In The Groove: Perfume Genius covers a classic, plus new music from Spill Tab, Deep Sea Diver

Two covers I love — Perfume Genius doing a classic; Frank Ocean getting covered in a creative indie rock way. Plus new music from Escape-Ism, Sharon Van Etten, Jose Junior, Deep Sea Diver 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 October 17, 2025

• “My Last Chance (SalaAM ReMi LP Mix)” – Marvin Gaye
• “Hold Me” – Sault
• “Thinkin Bout You” – Flo Morrissey, Matthew E. White
• “The Garden” – Papooz
• “Facil” – Empress Of
• “Locked” – Four Tet
• “Can’t Help Falling In Love” – Perfume Genius
• “Sleeping Lessons” – The Shins
• “I Want More” – Can
• “Strange Powers” – The Magnetic Fields
• “If You Feel Like Rockin’” – Escape-Ism
• “Daylight Song” – Wu-Lu
• “Like I Say (I Runaway)” – Nilufer Yanya
• “Florida’s On Fire” – Superchunk
• “The Drifter” – Romare
• “Star Blanket River Child” – Brightblack Morning Light
• “Bar Fly” – Ray LaMontagne
• “Heavy” – The Marias
• “Poison” – Sharon Van Etten
• “Ambrosia (feat. Channel Tres)” – Erick The Architect
• “Hypnotised (feat. Mel Uye-Parker)” – Matthew Herbert
• “Ansumana” – Susso
• “Habla Con Ella” – Sofia Kourtesis
• “Dive” – Caribou
• “Skin Is My” – Andrew Bird
• “Small Stakes” – Spoon
• “Moonshake” – Can
• “Heaven’s Gonna Burn Your Eyes” – Thievery Corporation
• “CTFO” – Jose Junior
• “What Do I Know” – Deep Sea Diver
• “A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)” – The Cure
• “Assis” – Spill Tab
• “Carry Me Away” – El Michels Affair & Norah Jones
• “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” – El Michels Affair
• “CREAM” – El Michels Affair
• “Once Around The Block” – Badly Drawn Boy
• “Moving Forward (Cosmodelica Remix)” – Bryony Jarman-Pinto

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