Discovering music from The Beths, Jorja Smith, Silica Gel, Patchwork Inc., and more.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for January 14, 2026

• “Last Forever” – Patchwork Inc. & Wyatt Waddell
• “NamgungFEFERE (feat. Japanese Breakfast)” – Silica Gel
• “Keep Me Satisfied” – Jungle
• “God Gave Me Feet For Dancing (Tasty Or Not Remix) [Extended Mix] [feat. Yazmin Lacey]” – Ezra Collective
• “raat ki rani (Sylvan Esso Remix)” – Arooj Aftab & Sylvan Esso
• “The Morning Sun” – Eddie Chacon
• “Taito City Hideout” – FloFilz & Takuya Kuroda
• “Desire” – Kamasi Washington
• “Chant” – Donald Byrd
• “Rewind / Remind” – Momoko Gill
• “Supernatural (Extended Mix)” – We Are KING
• “Rose Rouge” – Jorja Smith
• “What Kinda Music” – Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes
• “Flowers” – Jordan Rakei
• “Midas” – Maribou State & Holly Walker
• “On My Mind” – Jorja Smith & Preditah
• “Straight Line Was a Lie” – The Beths
• “Belinda Says” – Alvvays
• “Phish Pepsi” – Wednesday
• “Words” – Big Thief
• “I’d Have To Be Crazy” – Willie Nelson
• “Do You Realize??” – The Flaming Lips
• “The Darkness That You Fear (Harvest Mix)” – Chemical Brothers
• “Mind’s A Lie” – High Vis
• “Until We Meet Again” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
• “Meet Me In the City” – Junior Kimbrough
• “Count The Days (feat. Jenny Lewis)” – Swamp Dogg
• “The Weight of My Words (Four Tet Remix)” – King of Convenience
• “Under The Pressure” – War On Drugs
• “They Came In Peace” – Tranquility Bass
• “Love Like Blood” – Killing Joke
• “Slow Like Honey” – Fiona Apple
• “Nobody New” – The Marias
• “Locket” – Crumb
• “Paper Trails” – DARKSIDE 

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.

Three straight hours of music released in 2025—the best of the best. Lots of my picks and lots of yours! Thanks to everyone that left a message on the In The Groove hotline with your picks; they were absolutely lovely and mixed right in with the show!

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for December 11, 2025

• “Save Me” – Emma-Jean Thackray

• “Si Chomphu” – Salin

• “SNC” – DARKSIDE

• “YUKON” – Justin Bieber

• “Found A Light (Beale Street)” – BADBADNOTGOOD & V.C.R

• “S.O.T.H.” – Sault

• “Be A Witness” – Lady Wray

• “Sad Makeup” – Yukimi

• “What It Gave Me” – Jordan Rakei & Jalen Ngonda

• “Constellation” – The Circling Sun

• “Puaj” – Salin

• “Alone (Four Tet Remix)” – The Cure

• “Angles Mortz” – Nightbus

• “Listen2me” – Foxwarren

• “The World’s Biggest Paving Slab (Daniel Avery Remix)” – English Teacher

• “Hit My Head All Day” – Dry Cleaning

• “Belong To You” – Cut Copy & Kate Bollinger

• “I’m Not Ready For The Change” – Nation of Language

• “Mercury” – Automatic

• “You got time and I got money” – Smerz

• “Lo Life” – Antibalas

• “Treat Yourself” – Franc Moody

• “Nobody New” – The Marias

• “Garden” – Maria Somerville

• “To Be A Rose” – Jenny Hval

• “Power of the Moon” – Ezra Furman

• “Sugar in the Tank” – Julien Baker & TORRES

• “Elderberry Wine” – Wednesday

• “..THUS IS WHY ( I DON’T SPRING 4 LOVE )” – SAYA GRAY

• “It’s A Mirror” – Perfume Genius

• “Elegantly Wasted (feat. Leon Bridges)” – Hermanos Gutiérrez

• “Waves” – ISTA

• “Lecker Song” – Yin Yin

• “Stone Shadow” – Glyders

• “Take My Hand” – El Michels Affair & Rahsaan Roland Kirk 

Friday, Dec. 12, 2025

We played three more hours of your top songs and mine on Friday to officially kick off the “Best Of” week of listening. 

Follow along with what our hosts are highlighting as the defining tunes of this year and listen to all of our picks in one place on the Best Of 2025: The WDET Playlist page. 

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for December 12, 2025

• “GOOD LUCK” – KAYTRANADA

• “Another Baby!” – Dijon

• “Rush” – Gerald Clayton

• “Red Moon” – Tom Misch

• “Survivor” – Chronixx

• “Carry Me Away” – El Michels Affair & Norah Jones

• “Heaven” – Yeek

• “SPIDERS” – Lola Young

• “SOS” – Jadu Heart

• “Believer” – Annahstasia

• “Left For Tomorrow” – Perfume Genius

• “Better” – SPRINTS

• “Man Made Of Meat” – Viagra Boys

• “High Vibrations” – Theo Croker, Malaya & D’LEAU

• “Sad Piano House” – Daphni

• “Babystar” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill

• “Eye To Eye (Live From The Royal Albert Hall)” – Jordan Rakei

• “The Seize” – Jordan Rakei

• “N8 Medley (Live at Audio Gold)” – Lawne

• “Nubian Lady” – Don Was

• “Dumb Feeling” – Mei Semones

• “Animaru” – Mei Semones

• “Need To Run” – Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill

• “Invocation (feat. Onipa, Jupiter & Okwess, Otim Alpha, Damon Albarn & Joan as Police Woman)” – Africa Express

• “MISK” – Roundabout

• “DON’T LISTEN” – corto.alto

• “Coltrane (Crooked Man Remix)” – Cymande

• “Ibiza” – Butcher Brown

• “Road To Nowhere” – Roge

• “Boste” – Oreglo

• “Uno Punto Uno” – Women In Jazz & Rosa Brunello

• “SPOTTIEOTTIEDOPALISCIOUS” – Kassa Overall

• “2close2farr” – Momoko Gill

• “All That We Were” – Georgie Sweet

 

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.