In The Groove: The Cure, L7, Mitski + more 1%

By Lilly Lynn Nguyen3%

7/20/2026, 8:47:16 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 2 faulty reasoning types, including Optimism Bias, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 12.3% saturation with 42 hits. Analysis detected 61 faulty-reasoning hits from 341 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 6.4% and a BS Rank of 1% (21,700 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 99.10% of the article peer group.

New music from Mitski , she’s green , mary in the junkyard , Tomoki Sanders , and Ian Fink leads today’s playlist. 
We also play The Cure , Bully , Best Coast , The B-52’s , alongside selections from Thee Sacred Souls , Aretha Franklin , Paul Simon , Doves , and The Kinks . 
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 July 20, 2026 
“Where’s My Phone?”  Mitski 
“Pretend We’re Dead”  L7 
“Boys Don’t Cry (New Voice Club Mix 1986) [Remastered]”  The Cure 
“Give Me Back My Man”  The B-52’s 
“mettle”  she’s green 
“Boyfriend”  Best Coast 
“New Muscles”  mary in the junkyard 
“A Fragile Thing (Mark Saunders Heartbroken Remix)”  The Cure 
“Pick Up (12″ Extended Disco Version)”  DJ Koze 
“If I Let You”  The Womack Sisters 
“Waiting on the Right Time”  Thee Sacred Souls 
“free fall”  berlioz 
“Love Is Stronger Than Pride”  Ian Fink 
“The Third Eye”  Tomoki Sanders 
“Mule”  Kenny Burrell 
“Crazy He Calls Me”  Aretha Franklin 
“Like Swimwear (part one) [feat. 
Anna Butterss, Jay Bellerose & Josh Johnson]  Jeff Parker & ETA IVtet 
“This Is How We Walk on the Moon (feat. 
Tirzah)”  Speakers Corner Quartet 
“Shadows From Nowhere”  Blue Gas 
“In the Middle of the Night”  Ronald Langestraat 
“On the Level”  Mac DeMarco 
“Here It Comes”  Doves 
“Can’t Run But”  Paul Simon 
“Need to Run (K  Lone Remix)”  Matthew Herbert & Momoko Gill 
“Roscoe (Beyond The Wizards Sleeve Re-Animation)”  Midlake 
“Demon in Profile”  The Afghan Whigs 
“God Gets You Back”  Mogwai 
“Fingertips”  The Brian Jonestown Massacre 
“The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness”  The Feelies 
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. 
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Attempt to Sell a Product or Service
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341 words analyzed.

Analysis

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