Today’s playlist features new music from Sparklmami, Dana and Alden, Mitski, she’s green, Pearl & The Oysters, and mary in the junkyard. We also play songs from The Cramps, TV on the Radio, The B-52’s, The Cure, Jeff Tweedy, and Talking Heads.  

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 August 6, 2026 

• “fajas” – Sparklmami 

• “Summer Nights” – Dana and Alden 

• “Mandarin Moon” – Pearl & The Oysters 

• “Tears for Affairs” – Camera Obscura 

• “Spooky (Single Version)” – Dusty Springfield 

• “30 Century Man” – Scott Walker 

• “Low Key” – Tweedy & Jeff Tweedy 

• “Use Me” – Bill Withers 

• “We Do We Go” – NOMO 

• “Bra” – Cymande 

• “Staring at the Wall” – Norah Jones 

• “Somebody Was Watching” – Pops Staples 

• “Everybody Daylight” – Brightblack Morning Light 

• “Earthforms” – Matthew Dear 

• “Wolf Like Me” – TV on the Radio 

• “Stay Away (feat. Menahan Street Band)” – Charles Bradley 

• “Earthquake” – This Is the Kit 

• “Lay Down In The Tall Grass” – Timber Timbre 

• “Hey Now (When I Give You All My Lovin’)” – Romare 

• “TV Set (1977 Version)” – The Cramps 

• “Goo Goo Muck” – The Cramps 

• “Lady Luck” – Richard Swift 

• “Where’s My Phone?” – Mitski 

• “Pretend We’re Dead” – L7 

• “Where to Start” – Bully  

• “Boys Don’t Cry (New Voice Club Mix 1986) [Remastered]” – The Cure 

• “Give Me Back My Man” – The B-52’s 

• “mettle” – she’s green 

• “Boyfriend” – Best Coast 

• “New Muscles” – mary in the junkyard 

• “Venus Hour (Peanut Butter Wolf Remix)” – Automatic & Peanut Butter Wolf 

• “Girlfriend Is Better” – Talking Heads 

• “Cairo FM” – Alewya 

• “Pick Up (12″ Extended Disco Version)” – DJ Koze 

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. 

New music from Dungen, John Carroll Kirby, Karate Boogaloo, Nightbus, and Swish Jaguaralso along with music form Erykah Badu, Radiohead, David Bowie, and Curtis Mayfield. We also feature Detroit artists The Go, Deadbeat Beat, and Slippers. 

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 August 5, 2026 

• “Alberto Balsalm (Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Session)” – Dungen 

• “Ibs” – Duval Timothy 

• “Booger’s Bounce of Joy” – Karate Boogaloo 

• “Acid and Honey” – Babe Rainbow 

• “Swallow Tail” – John Carroll Kirby 

• “Other Side Of The Game (Live)” – Erykah Badu 

• “My Dream” – 79.5 

• “Open the Door” – Betty Carter 

• “Lowdown” – Ronald Langestraat 

• “Discogedanken” – Klaus Johann Grobe 

• “Cha Cha Slide” – Getdown Services 

• “Garter Snake (Audiotree Live)” – Macie Stewart 

• “Down on Love” – Sam and Louise Sullivan 

• “I Made It” – Annie & the Caldwells 

• “Coltrane” – Cymande 

• “Billy Jack” – Curtis Mayfield 

• “Morning Sunrise” – Swish Jaguar 

• “Gil Scott Heron – (Angola, Louisiana remix)” – Martin Lundfall 

• “Flying” – Moon Duo 

• “Angles Mortz (Tom Sharkett Remix)” – Nightbus 

• “Phoenix” – JIM  

• “Go to Sleep” – Radiohead 

• “Mercury Avenue” – Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen 

• “Heroes (2017 Remaster)” – David Bowie 

• “All Dimensions Are Loose” – The Go 

• “Rock & Roll” – The Velvet Underground 

• “When the Sun Soaks In” – Deadbeat Beat 

• “Most Things Haven’t Worked Out” – Junior Kimbrough 

• “Roadrunner (Live At Harvard University, Boston, MA / 1971 – 1972)” – The Modern Lovers 

• “Wants For Everyone” – Slippers 

• “False Prophet (ashnymph Remix)” – Nightbus  

• “No, No, No” – Gossip 

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. 

There’s plenty of new music on today’s show, including tracks from Bullion, Nation of Language, Night Tapes, Phoebe Bridgers, The Strokes, and Tyler Ballgame. In addition, you’ll hear everything from The Clash, Elvis Costello, R.E.M., Tom Waits, Lake Trout, and Antibalas. 

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 August 4, 2026 

• “Pulse” – Chronical Deep & Kabza De Small 

• “Roo” – Bullion 

• “Weak In Your Light” – Nation of Language 

• “swim” – Night Tapes 

• “Blood Spilled” – Blonde Redhead 

• “My World (feat. Aidan, Bawo & Ox Eye)” – Jam City  

• “Moon & I (feat. Céline Dessberg)” – Azekel 

• “One and the Same” – Thee Sacred Souls & Victor Axelrod 

• “Lonely Girl” – Lamont Landers 

• “If You Don’t Want My Love” – Jalen Ngonda 

• “Nothing But a Heartache” – The Flirtations 

• “Easy” – Gotts Street Park & Celeste 

• “I Can See” – Nick Hakim 

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

• “Freddie Freeloader” – Nicholas Payton & Butcher Brown 

• “Sounds from Below” – Lake Trout 

• “Little Things” – Lake Trout 

• “Watching The Detectives (Live at Good Afternoon (Broadcast) / September 27th, 1977)” – Elvis Costello 

• “(I Don’t Want to Go To) Chelsea” – Elvis Costello & The Attractions 

• “London Calling” – The Clash 

• “New Case” – Upchuck 

• “Yellow Sun” – Downtown Boys 

• “I Will Follow” – U2 

• “Live It Down” – Tyler Ballgame  

• “18” – Suki Waterhouse 

• “Lost Boys” – Phoebe Bridgers 

• “Get Away From Me (I Think I’ll Love You Soon)” – Julia Jacklin 

• “Kick Stones (The Boys)” – Westside Cowboy 

• “Jackie Down The Line” – Fontaines D.C. 

• “Downtown Train” – Tom Waits 

• “Baby, I Love You” – Ramones 

• “Going Shopping” – The Strokes 

• “Can’t Get There From Here” – R.E.M. 

• “Go Je Je” – Antibalas 

• “After the Rain” – Cole Pulice 

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. 

New music from Charli xcx, Getdown Services, and Wu-Lu joins dreamy selections from Mazzy Star, Beach House, and Cocteau Twins, alongside post-punk from Fontaines D.C. and Sonic Youth. We also spin a couple of Big Thief songs ahead of the band’s Aug. 10 performance at Detroit’s Masonic Temple. 

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 August 3, 2026 

• “Cha Cha Slide” – Getdown Services 

• “I’m Yours” – Tricky & Mitch Sanders 

• “New Park” – Wu-Lu & POiSON ANNA 

• “You Took Your Time” – Mount Kimbie & King Krule 

• “Silently” – Tara Clerkin Trio  

• “Fire Dali” – Lee “Scratch” Perry & Mouse On Mars 

• “Gadabout Season” – Brandee Younger 

• “Well Organised (feat. Lila Iké)” – Ezra Collective 

• “Overchord” – Actress 

• “Sounds We Cannot Hear” – Protomartyr 

• “Breathe” – Romare 

• “Rein Me In” – Sam Fender & Olivia Dean 

• “Marquee Moon” – Television 

• “Magic Metal Montana” – Charli xcx  

• “Blue Flower” – Mazzy Star 

• “Starburster” – Fontaines D.C. 

• “Incinerate” – Sonic Youth 

• “Heaven or Las Vegas” – Cocteau Twins 

• “Norway” – Beach House 

• “Don’t Delete the Kisses” – Wolf Alice 

• “Mind’s a Lie” – High Vis 

• “Los Angeles” – Big Thief 

• “Simulation Swarm” – Big Thief 
• “Dream On” – Palace 

• “There Goes the Fear” – Doves 

• “Mi Mujer” – Nicolas Jaar 

• “Mumma Don’t Tell” – Leifur James 

• “JOHN COLTRANE” – KOMA 

• “Rose Rouge” – St Germain 

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.