• “Nahr El Mot نهر الموت” – Zeid Hamdan 

• “Shmaali شمالي” – Yasmine Hamdan 

• “THE THING” – TOMORA, AURORA & Tom Rowlands 

• “Army of Me” – Björk 

• “She Will” – Savages 

• “Deadly Valentine” – Charlotte Gainsbourg 

• “Nightclubbing” – Iggy Pop 

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. 

Detroit teenagers have been gathering in large numbers downtown over the past few weeks.

On its face, there’s a simple explanation: as the weather warms up, teens are looking for somewhere to be. But there was a time when Detroit teenagers already had those places. So what happened to them?

Pete Saunders, an urban planner and publisher of the Substack The Corner Side Yard, thinks these gatherings are signaling something deeper about how American culture changed. He joined the show to discuss why these teen gatherings are happening  across the U.S.

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