Fontaines D.C. joins host Stephen Kallao for a mini concert

In a departure from their previous sound, Fontaines D.C.’s fourth album, Romance, sees the Irish post-punk band incorporating unlikely influences, such as new wave music and anime, all the while maintaining the band’s edgy, rebellious identity. On the World Cafe, Fontaines D.C. performs a mini concert of songs from all four of their albums, recorded live in Philadelphia.

Listen to the session here.

Today’s Playlist
Tracy Chapman “Fast Car” Tracy Chapman
Fontaines D.C. “Nabokov” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Fontaines D.C. “Boys In The Better Land” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Fontaines D.C. “Televised Mind” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Fontaines D.C. “Starburster” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Fontaines D.C. “A Hero’s Death” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Crosby, Stills and Nash “Guinnevere” Crosby, Stills and Nash
Tash Sultana “Jungle” Notion EP
Tori Amos “Cornflake Girl” Under the Pink
Father John Misty “She Cleans Up” Mahashmashana
Damon Albarn “Mr. Tembo” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Michigander “Giving Up” Michigander
Spoon “Don’t You Evah” Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
The Beatles “Dear Prudence” The Beatles
Tunde Adebimpe “Magnetic” Thee Black Boltz

Hour Two
Sinead O’Connor “Nothing Compares 2 U” I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got
U2 “I Will Follow” Boy
Thin Lizzy “Dancing In The Moonlight” Bad Reputation
The Cranberries “Zombie” No Need To Argue
The Boomtown Rats “Rat Trap” A Tonic for the Troops
Elvis Costello & The Roots “Wake Me Up” Recorded Live for World Cafe
The Pogues “Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah” Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
The Frames “Falling Slowly” The Cost
Enya “Orinoco Flow” Watermark
Hothouse Flowers “Don’t Go” People
Angelique Kidjo “Samba Pa Ti” Recorded Live for World Cafe
Luka Bloom “I Need Love” The Acoustic Motorbike
The Waterboys “Fisherman’s Blues” Fisherman’s Blues
Hozier “Take Me To Church” Hozier
Van Morrison & The Chieftains “I’ll Tell Me Ma” Irish Heartbeat