This Throwback Thursday edition is built for movement, taking you on a ride through post-punk, house, disco, and techno made to keep you dancing from day into night. Along the way, we spotlight selections from electronic duo Disclosure as they prepare to light up Detroit’s Masonic Temple, alongside tracks from Joy Division, Daft Punk, Tyler, The Creator, finishing off strong with Kraftwerk, Kano, and DJ 3000.

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 May 7, 2026 

• “HIGHER!” – Dijon 

• “Lowdown” – Ronald Langestraat 

• “Days in the Summer” – Kosta G 

• “Son of a Gun” – The La’s 

• “Love Will Tear Us Apart” – Joy Division 

• “I Love You” – Spacemen 3 

• “Corridor of Dreams” – The Cleaners From Venus 

• “Under the Pressure” – The War on Drugs 

• “Orin (Ricardo Villalobos Variation)” – Ricardo Villalobos & goat (JP) 

• “Star Blanket River Child” – Brightblack Morning Light 

• “Mosty (feat. Latarnik & Tenderlonious)” – Jaubi 

• “By Your Side (Cottonbelly’s Fola Mix (Edit))” – Sade & Red Hot Org 

• “Part 4 (Live at Alexandra Palace, London 8th and 9th May 2019)” – 4TLR 

• “Automaton” – Ash Walker, Oscar Jerome & Joe Armon-Jones 

• “When A Fire Starts To Burn” – Disclosure 

• “White Noise (feat. AlunaGeorge)” – Disclosure 

• “Noid” – Tyler, The Creator 

• “20th Century Boy” – T. Rex 

• “Stompin & Motorik’n” – Penza Penza 

• “Something About Us” – Daft Punk 

• “I’m Ready (Extended Version)” – Kano 

• “Computer Love (1991 Remix)” – Kraftwerk 

• “Shari Vari (Original Mix)” – A Number Of Names 

• “Sad Piano House” – Daphni 

• “Stand On the Word (Larry Levan Mix)” – Joubert Singers 

• “So Sheik (Los Hermanos Remix)” – DJ 3000 

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.