This set moves through indie, soul, funk, and experimental sounds.

Some highlights include Courtney Barnett and Radiohead, tracks from Gabriel Garzón-Montano, and some soaring soulful moments from Aretha Franklin and Lee Fields & The Expressions. Plus, we’ve got electronic and experimental sounds from Flying Lotus and Madlib, and classic grooves from Paul Simon and Seu Jorge on standby.

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 February 19, 2026 

• “Emorio” – Trinix & Fafá de Belém 

• “Margaretas sång” – Dina Ögon 

• “Gloria” – Those Guys From Athens 

• “Tequila” – Fantastic Virtues 

• “Music De Carnaval” – Magdy Al Hussainy 

• “Ghost a Go Go” – Richard Rome 

• “Argos Farfish” – Sharhabil Ahmed 

• “O Katrina!” – Black Lips 

• “Run Run Run (Radio Edit)” – Kurt Vile 

• “Are You with Me Now?” – Cate Le Bon 

• “She’s Making Friends, I’m Turning Stranger” – Purple Mountains 

• “Impossible Germany” – Wilco 

• “Before You Gotta Go” – Courtney Barnett 

• “I Want More” – Can 

• “Once In A Lifetime” – WITCH 

• “Girlfriend Is Better (EDIT)” – Talking Heads 

• “Give Me the Sunshine (Mini-Tro)” – Leo’s Sunshipp 

• “Jump” – Aretha Franklin 

• “123 Days” – Ruthven 

• “Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes” – Paul Simon 

• “Never Be Another You” – Lee Fields & The Expressions 

• “Tomorrow Never Knows (2024 Remastered Version)” – Junior Parker 

• “Zodiac Shit” – Flying Lotus 

• “Knock Knock (Instrumental)” – Madlib 

• “Frio” – Ambar Lucid 

• “Keep On Running” – Gabriel Garzón-Montano 

• “Someone (feat. Jamila Woods) [Armando Young Remix]” – Gabriel Garzón-Montano 

• “Frío” – Omar Apollo 

• “Carried Away” – H.E.R. 

• “Knocks Me Off My Feet (Cover)” – Olivia Dean 

• “Starman” – Seu Jorge 

• “Apho” – Alfa Mist & Bongeziwe Mabandla 

• “There, There” – Radiohead 

• “New York Is Killing Me” – Gil Scott-Heron 

• “Virgo (King Britt’s Sirius B Remix)” – Meshell Ndegeocello, Brandee Younger & Julius Rodriguez 

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. 

 

In this episode of Big Sonic Heaven, we kicked off February with a track from the brand new Whitelands album, “Sunlight Echoes,” the new single from AtticOmatic’s upcoming EP, “Between Two.” We heard “Melting” from Cigarettes for Breakfast’s new “Color Wheel” EP, as well as new tracks from the German duo Jahrund and Atlanta’s dreampop duo Silk Daisys. 

We also celebrated The Cure’s first Grammy win in their 50-year career! They actually won two Grammys! “Songs of a Lost World” won for Best Alternative Album, and the single “Alone” won for Best Alternative Music Performance. Woohoo!

Checkout the playlist below and listen to the replay, available for the next two weeks.

• “Song to the Siren” – This Mortal Coil
• “Marble House” – The Knife
• “Golden Daze” – Whitelands
• “Please Please Please Let Me Get What I Want” – The Dream Academy
• “Seabird” – Deary
• “Alone” – The Cure
• “A Night Like This” – The Cure
• “When You’re Gone.” – Bluhm
• “Montauk” – Silverdeer
• “A Girl Like You” – Hartfield
• “Reptile” – The Church
• “The Presence” – Emma Anderson
• “Someday” – Silk Daisys
• “Catch the Breeze” – Slowdive
• “Counting Sheep” – Acrylics
• “Sonnet” – The Verve
• “Burrow” – AtticOmatic
• “Vapour Trail” – Ride
• “Caramelize” – Bathe Alone
• “The Giving Ground” – The Sisterhood
• “The Robot Girl Psychiatrist” – The False Dawns
• “The Dress” – Blonde Redhead
• “1963” – New Order
• “Dead Inside” – ACTORS
• “Oceans Roar” – Jahrund
• “You Cause As Much Sorrow” – Sinead O’Connor
• “All I Need” – Radiohead
• “Melting” – Cigarettes for Breakfast
• “Only Shallow” – My Bloody Valentine
• “Doot Doot” – The Fauns
• “Pearly Dewdrops Drops” – Cocteau Twins
• “The Drain” – Ellis
• “Slide” – The Mary Onettes
• “The Rip” – Portishead
• “Selon l’humeur” – Autour de Lucie