New music from Rostam, Jill Scott, Death Cab For Cutie | In The Groove

Today’s In the Groove featured a generous helping of 2026 releases including James Blake’s “Days Go By” from Trying Times, Rostam’s “Like a Spark” (who will be in town with Hamilton Leithauser on Nov. 14 at St. Andrew’s Hall), plus Death Cab for Cutie’s “Riptides” (they’ll be in town on April 1 at the Masonic) and Jill Scott’s “Pressha” paired with her classic “A Long Walk,” which is the song that made me fall in love with neo-soul.

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In The Groove with Ryan Patrick Hooper playlist for October 28, 2026

• “Days Go By” — James Blake
• “Opening Night” — Arctic Monkeys & War Child Records
• “Like a Spark” — Rostam
• “Riptides” — Death Cab for Cutie
• “Douwannabwithastar” — GENA
• “Pressha” — Jill Scott
• “A Long Walk” — Jill Scott
• “Intimate Friends” — Eddie Kendricks
• “Where I’m From (Tom Misch Remix)” — Kiko Bun
• “African Skies” — Lars Bartkuhn
• “Rose Rouge” — St Germain
• “Japan Greatly (feat. Reek0 and S.I)” — IZCO
• “Anyway, I’m Drowning” — Momoko Gill
• “The Moon Cave (feat. Asha Puthli, Bobby Womack, David Jolicoeur, Jalen Ngonda & Black Thought)” — Gorillaz
• “Pawa! (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” — Asha Puthli & Say She She
• “Devotion (Boys’ Shorts Remix)” — Hot Chip
• “First Class (Soul in the Horn Remix)” — Khruangbin & Natasha Diggs
• “In the Waiting Line” — Zero 7 & Sophie Barker
• “Patterns” — Laura Marling
• “Heaven” — Arlo Parks
• “Inept Apollo (Tom Sharkett Remix)” — Nation of Language & Tom Sharkett
• “Bread (butter version)” — SOFI TUKKER & Seu Jorge
• “O Telefone Tocou Novamente” — Los Sebosos Postizos
• “All of Your Life” — Shirley Nanette
• “Coffin Maker” — Chrissy Zebby Tembo & Ngozi Family
• “Ouroboros” — Goat
• “Dub Je Je” — Antibalas
• “ASR (feat. Jeff Parker)” — Meshell Ndegeocello
• “Little Things” — Lake Trout
• “The City” — The Dismemberment Plan
• “mangetout” — Wet Leg
• “Run To Your Mama” — Goat

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