The A.M.

This week's AM opens with Space Ghost's "Back from Reality," only appropriate as we go from the real world of unstructured weekend time into the strange shared fiction of the working week. Tune in for ambient electronics, vintage psychedelia, brand-new shoegaze and dream-pop, experimental jazz, and other sounds to tied you over until reality returns again.Playlist: Space Ghost - Back From RealityAsa Tone - Jalur-JalurBonobo, featuring Arooj Aftab - Fire on the WaterGrandbrothers - Famara Dust - Ben Lukas Boysen ReworkBUNKR - CruisenSijya - Do I Know - Rachika Nayar EditCG Tears - Off With Their HeadsZachary Gray - SuburbiaJonathan Fitoussi - CosmologyJacana People, featuring Anna Phoebe - KoshiPostmodern Machine - VialitMisha Panfilov - Full of LifeJon Mckiel - GuruDarryl Kissick - Eat the RichAndy Boay - ChildPersica 3 - That LifeBrainticket - One MorningBrainticket - Feel the Wind BlowThe Thorn - La PernetteAyal Senior - Well of SevenSteven R. Smith - Returning to EverythingDiles Que No Me Maten - HirikuGroup A.D. - Bird of ParallaxPostnamers - How Low Hang the Gardens (Olenrath)Sanctums - BlessAnna Butterss - NinthsBilal Nasser - Who We Used To BePeggy Lee, Cole Schmidt - Removing clocks from a heated houseK.C. Accidental - Silver Fish EyelashesPierre Desmarais - Virus

Moody music on a misty Monday morning — what could be cozier on the Labour Day long weekend? A couple surprises this week, including ambient jazz from Andrew WK, and a psychedelic epic from Frankie Valli's Four Seasons, but mostly it's your recommended mix of offbeat easy listening to start your week off right. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Living Hour - MagnetFejká - Tape_X247 - Max Cooper RemixAndrew W.K. - Edge of InteriorAkusmi - A Waking Dream (Edit)Calgaréal - Points de FuiteDanny Lubin-Laden - If I Told YouClark - Moons of TemperConflux Coldwell - Time's Relentless MeltSanctums - StarOdd Nosdam - Get You In - Belong MixYuutsu - SeekerRebecca Flood - No Place in the SunHoneybear - Old Fashioned MorphineCouteau Papillon - La mort de l'artisteJonathan Personne - LendemainSHOLTO, Phoebe Coco - AlwaysEverything Is Recorded - No Ends No BeginningsThe Four Seasons - American Crucifixion ResurrectionThe Four Seasons - Look Up Look OverStrawberry - I Miss My MomEleven76 - Incriminating WhisperLast Ex - Hotel BluesAndy Bell, Masal - Tower of BabylonBlind Yeo - Today / TomorrowSook-Yin Lee - Broken English (Moon King Mix)Feu Thérèse - Visage sous nylonCiao Ciao Marigold, [12tone] - unknowing actionFling II - beemThe American Analog Set - Come Home Baby Julie, Come HomeFull Moon Bummer - Don't Wake MeBlack Market Karma - Always Faithful

An ambient-leaning first hour, a throwback to a quarter-century-old glam rock musical, and an eclectic third hour that encompasses shoegaze, neo-classical, and oddball folk. In other words, it's another AM full of offbeat easy listening to end your August on a pleasant note.Playlist: Light Conductor - OmenizeBibio, Dorian Concept - Lichen TripSun Drawing, Sea Level - Mornings at the LibraryTenniscoats, Tape - River TogetherAltus - Cold Signal IndexPalladian - Will-O'-Wisp - Arms and Sleepers RemixEasy Idiot - Credits RollHanna Tuulikki, Tommy Perman - Sun Down (Common Pipistrelle & Soprano Pipistrelle)Bullion - ApplegeneTest Card - Suite electriqueFiver - Elemental ProgressionLambchop - WeakenedGilroy Mere - Walk a LineJonathan Personne - La Terre est plateKlint, featuring Rachel Kitchlew - Intermezzo - Orchidea -Stephen Trask - The Origin of LoveStephen Trask - Midnight RadioAllah-Las - Vini da GamaBlack Duck With Elena Setien - Sunshine UnlimitedFiver - Only In the LongingImmersion - What Is Lost Will ReturnCornelius, featuring The Monochrome Set - You Make Me CyborgNo Joy - Süki & AmadeusCloud Studies - Cloud Cartography - Extendedsundayclub - Camera ShyPøltergeist - Morning StarSorrow - EpiphanyGaspar Claus - Désir des astresFinal Fantasy - UltimatumRaf Wilcot - Never the Bride

Mild technical difficulties can't get a good AM down. This week's episode starts with soul-nourishing sounds from Beverly Glenn-Copeland, wraps with the Durutti Column's most recent magic, and finds room in between for tropical getaways, art-rock detours, and kosmische expanses. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Light of the HeavensFling II - iliaElskavon - MannequinPostmodern Machine - Pomme PommeHollie Kenniff, Kazuma Okabayashi - Whispering WindsAllison de Groot, Rich Ruth - NervionSamuel Organ, Nailah Hunter, Joel Shearer - AlbionM. Sage - Thunder Covered BrushColliding Crayons - The Remover of ObstaclesBoycalledcrow - zephyrJon McKiel - OrderGhostkeeper - Balloon MoonPaint, featuring Discovery Zone - The Way You LookOctoduck - Crying ShameHorse Lords - Playing and RealityRyan Hemsworth - A Display of EmotionBobbyy, featuring Salami Rose Joe Louis - Lands Far AwayLael Neale - Slip AwaySinger - Dial "M" for MotherSinger - Sister's ManeDummy - Full Spectrum DominanceThe Oscillation - Bring It OnTess Parks - Happy Birthday ForeverGnoomes - Shakshuka and PieGiraffe - Hey! Cool It, EverybodyMisha Panfilov - When I See You (It Feels Wonderful)Sophie Birch - JaududdanyaÌxtahuele - Dance of the TemptressAllah-Las - Vini da GamaApostle of Hustle - Kings & QueensSandro Perri - Love is Real (2020)Women - Everyone Is So In Love With YouYoo Doo Right - Doldrums, Doldrums, Eviler Than the DevilThe Durutti Column - Time Present and Time Past

Laid-back jazz in the first hour, witch-y psychedelia in the second, and an anything-goes third hour featuring Frank Zappa, Fiver, Art Feynman, half of Eric's Trip, and some trippy, drone-inspired Gaelic sounds. Hope you enjoy them, stay out of the smoke, and I'll see you in two weeks.Playlist: Koen Holtkamp - Slow Fox RunPeals - Become YoungerCédric Dind-Lavoie - LignesOHMA - With Loving KindnessKiasmos - Burst (Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith Rework)DJ Shadow, featuring Nils Frahm - ScarsKlein Volk - WeidegangAudio Obscura - I Once Dreamed of Building Castles in SpaceAVI - Black CloudDoomsquad - Disremember/DismembermentGhost Cartridge - reading next to a lampRichard Reed Parry, Dallas Good - Are You Gone (When You're Gone)Avi Engel - Underground MusicLaura Misch - KairosThe Operator Sound Inc - Esoteric Space Age WitchcraftEiyn Sof - Mary On His MindWendy & Bonnie - Five O'Clock in the MorningWendy & Bonnie - Endless PathwayMaya Ongaku - Astral EchosVanishing Twin - Sugar StoneThe Sandals - Theme from "The Endless Summer"Dungen - Det Du Tänker Idag Är Du ImorgonEasy Idiot - Exploring with ZootFrank Zappa - Peaches En RegaliaTrá Pháidín - An Béal BochtFiver - That's A JokeArt Feynman - Always in Need of SomethingDada Plan - Vaguely MysticalRick White, Julie Doiron - The QuestionYoo Doo Right - The Failure of Stiff, Tired FriendsFlywheel - Stop Looking At HerFern Murphy - Sun Between ThemSummer Bruises - Eat Our DustZoon - How Many More Times

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

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