This throwback Thursday edition features listener picks, bringing together nostalgic tracks as it starts to feel like spring again. The set moves from indie and alt classics from The Magnetic Fields, Morphine, Bon Iver, and Wilco to music from Jonathan Richman and Time Wharp. 

Later in the show, listener selections include cuts from Washed Out, Five Special, and Young Marble Giants, rounding out a mix perfect for the changing season. 

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 March 19, 2026 

• “Strange Powers” – The Magnetic Fields 

• “Buena” – Morphine 

• “Up on the Sun” – Meat Puppets 

• “Miffed It” – Way Dynamic 

• “Is There Any Love?” – Trevor Dandy 

• “Give Me Back My Loving” – Leo Nocentelli 

• “I Just Want To Talk To You” – Charles Brown & Sleepy Creek 

• “I’d Have to Be Crazy” – Willie Nelson 

• “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” – Wilco 

• “Mixo World” – Time Wharp 

• “Somewhere Good” – Tara Clerkin Trio 

• “Not Too Soon” – Throwing Muses 

• “Why Leave Us Alone” – Five Special 

• “Nothing Is the Same (Demo)” – Grand Funk Railroad 

• “I Was Dancing in the Lesbian Bar” – Jonathan Richman 

• “Credit In the Straight World” – Young Marble Giants 

• “Sin dones” – Juana Molina 

• “In the Lassa” – Juana Molina 

• “Run To Your Mama (Redg Weeks Remix)” – Goat 

• “Bass Is The Space” – re:ni & Biggabush 

• “Season of the Witch (Secrets Edit)” – Donovan 

• “Delorean Dynamite (Disco Mix)” – Todd Terje 

• “Strawberry Line” – Beak> 

• “My Girls” – Animal Collective 

• “Feel It All Around” – Washed Out 

• “Rose Quartz” – Toro y Moi 

• “I Want” – Mk.gee 

• “HEAVENLY FATHER (Live – Mediolanum, Milan, IT. Nov 05 2022)” – Bon Iver 

• “You” – Gold Panda 

• “Thrown Around” – James Blake 

• “Back On” – SBTRKT 

• “Volume” – Caribou 

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.