The A.M.

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 Run
• Peals - Become Younger
• Cédric Dind-Lavoie - Lignes
• OHMA - With Loving Kindness
• Kiasmos - Burst (Rachika Nayar & Nina Keith Rework)
• DJ Shadow, featuring Nils Frahm - Scars
• Klein Volk - Weidegang
• Audio Obscura - I Once Dreamed of Building Castles in Space
• AVI - Black Cloud
• Doomsquad - Disremember/Dismemberment
• Ghost Cartridge - reading next to a lamp
• Richard Reed Parry, Dallas Good - Are You Gone (When You're Gone)
• Avi Engel - Underground Music
• Laura Misch - Kairos
• The Operator Sound Inc - Esoteric Space Age Witchcraft
• Eiyn Sof - Mary On His Mind
• Wendy & Bonnie - Five O'Clock in the Morning
• Wendy & Bonnie - Endless Pathway
• Maya Ongaku - Astral Echos
• Vanishing Twin - Sugar Stone
• The Sandals - Theme from "The Endless Summer"
• Dungen - Det Du Tänker Idag Är Du Imorgon
• Easy Idiot - Exploring with Zoot
• Frank Zappa - Peaches En Regalia
• Trá Pháidín - An Béal Bocht
• Fiver - That's A Joke
• Art Feynman - Always in Need of Something
• Dada Plan - Vaguely Mystical
• Rick White, Julie Doiron - The Question
• Yoo Doo Right - The Failure of Stiff, Tired Friends
• Flywheel - Stop Looking At Her
• Fern Murphy - Sun Between Them
• Summer Bruises - Eat Our Dust
• Zoon - How Many More Times

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 X
• Rose Keeler-Schaffeler - Two Hearts
• Emily A. Sprague - Sing To (Khotin Remix)
• CG Tears - I'm Falling Up
• Portland Vows - Remains
• St. Silva - Sun Flies
• Gilroy Mere - On the Road
• Test Card - Five and Eight is the Report
• Jason Dungan, Johan Carøe - Mornings with Rita
• Polypores - Fascinate
• Stelar Door - Reality Between Us
• Bernard Grancher - I Should Feel Confined
• The Durutti Column, featuring Caoilfhionn Rose - Agonistes
• Echo Upstairs - Cavalgo Marinho
• Fälaren - Leilani pt. 2
• The Hylozoists - Street of Crocodiles
• The Hylozoists - The People is Never Corrupt
• Ulrika Spacek - Picto - wing! remix
• Arms and Sleepers - Mon Mar
• Ancient Infinity Orchestra - Nafas
• sachi’s mirror - Out loud
• Concealer - Your Master's Wishes
• Black Market Karma - The Death Throes of Nuance - Live At Fuzz Club
• Gnoomes - Losey
• Mahogany Frog - Baroque.
• Hermitess - Three Bells
• The Thorn - Wasted and Tired
• Trees - Snail's Lament
• Owen Pallett - Midnight Directives
• Sandro 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 Trip
• Ivan the Tolerable - Highest Pavement
• Jason Dungan, Johan Carøe - Routine I
• Strawberry Switchblade - Trees and Flowers - Extended Mix
• Maya Ongaku - You are Silence
• Brian Baggett - Adrift
• The World Next Door - Only the Pink Dinosaur
• Test Card - Telnet to Telex
• dgoHn - Bus To Fairlop
• Resavoir, Matt Gold - Lua
• Marco Benevento, featuring Dave Guy - Sorgini
• Islands on Tape - Dust Conspiracy
• The Avalanches, featuring Karen O - Blue Shadows
• Hair Control - Seeing in the Dark
• Victorella - La femme invisible
• Tokedashita Garasubako - Annmari Fukasugite
• Tokedashita Garasubako - Kimi ha Dare nanda
• Rick White, Julie Doiron - In the Way
• Kronstad 23 - Stratosfæren
• N NAO, featuring Helena Deland - Fleuron
• The Consonant C - Doom
• Meggo - the crash
• Jobriath - I'm a Man
• boyhood - Loner
• CASTLEBEAT - This Takes Time
• Fuses - Aniline
• Jeffrey Silverstein - Portland Works
• Ayal Senior - Egg Yolk Slime
• Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders - From Loch Raven to Fells Point
• Cindy Lee - Prayer of Baphomet
• Jared Mattson & Ruban Nielson - River Rafting
• Edena 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 Thing
• JOYFULTALK - Blissed For a Minute
• Cochemea - Chito's Song
• Prairiewolf - Burning Edges
• Arid Landscapes - Suzuki's Call
• Zeta II Reticulli - Teacozy 3
• TENGGER - Atmosphere
• Haruomi Hosono - Note of Mothership
• Gilroy Mere - On the Road
• Buildings and Food - Imprints of the Circle
• Jon McKiel - Rosemary
• Babe Rainbow - Mangoes
• Helado Tropical - Déjate Caer
• Adrian Younge - Shake Down
• Sean Wolcott - Heaven Has No Swords
• Badge Époque Ensemble - Thinking of God
• DJ Shadow - What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 4
• DJ Shadow - Midnight in a Perfect World
• Ultre - Museum of Air
• Bristol Manor - Stash Box
• Charles Danet & Stoic Faces - Little Piece of Music
• Twink, Moths and Locusts - Love Ashore
• Ora Cogan - Ways of Losing
• LT Leif - quail's egg (dadge mix)
• Mitsune - Roku-Go
• Foxwarren - Say It
• Bruno Berle - Sem Fronteiras
• Allah-Las - Pt. Conception
• The Heavenly Bodes - Acting
• Holy Wave - I'm DADA
• Star Horse - Never Never
• sundayclub - Sad Summer
• Bibi 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 To
• OHMA - Rooted in Her Presence
• Pierre-Yves Martel, featuring Joel Plaskett - Golden Garbage
• The Durutti Column - Scammer
• Ghost Cartridge - watching tv alone in the dark
• Akusmi - Pleine Lune
• Ash Brooks - Shasta
• Tomo Katsurada, Jonny Nash - Anone None
• Tommy Perman, Hanna Tuulikki - Move Your Body (Greater Horseshoe Bat)
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• Play Time - Wanderers
• Secos & Molhados - O Patrão Nosso De Cada Dia
• Joyce Moreno, Tutty Moreno, Adrian Younge - Fingers
• Avi Engel - Garden of Earthly Delights
• Dark Orchard - It's Been a Pleasure
• Dif Juz - Echo Wreck
• Dif Juz - Love Insane
• Pearl & The Oysters - Mandarin Moon
• Mandrake Handshake - En Vol
• Yabra - Moonrise
• Vanishing Twin - Bring Me the Axe
• Dungen - En Gång I Timmen
• Carl Didur - Coda to the Moment
• Orbital Ensemble - Trilha
• Panman Pat - Ju-Ju
• Bruce Peninsula - Cliffs & Coves
• Hammock - We Close Our Eyes so We Can See
• The Analog Girl - nebula
• Kaster - Colt
• Brown Spirits - That River Ain't for Swimming
• Some 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 Vistas
• Jared Mattson & Ruban Nielson - American Eagle
• Cédric Dind-Lavoie - Ce qu'il y a autour
• Rosenau & Sanborn - Harm
• Buildings and Food - 4 a m
• BUNKR - 96 Refraction
• Hanakiv - Sunbeams
• Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland - A Dream That Never Arrived
• Bristol Manor - Turn Things Around
• Walrus Ghost - Paprika
• Navet Confit - 6 8
• worriedaboutsatan - A White Horse
• Boards of Canada - You Retreat in Time and Space
• Stelar Door - Wood Drip
• Drum & Lace - Terra (Right Here Do This)
• Flore Laurentienne - Régate
• Fabiano do Nascimento, E Ruscha V - Rain
• Ora Cogan - The Smoke
• Full Moon Bummer, Chad VanGaalen - Morning Poem (for Sara)
• The Notwist - Teeth
• Yamila - Diamonds
• The Sleeves - Empty Thoughts
• Bibi Club - Les vagues
• Tomo Katsurada, Misha Panfilov - Fantastic World
• Sean Wolcott - Séance of the Golden Dawn
• Adrian Younge - Portschute
• Population II - Magouilleux
• Natural Magic - Galaxy Builder
• Tara Clerkin Trio - Lazy Daisy
• The 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 Song
• M. Geddes Gengras - The List is Millions Long
• PJ Harvey - Voyager
• Ambre Ciel - dream / mirage
• Jacana People - Koshi
• David A. Jaycock - Circling the Church
• Rizomagic - Las Esferas
• CG Tears - Blue Wall of Ectoplasm
• Maya Ongaku - Astral Echoes
• Castle If - Les Mines
• Wax Mannequin - Introduction
• Potions - a line there, in the centre
• Jared Mattson & Ruban Nielson - High T
• Mercedes Benz - When You Come Home
• Lammping - DFV
• Lau Ro - Feel
• Parisa Ramezan - Shams
• Seeland - Library
• Seeland - Hang On Lucifer
• Laptop - End Credits - Director's Cut
• Hair Control - TV in the Afterlife
• Torngat - Interlude
• Micha Acher - Radio Four
• Fuses - Bakom Molnen
• Fiver - Tomka Ton
• Johnny Rivers - Summer Rain
• Ori Kaplan & Lihu Melamed, featuring Itamar Ziegler - Amber
• Broken Social Scene - Not Around Anymore
• Kutiman & Dekel - Sunshine
• Orange Crate Art - Mallet Precognition
• Immersion - Megafauna
• Yoo 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 Sun
• Prairiewolf - Burning Edges
• Rose Keeler-Schaffeler - Boy Faced Boy
• Husha Husha - Wurlitzer, Flugelhorn, Synthesizer
• Jack Wyllie - Eternal Spring
• Ghost Cartridge, Mantrakid - Family Dinner
• Mayerling - Herminia
• Dohnavùr - Unwavering
• Obli - Sun Sun Sun
• Danalogue - You Are On the Right Track
• Stelar Door - Giants Within
• Pye Corner Audio - Rays of Sunshine
• Bill Orcutt, Mabe Fratti - Steps of the Sun
• Fiver - Too Far, Too Fair
• Full Moon Bummer - Don't Wake Me
• Belle and Sebastian - Expectations
• Belle and Sebastian - I Could Be Dreaming
• Maisy Owen - Dark on a Sunny Day
• Zoon - Beautiful II
• Bodywash - Sunspots
• Beautify Junkyards - Golden Apples of the Sun
• Khun Narin’s Electric Phin Band - Phuthai JP
• Orbital Ensemble - Resiliência
• Organic Pulse Ensemble - Redemption Arc
• The Empress - Switch Blade
• Richard Bundy, Anna Phoebe - Secrets and Spaces
• Patche - Howe
• Horse Lords - First Galactic Utopia
• Saul Williams, featuring Moor Mother, Gonjasufi - Conspiracy
• Will Graefe, Spencer Zahn - I Envy Light
• Kamikaze Nurse - Sun Song
• BIG|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 Rhythm
• Nick Schofield - Imagine Space
• Hollie Kenniff, featuring Kazuma Okabayashi - Familial Tones
• Thor Harris, Immersion - At the Wizard's House
• Harald Grosskopf - Stranger Strings
• Ibrahim Alfa Jnr. - Latent
• Pesewa - The Path is New
• Jairus Sharif - Study Wrong
• Salamanda - allez, pousse!
• Emily A. Sprague - Double Moon
• Shabason & Krgovich - Along the Dance Away
• Jonathan Personne - Superstar
• Babe Rainbow - Acid and Honey
• Aladean Kheroufi - She's Not Ur Baby
• Loving - The Not Real Lake
• Loving - She Refused to Say
• Black Country, New Road - Two Horses
• Nick Drake - Fly
• Mynolia, featuring Spencer Cullum - Needle
• Hermitess - In That Country
• Kutiman & Dekel - Take It Easy
• Ryan Bourne - Entropy
• Yea-Ming and the Rumors - Treasury of Loved Ones
• Ori Kaplan, Lihu Melamed - Tuntel
• BASIC - Brutalist With Filigree
• Kronstad 23 - Bolverk
• Pierre Desmarais - Bug
• Salami Rose Joe Louis - Inside, with Trio
• Jolie Laide - No Shape I Know
• Sook-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 Sonic
• The Sleeves - You, Now, Again
• Ivan the Tolerable - Epigram
• Gary Bartz & Your Brother’s Keeper - Ground Loop
• TENGGER - Blue
• Charbonneau / Amato - Deers
• Juni Habel - Pearl Cloud Song - Tom Sharkett Reformation
• MIDI Janitor - Voice at the Edge of Summer
• David A. Jaycock - Butterfly Discotèque
• Sunalta - Drip
• Lou Barlow - Reason to Live
• Astral Swans - True Love Leaves No Traces
• Blocktreat - Grief
• Cate Kennan - Devil's Hour
• Tara Clerkin Trio - Lazy Daisy
• Jerry Paper - Reprogram Ourselves
• Jerry Paper - Comfort
• Larry Manteca - Ufo Bossa
• She-Devils - The World Laughs
• Baby Cool - Loop
• Bernardino Femminielli - On n'accepte pas, mais on se laisse faire
• Sharada Shashidhar - Reassurance
• Memotone, featuring guest - Round the Bend
• SUUNS - Up Past the Nursery
• Nadah El Shazly - Banit
• MXD - Astrid
• Black Marble - Jim Carol New Year
• Memorials - Just a Moon
• Lukka - Ost Berlin
• Ray Barbee - Holding Company
• Timoti la Moto Casco - Carrusel
• No False Suns - 1990 or so