The A.M.

This week's AM starts with some uncharacteristically ambient Alanis Morissette, through ambient synths, Nordic instrumentals, and fuzz-club psychedelia, to nautical folk and Brian Eno's favourite Canadian album (per The Quietus). All to ease you into a holiday Monday here on your favourite campus and community radio station.Playlist: Alanis Morissette - Restore—Calling Generation XRose Keeler-Schaffeler - Two HeartsEmily A. Sprague - Sing To (Khotin Remix)CG Tears - I'm Falling UpPortland Vows - RemainsSt. Silva - Sun FliesGilroy Mere - On the RoadTest Card - Five and Eight is the ReportJason Dungan, Johan Carøe - Mornings with RitaPolypores - FascinateStelar Door - Reality Between UsBernard Grancher - I Should Feel ConfinedThe Durutti Column, featuring Caoilfhionn Rose - AgonistesEcho Upstairs - Cavalgo MarinhoFälaren - Leilani pt. 2The Hylozoists - Street of CrocodilesThe Hylozoists - The People is Never CorruptUlrika Spacek - Picto - wing! remixArms and Sleepers - Mon MarAncient Infinity Orchestra - Nafassachi's mirror - Out loudConcealer - Your Master's WishesBlack Market Karma - The Death Throes of Nuance - Live At Fuzz ClubGnoomes - LoseyMahogany Frog - Baroque.Hermitess - Three BellsThe Thorn - Wasted and TiredTrees - Snail's LamentOwen Pallett - Midnight DirectivesSandro Perri - Impossible Spaces

Ringing out July with... well, not the most coherent AM episode you'll ever hear, but some of us are still recovering from a weekend under 30 degree skies at the Calgary Folk Music Festival. Hopefully still an enjoyable mix of psychedelic sounds, pastoral electronics, '80s depression ballads, and other sounds suited to sun-soaked Monday mornings. Miss you, Mike.Playlist: Andy Bell, Masal - The Morning of the TripIvan the Tolerable - Highest PavementJason Dungan, Johan Carøe - Routine IStrawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers - Extended MixMaya Ongaku - You are SilenceBrian Baggett - AdriftThe World Next Door - Only the Pink DinosaurTest Card - Telnet to TelexdgoHn - Bus To FairlopResavoir, Matt Gold - LuaMarco Benevento, featuring Dave Guy - SorginiIslands on Tape - Dust ConspiracyThe Avalanches, featuring Karen O - Blue ShadowsHair Control - Seeing in the DarkVictorella - La femme invisibleTokedashita Garasubako - Annmari FukasugiteTokedashita Garasubako - Kimi ha Dare nandaRick White, Julie Doiron - In the WayKronstad 23 - StratosfærenN NAO, featuring Helena Deland - FleuronThe Consonant C - DoomMeggo - the crashJobriath - I'm a Manboyhood - LonerCASTLEBEAT - This Takes TimeFuses - AnilineJeffrey Silverstein - Portland WorksAyal Senior - Egg Yolk SlimeJeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders - From Loch Raven to Fells PointCindy Lee - Prayer of BaphometJared Mattson & Ruban Nielson - River RaftingEdena Gardens - Earth Blemish

This week's AM starts off in a summery mood, gets a bit downbeat as we lead into a throwback to DJ Shadow's 1996 classic Endtroducing... (anyone have a lead on semi-reasonable tickets for the Calgary show?), and perks up a bit again for a Folk Fest spotlight in hour three. Enjoy the generally warm vibes and well-more-than-warm weather, and maybe I'll see you on Prince's Island?Playlist: Deniz Cuylan, featuring Felbm - No Such ThingJOYFULTALK - Blissed For a MinuteCochemea - Chito's SongPrairiewolf - Burning EdgesArid Landscapes - Suzuki's CallZeta II Reticulli - Teacozy 3TENGGER - AtmosphereHaruomi Hosono - Note of MothershipGilroy Mere - On the RoadBuildings and Food - Imprints of the CircleJon McKiel - RosemaryBabe Rainbow - MangoesHelado Tropical - Déjate CaerAdrian Younge - Shake DownSean Wolcott - Heaven Has No SwordsBadge Époque Ensemble - Thinking of GodDJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 4DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect WorldUltre - Museum of AirBristol Manor - Stash BoxCharles Danet & Stoic Faces - Little Piece of MusicTwink, Moths and Locusts - Love AshoreOra Cogan - Ways of LosingLT Leif - quail's egg (dadge mix)Mitsune - Roku-GoFoxwarren - Say ItBruno Berle - Sem FronteirasAllah-Las - Pt. ConceptionThe Heavenly Bodes - ActingHoly Wave - I'm DADAStar Horse - Never Neversundayclub - Sad SummerBibi Club - The Pine on the Corner

Back into the regular swing of The AM, with new music from Dungen, Vanishing Twin, OHMA, Akusmi, and many more. The show starts with a lovely chant from Jim Pepper's Everything is Everything, because frankly it's been a rough few days and a bit of affirmation is always appreciated. Lean on it if you need it, too, and hope you enjoy the rest of the show.Playlist: Everything Is Everything - Witchi Tai ToOHMA - Rooted in Her PresencePierre-Yves Martel, featuring Joel Plaskett - Golden GarbageThe Durutti Column - ScammerGhost Cartridge - watching tv alone in the darkAkusmi - Pleine LuneAsh Brooks - ShastaTomo Katsurada, Jonny Nash - Anone NoneTommy Perman, Hanna Tuulikki - Move Your Body (Greater Horseshoe Bat)⣎⡇ꉺლ༽இ•̛)ྀ◞ ༎ຶ ༽ৣৢ؞ৢ؞ؖ ꉺლ - (̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂v̴̢͚͚͎ȯ̶̞̮͖̑̈́OOOOOOooo☼⃝☼⃝◉࿃ूੂ࿃ूੂੂ ʅ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡()ʃ͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡͡ ꐑ(ఠీੂȯ̶̞̮͖̑̈́̿)̸̳̥̰̜̥̺̐ͅ࿃ूੂ✧⃛✧⃛)̴͎̜͍̱̋̌͋̓̾̚͜ ̷̨̢̥̅͝ͅ(̸̢̛̼̞̭͋ͅ)̸͚̰͛̔̾̀̿͒͂:̴͓̞̑̌̂̆̊͋̀:̸͎̟̯̂̓̌:̶̢͙͙͕̠̩͆(̷̮͍͚̫͚͂Play Time - WanderersSecos & Molhados - O Patrão Nosso De Cada DiaJoyce Moreno, Tutty Moreno, Adrian Younge - FingersAvi Engel - Garden of Earthly DelightsDark Orchard - It's Been a PleasureDif Juz - Echo WreckDif Juz - Love InsanePearl & The Oysters - Mandarin MoonMandrake Handshake - En VolYabra - MoonriseVanishing Twin - Bring Me the AxeDungen - En Gång I TimmenCarl Didur - Coda to the MomentOrbital Ensemble - TrilhaPanman Pat - Ju-JuBruce Peninsula - Cliffs & CovesHammock - We Close Our Eyes so We Can SeeThe Analog Girl - nebulaKaster - ColtBrown Spirits - That River Ain't for SwimmingSome Become Hollow Tubes - Killing a Dead Eagle

Running through some favourites from the first half of 2026. Follow @theam.ca on Bluesky for links to the full playlist of 100+ songs, which will likely grow a bit in the weeks to come as I realize more that I missed. Hope you enjoyed this brief respite from Stampede season. We'll be back to the usual mix of new releases, classic throwbacks, and offbeat easy listening next Monday.Playlist: John Haughey, Tarotplane - Impossible VistasJared Mattson & Ruban Nielson - American EagleCédric Dind-Lavoie - Ce qu'il y a autourRosenau & Sanborn - HarmBuildings and Food - 4 a mBUNKR - 96 RefractionHanakiv - SunbeamsRadwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland - A Dream That Never ArrivedBristol Manor - Turn Things AroundWalrus Ghost - PaprikaNavet Confit - 6 8worriedaboutsatan - A White HorseBoards of Canada - You Retreat in Time and SpaceStelar Door - Wood DripDrum & Lace - Terra (Right Here Do This)Flore Laurentienne - RégateFabiano do Nascimento, E Ruscha V - RainOra Cogan - The SmokeFull Moon Bummer, Chad VanGaalen - Morning Poem (for Sara)The Notwist - TeethYamila - DiamondsThe Sleeves - Empty ThoughtsBibi Club - Les vaguesTomo Katsurada, Misha Panfilov - Fantastic WorldSean Wolcott - Séance of the Golden DawnAdrian Younge - PortschutePopulation II - MagouilleuxNatural Magic - Galaxy BuilderTara Clerkin Trio - Lazy DaisyThe Besnard Lakes - Chemin de la Baie (Ghost Mix)

Wrapping up June with an eclectic AM, throwing back to electro-poppers Seeland, checking on new releases from Fiver, PJ Harvey, and Maya Ongaku, and generally aiming for the right balance between waking up and calming down. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Richard Norris - River's SongM. Geddes Gengras - The List is Millions LongPJ Harvey - VoyagerAmbre Ciel - dream / mirageJacana People - KoshiDavid A. Jaycock - Circling the ChurchRizomagic - Las EsferasCG Tears - Blue Wall of EctoplasmMaya Ongaku - Astral EchoesCastle If - Les MinesWax Mannequin - IntroductionPotions - a line there, in the centreJared Mattson & Ruban Nielson - High TMercedes Benz - When You Come HomeLammping - DFVLau Ro - FeelParisa Ramezan - ShamsSeeland - LibrarySeeland - Hang On LuciferLaptop - End Credits - Director's CutHair Control - TV in the AfterlifeTorngat - InterludeMicha Acher - Radio FourFuses - Bakom MolnenFiver - Tomka TonJohnny Rivers - Summer RainOri Kaplan & Lihu Melamed, featuring Itamar Ziegler - AmberBroken Social Scene - Not Around AnymoreKutiman & Dekel - SunshineOrange Crate Art - Mallet PrecognitionImmersion - MegafaunaYoo Doo Right, Population II, Nolan Potter - Z. (The Alley Watcher)

Don't let the cloud cover fool you, it is in fact the day after the Summer Solstice, and there is scattered sunshine throughout this week's AM. This week's throwbacks is to one of the all-time great debuts — Belle and Sebastian's Tigermilk — along with atmospheric electronics, Thai psychedelia, a spin-off from Project Gemini, and other sounds to start your week off right. Enjoy!Playlist: Pierre-Yves Martel, featuring Six Organs of Admittance - For the SunPrairiewolf - Burning EdgesRose Keeler-Schaffeler - Boy Faced BoyHusha Husha - Wurlitzer, Flugelhorn, SynthesizerJack Wyllie - Eternal SpringGhost Cartridge, Mantrakid - Family DinnerMayerling - HerminiaDohnavùr - UnwaveringObli - Sun Sun SunDanalogue - You Are On the Right TrackStelar Door - Giants WithinPye Corner Audio - Rays of SunshineBill Orcutt, Mabe Fratti - Steps of the SunFiver - Too Far, Too FairFull Moon Bummer - Don't Wake MeBelle and Sebastian - ExpectationsBelle and Sebastian - I Could Be DreamingMaisy Owen - Dark on a Sunny DayZoon - Beautiful IIBodywash - SunspotsBeautify Junkyards - Golden Apples of the SunKhun Narin's Electric Phin Band - Phuthai JPOrbital Ensemble - ResiliênciaOrganic Pulse Ensemble - Redemption ArcThe Empress - Switch BladeRichard Bundy, Anna Phoebe - Secrets and SpacesPatche - HoweHorse Lords - First Galactic UtopiaSaul Williams, featuring Moor Mother, Gonjasufi - ConspiracyWill Graefe, Spencer Zahn - I Envy LightKamikaze Nurse - Sun SongBIG|BRAVE - in grief or in hope

The AM's annual Sled Island special, with 10 of today's artists also appearing at Sled later this week. Hopefully it hangs together outside of that, too, despite some grogginess on your humble host's part. We all have to find our footing sometimes.Playlist: Laraaji - All Pervading (Glimpse)Clear Path Ensemble - Tongue RhythmNick Schofield - Imagine SpaceHollie Kenniff, featuring Kazuma Okabayashi - Familial TonesThor Harris, Immersion - At the Wizard's HouseHarald Grosskopf - Stranger StringsIbrahim Alfa Jnr. - LatentPesewa - The Path is NewJairus Sharif - Study WrongSalamanda - allez, pousse!Emily A. Sprague - Double MoonShabason & Krgovich - Along the Dance AwayJonathan Personne - SuperstarBabe Rainbow - Acid and HoneyAladean Kheroufi - She's Not Ur BabyLoving - The Not Real LakeLoving - She Refused to SayBlack Country, New Road - Two HorsesNick Drake - FlyMynolia, featuring Spencer Cullum - NeedleHermitess - In That CountryKutiman & Dekel - Take It EasyRyan Bourne - EntropyYea-Ming and the Rumors - Treasury of Loved OnesOri Kaplan, Lihu Melamed - TuntelBASIC - Brutalist With FiligreeKronstad 23 - BolverkPierre Desmarais - BugSalami Rose Joe Louis - Inside, with TrioJolie Laide - No Shape I KnowSook-Yin Lee - Resting Heart

The sun is shining—for the moment at least—and The AM is here to give a chance to bask in the glow for a few hours. A throwback to Jerry Paper's philosophically dense oddball pop, new music from AM favourites like Tara Clerkin Trio, Bernardino Femminielli, and Memorials, and other offbeat easy listening to start your week off right. Enjoy the sunshine before the clouds settle in for the rest of the week, and thanks for listening.Playlist: Michael Scott Dawson, Yutaka Hirasaka - Jin SonicThe Sleeves - You, Now, AgainIvan the Tolerable - EpigramGary Bartz & Your Brother's Keeper - Ground LoopTENGGER - BlueCharbonneau / Amato - DeersJuni Habel - Pearl Cloud Song - Tom Sharkett ReformationMIDI Janitor - Voice at the Edge of SummerDavid A. Jaycock - Butterfly DiscotèqueSunalta - DripLou Barlow - Reason to LiveAstral Swans - True Love Leaves No TracesBlocktreat - GriefCate Kennan - Devil's HourTara Clerkin Trio - Lazy DaisyJerry Paper - Reprogram OurselvesJerry Paper - ComfortLarry Manteca - Ufo BossaShe-Devils - The World LaughsBaby Cool - LoopBernardino Femminielli - On n'accepte pas, mais on se laisse faireSharada Shashidhar - ReassuranceMemotone, featuring guest - Round the BendSUUNS - Up Past the NurseryNadah El Shazly - BanitMXD - AstridBlack Marble - Jim Carol New YearMemorials - Just a MoonLukka - Ost BerlinRay Barbee - Holding CompanyTimoti la Moto Casco - CarruselNo False Suns - 1990 or so

Playlist: Bluetech - A Study In VaporsNoveller - PortmeirionCédric Dind-Lavoie - « Bounce »Michael Nau - Firstborn WaveMartyn , featuring Duval Timothy - No One Plays the GameBoards of Canada - Into the Magic LandSinewave - 3rd Density BluesCylindricon - Check MarkContagious Yawns - Cloudious NimbusJanek van Laak, The Circle of Madness - LlegandoThe Durutti Column - LiarsBill Orcutt, Mabe Fratti - A Rural PenMagic Tuber Stringband - Where the Place Becomes ForgettingJuni Habel - I'd Like to See ItSam Wilson - WatersourceUpupayāma - Morning TempleSusan Christie - Rainy DaySusan Christie - Paint a LadyThe Barigozzi Group - Red FaceAllah-Las - UltramarineLau Ro - SimplesmenteYoal - Actias AlienaThe Brazda Brothers - Blooming FlowersWeekend - The End of the AffairAnadol, Marie Klock - La supériorité du nombreTremor - Anima DigitalSook-Yin Lee - A HollowLibra Rising - Ever Since I WasT. Gowdy - Novus LumenPostnamers - The Rolling Stairs of ArtaZoon - I Was YoungerPye Corner Audio, featuring Andy Bell - CycleNo Joy - Fish - From HeavenHoly Fuck - SevenLucid 44 - Auntie Mask

Back on the air after three weeks away—forgive any rustiness and just enjoy three hours of laid-back sounds as we get ready to wrap up May 2026. We've got a throwback to a cult Spanish songwriting duo, Nick Krgovich covering the Boss, tropical interludes, moody indie rock, and more, all to start your Monday on solid ground. Hope you enjoy it, and thanks for the kind notes, I'm feeling very welcomed.Playlist: D.Rothon - London Lights the CloudsSanaya Ardeshir - Barefoot StepsFlore Laurentienne - FleursMasal, Emma Anderson - Pause the Rain - Xylitol RemixAlex Albrecht - Recording the ViewKhotin - Tropique 707Tiny Music - Your Money's SO Good HereHelado Tropical - TocandoAlexandre Klinke - CarimbóDohnavur - Ready for 91Bristol Manor - The Missing LinkCAVS - Emerald NileVarious Artists, featuring Yetsuby - Crystal Dome in SummerCosmic Analog Ensemble - Le droit à l'oubliLes Lunatiques - Si y'a pu rienJonathan Personne - Rêve américainVainica Doble - Dime, FélixVainica Doble - El DuendeJoyce e Tutty Moreno, Adrian Younge - JaneiroSpellman - St. GarciaFleur de Peau - De celles que l'on bruleColliding Crayons - Carlos Visits Crace MountainBuildings and Food - CirclesCris Derksen - aabaakwadGhostkeeper - MohkinstsisLukka - StarDazerBroken Social Scene - Briefest Kisssssiv - stopped meThe American Analog Set - KeystrokesNicholas Krgovich - Gave It a NameAstral Swans - No Home Left in the HeartCindy - Another CountryGnoomes - Foreign AgentAtsuko Chiba - Future Ways

Guest showfill by Miguel Venexen @soleo333 of the Baz Bombers @bazbombers_cjsw staying true to the format of The A.M. with a very chill first hour (ambient textures, piano, guitar, synth - no vocals or drums!) and then moving into a more jazzy/psych/funk 2nd hour with a bit of a focus on up and coming artist SHOLTO (it just happened, he's killing it!) and the 8:30 throwback features RJD2's album Deadringer! The last hour is more guitar and reverb driven with an uptick of energy and volume! Hope you enjoy!Playlist: Rafael Anton Innisari - Faded Ghost of CloudsMica Levi & Oliver Coates - Barok MainEluvium - Mass Lossless InterbeingSaltland - To Allow Us All to BreatheHilmar Orn Hilmarsson - Approach/DreamStars of the Lid - Don't Bother They're HereCharif Megarbane, featuring Sven Wunder - Heila - A COLORS SHOWJosh Westminster - Man with a HarmonicaAphex Twin - Avril 14thJosh Westminster - HurtCharif Megabane & Ali - Ahmad'S LamentÁrstíðir - RóStelar Door - Lunar TidesSHOLTO, featuring Phoebe Coco - Everything Is Stolen AnywayGreg Foat, Jihad Darwish & Moses Boyd - Her Love Is All I NeedBlack Taffy - The Space Left BehindKicktracks & hoverla kolektiv - black in deep redTremendous Aron, Rachel Kitchlew, Mortiz Lan & alfrer - Adioso HansiThe Offline - Boulevard NationalCéline Dessberg - ChintamaniRJD2 - The HorrorRJD2 - GhostwriterNo Spirit & Enluv - Silk RoadGitkin - Alter EgoTom McBrien & Lea Petges, featuring SHOLTO & David Bardon - A l'aubeRachel Kitchlew & SFJ, featuring SHOLTO & David Bardon - MammoneKlint - Intermezzo - ExcelsiorKlint - Intermezzo - AriostoMONO - Winter DaphneBrown Spirits - Experimental PassageShakey Graves - I Once Was an OceanYuuf - Mesa MesaSlim Twig - Fog of Sex (N.S.I.S)Gitkin - Night TripperHelicon & Al Lover - Goodbye Cool WorldCassie Watson Francillon - Constellation of SymptomsMoses Boyd & Alewya - The Code (Live)Bristol Manor - Stash Box

Katelyn fills in for this episode of The AM and she cooking up a big old bowl of soup of some delicious indie goodness for a number of genres.Playlist: IDLES, LCD Sound System - DancerHaute & freddy - Shy GirlDabbi Dawson - Chemical ReactionChole Qisha - The BoysTiffany Stringer - Texas PrimadonnaMARINA - Mowgli's roadThe Last Dinner Party - Big DogMannequin Pussy - Lound BarkFiona Apple - CosmonautsTV Girls - (do the) ACt like you never meArctic Monkeys - From the Ritz to the RubbleThe Glorious Sons - Speed of lightMajical Cloudz - DowntownThe Pack a.d - You Don't Owe MeGorillaz, Danny Brown - SubmissionDeath From Above 1979 - You're a woman, I'm a machineGetdown Services - Dog DribbleDumb - CBC Radio 3Pork Belly - BugKneeling in Piss - Prevent TodayHot Hot Heat - You owe me an IOUBrass Camel - King for a dayVintage Crop - GridlockBench Press - RespiteWolf Parade - You are a runner and I am my fatherDestroyer - it's gonna take an airplaneTokyo Police Club - BambiStars - Your ex-lover is deadFather John Misty - Hollywood forever cemetery singsPeaches - Boys wanna be herViagra Boys - SportsBig Theif - Shark SmileAngine de Poitrine - Ababa HotelAlvvays - After the earthquakeCuff The duke - if I love or if I dieVampire Weekend - WalcottCourtney Barnett - City looks prettyLambrini Girls - Cuntology 101

Katelyn fills in on The AM and plays some funky springtime tracks to celebrate the good weather!Playlist: The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion - BellbottomsTiny Horse - You'll never see me againNazan Soray - Hal HalBegonia - My Fantasy LifeNick Ayoub - Prelude to Bossa NovaSteve Hiett - It's raining tomorrowCarly Rae Jepsen - Shy BoyRonald Langestraat - In the middle of the nightIcona Pop - I love it (feat. Charli XCX)The Hidden Cameras - Ban MarriageBrave Shores - Never Come DownThe Sidewinders - Like your stuffLynn Olagundoye - SunkissedRemote Control - Dance IIMariah - Shinzo No TobiraDavid Byrne - Strange OvertonesSay She She - Forget me notParallel Dance Ensemble - Shopping CartKit Sebastian - Elegy for loveAsha Puthli - Space TalkJarvis Cocker - AlineAntena - Camino Del SolU.S Girls - So Typically NowKD Lang, Orville Peck - Miss Chateline - Iron Hoof RemixBETABOYS - Alone in ParadiseMen I Trust, Helena Deland - Break for LoversCaroline Rose - Jeannie Becomes a momCate le Bon - HarbourTeris Chryss - Ntampa Ntampa NtaLapse EP - ShellsTR/ST - JoylandLowell - War FaceMartin Solveig, Dargonette - Hello-Club Edit

New! New! All new!Playlist: Soft Machine - The longest nightBernie Senensky - Silver traneJanel Leppin's Ensemble Volcanic Ash - The collectiveUlysses Owens Jr. and Generation Y - Prodigal sonJuan Dahmen - el finAlexander Claffy - Oriental folk songThe Setting - Hold on tight to your music

What better send-off on my way to a two-week hiatus than a half-hour of spoken word poetry? Leave 'em wanting less, as they say. Hope you enjoy the selections regardless, there's plenty of laid-back electronics, psychedelic sounds, and slow-building synths to ease your way into the working week. Enjoy the showfills for the next two weeks, and see you again on the May long weekend.Playlist: Tacoma Park - DawnFull Moon Bummer - D-85 Cosmic/Spring HatchlingsMint Julep - This Time Tomorrowfeldmark - The Cosmic DolphinPulp - Open StringsWalrus Ghost - Falling OutHector Plimmer - Eastern SystemBUNKR - This Side of ForeverCRi - OdaDanalogue - Moebius TriptychRich Aucoin - McLeyvierIggy Pop, Tarwater, Alva Noto - Out of the Rolling Ocean the CrowdBryan Ferry, Amelia Barratt - Stand Near MeLeanne Betasamosake Simpson - How to Steal a CanoeTalking Heads - Seen and Not SeenAnthony Joseph - The African Origins of UFOsThe Zodiac: Cosmic Sounds - Taurus – The VoluptuaryCharles Spearin - VanessaThe Setting - By the Light of the MoonSetting - Gum BumpLiminal Drifter - Roll the DiceTara Clerkin Trio - SilentlyFloral Image - The Score - Black Market Karma RemixHoly Fuck - Casio Bossa Novawasmarkhere - KickKaster - RiverFurii - PolyphonOID - FwellDixie's Death Pool - Cancel My Subscription to the MoonThe New Pornographers - Spooky ActionStrange Fruit - Monopolar

A throwback to the surprisingly consistent and resilient Brian Jonestown Massacre, gorgeous new compositions from Flore Laurentienne and Céderic Dind-Lavoie, an ode to the collapse of the universe, and a couple dozen other gems await in this week's AM. Thanks for shunning the algorithm for a bit and sharing in the Monday morning music on CJSW.Playlist: Flore Laurentienne - RégateCédric Dind-Lavoie - Ce qu'il y a autourVarious Artists, featuring Lesssound - graceBoards of Canada - Tape 05Bristol Manor - Chemical BondsConcretism - Unspecified Radiological IncidentPullman - Here Come the Warm JetsPan•American - Silver Tramway (In Snow)Haiku Salut, Meg Morley - CarouselBUNKR - 96 RefractionBroken Social Scene - The CallShabason & Krgovich - Midday Sun (Radio edit)Maston & Foat - DesignerFuses - Garden of AshesLau Ro - ConclusãoThe Brian Jonestown Massacre - Viholliseni MaallaThe Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Clouds Are LiesCrystal Eyes - Peace ForeverLiving Hour - Big ShadowMovietone - The Blossom Filled StreetsHiroki Tanaka - TomogakiStar Moles - The EndCiao Ciao Marigold - anemone honorine jobertOkonski, featuring Cochemea - FlyingAdrian Younge - Different DirectionsOrbital Ensemble - RazãoAndrew Wasylyk, featuring Stuart Murdoch - Private Symphony #2Full Moon Bummer - Automatic RepoBenoît Pioulard - The Sun Is Going to Explode but Whatever It's OKLa Scie - Cache-soleilPopulation II - Cha Cha les MouillésPatche - Boulet

Filmmaker Beth Harrington joins in the third hour of this week's show to discuss her new film Beyond the Duplex Planet, making its Canadian premiere at the Calgary Underground Film Festival this week. That, plus your typical AM sounds – glitchy electronics, laid-back psychedelia, a throwback to a post-punk classic, and other sounds to start your week right.Playlist: feldmark - Climbing GalaxiasDiscovery Zone - DuskFomular - April 5 2026 V2moonhasteeth - May the Wolf Die (Crepi Il Lupo)Lord of the Isles - Venus FluxRival Consoles - In Reverse - Polygonia RemixZyggurat - Edge of the MapResavoir - LilacsFurii - HypnagogLukka - Fabric of the CosmosRachel Love - WhyWendy Eisenberg - Meaning BusinessHiroki Tanaka - ImayoLammping - Never DoneWire - The 15thWire - Map Ref. 41°N 93°WSunglaciers - Future FreeCarla dal Forno - Under the CoversEiyn Sof - Live WiresAdrian Quesada - VenusHoly Fuck - ElevateCaribou - Leave HousePulp - Help the AgedThe Notwist - TeethBell Orchestre - VII: Colour FieldsCornershop - Brimful of Asha (Norman Cook Mix)Ayal Senior - Book of Ancient InsultsTamikrest - Imanin

Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi joins in the third hour to talk about an in-the-works documentary on Calgary's Loose Moose Theatre. Be sure to check out their Kickstarter, but otherwise just enjoy the mix of ambient sounds, soft psychedelia, and heavenly sounds from this week's AM.Playlist: Zeynep Sophia - Lost in LifeCor Karoli - A Quiet Prism - Async Ross ReworkHannah Peel, Beibei Wang - Feed the FirefliesXylitol - MirjanaRadwan Ghazi Moumneh, Frédéric D. Oberland - Squeal Of Swine خنخنة خنازيرBristol Manor - Dig In to the PastJilk - Half HumanBluetech - Chronal AnomalyLarrison - Driving to AustinMasahiro Takahashi - Useless TreeBASIC - Index of MemoriesRyan Pollie - TamarackPopulation II - AngélismeTomo Katsurada, Misha Panfilov - BoundlessZoon, featuring Sam Jr. - One Too Many NightsJacco Gardner - HypnophobiaJacco Gardner - Grey LanesGreen Seagull - Proud ManJohn Andrews & The Yawns - What's Good?Andrew Vivona - If I Could Go Back I WouldNap Eyes - Make SomethingStrange Fruit - Pouvoir MoteurChad VanGaalen - Dust on Dust (Dog Walking Jammer)Nobaby - ChampagneSessa - Planta SantaAntonio Carlos, Jocafi, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Mohammed - Canarinho Da AlemanhaFortunato Durutti Marinetti - Clerk of OblivionSparks - The Number One Song in Heaven

Does the late-March snow have you down? You're not alone. But at least we have music—mellower tracks for a little well-earned wallowing, and sunnier sounds to melt away some of the (hopefully not perma)frost. Featuring a couple of all-time favourite tracks, from Torngat and from the Chemical Brothers, plus a whole host of new music spanning ambient, jangle-pop, doom-folk, and beyond. Hope you enjoy 'em.Playlist: Haiku Salut, Meg Morley - Needle DropJamison Isaak - Fern's ForestOowets - SekaiDavid Sylvain - Words With the Shaman - Part 3 (Awakening (Songs from the Treetops))Kronstad 23 - Menighetenworriedaboutsatan - Piece By Miserable PieceGlissandro 70 - Pad TidePan-American - Entrance to AfterlifeBill Orcutt, Mabe Fratti - El inicio es cuestion de suerteAshi Shonen - Nous ÉcoutonsHALFBY - Between Them - tiger bae RemixIvor Cutler - There's a Hole in My HeadEiyn Sof - I Eat the SkyAmbre Ciel - SometimesOra Cogan - OutgrowingPJ Harvey - White ChalkTorngat - Minute by MinuteTorngat - Bordeaux BoredomJacksonWilson Duo - Water SourceKlint - Intermezzo - Exelsior -Shakey Graves - I Once Was an OceanAstral Swans - What Are You Gonna Do With Yourself?Pye Corner Audio, featuring Andy Bell - CycleThe Chemical Brothers, featuring The Flaming Lips - The Golden PathSunglaciers - Ballad for EddyYea-Ming and the Rumours - Paper DollBeing Dead - GoodnightTara Clerkin Trio - Somewhere GoodIndex For Working Musik - Going to Heaven on the End of a String - Papal VersionBibi Club - George SandThe Leaf Library - Sun In My RoomCarl Didur - The Great Uniter (Maybe Next Time)The Besnard Lakes - Chemin de la Baie - Ghost Mix

As March marches on, The AM is still here to help you find your bearings in a world that won't stop spinning. This week we're throwing back to Cornelius' 2001 album Point, listening to new releases ranging from Bill Callahan's introspective folk to Hanakiv's atmospheric piano, Shabaka's spiritual jazz, and Damaged Bug's damaged psych, and generally aiming to make your Monday morning more bearable. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Five Times the Stars, featuring Sun Rain - fabricNavet Confit - 6 8Masahiro Takahashi, featuring Dorothea Paas - Sky, Ocean, and CreaturesMammo - Very NearBurdy - Oolong TimeGreen-House - Dragline SilkResavoir - LeavesShabaka - Step LightlyTristan Arp - Forking Paths747 - Lost LagoonFeathers - Old Black Hat with a Dandelion FlowerBill Callahan - Stepping Out For AirLuka Kuplowsky - Plant LifeLammping - No ConsolationCornelius - Tone Twilight ZoneCornelius - Bird Watching at Inner ForestThe Raoul Santodomingo Experience - Penelope CruiseshipDamaged Bug - Over-ExposedSleepkit - Fresh FaceBaby Cool - EverythingKnife Pleats - Distant ShipsHanakiv - LõpulaulAndrew Wasylyk, featuring Saya from Tenniscoats - Hachi No SuCarla dal Forno - Going OutMarco Benevento, featuring Marianne Mirage - TurandotFabiano do Nascimento, Vittor Santos Orchestra - Floresta Dos SonhosKoushik - Be WithThe Experimental Pop Band - Narcotic DaysPanurge - Ginny and the Flower ManAzeda Booth - This Town is FixedDiscovery Zone, John Moods - I Want YouWorld Standard - Human Circle of Memory

You've survived Friday the 13th and the Ides of March, and your reward is... another Monday morning. Fortunately, the AM is here to fill these early morning hours with good vibrations and offbeat easy listening. This week's throwback is to AM patron saints Stereolab, and the 30th anniversary of their Emperor Tomato Ketchup. That classic is surrounded by eclectic sounds, from synth-enhanced Ethio-jazz to ghostly shoegaze to new-age Kosmische. All with the express aim of starting your week on stable ground. Enjoy!Playlist: Bill Orcutt, Mabe Fratti - Almost WakingAlabaster dePlume - It's Only Now Once (Elbit Systems Windowpane)Kibrom Birhane - YEGEDEL MAMITU የገደል ማሚቱPacific Coliseum - Floating PetalsThe Besnard Lakes - Give Us Our Dominion - Ghost MixRosenau & Sanborn - HarmPolypores - WrigglersHiro Ama - BoosterUnderworld - WinjerBrendan Sound System - JulyBarnaby Bennett - Royal LaurelVarious Artists, featuring Arooj Aftab, Beck - Lilac WineThe Orielles - Whenever (I May Not Feel So Close)Ora Cogan - The Smokedagmar zuniga - Plenty for All the MassesCindy - ProcessionSpencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Jackie PaintsStereolab - Cybele's ReverieStereolab - Les Yper-SoundRaleigh - SydFoxwarren - Strange - Dan the Automator RemixMonster Rally, featuring Henry Mancini - Flight to CapriThe Notwist - The TurningElastic Stars - Falls BackTomo Katsurada, Misha Panfilov - MostraNatural Magic - Galaxy BuilderNew Age Doom, H.R. - We're All the SameSook-Yin Lee - Locked BoyVinyl Williams, featuring Nailah Hunter - SoulgazeMemorials - Dropped Down the WellDummy - Tapestry DistortionMcCaslin Dahle - Henry Takes the 5thPsst Shh - Crass Video MistBroken Social Scene - Hey Amanda

International Women's Day was yesterday, but it hardly seems fair that it only got 23 hours. So here's three more: another episode of All Femme AM, with 35 songs from women in music. Mostly recent, some less so, all just a glimpse of artistic catalogues well worth digging into. Enjoy the show (and apologies for the excessive grogginess, the Monday after daylight savings is, without fail, a struggle).Playlist: Violeta Vicci, Bruno Bavota - To the StarsViviane Audet - MariaMary Ocher - Approaching SingularityGwenifer Raymond - Bonfire of the BillionairesKara-Lis Coverdale - Flickers in the Air of NightHannah Peel - EcovocativeBuildings and Food - Clear Skies (Mountain)Haiku Salut - I Dreamed I Was Awake for a Very Long TimeDisiniblud - DisinibludWish Lash - Fast BoyMoon Apple - Pillar I - Mantra Force MajeureCerys Hafana - AngelCastle If - Theme de BetzGarden Gate - A Dream Within a DreamEla Orleans - The SeasonChris Derksen - aabaakwadRachel Kitchlew, featuring Dave Bardon, SHOLTO - Opium LoungeBrandee Younger - New PinnacleElisa Thorn - My MoonDeradoorian - Any Other WorldMagic Fig - Sensation SeekerLaura Cahen - FuséesParisian Orgy - Jazz Song For ShrimpMomoko Gill - No OthersMen I Trust - BurrowMarine Girls - Such a ThingAutomatic - Black BoxVictrix - A New ThingBon Enfant - MinimumNo Joy - BitsRozi Plain, Melin Melyn - Fantastic Food (Re-Milled)Various Artists, featuring Beth Gibbons - Sunday MorningSamara Lubelski - Keeper of BeautySorrow - EmptinessMess Esque - No Snow

A globe-trotting episode of The AM, with artists from Brazil, Lebanon, Germany, Mali, pre-revolution Iran and the Iranian diaspora, and unsurprising detours to the UK and Australia. The world is smaller than it seems, and music makes those distances even smaller.Playlist: Eric Cheng - Finding SatoshiGlissandro 70 - Bolan Muppets (Dan Bodan Remix)Nick Schofield - Dream OnThe Golden Age of Wrestling - revenge body (denton, tx)Scholars of the Peak - Northbound FrequenciesNUM - BlueBristol Manor - Life on Other PlanetsHayes Bradley, Yu Su - Dear Treasure - Yu Su RemixYakuza Jacuzzi - Jade Emperor's Peach Garden, Pt. 1Monroeville Music Center - SomniculoniaFabiano do Nascimento, Vittor Santos Orchestra - O Tempo (Foi O Meu Mestre)Various Artists, featuring Mulatu Astatke - Munayé (My Muna)Tamikrest - Adagh OyantidPopulation II - MagouilleuxBibi Club - Les vaguesKourosh Yaghmaei - Akhm NakonKourosh Yaghmaei - Tavalode Yek SedaDerya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Cool HandCharif Megarbane, Ali - Bandar BataviaAngine de Poitrine - FabienkAnnette Peacock - Solar SystemSalami Rose Joe Louis, featuring Flanafi, Luke Titus - Crow, Friendship, with TrioPick A Piper, featuring Mabe Fratti - Histérica HistóricaHelado Negro - MoreRiver Tiber - SpiralsExek - You Have Been BlessedMilitary Genius - True FormThe Smallest One - We're All Going Through ItThe Gabys - OdeHelicon, Al Lover - Goodbye Cool WorldSankt Otten, featuring Klaus Fiehe - Tanz das Kraut

Last time The AM was on the air, there was no snow on the ground in Calgary and you could be forgiven for thinking it was already spring. Today that's obviously not the case. But hopefully today's episode makes a frozen February morning a little more bearable—especially the soul-warming grooves in the second hour. Stay warm, stay connected, and stay tuned in to CJSW!Playlist: Luke Kokoszka - An Invitation To DesireChloé Antoniotti - HeimatGustaf Ljunggren, Skúli Sverrisson - Nine AgainAction & Tension & Space - TellusThe Golden Age of Wrestling - Stanley Park RaversRosenau & Sanborn - WalrusEine Kleine China - Bent FabricJohn Haughey, Tarotplane - Pulling the Cosmos CloserHer Motives Are Silent - It's OK (Instrumental)Boards of Canada - 5.9.78Adrian Younge - PortschuteCochemea - Pyramid of the SunNilza Costa - RamunhaARTU, featuring Akim Bamboo - Jaguar JagunSean Wolcott - Last Glow of the Peony LanternThe Olympians, featuring Indro Roy-Chowdhury - Saraswati PujaThe Chayns - Live with the MoonThe Chayns - See It ThroughСОЮЗ (SOYUZ) - Lingua Do MundoBruno Pernadas - Untitled (raindrops)Voka Gentle - Jude Law for Vogue (1995)chocolat - MélanieZacht Automaat - Standing StonedThe Ginger Wizard - StyraxGinger Beef, featuring Brendan McGuigan - Golden HourMade-Up - A Moment in TimeLAMMPING - Once in SunlightYamila - DiamondsOra Cogan - DivisionMassive Attack - Paradise CircusMaria BC - MarathonP.rosa, Elijah Knutsen - Bleeding EarthPeggy Lee, Cole Schmidt - It Will Come Back

Last time The AM was on the air, there was no snow on the ground in Calgary and you could be forgiven for thinking it was already spring. Today that's obviously not the case. But hopefully today's episode makes a frozen February morning a little more bearable—especially the soul-warming grooves in the second hour. Stay warm, stay connected, and stay tuned in to CJSW!Playlist: Luke Kokoszka - An Invitation To DesireChloé Antoniotti - HeimatGustaf Ljunggren, Skúli Sverrisson - Nine AgainAction & Tension & Space - TellusThe Golden Age of Wrestling - Stanley Park RaversRosenau & Sanborn - WalrusEine Kleine China - Bent FabricJohn Haughey, Tarotplane - Pulling the Cosmos CloserHer Motives Are Silent - It's OK (Instrumental)Boards of Canada - 5.9.78Adrian Younge - PortschuteCochemea - Pyramid of the SunNilza Costa - RamunhaARTU, featuring Akim Bamboo - Jaguar JagunSean Wolcott - Last Glow of the Peony LanternThe Olympians, featuring Indro Roy-Chowdhury - Saraswati PujaThe Chayns - Live with the MoonThe Chayns - See It ThroughСОЮЗ (SOYUZ) - Lingua Do MundoBruno Pernadas - Untitled (raindrops)Voka Gentle - Jude Law for Vogue (1995)chocolat - MélanieZacht Automaat - Standing StonedThe Ginger Wizard - StyraxGinger Beef, featuring Brendan McGuigan - Golden HourMade-Up - A Moment in TimeLAMMPING - Once in SunlightYamila - DiamondsOra Cogan - DivisionMassive Attack - Paradise CircusMaria BC - MarathonP.rosa, Elijah Knutsen - Bleeding EarthPeggy Lee, Cole Schmidt - It Will Come Back

Happy Family Day (at least in Alberta). This week's episode starts with a selection of explicitly dreamy tunes before drifting through the typical AM sounds (not that dreamy is outside the standard AM purview). Hope you enjoy the mellow music, and that you find ways to stay cozy as the winter storm hits this week.Playlist: Masahiro Takahashi - DreamiesBill Holt - Program Ten Part ThreeDreamsploitation - Major Seventh GateContagious Yawns - As If In a DreamThe Album Leaf - Within DreamsSilje Nes - Recurring DreamTacoma Park - UntiedNatural Magic - Skyward EyeEasy Idiot - Don't Tell MomFloral Image - The Dream - Minami Deutsch RemixUntrained Animals - Dream DiscoSpencer Cullum's Coin Collection, featuring Erin Rae - Look at the MoonLuke Temple - Echo Park DonutMomoko Gill - Anyway, I'm DrowningThanya Iyer - Let the Smoke ClearWhiling - House CatElyse Weinberg - Deed I DoElyse Weinberg - Spirit of the LetterCheryl Lancastle - Downtown SongStereolab - Flashes in the AfternoonLyke Rayne - Closing the SeamThe Sleeves - Come On ManCindy Lee - Wild OneMovietone - Useless LandscapeThe American Analog Set - Diana Slowburner IISoftcult - When a Flower Doesn't GrowHelicon, Al Lover - Tabula RasaYuutsu - NoveltyExpwy - Sterilize the warden under cover of darknessUlrika Spacek - Showroom PoetryThe Moon Birds - I Am the BreezeWould-Be-Goods - Don't Come Crying to MeGot a Girl - Things Will Never Be the SameAbsolutely Free - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine AnymoreFeist - It's Cool To Love Your Family

Happy Family Day (at least in Alberta). This week's episode starts with a selection of explicitly dreamy tunes before drifting through the typical AM sounds (not that dreamy is outside the standard AM purview). Hope you enjoy the mellow music, and that you find ways to stay cozy as the winter storm hits this week.Playlist: Masahiro Takahashi - DreamiesBill Holt - Program Ten Part ThreeDreamsploitation - Major Seventh GateContagious Yawns - As If In a DreamThe Album Leaf - Within DreamsSilje Nes - Recurring DreamTacoma Park - UntiedNatural Magic - Skyward EyeEasy Idiot - Don't Tell MomFloral Image - The Dream - Minami Deutsch RemixUntrained Animals - Dream DiscoSpencer Cullum's Coin Collection, featuring Erin Rae - Look at the MoonLuke Temple - Echo Park DonutMomoko Gill - Anyway, I'm DrowningThanya Iyer - Let the Smoke ClearWhiling - House CatElyse Weinberg - Deed I DoElyse Weinberg - Spirit of the LetterCheryl Lancastle - Downtown SongStereolab - Flashes in the AfternoonLyke Rayne - Closing the SeamThe Sleeves - Come On ManCindy Lee - Wild OneMovietone - Useless LandscapeThe American Analog Set - Diana Slowburner IISoftcult - When a Flower Doesn't GrowHelicon, Al Lover - Tabula RasaYuutsu - NoveltyExpwy - Sterilize the warden under cover of darknessUlrika Spacek - Showroom PoetryThe Moon Birds - I Am the BreezeWould-Be-Goods - Don't Come Crying to MeGot a Girl - Things Will Never Be the SameAbsolutely Free - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine AnymoreFeist - It's Cool To Love Your Family

For this week's AM, we open with a contemplative Chad VanGaalen, closing with La Luz's psychedelia, and working through a range of sounds in between—from upbeat Talking Heads covers and Estonian garage rock to vintage four-track recordings and jazz-harp grooves. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Chad VanGaalen, Patrick Horner - Ocean ChordShane Parish - SlipAutechre - SlipElori Saxl, Henry Solomon - A Thousand StepsNTHNL - Awakenings, Part IIJohn Haughey, Tarotplane - Previous IterationsPolmo Polpo - Dreaming...Again (2020)Bernard Grancher, featuring Allison Brice - I should feel confinedPostnamers - Lethbridge is 666Galaxius Mons, featuring YlangYlang - The Earth Moved in Quarter Tone Silent WavesSean Wolcott - Crystal Eyes Stalk at MidnightNo Birds - FlowersBell Orchestre - The Upwards MarchCassie Watson Francillon - Constellation of SymptomsCharles Stepney - Notes From DadCharles Stepney - No Credit For ThisL'Eclair, featuring Kay Yõko - Space SongSlim Twig - Fog of Sex (NSIS)Strawberry - YoungSleepkit - It's Incredible!Jah Wobble, Jon Klein - Fading AwayVarious Artists, featuring Florence Adooni - Crosseyed and PainlessPenza Penza - Volcano SongPanman Pat - Chip ChipJoāo Leāo - Pode SerEdu Lôbo - Viola Fora De ModaWax Machine - SpringtimeTremendous Aron - Upstairs at Ismail'sVarious Artists, featuring Skyminds - Whispering PalmRiver Flows Reverse - DemonsKing Khan, featuring The Gris Gris - Desert Mile instrumentalThe Garrys - ManitounaLa Luz - News of the Universe - Extra! Extra! VersionKeiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, Toshiyuki Ueno - You've Come Far NesMort Garson - Ode to an African VioletMort Garson - PlantasiaMort Garson - Symphony for a Spider PlantMort Garson - Baby's Tears BluesMichael Boddicker - End Credits

Start your February on solid ground with hazy sounds, echoey shoegaze, folky electronics, and gems from years gone by. With new music from The Soft Pink Truth, classics from Beck and The Flaming Lips, Venezuelan psych, Welsh folktronica, and other sounds you didn't know you needed on a Monday morning. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: JB Dunckel - Melo Walk (Version for String Quartet)The Soft Pink Truth - Mere Survival Is Not EnoughGreen-House - Farewell, Little IslandKayla Painter - AniccaDialect - EusaSpirit & Form - Effective HoningHannah Peel - Driving Swiss JesusCris Derksen - PlanesLuka Kuplowsky - Temporary Words Mental ActivityDemsky - EarthTeen Daze - Memory Fadeverticalpark - Cathedral (AJL)Huw Marc Bennett - Cân y GwarthegSetting - Heard a BubbleThe American Analog Set - Kills Me / Make It Take It - RepriseOzean - ScenicOzean - PorcelainLove Kills - Give Me Something I Can LoveExtra Happy Ghost!!! - Feeds Wolves LuckBodywash - Kind of LightMelody's Echo Chamber - Memory's UndergroundJulie Doiron - Happy Lucky GirlBeck - RamonaThe Flaming Lips - Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)Andrew Wasylyk, featuring Gruff Rhys - The Cold CollarJana Horn - It's alrightAmbre Ciel - eau miroirJane Weaver - Hud a LlefrithVarious Artists, featuring Grupo Espiga - Dama gentilThe Summerlad - Set to LightPopulation II - Mariano (Jamais je ne t'oublierai)Plankton Wat - Tentacles

A wide-ranging Monday morning, with a throwback to a surprisingly silly early Jóhann Jóhannsson project, a hospital-themed electronic concept album, breezy Japanese pop, early 2000s Canadian post rock, and other hopefully somewhat coherent sounds to start your week right. Thanks for listening.Playlist: Westerlund//Hagen - Liberation BellsJelena Ćirić, Snorri Hallgrimsson, Cécile Lacharme, Oliver Patrice Weder - White FlagStereo_IMG - The ICUCristina Lord, Nick Norton - If It All FallsChloé Antoniotti - ManaFabiano do Nascimento, E Ruscha V - SolarAyal Senior - Burnt LokshenThe World Next Door - Active AgitatorStelar Door - Parallel OneDialect - Ev'ry Portal PastWoo - RosehipsHanakiv - SunbeamsDumama - No Abiding CityPhantom Orchid - Night wailPossum - Dance of the EclipseWinged Wheel - Bird SpellsTess Parks - Life Is but a DreamApparat Organ Quartet - Ondula NovaApparat Organ Quartet - Global CapitalThe Orielles - To Undo the World ItselfMean Red Spiders - They Only Met OnceBibi Club - Washing MachineSpiral Wave Nomads - SleepwalkerCavern of Anti-Matter - Automatic MorningShutaro Noguchi and the Roadhouse Band - MelodyShintaro Sakamoto - On the Other Side of TimeMonster Rally, featuring Sessa - RosellaJoão Gilberto - Âguas de MarçoSpencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Rowan TreeBilders - TetrapakROY - Time to Get Rid of the BombsFlorida BC - CultsSunglaciers - Blood

The world may be going mad, but at least we can share in some good tunes along the way. The AM is your sonic sanctuary (BBC News aside, but a dose of reality is important, too), featuring a throwback to Calgary/Montreal project Chairs, and everything from live Dead to modular synths to Bad Brains' HR working with New Age Doom. Hope you enjoy it, and have a wonderful week.Playlist: Shabaka - A Future UntoldC. Diab - AnamnesiacCraven Faults - Yard LoupIsaac Sherman - MetonymVarious Artists, featuring Pacific Coliseum - Last LightAmp Sessions - Deep BreathingShane Parish - Avril 14thGustaf Ljunggren, Skúli Sverrisson - StevelenElyot - What's the Matter Ryan?/MasterpieceJuliana Barwick, Mary Lattimore - StardustDrum & Lace - Terra (Right Here Do This)Ora Cogan - HoneyThe Grateful Dead - St. Stephen - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/77Leonard Cohen - The Partisan - Live in Dublin, 2013The Notwist - How the Story EndsChairs - Three in the Morning /Breathe UnderwaterChairs - Wooden FishChris Reimer - Waving Goodbye From a TreeN NAO - Vice-VersaAmor de Días - In the Winter SunSAULT - Good Things Will Come After the PressureCochemea - Procession of SpiritsGeologist - Government JobMelin Melyn, featuring Rozi Plain - Fantastic Food - Re-MilledSummer Bruises - Dead EndBreakfast in Fur - LookA Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sometimes I Think About YouAndy Boay - One & OneNew Age Doom, H.R. - Amaseganalo Pt. 2Holger Czukay, featuring Tarwater, Immersion - Gvoon - Version 9 (Beautiful in Here)Efrim Manuel Menuck - Our Lady of Parc Extension and Her Munificent Sorrow

Not quite two weeks in, and 2026 has already been a long year. Here's three hours of musical sanctuary to start your week, with a throwback to David Bowie's final transmission, songs from overlooked albums from 2025, and upcoming releases for some pleasant anticipation. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Ryan J Raffa, Sam Prekop - PitchshifterCharbonneau/Amato - Lendemainwihtikow - iiiiiiiKogane - You're Alive, So Act Like ItWorld Standard - Someone is SingingDylan Henner - We Walked all the Way to the Lake and The Water Was So Still We Jumped in NakedAngelo Cruzman, Jacoby - WonderThool - Helpful RealmPullman - KabulAVI - The Belly of The BeastHollie Kenniff - Of Quiet BeautyFabiano do Nascimento, Vittor Santos Orchestra - Spring ThemeAndrew Wasylyk - First Moonbeams of AdulthoodHALFBY, featuring Cornelius - Sleep MachineRaleigh - End of DaysDavid Bowie - Dollar DaysDavid Bowie - I Can't Give Everything AwayMomoko Gill - No OthersRiver Tiber - SpiralsCate Le Bon, featuring St. Vincent - Always the SameHélène Barbier - Plastique CouchThe Pinc Lincolns - I Want to Have a Good TimeVarious Artists, featuring Mikey Coltun of Mdou Moctar - Pacific Themegerry - GrimpyYouYourself&i - Snowflakes on the SidewalksMemorials - Cut Glass HammerDry Cleaning - The Cute ThingsLegal Vertigo - Tragic Future Film StarExek - Visiting Dust BunniesIvan the Tolerable - InchwormWinged Wheel - Canvas 11

AM Gold 2025, part two: 30 or so songs that made the last year more liveable. Hope you enjoy it and that your year starts with a steady pulse and a hopeful melody. Next week, we're back to new releases, old favourites, and discoveries from other folks' year-end lists. Happy 2026.Playlist: Buildings & Food - Bear BellsMemory Pearl, featuring Sam Prekop - Music Travel IIIShrunken Elvis - K-HouseRival Consoles - CatherineM. Sage - Witch GrassJilk - ...At Curved HighwayBlue Lake - Cut PaperEthan Levy, Alex Stevens - Great WaveBen Morales Frost, Violeta Vicci - Forest BathingBlack Taffy - The Space Left BehindJairus Sharif - MawuFelbm - Summer IIGustaf Ljunggren, Emil de Waal - BoldeImmersion, SUSS - State of MotionCerys Hafana - Helynt RyfeddolRachel Kitchlew - Leopard SlugOrbital Ensemble - Deusas (Live)Sessa - Nome de DeusThanya Iyer - I am a mountain (make sure you don't move)Laurie Torres - Feux fuyantsEiyn Sof - Two MaresT. Gowdy - StrewnPneumatic Tubes - Motion KontrolBlack Market Karma - Soft & HeavyLoaded Honey - In Your ArmsPersica 3 - Hold OnFoxwarren - WingsFortunato Durutti Marinetti - Do You Ever ThinkMess Esque - Light ShowroomSANAM - Sayl DameiPopulation II - Haut-fond

AM Gold 2025 Part One: A selection from some favourite albums of the past 12 months, from ambient jazz and Ethiopian-inspired electronics to bossa nova, post-punk to pagan folk. Enjoy the last few days of the first quarter of the 21st century, and tune in for Part Two in 2026.Playlist: C.R. Gillespie - IdioglossiaMount Maxwell - For YouBitchin Bajas - SkylarkingApta - DiveLight-Space Modulator - Burning WithinKibrom Birhane - UtopianPOSTNAMERS - The WithdrawingSulk Rooms - InnelleaJB Dunckel, Jonathan Fitoussi - AtlanticaJoni Void - Event Flow - A SequenceTeen Daze - Don't Think About ItHeal Mura - More Pillows Than HeadsJuana Molina - siestas ahiProxima Psychoacoustics - Kublai KhanBryan Ferry, Amelia Barratt - HolidayStereolab - Transmuted MatterProject Gemini, Wendy Martinez - Ce qui est intactPedro Mizutani, Skinshape - SozinNyron Higor - MaravilhamentoThe Cosmic Tones Research Trio - SankofaThe Circling Sun - MizuDamon Locks - Isn't It BeautifulBadge Epoch - Tom Henry's DreamJonathan Personne - Nuage NoirFull Moon Bummer - Great Big Bang!Ora Cogan - The NorthJunk Drawer - Brown SunshineImmersion - How to BeIvan the Tolerable, Hawksmoor - Un Esprit ConfusMansur Brown - Love is MineMen I Trust - Another StoneThe Laughing Chimes - He Never Finished the ThoughtThe New Eves - Highway ManHermitess - In That Country

It's The AM's midwinter special—partly inspired by the winter solstice, partly by Christmas. A quiet one even by AM standards, but hopefully it introduces a few new seasonal favourites. Next week, we'll get into the annual AM Gold album-of-the-year roundup. In the meantime, season's greetings and happy holidays to you!Playlist: Mice Parade - Dasher, Prancer, Donner & BlitzenMorgan Greenwood - Snowing SlowVarious Artists, featuring Human Music - Ice PalaceTemporal Waves - Warmth of the Winter SunOmni Gardens - Somewhere In My MemoryRyan Lottermoser - Under the Veil of NightTRBLMKR - Morning MoonYabra - MoonriseLibra Rising - Birds in WinterVic Mars - Pen Y Fan Solstice MixBrown Spirits - Winter SolsticeLöwenzahnhonig - Winter SolsticeBent Spoon Duo - Walking in the AirHermitess - Winter ComethBobby Lee - The Holly Bears the CrownAndrew Bird - FestivusEthan Levy - Winter WaltzClinton St. John - Patterns in the SnowAnimal Collective - Bleak MidwinterSam Wilson - The Moon SongSharron Kraus - Candlemas MoonBjörk Guðmundsdóttir - JólakötturinnBlur - The Wassailing SongFleet Foxes - White Winter HymnalSamara Lubelski - Snowy Meadows IIYoko Ono - Listen, the Snow is FallingThe Orioles - (It's Gonna Be A) Lonely ChristmasIsaac Hayes - The Mistletoe and MeThe Ramsey Lewis Trio - Plum Puddin'The Beach Boys - Morning ChristmasChris Mastheim - Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeChang Loo - Donde Esta Santa ClausSinistrio - The GrinchThe Second Hand Orchestra - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)Low - Just Like ChristmasThe Raveonettes - SnowstormBeach House - I Do Not Care for the Winter SunKim Gray - Santa Knows (I've Been Bad)Various Artists , featuring Black on White Affair - Auld Lang Syne

A low-key AM, with a throwback to a cult Jean-Claude Vannier soundtrack, and a mix of new sounds, missed 2025 releases, and a handful of classics to get you through your Monday morning. Fair warning: Next week's AM will be a festive one.Playlist: AVI - The Belly of the BeastDalton Dodginghorse - Dome of the SeaYu Su - BonitarRoxymore - MoodifiedFull Moon Bummer - Solar FlareClark - Janus ModalDrummachinemike - Screen Timetstewart - isle of the blestKindly Spoken Thieves - RheostatM83 - Artificial InfinityAndy Boay - If I Ever Come OffModern Nature - ShastaAndy Bell, featuring Dot Allison, Michael Rother - I'm in love...Raleigh - SydSharp Pins - PopafangoutJean-Claude Vannier - Generique debutJean-Claude Vannier - Katmandou 8The Dears - AutonomyExek - SidesteppingMemorials - In the WeedsThe Radiation Flowers - Follow the SunHélène Barbier - WaterTom Verlaine - Without a WordMagic Fig - GoblinMega Bog - Station to StationLaura Groves - YesMen I Trust - Worn DownBodywash - Massif Central - Desert Lake SessionSlowdive - Kisses - Daniel Avery remixThe Haiduks - You're Not AroundBlume - New Dawn RiseUltra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat (12" Version)

This week's AM puts its own spin on The Scene's recent "25 records for 25 years" article with 25 more Calgary classics that didn't appear on their list. Is it definitive? No. Is it nostalgic? Definitely. But hopefully it's also a reminder of how much is worth celebrating in Calgary's musical scene. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Kibrom Birhane - Addis Zemen Lአዲስ ዘመንEquipment Pointed Ankh - A Spectral MathLaurie Torres - Intérieurs - Jeremiah Chiu RemixFloating Points - Corner of My EyeSteve Hauschildt - PyramidalThese New Puritans - The Other SideDisiniblud - It's Change - Daedelus 'the only constant' mixRural Tapes - HypermnesiaHaiku Salut - Sounds Like There's a Pacman Crunching Away At Your HeartMark Mothersbaugh - Drosera RotundifoliaVarious Artists, featuring Laura Palmer - The ProtagonistVailhalen - MoodkillerThe Cape May - Old and Early NumbersAzeda Booth - KensingtonJane Vain & The Dark Matter - Don't Mind UsExtra Happy Ghost!!! - Mash-Up: Neither Being Nor NothingnessL.T. Leif - Fine Dust RisingKris Ellestad - November SteppesMonroeville Music Center - En Route (ou Enfin! Le Défilé Capsule de Temps va au Centre de Contrôle)Jay Crocker - Brain FreezeHolgans - Betcha SunriseJung People - We Marched Feral and FreeHana Vave - The ExpeditionBeach Season - Good BoyOaka - MidnightMilk Toast - Shabby ChicUntrained Animals - I Got RocksStilz - Future WorldAleem Khan - CameoCrystal Eyes - Already Gonewasmarkhere - TetrahedronJairus Sharif - Pre-AfterlifeCylindricon - Numbers & LettersPostnamers - Little Baby Flutter (Birdy, Bye Bye)Sanctums - Radiant Silver

The first AM of the last month of 2025 hopefully sounds a bit less wintry than the world outside. Tune in for a throwback to Talk Talk's final album, new music from AM favourites like Chad VanGaalen, The Notwist, and Teen Daze, and a mix of genres from the ambient and experimental to the groovy and garage-y. Here's hoping it helps you ease into December.Playlist: Mount Maxwell - Water BabiesC.R. Gillespie - The GardenLoula Yorke - FontanaTeen Daze - Don't Think About ItCharles Webster & The South African Connection, featuring Emamkay, Bokang Ramatlapeng - RainVarious Artists, featuring Charles A.D. - Snow loverSimon Pyke - The UnstoppableThe Central Office Of Information - Animal FurnitureVarious Artists, featuring Greg Licher - Zen and the Art of Long Distance DrivingPeter Gagliardi - HauntedCosmique Hypnotique - FuschreKing Khan, Wolf Clan Jo - Morning SongCris Derksen - TreatiesFabiano do Nascimento, E Ruscha V - NascerHilary Woods - FaultsVanbur - My OwnTalk Talk - New GrassFull Moon Bummer - Moon Eats the SunUlrika Spacek - Square Root of NoneThe Radiation Flowers - Sunshine on the HeavensThe Notwist - X-RayPocket Dimension - MindTony Molina - Violets of DawnLab Coast - Back to Your FutureSharp Pins - Queen of Globes and MirrorsOctoduck - Crying ShameOrbital Ensemble - DaydreamsMagic Fig - Sensation SeekerHeems, featuring Unknown Mortal Orchestra - LoveseatHélène Barbier - Kindness in a CupBernardo Devlin - 5:45Gruff Rhys - Dos AmdaniFrankie Cosmos - Joyride

The snow doesn't keep Katelyn away from filling in for Peter this morning. Katelyn talks about things from her teenhood she nolgastic for and her love for snowy music, while playing some great tracks.Playlist: The Mountain Goats - Armies of the lordLincoln - Smokey eyesSmokey AB - Ready to diePerm - to earth will tell me when we landBethany Home and Laughing Matter - I fell apart(in your apartment)The Rural Alberta Advantage - Falling ApartLizzy McAlpine - Pushing it down and praying(Live)Hey, Nothing - Like a brotherRufus Wainwright - Gay MessiahKevin Atwater - Jacob killed a catOdie leigh - Crop CirclesLavender Country - I can't shake the stranger out of youFoxwarren - To beColter Wall - Saskatchewan in 1881Super Pyramid - Victoria, P.E.INew Gaze - Dystopian DaysMedium Build - Last TimeTexas Gentlemen - PainSt lenox - Kroger TwilightJeffrey Lewis - Cult BoyfriendThe human hearts - Professionals in CancunSport Murphy - The late days of summerBig Thief - PaulThe Tiny - CloserFolk Options - There goes the idiotSales & Co - Pass the pornDrink me - InesHangman Pencil co. - The Pavement's always greySunvale - You're so pretty I could throw up in a five guysI, the mountain - Are you alright?Tele & the ghost of our lord - The old man keeps yellin' at the cloudsJulie Doiron - Where the road goes from two lanes down to oneAndy Shauf - Wasted on youSam Tudor - Everybody's keeping their wordNico Paulo - Now or NeverChoir Practice - FailsafeLadyhawk - My old JackknifeDead Pioneers - Bad Indian

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Animator Winston Hacking joins the show in advance of his visit to the 21st annual GIRAF animation festival (giraffest.ca). Listen to that conversation, plus your usual AM mix of ambient electronics, psychedelic grooves, dreamy tropicalia, and other sounds to make Monday mornings a little more pleasant. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Floating Points - For MarmishCris Derksen - aabaakwadAlex Albrecht - Hillside StaticTeen Daze - ShorelineDrummachinemike - Read More BooksContagious Yawns - Frequency InfrequencyTennyson - mooseSulk Rooms - InnelleaResonating With Life - DaylightRich Aucoin - McLeyvierBITWASHERE - Fear of GrowingEssendon Airport - How Low Can You Go?Light-Space Modulator - Burning WithinSessa - Roupa Dos MortosDiablo in Apujarras - ConsolamentumSlow Fresh Oil - I'll Know YouSlow Fresh Oil - Lazy BonesSlow Fresh Oil - Squeezin' the BaleJuana Molina - intringuladoVarious Artists, featuring Index for Working Musik - Going to Heaven on the End of a StringMelody's Echo Chamber - Eyes ClosedSunglaciers - RoundaboutJürgen Pluta - BayswaterVarious Artists, featuring Sons of Faust - Better Days Orchestral RemixGoGo Penguin - What We Are and What We Are Meant to BeEYE - La Mort de la MaitresseManfred Mann Chapter Three - SometimesAndy Shauf - The MagicianLorelle Meets The Obsolete - dilaciónThe Besnard Lakes - Chemin de la BaiePOSTNAMERS - MenjoaCaoilfhionn Rose, Svaneborg Kardyb - Illusions