Panda Bear joins host Stephen Kallao

Noah Lennox, who performs as Panda Bear, channels everything from the Beach Boys and dancehall to bubble gum pop and country on his new album, Sinister Grift. It’s a record that works better than imagined thanks to Lennox’s improved confidence. On the next World Cafe, the Animal Collective band member joins us to talk about working with his longtime friend, Deakin

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Sharon Van Etten “Comeback Kid” Remind Me Tomorrow
Del Amitri “Roll To Me” Twisted
Panda Bear “Ends Meet” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Panda Bear “Anywhere But Here” Sinister Grift
The Louvin Brothers “Satan Is Real” Satan Is Real
Panda Bear “Anywhere But Here” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Panda Bear “Praise” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Animal Collective “Lying In The Grass” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Kathleen Edwards “Hard On Everyone” Total Freedom
Vampire Weekend “Classical” Only God Was Above Us
Haim “Relationships” I quit
Jonathan Wilson “Future Vision” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard “Deadstick” Phantom Island
The Beatles “Here Comes The Sun” Abbey Road

Hour Two
Raphael Saadiq “Something Keeps Calling” Jimmy Lee
Caamp “Let Things Go” Somewhere
Death Cab For Cutie “Summer Skin” Plans
Waxahatchee “Bored” Tigers Blood
Courtney Barnett “Pedestrian At Best” Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit
Courtney Barnett “Lance Jr.” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
John Wesley Harding “Kiss Me Miss Liberty” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
MJ Lenderman “She’s Leaving You” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Chaparelle “Inside The Lines” Western Pleasure
John Prine “Fish And Whistle” Bruised Orange
The Avett Brothers “High Steppin'” Closer Than Together
Emily King “Can’t Hold Me” Recorded Live for the World Cafe
Gigi Perez “Chemistry” At the Beach, In Every Life
Jeff Buckley “Last Goodbye” Grace
Thee Sacred Souls “Easier Said Than Done” Thee Sacred Souls
Michael Kiwanuka “Floating Parade” Small Changes
The Lumineers “Same Old Song” Automatic