With its blend of jangling guitars, sanguine vocals, and slick electronic production, Irish three-piece Two Door Cinema Club has earned a reputation as one of indie-rock’s most ebullient outfits — and as an exceptionally dynamic live act, which explains the band’s festival-heavy summer slate. As Two Door squeezes in a sold-out stop at the Sinclair in Cambridge this Saturday with Governor’s Ball, Bonnaroo, and Firefly sets on the horizon, we talked with bassist Kevin Baird about a topic that’s always on his mind: namely, the diverse crop of artists currently crowding his headphones.

1. Kamasi Washington “He’s this amazing saxophonist from LA, one of the musicians on the most recent Kendrick [Lamar] album. He has this great record called “The Epic,’’ and I’m not a big jazz fan . . . but this is a great record for people who are not so exposed to classic jazz. It’s a nice, dip-your-toe-in-the-water kind of record. It’s [expletive] brilliant, really.’’

2. Lindstrøm “He’s this Norwegian dance producer. I love this new single called “Closing Shot,’’ and it’s actually similar to Kamasi Washington, in that it’s linear in a very nice way — it’s just this one long path to the end of the song. I’ve got to say, one of the most amazing and infuriating things about writing your own songs is when you listen to other people and constantly want to be impressed, to be like, “[expletive], I never could have done that.’’ I love music that makes me go, “I have no idea how you got to where you’re at, but that’s amazing.’’’’

3. Kenton Slash Demon “I love the beat, and the drums, and everything he’s doing. There’s this one song of his called “Skydancer II’’ that I can’t stop listening to. . . . It’s not formulaic in a dance sense, and it has a beat that wouldn’t necessarily be so commonly employed within the style of music that’s going on around it. It moves and flows along as the song progresses.’’

4. Anohni “She used to be in Antony and the Johnsons. . . . [Her album] has these incredibly politicized lyrics, and it feels really unique in how she approaches it. She puts herself in the story, not like from an outsider-looking-in perspective. It’s a more practical way of telling it where she places herself in the dialogue. . . . It doesn’t come across as avant-garde or anything, but it is quite honest, which is refreshing.’’

5. Max Richter “When I’m on tour, sometimes it’s quite hard to sleep on the tour bus unless you’ve had too many drinks, and that became an unhealthy crutch in the past, so I needed to find a way to get to sleep without needing booze. A friend suggested Max Richter, who’s written this album for sleep that’s hours long. It’s cinematic, almost like a soundtrack to your falling asleep. So I guess I’ve been subconsciously listening to that quite a lot. [Laughs]’’

ISAAC FELDBERG