On tonight’s “Static” program (Thursday 20th August) …

We’ll speak to Dublin’s post-punk firebrands Fontaines D.C. about their smash second album, the heated “A Hero’s Death” …

Plus we’ll be spinning brand new music from the likes of Whitney, Phoenix, Marie Davidson, Jónsi (from Sigur Rós) and more …

 
Interview via Soundcloud:

 
Playlist:
DOPE BODY “Curve” (Drag City)
WHITNEY “A.M. AM” (Secretly Canadian)
OSEES “If I Had My Way” (Castle Face)
MARIE DAVIDSON and L’ŒIL NU “Renegade Breakdown” (Ninja Tune)
PHOENIX “Identical” (Loyauté/Glassnote)
VINTAGE CROP “Life & Times” (Anti Fade)
FONTAINES D.C. “I Was Not Born” (Partisan/Liberator)
MADELINE KENNEY “Tell You Everything” (Carpark)
BANANAGUN “Out Of Reach” [MASTON Remix] (Anti Fade)
JUNIOR FICTION “You Move Me” (Roolette)
FATHER JOHN MISTY “To R.” (Sub Pop)
BLACK MARBLE “Emma’s House” (Sacred Bones)
LAZARUS KANE “Night Walking With A Pimp” [MINSKY ROCK Remix] (Laz Vegas)
SMOKESCREENS “Fork In The Road” (Slumberland)
STEP-PANTHER “Bike Lock” (Farmer & The Owl)
GORDON KOANG “Te Ke Mi Thile Ji Kuoth Nhial” (Music In Exile)
NARETHA WILLIAMS “Carnivalhalla” (Heavy Machinery)
BOB MOSES “The Blame” (Domino)
SUFJAN STEVENS “Video Game” (Asthmatic Kitty)
PEACHES “Solid Gold, Easy Action” (BMG)
WHITNEY “Rainbows and Ridges” (Secretly Canadian)
JÓNSI with ELIZABETH FRASER “Cannibal” (Krunk)