The 45th annual Dally in the Alley returns on Saturday. This is some real Detroit stuff, folks. No corporate sponsorships. Completely community ran. Volunteers run the show. You buying beer is how they fundraise. And it’s truly one of the greatest slices of local music you can see in one place in one day.

You can check out the full schedule here.

I went through and highlighted a few artists that really caught my ear this year, including a heavy dose of conscious-leaning hip-hop from Detroit artists Noveliss and Ilajide. The releases Na Bonsai has put out this year on Bandcamp are incredible (buy them here). You can see the rest below in bold.

I also featured new music from Ruthven, Fontaines D.C., Terrence Parker 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 Sept. 4, 2024

• “I Can’t Go There” – Ruthven
• “Blame” – Gabriels
• “Staring at the Sun” – TV On The Radio
• “My Boo (Hitman’s Club Mix)” – Ghost Town DJs
• “Rock The Boat (L3Ni Remix)” – Aaliyah
• “The House of the Rising Sun” – Nina Simone
• “100 Yard Dash (Nicky D Remix)” – Derobert & The Half-truths
• “1969” – The Stooges
• “Here’s The Thing” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Jackie Down The Line” – Fontaines D.C.
• “Taxi to Baltimore” – Scientist
• “Razzle-Dazzle (feat. Yazz Ahmed, Tamar Osborn, Enrico Terragnoli, Luca Tapino & Marco Frattini)” – Rosa Brunello
• “Choy Soda (Waajeed’s Hi-Tech Jazz Remix)” – Takuya Kuroda
• “Sunlight (feat. Lady Blackbird)” – Goldie, James Davidson & Subjective
• “Because You Know What I Need” – Terrence Parker
• “Viberite (Listen Up)” – Tall Black Guy x Ozay Moore x yU
• “Parabéns” – Marcos Valle
• “Sonido Cósmico” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Paper Trails” – Darkside
• “Fancy Drones (Fracture Me)” – Amythyst Kiah
• “Mahlalela” – Hugh Masekela & Letta Mbulu
• “Hey Now (When I Give You All My Lovin’)” – Romare
• “Meet Me in the City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “I Gotta Try You Girl” – Junior Kimbrough
• “Tighten Up” – Black Keys
• “Sleepyhead” – Passion Pit

In The Groove’s 2024 Dally in the Alley preview

• “The Shaded Forests” – Deastro (2024 Dally in the Alley preview)
• “Honky Tonk Boy” – Decliner (2024 Dally in the Alley preview)
• “Cold Mountain” – Noveliss & Dixon Hill (2024 Dally in the Alley preview)
• “Live From Jump” – Ilajide & Def Dee (2024 Dally in the Alley preview)
• “Patterns of the Heart” – Na Bonsai (2024 Dally in the Alley preview)
• “Sushi” – Eddie Logix (2024 Dally in the Alley preview)
• “Take It From The Top” – Double Winter (2024 Dally in the Alley preview)
• “Work In Progress (Jon Dixon Remix)” – DJ 3000 (2024 Dally in the Alley preview)

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.

This week on MI Local, I premiered several new songs by local artists, including indie-pop ballads from established groups like soundslikeotto and Reggi Roomers, plus a brand new dance track from a project fittingly called Dancepack.

But for the majority of the show, I directed a sonic spotlight toward two distinct music events scheduled this weekend featuring local artists, starting with Saturday’s Dally in the Alley performers Elephant Den and Olive and the Stoned Fruits.

This week’s in-studio guest is Justin Snyder, creative director for New Music Detroit — a local collective of musicians dedicated to performing groundbreaking musical works from late-20th century to the present day.

New Music Detroit was “founded by members of the DSO, almost 20 years ago,” Snyder said, “in order to fill a gap that they felt was missing in Detroit, which was bringing classical contemporary music to the city. We just wanted to be adventurous, and there’s an audience here for it. And this is year 17 for Strange Beautiful Music. We’ve done it before in different venues around the city, like warehouses, clubs [and] galleries.”

Snyder discussed the Strange Beautiful Music event, happening Saturday at Andy Arts in Detroit.

“Strange Beautiful Music is a smorgasbord of every type of music — and stuff that resists genre as well,” Snyder said. “We’ll have jazz, classical, techno…this year we have electronic music, art-pop, harp music and lots more.”

Strange Beautiful Music performers featured on MI Local include My Brightest Diamond, Ahya Simone and Dominant Hand. See the full lineup and ticket details here.

See the full playlist below and listen to the episode on-demand for two weeks after it airs using the player at the top.

MI Local Playlist for Sept. 3, 2024

• “All of Last Year” – Elephant Den
• “Born Day” – Olive & the Stoned Fruits
• “Up Late” – Dancepack
• “The Bog Bodies” – Rabbitology
• “Cry Without Shame” – Kind Beast
• “Silence” – Reggi Roomers
• “Bright Blue” – soundslikeotto
• “Cruisin'” – Fishfly
• “When I Left” – The Stools
• “Re(VS)olution” – Na Bonsai
• “G-Force” – Serenemoon
• “Safe House” – My Brightest Diamond
• “Frostbite” – Ahya Simone
• “Before It Turns” – Dominant Hand and Bora Yoon