Sunday marked the Winter Solstice as we celebrated the longest night of the year in Big Sonic Heaven.

We played mix of traditional and non-traditional holiday songs, along with some of your favorite shoegaze, dreampop, trip-hop, and post-punk. Check out the playlist below. 

Check the playlist below and listen to the episode for two weeks after it airs using the player above.

• “Silent Night” – Sinead O’Connor
• “Shanty” – Slowdive
• “Garden” – Maria Somerville
• “2000 Miles” – Deary
• “Stumble” – Meena
• “Christmas Reindeer” – The Knife
• “Merry Christmas from Björk” – Björk
• “All is Full of Love” – Björk
• “Christmas Don’t Be Late” – Rosie Thomas
• “My Love” – Silk Daisys
• “Winter Wonderland” – Cocteau Twins
• “Thoughtforms” – Lush
• “White Christmas” – 93MillionMilesfromtheSun
• “Warmth” – Glazyhaze
• “Stripped” – Depeche Mode
• “Holiday House” – Beach House
• “You Look So Fine” – Garbage
• “Emo Song” – The Haunted Youth
• “Christmas Time is Here” – Mark Kozelek
• “Song to the Siren” – This Mortal Coil
• “Christmas Will Break Your Heart” – LCD Soundsystem
• “Mad About You” – Hooverphonic
• “Just Drive” – Postiljonen
• “O Holy Night” – Bien
• “Gorecki” – Lamb
• “Until You Come Back Home” – Nother and Moon Leap
• “Happy Xmas (War is over)” – Cranes
• “She Won’t Be Home” – Erasure
• “Say You Will” – Ivy
• “Spirit”- Dead Can Dance
• “White Christmas” (2010) – Iggy Pop
• “Merry Christmas (I Don’t Want to Fight Tonight)” (2007) – Asobi Seksu
• “Frosty the Snowman” – Cocteau Twins
• “My Christmas Prayer” – St. Etienne
• “All I Want For Christmas” – Yeah Yeah Yeahs
• “Oíche Chiún (Silent Night)” – Enya

Listen to Big Sonic Heaven with host Darren Revell Sundays from 9 p.m. to midnight ET on 101.9 WDET or stream on-demand at wdet.org.

Major new releases from Detroit and beyond, starting in the greatest music city in the world… I’m very in love with this “raw silk edit” by Scott Grooves of Allysha Joy’s “stay.” What a reconstruction of an already beautiful track!

Plus, new releases from Georgie Sweet, Nightbus, Cut Copy, Antibalas, Celeste 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 September 22, 2025

• “The Ones We Loved” – Georgie Sweet
• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus
• “Belong To You” – Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger
• “Bloodlines” – Franc Moody
• “Girl I Love You” – Massive Attack
• “Diego” – Gotts Street Park
• “Drifting” – Omar Apollo
• “Da Du Dah” – Kokoroko
• “You Got It” – Thandii
• “Free” – Sault
• “La Ceiba” – Antibalas
• “Dub Je Je” – Antibalas
• “VW Blue” – Dora Morelenbaum
• “VIBRAÇĀO (Kaidi Tatham Remix)” – Alexander Flood & Kaidi Tatham
• “Skating” – Vince Guaraldi Trio
• “100 years of Bill & Lil” – Joe Webb
• “First Kalimba” – Lars Bartkuhn
• “Plastic 100°C” – Sampha
• “They Came in Peace” – Tranquility Bass
• “Pain” – The War On Drugs
• “We Can Be Friends Though” – Brown Penny
• “Nobody” – Mitski
• “Woman Of Faces” – Celeste
• “Labor Of Love” – CARRTOONS & Haile Supreme
• “Law of Nature” – Gab Ferreira
• “Crossfire / So Into You” – Nai Palm
• “Doo Wop (That Thing)” – Lauryn Hill
• “A Sua Diversão” – Ana Frango Elétrico
• “Ámame” – Bardo
• “stay (Scott Grooves Raw Silk Edit)” – Allysha Joy
• “Radio Cure” – Wilco
• “Pink Moon” – Nick Drake
• “Are You With Me Now?” – Cate Le Bon
• “Manhattan” – Cat Power
• “Oh Baby” – LCD Soundsystem

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.