Tonight, we heard some stellar new tracks, including Fever Ray’s “The Lake (Cinematic)” from the upcoming movie, “The Bride!” It’s pretty darn cool! Plus, She’s Green is back with a new release, a great new track from Apparat, and Deary hits another home run with their song, “Alfie.” 

We also discussed a few important opportunities to vote for your favorite bands and radio hosts. Jeff Buckley and New Order/Joy Division are nominated to be inductees to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cast your vote here.

Also, Detroit’s Dreampop duo Bluhm is nominated for Detroit’s best local act. Cast your vote for them and WDET’s own Ryan Patrick Hooper for radio host, and Jerome Vaughn and Pat Batcheller for radio news or sports reporter.

Listen to the full episode above, on-demand for two weeks at wdet.org.

• “The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove” – Dead Can Dance
• “Clusters” – Emma Anderson
• “Blush” – The Secret French Postcards
• “Icing Sugar” – The Cure
• “Alfie” – Deary
• “Inhaler” – Hooverphonic
• “Double Dream” – Bluhm
• “Rubber Ring” – The Smiths
• “Only Hinting” – Clinic Stars
• “Blew It” – Liquorice
• “Mettle” – She’s Green
• “Morning Theft” – Jeff Buckley
• “skin in the game” – Slowdive
• “Hum Of Maybe” – Apparat
• “Everywhere” – Cranes
• “The Lake (Cinematic)” – Fever Ray
• “Atmosphere” – Joy Division
• “Gold” – Sigur Ros
• “Cry In The Wind” – Clan Of Xymox
• “Coast is Clear” – Curve
• “Cave” – Future Islands
• “Obviously” – A Shoreline Dream
• “Octopus” – Starrgazy
• “Crushed” – Cocteau Twins
• “Sapphire Door” – Soft Blue Shimmer
• “Burrow” – AtticOmatic
• “Paradise” – New Order
• “Poison Berry” – Night Swimming
• “Wop-a-Din-Din” – Red House Painters
• “Fly to the Ceiling (feat. Rosa Rocca)” – Theis Thaws, Tricky
• “Harold and Cindy Hospital” – Severed Heads
• “Blackhole” – Basement Revolver
• “Leave Them All Behind” – Ride
• “Burst” – Snowcuffs

According to the National Crime Information Center more than 271,000 girls and women were reported missing in 2022 alone. 36% of them were Black.

These are not just numbers. They are daughters, sisters, classmates, and friends. And too often, their stories are underreported, or not reported at all.

Black girls and women are disproportionately impacted by violence, trafficking, and systemic neglect. And that neglect has consequences. It has led to higher rates of disappearance than their white counterparts and far less urgency when they go missing.

The loss of a Black girl doesn’t just affect a family. It ripples through entire communities, through classrooms, neighborhoods, and peer groups, leaving behind fear, grief, and anger that rarely make headlines.

“Unseen” is a new production by Teen Hype that confronts this silence head-on. It invites audiences into a necessary conversation about what young people—especially Black girls—are facing today, and what it means to be unseen in moments when visibility can save lives.

Teen HYPE is a Detroit-based organization dedicated to empowering young people through education, advocacy, and holistic creative expression.

“Unseen” is directed by Teen Hype alum Mallory Childs, who is currently a sophomore at Spelman College in Atlanta. She and Teen HYPE co-founder Ambra Redrick join the show to talk about the project.  

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Michigan has been the setting for thousands of films. At one point, the state encouraged movie makers through incentives to produce their films here.

Those programs were cancelled a decade ago. Since then, productions have largely gone elsewhere to shoot.

As for the films set in Detroit, which ones really capture the city, its essence and the people who live here?

Steven Shaviro is a former film critic and professor at Wayne State University. He joins The Metro to discuss and critique movies that were made in or about metro Detroit.

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