The A.M.

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Playlist:

• Jessica McMann - The River Has Many Ways of Being: Bigfoot
• Mike Reed - Floating With an Intimate Stranger
• Hiro Ama - Everything Is Going To Make Sense In the End
• Nash the Slash - Islands
• Buildings and Food - Flatland
• Sam Wilson - Into the Hollow
• Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan - A Shared Sense of Purpose
• Carl Didur - Close My Eyes
• Easy Idiot - One Day, I'll Own an Upright Piano
• Luiz Henrique - Jandira
• Yuma Abe, Haroumi Hosono - Fuyu Goe
• Jean-Pierre Ferland - Au fond des choses le soleil emmène au soleil
• Project Gemini - Seven Seconds to Sunrise
• Ray Barbee - A Man’s Wisdom Gives Him Patience
• Bibi Club - L’ile aux bleuets
• Melenas - Bang
• Bristol Manor - Thinking About You
• Eye of Newt - Feel So Good
• Blume - Feel So Good
• Maya Ongaku - Anoyo Drive
• YOCTO - Hagio Agio
• Bernardino Femminielli - La vie, Gigi!
• Ara Balouzian - One Triangle and One Square

Not a Thanksgiving episode, but one that's hopefully appropriate for a day of gratitude & harvest-time relaxation. Don't mind the tongue-tied host, just enjoy the music and have a happy holiday Monday courtesy of the AM and CJSW.

Playlist:

• Lyndsie Alguire - sandcastles
• R Grunwald - Where I Go Sometimes
• Palomatic - Flutter (Excerpt)
• Drum & Lace, featuring Max Gaertner - Huntington
• Zachary Gray - Wabana High
• Untrained Animals - Five Slides
• Google Earth - Deep Sea Leaks
• Tristan Arp, featuring Mabe Fratti - Ways of Being
• Prefuse 73 - Vast Wildlife Poison
• ASKO - sîsîkwan
• Postnamers - Simon's Saintly Discotheque
• The World Next Door - Arranged Constellations
• SUSS - Flight
• Yasmin Williams, featuring Darlingside - Virga
• Bibio - Dopplerton
• Bibio - Thatched
• Bill Frisell - Throughout (Live/Brussels Philharmonic)
• Virginia Astley - A Summer Long Since Passed
• White Poppy - Floral Dreams
• Jessica Pratt - By Hook or By Crook
• Te Huhu - On Holiday
• Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - The Faun
• Blume - I Need You
• The Church - The Immediate Future
• The Smile - Don't Get Me Started
• Child Actress - Just Fine Never Better
• Astral Swans - The Wind in a Mindless Universe
• Cola - Reprise
• Healees - Waterslide
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - O Wow O Wow (How Wonderful She Is)

Sounds for a warm autumn morning to start your week on the right note. Post-rock daydreams, modular synths, classic psychedelia, blue-eyed soul, and other weird grooves that are (hopefully) united by mood if not by genre.

As always, hope you enjoy it, and have a fantastic week.

Playlist:

• Loula Yorke - the stream sent forth such sallies of glad sound
• Hiro Ama - Things We Talked About
• Resavoir - Life Before
• Mount Maxwell - Nature ID
• Rejoicer - I Think This is Reasonable
• Monroeville Music Center - Il Pleut des Informations (ou Mass Media en Masse à Partir de Notre Cumulonimus Fiable)
• The Remote Viewer - Spend More Time With Me
• Proxima Psychoacoustics - The Boardwalk
• Asta Hiroki - Never Lose an Opportunity
• Drummachinemike - Muted
• Ben Lukas Boysen - Fama
• In The Well - Atomium
• Hiroki Tamaki - River
• Jonah Yano - No Petty Magic
• The Galaxy Electric, Droog Mulholland - Mystery Song
• Kid Koala - Til We Meet Again - Live at the Natural History Museum
• Kit Sebastian - Odyssey
• Wool - If They Left Us Alone Now
• Wool - To Kingdome Come
• Dead Ghosts - Chill Groover
• Sir Douglas Quintet - At the Crossroads - Alternate Mix
• Yoshiko Sai - Yoru no Sei
• Dorothea Paas - Autumn Roses
• Alvaro Rojas - Talons
• Lymbyc Systym - Teddy
• Precious Fathers - Past It Pastures
• Anna Butterss, featuring Jeff Parker - Dance Steve
• David Lavoie, Carson Tworow - Maybe It's Overrated
• Gong Gong Gong 工工工, Mong Tong - Escaping Encirclements
• wasmarkhere - A Bright Spark
• BASIC - New Auspicious
• Durutti Column - Don't Think You're Funny

"80. We call upon the federal government, in collaboration with Aboriginal peoples, to establish, as a statutory holiday, a National Day for Truth and Reconciliation to honour Survivors, their families, and communities, and ensure that public commemoration of the history and legacy of residential schools remains a vital component of the reconciliation process."

Playlist:

• Matthew Cardinal - Mar 23
• Polypores - Follow the Magpie
• Ezra Feinberg - Pose Beams - Gold Panda Remix
• David Lavoie, Carson Tworow - Where Are You Going
• Atamone - Strangers in MTL
• Yutaka Hirasaka - Go On
• Tristan de Liège, featuring Fabiano do Nascimento and Sam Gendel - Vento
• tstewart - buena - Pete Catt Remix
• wihtikow - ᐸᐦᑭᓯᒧᑖᕁ
• Underground Wires - The Neighbourhood Watch
• Salami Rose Joe Louis, featuring Nazir Ebo, Flanafi, Tone Whitfield - D I M C O L A R E P R I S E
• White Poppy - Ordinary Magic
• Ivan the Tolerable - Finished Pyramid
• Eiyn Sof - Bridle of Tar
• Vanishing Twin - The Age Of Immunology
• Ghostkeeper - Phantom
• Shirley Hurt - Hell of a Life
• Tanya Tagaq - Fox - Tiriganiak
• Tanya Tagaq - Growth
• Aerial M - Always Farewell
• Devendra Banhard - The Rose
• The Cure - Alone
• Zoon - Giizhig
• Black Moth Super Rainbow - Brain Waster
• His Name is Alive - The Dirt Eaters (2024 Remaster)
• Brightblack Morning Light - Black Feather Wishes Rise
• Willie Dunn - The Dreamer
• Fiver - Spinning Out & Going Nowhere
• Haruka Nakamura - Rhythm
• Witch Victim - Tongue Tyer

As the nights get longer and sweater-weather chill enters the morning air, autumn vibes have invaded The AM. Boards of Canada, Broadcast, Cocteau Twins, and Yo La Tengo all making appearances in this week's episode, along with less expected, but still soothing, sounds for a Monday morning. Hope you enjoy.

Playlist:

• Hollie Kenniff - Surface
• Nala Sinephro - Continuum 3
• Azeda Booth - Be It
• Tristan Arp - Life After Humans
• Zachary Gray - Upon Avon
• Soft Operator - That's Just Your Heart Giving Up
• Boards of Canada - Nothing is Real
• Khotin - WEM Lagoon Jump
• Contagious Yawns - Golden Hour
• Harmony Kleinman - Take Flight
• NETRVNNER - Crystalline
• Prairiewolf - Saying Yes to Everything
• Beautify Junkyards - Somersault
• Broadcast - Corporeal
• Panurge - Land of Jade
• Die Welttraumforscher - Nordhaus (2023)
• Niningashi - Ameagari
• Niningashi - Restaurant
• Mac DeMarco - 20200820 Turn My TV On
• Tindersticks - Don't Walk, Run
• BADBADNOTGOOD - Celestial Hands
• Mo Dotti - Really Wish
• Clinic Stars - remain
• Cocteau Twins - Pandora (for Cindy)
• Bus People - Luck
• Habibi - In My Dreams
• Lederhosen Lucil - Two Vikings
• John Myrtle - Foggy
• Chad VanGaalen - Sing Me 2 Sleep
• Yo La Tengo - You Can Have It All
• The Soundcarriers - Always
• Cindy Lee - To Heal This Wounded Heart

Take a deep breath with a neo-classical introduction, embrace the mystic might of Nat King Cole's Nature Boy in the 8:30 Throwback, and enjoy some dreamy jangle-pop in hour three. It's all part of the AM's ongoing quest to start your week with low-key beauty.

Playlist:

• Ben Morales Frost, Violeta Vicci - Forest Bathing
• Tom Kinsella - Back to Loneliness
• Yu Su - Avanera
• Buildings and Food - Outside My Window
• zeta ii reliculi - kobayashi maru
• Branches - Clouds
• Jon Hopkins, featuring Vylana - part ii - palace/illusion
• Madlib, Moonbyrd - Wild Sweet Beauty - Instrumental
• Shabaka, featuring Lianne La Havas - Kiss Me Before I Forget
• Maya Ongaku - Anoyo Drive
• Upupayāma - Fil Dağı
• Jungle By Night, featuring Pitou - Dive
• Yves Jarvis - Open Sesame
• Fievel is Glauque - As Above So Below
• Nat King Cole - Nature Boy
• Sam Cooke - Lonely Island
• Monster Rally - Floating Along a River
• SHOLTO - For the Love of Stripes
• Andy Shauf - Catch Your Eye
• Andre Ethier - Kids Are
• Eric Chenaux Trio - I've Always Said Love
• The Gabys - Cursed
• Penny Arcade - One More
• Lab Coast - The Pointe of It All
• Allah-Las - Mulberry Jam - Peaking Lights Dub
• The Clientele - Trains in the Night
• Kathy Heideman - The Earth Won't Hold Me
• Jennifer Castle - Blowing Kisses
• Cereus Bright - Seven Wonders
• Koushik - Coolin
• Thought Bubble - No Hiding
• Witch Victim - Horizon

Ushering in the autumn with a mix of hazy dream-pop (Grouper remixing Slowdive, Efrim Manuck's latest drone-pop project), synths, and post-rock, with a Bossa Nova detour courtesy of the late Sérgio Mendes. Plus, stick around for hour three and an interview with Tess Roby, who's starting an NMC residency this very morning.

Hope you enjoy it!

Playlist:

• Slowdive, featuring Grouper - kisses (sky ii)
• WE ARE WINTER'S BLUE AND RADIANT CHILDREN - Uncloudy Day
• Omar S, AF13, Desire - Montana
• Suuns - Vanishing Point
• Von Spar, Eiko Ishibashi, Joe Talia, Tasuhisa Yamamoto - III
• Experimental Music Summer Camp - Moscat
• Tycho - DX Odyssey
• Zachary Gray - Suburbia
• Caribou - Come Find Me
• Ghostkeeper - Astum Ota
• Clinic Stars - Only Hinting
• Peel Dream Magazine - Recital
• Dorian Concept - Hide - Bibio Rework
• Abstract Crimewave - Flyga Fram
• Sergio Mendes - One Note Samba
• Sergio Mendes - She's a Carioca
• Tristan de Liège - Wanderer
• Naima Bock - Feed My Release
• Dana Gavanski - Reiteration
• Rich Aucoin - Future
• Dawn to Dawn - Yours to Know
• Mui Zyu - The Rules of What an Earthling Can Be
• Sleepkit - Peace of Nothing
• Panda Bear, Sonic Boom - Peligro (Danger)
• The Mercury Program - Fragile or Possibly Extinct
• No Birds - Triplets to Solids
• Shecky Formé - Untitled (002)

Back on the air after a month away, with sedate sounds for a holiday Monday. Thanks again to Syf and Emily R. for holding down the fort for the last four weeks.

This week: soul digressions, post-rock excursions, Nick Cave on joy, and the pleasure of getting lost.

Playlist:

• Sarah Neufeld, Richard Reed Parry, Rebecca Foon - Slow New Year
• Lyndsie Alguire - sandcastles
• Rikuto Fujimoto - New Dawn
• Hélène Vogelsinger - Elevation
• Boycalledcrow - Magic Medicine
• Dialect - Born Through
• Andrew Wasylyk, Tommy Perman - Root Grow Emerge
• tender spring, featuring Joseph Shabason - You Have My Whole Heart
• Melinda Sullivan, Larry Goldings - Do You Like
• Ben Lukas Boysen - Quasar
• Sanctums - Year One
• Silje Nes - Crystals
• The Soundcarriers - What We Found
• Tess Parks - Koalas
• Guitaro - Chateau 100
• Dummy - Blue Dada
• Do Make Say Think - Say
• Duster - Isn't Over
• Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Joy
• Gregory Nieuwsma - The Pleasure of Getting Lost
• Misha Panfilov - Rhythm-O-Green
• Brendan Sound System - July
• Rotary Connection - The Sea and She
• Thee Sacred Souls - Live For You
• SAULT - Bitter Streets
• Terry Durham - Crystal Telephone
• Military Genius - Darkest Hour
• Ghostkeeper - Storm Chaser
• TOPS - Sunday Morning
• Electrelane - To the East

2024 has been a fantastic year for music so far. This week's episode takes a stroll through 30+ albums released in the first half of the year, from ambient to jazz and psychedelica—check out the rest of the list at https://theam.ca

It's also the last AM with Peter at the helm for the next month. Syf from Acheulean Age and Emily R from Greenhouse will be filling in for August, so you'll be in good hands. Enjoy and see you in September!

Playlist:

• Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer - A Treasure Chest
• Ezra Feinberg, featuring Mary Lattimore - Get Some Rest
• Caméra - Matsutaké
• Osmanthus - Cutting and Layering
• Shabaka, featuring Moses Sumney - Insecurities
• Ayal Senior - Burnt Likshen
• Sam Gendel, Fabiano do Nascimento - Poeira
• Bilal Nasser - On the Surface
• Geotic - The Quarrel
• Buildings and Food - Flatland
• Easy Idiot - Theme for Feeling Drunk and Cool
• Temporal Waves - Cyclotron
• Organic Pulse Ensemble - Peace Piece
• Fuubutsushi - Distance Learner
• Circles Around the Sun, Mikaela Davis - Gloaming Way
• The Sorcerers - Bebaynetu
• Beth Gibbons - Floating on a Moment
• Project Gemini - Lost in the Woods (Paranoia)
• Loving - No Mast
• Luka Kuplowsky - How Can I Possibly Sleep When There is Music (a response to Ryōkan Taigu)
• Lau Ro - Lugar
• Unessential Oils - Overwhelmed and Unprepared
• OHMA - the wildflowers are upon us
• Cindy Lee - What's It Going to Take
• Yu Ching - Fly! Little Black Thing
• Retep Folo, Dorothy Moskowitz - Moon
• Bibi Club - Rue du Repos
• Jon McKiel - Hex
• Magic Fig - Distant Dream
• Molly Lewis, featuring Thee Sacred Souls - Crushed Velvet
• Jessica Pratt - Better Hate
• Eye of Newt - Bot for Teacher
• ROY - Cold Water In My Tea
• Psychic Temple - Fields of Grass / 9 Is the End (It's Over)

Another scorching week here in Calgary—hopefully it cools off in time for Folk Fest, but for now here's a mix of chill tunes, tropical sounds, and CFMF selections to see you through the last week of the heatwave.

Playlist:

• Skyminds - Agua Escondida
• Markus Floats - Introduction
• Hiro Ama - Roundabout
• Melinda Sullivan, Larry Goldings - Big Foot
• Ben Lukas Boysen - State 20
• Proxima Psychoacoustics - The Informant
• The Octopus Project - Grape Look
• Where's the Other - The Sum of All
• Castle If - Soft Tide
• Lilacs & Champagne - Rude Dream
• SML - Search Bar Hi Hat
• Monster Rally - Prickly Pears
• Titanic - Cielo Falso
• LT Leif - Cougar Darts
• Bernardino Femminielli - La foire aux lumières
• Beastie Boys - I Don't Know
• Helio Matheus - Meu Segredo
• Helio Matheus - Mais Kriola
• Polyphonic Exophilia - ABRA
• SAULT - Bitter Streets
• The Holydrug Couple - The Snail
• Robin Guthrie - La Perigrina
• Y La Bamba - Walk Along
• Etran De L'Aïr - Nak Deranine
• Luna Li - omnichord jam
• Laurence-Anne - Polymorphe
• Cowboy Junkies - Knives
• Ghost Woman - Street Meet
• Astral Swans - Under the Waves
• The Soundcarriers - Already Over
• wasmarkhere - Yeslek
• Rubber Oh, featuring Rozi Plain - Circles
• Jasper Byrne + Sonic - dream day
• Blume - Passes Me By