The A.M.

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

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 BoredomJackson\Wilson 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