Excited about some new music in Big Sonic Heaven this week. We played two tracks from the much-anticipated album “Birding” from dreampop three-piece Deary, which was released this week. We also heard the new single from She’s Green, “Paper Thin,” from their upcoming EP, “Swallowtail,” which is due in July.

Plus, the latest from The Julies, Dead Can Dance, Searows, and Miki Berenyi Trio, along with your favorite shoegaze, dream pop, and post-punk.

• “Elysium, Honor Him, Now We Are Free” – Hans Zimmer & Lisa Gerrard
• “Doot Doot” – The Fauns
• “In Violet” – Searows
• “Baby’s Breath” – deary
• “Love’s Easy Tears” – Cocteau Twins
• “I Think I Knew” – The Church
• “A Night Like This” – The Cure
• “Low December Sun” – Air Formation
• “Paper Thin” – She’s Green
• “Sweetness And Light” – Lush
• “I’m So Tired” – Deserta
• “Out Of Sight” – Hooverphonic
• “Nobody Loves You More” – Kim Deal
• “Neon Afterlife” – The Julies
• “All Mine” – Portishead
• “Island Of One” – Miki Berenyi Trio
• “Run” – New Order
• “Orange of the Westering Sun” – The Innocence Mission
• “Primal” – Slowdive
• “Smile” – deary
• “Everywhere” – Cranes
• “New You” – My Bloody Valentine
• “Fine Friend” – Pale Saints
• “Stranglehold” – The Churchhill Garden
• “Hazlewood” – Toothpaste
• “Halo” – Depeche Mode
• “Thin Circle” – Bug Teeth
• “Success Has Made A Failure of Our Home” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Vanity (feat. Rachel Goswell)” – Drab Majesty
• “Coldsweat” – Sugarcubes
• “Our Day Will Come” – Dead Can Dance
• “The Worst Taste In Music” – The Radio Dept.

Tonight in Big Sonic Heaven, we featured a new “60s-breezy” track from Miki Berenyi Trio, a new-ish song from Future Islands, who are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a rarities compilation album, and a dreamy collaboration between Hammock and The Flaming Lips, along with several other new releases.

In keeping with the recent trend of music benefiting charitable causes, we played My Bloody Valentine​ in recognition of Robert Smith’s series of curated shows at Royal Albert Hall for the Teenage Cancer Trust. These performances, which took place from March 23-29, featured My Bloody Valentine, Elbow, Mogwai, The Joy Formidable, Placebo, and Garbage. You can find clips of these performances online. The Teenage Cancer Trust provides specialized care and support for young people within the NHS.

Finally, ​we shared some details about the limited-edition Rough Trade release of Cocteau Twins’ “Head Over Heels“​ album on pearl vinyl. It includes an insert with interesting commentary from Robin Guthrie about the making of the album. It is a great read if you have the chance to check it out.

Of course, also your favorite classic shoegaze, dreampop, and postpunk.

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

• “Closedown” – The Cure
• “Birdseye” – Babehoven
• “Burrow” – AtticOmatic
• “Brighter” – Slowdive
• “Chemicals Make You Small (feat. The Flaming Lips)” – Hammock
• “Every Little Counts” – New Order
• “Poor Sweet Mary Millington” – The False Dawns
• “Musette and Drums” – Cocteau Twins
• “Sail” – Future Islands
• “Paris And Rome” – Cranes
• “Pagan Poetry” – Björk
• “Lights Out” – Roller Derby
• “Alfie” – deary
• “Pearl” – Chapterhouse
• “Our Day Will Come” – Dead Can Dance
• “Black Celebration” – Depeche Mode
• “Just Drive” – Postiljonen
• “Renaissance Affair” – Hooverphonic
• “Myth” – Beach House
• “Free, Free” – Ladytron
• “Fallin’ In Love” – Lush
• “No More Kissing In The Rain” – Trentemøller
• “We Have All the Time In the World” – My Bloody Valentine
• “Clusters” – Emma Anderson
• “Michael” – Beachy Head
• “Here And Now” – Ride
• “Island Of One” – Miki Berenyi Trio
• “Broken (Bedroom Version)” – The Haunted Youth
• “Black Boys On Mopeds” – Sinéad O’Connor
• “Fences” – Yndling
• “The Night Is Quiet” – Nonsense Rats
• “Dark Western” – Au Revoir Borealis
• “Sonnet” – The Verve

For today’s St. Patrick’s Day edition of In The Groove, we’re digging into a mix of indie and electronic sounds with tracks from Death Cab for Cutie, Pinback, Mogwai, The Sundays, and Wu-Lu, with more spread across the playlist. 

In the spirit of the holiday, we spotlight Irish artists throughout, including Thin Lizzy, U2, Fontaines D.C., The Cranberries, Whipping Boy, and my bloody valentine keeping that thread of luck running through the show. 

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 March 17, 2026 

• “Collarbone” – Fujiya & Miyagi 

• “Riptides” – Death Cab for Cutie 

• “A Movie Script Ending” – Death Cab for Cutie 

• “Fortress” – Pinback 

• “God Gets You Back” – Mogwai 

• “Eye Contact” – Tussle 

• “Work House (Titeknots Remix)” – Nubiyan Twist 

• “Zannik” – Khaled Al Reigh 

• “Illegal Hit” – Yttling Jazz 

• “Ikuchi” – Jimi Tenor & Cold Diamond & Mink 

• “Squares” – The Beta Band 

• “In the Middle of the Night” – Ronald Langestraat 

• “Gooie” – Wu-Lu 

• “Blue Morpho” – Ed O’Brien 

• “Nothin’ in the World Can Stop Me Worryin’ ‘Bout That Girl” – The Kinks 

• “If You Change” – Widowspeak 

• “Here’s Where The Story Ends” – The Sundays 

• “Linger (Iain Cook Remix)” – The Cranberries 

• “For the Time Being” – Erlend Øye & La Comitiva 

• “In the Waiting Line” – Zero 7 & Sophie Barker 

• “Roscoe (Beyond the Wizard’s Sleeve Remix)” – Midlake 

• “O Mistress Mine” – Michael Thurber, Moses Sumney & Twelfth Night Cast 

• “Somebody New” – Lucy Michelle 

• “Where Did You Sleep Last Night” – Wanda Davis 

• “Pull Your Clothes Off” – Junior Kimbrough & The Soul Blues Boys 

• “Ride Me High” – J.J. Cale 

• “Whiskey in the Jar” – Thin Lizzy 

• “It’s Amazing To Be Young” – Fontaines D.C. 

• “I Will Follow” – U2 

• “Twinkle” – Whipping Boy 

• “only tomorrow” – my bloody valentine 

• “Cowboy Song” – Thin Lizzy 

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.