World Cafe Playlist for 05/21/2025

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