The A.M.

A bit of a jumbled episode, sure, but this week's AM still has plenty worth tuning into. New-to-the-show musicians include Michel Moulinie, Discodor, and Unessential Oils, alongside AM favourites from Teen Daze to Juana Molina to Kraftwerk. Wander from ambient electronics to Brazilian pop to doom-wop to oddball jazz. Does it all connect? No, but you can still trust in the ride.Playlist: Lee Hazelwood - It's Monday Morningrespectfulchild - beautyMichel Moulinie - Lente CourseSteve Hauschildt - ArpeggiareNick Schofield - Resonant WorldBuildings and Food - FlatlandSoft Operator - Cluster BTeen Daze - Kilikalokey - AndWillContinuteToGrowLiila - appa wú wéiDavid Boulter - The ArboretumRoman Angelos - Motorbike JourneyDISCODOR - OrangeGlass Beams - OrbEl Michels Affair - Pushing RocksJoyce - BananaJoyce - CarnavalzinhoLau Ro - LugarJuana Molina - Vive SoloJon McKiel - The FixUnessential Oils - Nic at the MuseumTommy Guerrero - Through the MosaicThe Garrys - CakewalkGhost Power - GrimalkinRay Barbee - A Man’s Wisdom Gives Him PatienceNo False Suns - Divine CadenceKraftwerk - Ohm Sweet OhmMonroeville Music Center - Préparatifs dans la Salle de RédactionAmy Aileen Wood - HiccupsDun-Dun Band - No. 20 (Once Raw: The Aging G)

A meandering Monday morning, with a throwback to the one-and-only Moondog, a nod to late Quebecois singer-songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland, and an hour of Cosmic American Music to wrap the show. That plus the usual strains of ambient electronics, meditative jazz, post-rock interludes, and other songs to start your week on solid footing.Playlist: Små Vågor, Henrik von Euler - Bron UtTristan De Liège - Muted - Lehto RemixBodywash - Kind of Light - Khotin RemixSalamanda - Sing TogetherYu Ching - Fly! Little Black ThingCastle If - Nautical MilesBristol Manor - Mirror ImagesMy Kill Jack's On - TranspublictionForest Swords - Night SculptureSteve Lyman, featuring Ben Lukas Boysen - PoolsEiko Ishibashi - We’ll live through the long, long days and the longnights (And when our last hour comes we’ll go quietly)Charles Spearin - Portrait of the Artist as a ThursdayTorngat - Afternoon Moon PieHintermass - Apple TreeEllis Island Sound - Cuckoo HillMoondog - What’s the Most Exciting ThingMoondog - Wine, Women and SongPaul Mauriat - Love is BlueJean-Pierre Ferland - Le chat du café des artistesSamantha Savage Smith - ESGGallinNolan Potter - DisarrayRyan Bourne - Pink LiteChet Sounds - One Step Forward, Two Steps BackGhost Woman - All the TimeROY - Little More TimeGun Outfit - Strange InsistenceOra Cogan - CowgirlPsychic Temple - Doggie Paddlin’ Thru the Cosmic ConsciousnessField Works - The sharp smell of cedarFiver - Worship the Sun (Not the Golden Boy)John Hulbert - SunriseClinton St. John - Sunlight, Good Light

A throwback to an early 2000s post-rock debut, excursions into psych-folk and ambient country, and your usual genre-and-decade-spanning mix of offbeat easy listening—enjoy another three hours of mellow Monday mantras on The AM.Playlist: Kindly Spoken Thieves - LillianSUSS - FlightThe Golden Age of Wrestling - The ChauffeurIn The Well - Meadow TransientZachary Gray - Tessellate!Greg Foat, Sokratis Votskos, Warren Hampshire, Ayo Salawu - Kiki’s Tavern (For Vasilis)Hiro Ama - SundayMiyauchi Yuri - Yoti eTommy Perman, Andrew Wasylyk - Communal ImaginationSalami Rose Joe Louis, Flanafi - I Gotta Find Some New FriendsHarmonia, featuring Vittoria Maccabruni & Michael Rother - Wave By WaveBlack Moth Super Rainbow - Melting on the MeadowMISZCZYK, featuring Bile Sister - The Ecstatic DanceDreamsploitation - Creating Love and Happiness out of the Noir - the MelancholyMiracle Fortress - TracersYuuf - Silky SpringEfterklang - AntitechCaméra - RumeursYear of Glad - Old GrowthAriel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer - Dizzy DittySam Prekop - The New LastProject Gemini - Seven Seconds to SunriseJeffrey Silverstein - Gassed UpWoods - Lay With LuckBeth Gibbons - Reaching OutMelody's Echo Chamber - Endless ShoreFelt - Under a Pale LightKnife Pleats - ConstellationDucks Ltd. - Harm's WayLab Coast - AstronautThe Clientele - As Night Is FallingSummer Bruises - Fog

Special guest Vincenzo Natali (director of cult classic sci-fi flicks like Cube, Splice and Nothing) joins in the third hour to discuss his upcoming retrospective at the Calgary Underground Film Festival. Hear that conversation, plus your usual mix of ambient instrumentals, dream-pop ditties, and other early morning sounds, in this week's AM on CJSW.Playlist: Tancredi Fazzino - Know Your WaysTemporal Waves - Luminous ObjectsChannelers - Middle Over HillLaurent Dury - Pulse of Life1900 - Radio DadaBright Boy - TremorKhotin - Alterac AcidYetsuby - 물먹는하마The Utopia Strong - Miniature CitadelsCircle Sky - lcm_1Cam​é​ra - Le PhiltreOHMA - the essence of the divine herselfE. Lundquist, featuring Gianni Brezzo - My SunSávila - PocoapocoIvan the Tolerable - The Thin NightFar East Family Band - KokoroThe Royal Family - I Am the WindRyan Bourne - EntropyROY - I Ride The HighwayPan Amsterdam, Metronomy - Nice Town - Metronomy RemixLaetitia Sadier - Panser L’inacceptableCorridor - Mon ArgentYOCTO - Hagio AgioTTSSFU - BaggageMarine Girls - Love to KnowSunglaciers - Waiting for NothingCindy Lee - What’s It Going to TakeJeff Parker and The New Breed, featuring Ruby Parker - Soul Love

Tune into hour three for a mini-tribute to the Solar Eclipse (which is as close as I'll get to seeing one for the next few decades, most likely). Plus unexpected new music from Cindy Lee, a throwback to Sandro Perri, alphabetical ambiance from Kilometre Club, and other sounds for a sunny Monday morning in Calgary.Playlist: Keiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka - You've Come Far NESKelly Moran - Dancer PolynomialsAnne Nikitin, Hannah Peel - A Royal StatementMichael Peter Olsen - So Far So GoodGregory Allison - Veritas (Tristan de Liège Rework)Kilometre Club, featuring Hollie Kenniff - AirlinerJilk - Kayla AsleepShabason, Krgovich, Sage - JoeZeta II Reticulli - teacozy 3Apta - Emerge (The Hardy Tree Remix)Mort Garson - Concerto for Philodendron & PothosKamasi Washington, featuring André 3000 - Dream StateKhruangbin - Fifteen Fifty-ThreeGlass Beams - MahalMort Garson - PlantasiaValebol - La PulpaMort Garson - Symphony for a Spider PlantSandro Perri - Family TreeSandro Perri - Love is RealRaf Wilcot - SlitherLoving - On My Way to YouPenny Arcade - JonaJulia Holter - Sun GirlMichael Boddicker - Buckaroo Bonzai End CreditsThe Sun Ra Quartet, featuring John Gilmore - When There Is No SunShana Cleveland - Invisible When the Sun LeavesJacco Gardner - EclipsePossum - Dance of the EclipseDaisy Rickman - Golden SeedsCindy Lee - Government ChequeA. Savage - Black Holes, the Stars and YouAlena Spanger - InesBibi Club - Parc de BeauvoirLa Force - Outrun the SunHalo Maud, featuring Greg Saunier - You FloatAstral Swans, featuring Jairus Sharif - Shine the Light Inside

No pranks, no jokes, just a serene start to April 2024. Three hours of offbeat easy listening, with a throwback to Tangerine Dream, new music from Kiasmos, Fuubutsushi, and TEKE::TEKE, international oddities, and other sounds to start the day/week/month on the right foot.Playlist: Fuubutsushi - Tenel Ka (First Crush)OHMA - mama’s kneeHochzeitskapelle - Silver RiderBuildings and Food - sky-dTest Card - Super 8 Sunsetsub lumen - Pick Pop SciPlains Apparitions, Light Blending In - Outside the UniverseFour Tet - So BluePOSTNAMERS - Mirthpeal and RosesThe Hillside Project - Sparkler Dims - Josh Semans ReworkKiasmos - FlownBilal Nasser - Say NothingSix Organs Of Admittance - New Year’s SongClaudio Rocchi - Tutti insiemeLibra Rising - Over the FieldsJungle By Night - The Green in Your DreamsTangerine Dream - No Man’s LandMorricone Youth, Devon Jon Goldberg - Method ActingKifu Mitsuhashi & Kiyoshi Yamaya - Hohai-BushiTEKE::TEKE - BankrobberVarious Artists, featuring Guess What - Stickle BricksThe Analog Girl - ZodiacKlaus Johann Grobe - Better DoSunglaciers - CursedCorridor - Mourir DemainCoco - Mythological ManPatti Whipp - Walkin’Dolce - LögnenCedric Noel - SessionsBill MacKay - Powder Mill ParkEric Chenaux Trio - This Ain’t Life

Trying my best to find the beauty in the wintry weather, exploring glacial sounds in the third hour of this week's AM. Before that, still a bit chilly, with icy synth-pop, interstellar electronics, and a little bit of warm-blooded jazz just to keep things balanced. Hope you enjoy it!Playlist: Seahawks, Woo - OmotionSunalta - OnlyRob Mitchelson - Mood UltravioletGroup Listening - Hills EndVioleta Vicci - Orbital - Turze Hyperfocus RemixAagtive & Classy Vampire - Unnerving DiscoveryQwalia - OmegaSean Ono Lennon - Thinking of MWill Régnier - Not a Real PlaceNathan Salsburg, James Elkington - Buffalo StanceTara Clerkin Trio - The Turning GroundOan Kim, featuring Gabi Hartmann - LushTimber Timbre - Holy MotorsYea-Ming and the Rumours - I Can’t Have It AllLali Puna - Faking the BooksLali Puna - Grin and BearThe Organizing Committee - Primordial EggTess Roby - Ballad 5Discovery Zone - All Dressed Up With Nowhere to GoClément Froissart, Domenique Dumont - A Silent ThunderThe Declining Winter - Song of the Moor FireGeotic - The Lime of StarsUlrich Schnauss, Jonas Munk - Along Deserted StreetsTwink with Moths & Locusts and Heavy Friends - Love AshoreDeath and Vanilla - Transparent ThingsThe Reds, Pinks & Purples - What's Going On With Ordinary PeopleThe Radiation Flowers - Never FadeEl Perro Del Mar - Wipe Me Off This EarthSUUNS - Watch You, Watch Me

Taking inspiration from The Holdovers, the second hour of this week's AM digs into '60s and '70s singer-songwriter fare—and the music it inspired. And, of course, your usual mix of Monday morning sounds, from ambient electronics to soul-jazz excursions, folk-rock ditties and unclassifiable but soul-soothing sounds.Playlist: Nick Schofield - On AirGeotic - The GoingBenny Benji - After the Farmer’s WifeRooster37 - Champagne of LifeMorgan Greenwood - PomegranateEl Perro Del Mar - The Truth the Dead KnowDrum & Lace - SistersMichael Vincent Waller - For Pauline - Yu Su Remix1900 - Den minsta av segrarFolke Nikanor - E4an två milThe Hylozoists - The Crippled GiantMark Orton - Candlepin BowlingBaby Rose, Badbadnotgood - One Last DanceFortunato Durutti Marinetti - The FlowersLeonard Cohen - Sing Another Song BoysThe Brazda Brothers - GeminiJim O'Rourke - Friends With BenefitsJim O'Rourke - Last YearLoving - The Light In YouKaren Dalton - Right, Wrong Or ReadyMargo Guryan - Why Do I CryBill Fay Group - Just a MoonYuma Abe - Fuyo GoeIbelisse Guardia Ferragutti, Frank Rosaly - DestejerWITCH - Message from WITCHEthnic Heritage Ensemble - The Whole WorldJahari Massamba Unit (Madlib & Kariem Riggins) - Stomping GamayNolan Potter's Nightmare Band - MellificationGal Gracen - Winds of Solace, Pillars of SandN NAO - PangéeOra Cogan - Is Anything WrongFila Brazillia - Sugarplum HairnetOsmanthus - Bloom

The first two hours of this week's AM dip in and out of neo-classical, experimental jazz, and other instrumental sounds. Hour three shakes off the drowsiness for some dream-pop, shoegaze, and a Deftones cover for good measure. Hope the Daylight Savings didn't hit you too hard this morning, and enjoy the extra sunshine.Playlist: nubo, featuring Rebekah Reid - For Our HeartsMoshimoss - Unknown SoulsJoseph Shabason - AytcheSagor & Swing - Vals På VingarGODTET - Struck Bamboo PipesAkusmi - Oblique (Extended)Markus Floats - DeathBristol Manor - Personal GainsGidge - The Fellsgum.mp3, featuring 48thSt + Harrison - Mars and Its MoonsNalepa - It Ought to BeHana Stretton - Captain’s FlatAwenda Provincial Park - quarrel, my loveShahzad Ismaily, Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer - SajniLabelle - L’homme félinHaiku Salut - Bleak and Beautiful (All Things)Haiku Salut - Foreign PollenBuildings & Food - Swimming in DentonErika Angell - Never Tried to RunBell Orchestre - Icicles / BicyclesPeter Belec, Jeff Roy - StardustL.A. Takedown - They Move and They Shine (Live at Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, 3/30/23)wasmarkhere - I Am GoneWhitelands - Now Here’s the WeatherNo Joy - Teenager - From HeavenPure X - EasyLa Luz - Strange WorldPick A Piper, featuring Mabe Fratti - PavesaExploded View - Gone TomorrowSleepkit - Memory Candle

In honour of her upcoming solo debut, this week we throw back to Beth Gibbons' beautiful 2002 collaboration with Rustin Man, Out of Season—warm and wintry in equal measure, so it's perfect for another grey day. Plus '70s Dutch prog, new jazz-infused sounds from Prefuse 73 and Madlib, an unexpected Bill Withers cover, and other low-key sounds for a gloomy Monday morning.Playlist: Musebots & Arne Eigenfeldt - To Believe the WorldGroup Listening - New BrightonIndia Gailey, featuring Thanya Iyer - Where I can be as big as the SunOtto Benson - ApogamyPrefuse 73 - A Lord Without JewelsMadlib, Karriem Riggins - Anointed SoulRooster37 - Lost in the FogMinor Sine Project - Old But NewMoat Bells - Waverhouse LiesHidden Orchestra - SkylarksLætitia Sadier - Don't Forget You're MineBibi Club - L’île aux bleuetsTara Jane O'Neil - CurlingSteven R. Smith - OliveROY - Spoons for the WorldBeth Gibbons, Rustin Man - RomanceBeth Gibbons, Rustin Man - Tom the ModelParanoid London, featuring Bobby Gillespie - People (Ah Yeah)The Natural Yogurt Band - Life FormsCrystal Canyon - Pulsars and MagnetarsCrystal Eyes - I Still Believe in Love (pt. 1 & 2)Mikaela Davis, Circles Around the Sun - Gloaming WayFinch - Unspoken is the WordDog Unit - Consistent EffortRetep Folo, Dorothy Moskowitz - Running TimeFortunato Durutti Marinetti - Smash Your Head Against the WallMac DeMarco - GualalaRadiotrónica, GUTINHO - Perdidos en AndrómedaSymphony Orchestra - Unthink the ThinkableVictrix - Do You Know?Bullion - Heartbreak Road

This morning turned out surprisingly bleak here in Calgary, so this week's AM has a mix of wintry sounds and more upbeat escapism. Start your week with chilly synths, icy reverb, and the warming rays of the occasional horn section, and stay warm out there.Playlist: Daniel Santiago, Pedro Martins - Curupira ModernistaSteve Gunn, David Moore - IKelly Moran - Butterfly PhaseSun Rain - Penta 6Shabason, Krgovich, Sage - DonGarden Gate - Magic Lantern (Main Theme)Easy Idiot - Theme for Feeling Drunk & CoolPsychic Pollution - Vermillion SunAlessandro Cortini, Baseck - Doggie TattooÉtamine - AntiblueTorn Hawk - NC-17 School SuppliesThandii - The End of the WorldHelado Negro - Es Una FantasiaDina Ögon - FiradJeff Parker - After the RainEine Kleine China - User Illusion I (Live)Grace Jones - Walking in the RainGrace Jones - I’ve Seen That Face Before (Libertango)Ghost Funk Orchestra - AchluoLeland Whitty, Alexander Sowinski - Pungle (Bonus Track)El Huervo - PlayKhruangbin - May NinthGinger Beef - DewDaisy Rickman - Signpost to the StarsAt Mission Dolores - Before the RainFiver - Wallace Goes to RussiaThe Eastern Plain - Follow the GhostJessica Pratt - Life IsJane Weaver - Perfect StormDana Gavanski - The Day UnfoldsBeth Gibbons - Floating on a MomentSinewave - Star TrippingThe Holydrug Couple - DreamyHOLY - and she breaks the day! A clarity

It's the long weekend—but The AM is still here live, sending you laid-back vibes to help set that anxiety aside. Except during a detour through Can's paranoid grooves and a few of the sounds they inspired, that is. Happy Family Day, and have a fantastic week!Playlist: Bilal Nasser - Yawn Into ItDaedelus - A Considered Reply - Day 1yutaka hirasaka - overflowedMiyauchi Yuri - jiadeMarly Lüske - Forest BeltRetep Folo, Dorothy Moskowitz - MoonTemporal Waves - Cortical Network OscillationsVarious Artists, featuring Roman Flügel - RulesStilz - Scarlet LipsVarious Artists, featuring Charles Murphy - The Foot That’s Holding Me DownWill Régnier - Comme des traces oubliéesThe Hologram People - Isola Dei Morti Viventi [Main Theme]Tristan De Liége x Jambal - UncertaintiesThe Heliocentrics, The Gaslamp Killer - She’s ComingCan - MoonshakeCan - I’m So GreenIvan the Tolerable - On LandLightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band - NympheaBadge Époque Ensemble - Undressed in SolitudeFeist - FamilyLoving - To TurnQuién es Geronimo - Mi CasaHelena Deland - The AnimalsMolly Lewis - SilhouetteCiao Ciao Marigold - aglaonema pictum tricolorStelar Door - Saw HollowThe Analog Girl - PhasesZoo Gazer - 浅滩备忘录 (Memo of Shoal)Landing - The Roots BelowSunglaciers - CursedSo Totally - Distinct Star

Playlist: Digital Hobo - We Just BeJolie Laide - Pacific Coast HighwayA Pact Between Strangers - SlowBobby Bazini - Take it Out on MeAtley King - UnconditionalEntrance - Italien SlidesJeremy Dutcher - SakomVulfmon, featuring Louie Zong - UclaDeodato - Tahitti HutNoriyo Ikeda - Summer Orange no KoiDave Young Quartet - Waltz'in The BluesSharon Minemoto - Bike Path (for Dean)Hutchinson Andrew Trio - All Of MeJeremy Dutcher - Pomawsuwinuwok WonakiyawolotuwokGreyboy - Fallo GiustoDiamond Cafe - When You Can't ResistSharon Minemoto - Alexandra (for Natasha)George Benson - Oh! DarlingThe Love Unlimited Orchestra - Freeway FlyerAngela Ro Ro - Cheirando A AmorSandra de Sá - Se Grile NãoThe Brothers Johnson - The Real ThingEd Motta - Living Inside MyselfCharles & Eddie - Love Is A Beautiful ThingBeau Williams - C'est La VieThe Fearless Flyers - Frecce TricoloriShigeru Suzuki - コーラル・リーフBrion Gysin - Kick (Disco Mix)Shalamar - Make That MoveThe Whispers - Up On Soul TrainKool & The Gang - Big FunAlton McClain & Destiny - It Must Be LoveMarina Lima - Pé Na TabuaDeodato - San Juan Sunset

Calgary-based media artist Laura Anzola joins in hour three to discuss her new installation Voices (go see it at EMMEDIA!). That plus your usual mix of neo-classical bliss, laid-back electronics, instrumental beats, psychedelic grooves, and other sounds selected to ease you into a new week. Enjoy!Playlist: Osmanthus - When Winds BlowAriel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer - Écoute Au LoinKarl Hirzer - Cosmic VertigoGreen-House - Everything Is OkayMoshimoss - MinasokoBradley Thomas Turner - Walking in New YorkNalepa - LadybugsLunar Lemur - Get Off On TraginaPatrick Holland - BlueJahmal Padmore - DenialPachyman - Mi SalaEasy Idiot - Ratty CemeteryCircles Around The Sun, Mikaela Davis - After SunriseFloral Portrait - Sunset StrollPaulo Edson - MelodiaROY - Now You KnowFortunato Durutti Marinetti - The Movie of Your LifeRae Spoon - Strength from WithinRae Spoon - My Heart is a Piece of Garbage. Fight Seagulls! Fight!Minhwi Lee - ReturningKofi Flexxx - FireStelar Door - Flight of the ManumitterBADBADNOTGOOD - Take What’s GivenKlaus Johann Grobe - Highway HighLa Sonora Mazuren - Son para GozarlasEmpanadas Ilegales - Luna Modularddwy - Green Villauntrained animals - Suzanne Tripping Balls and Seeing Godsunking - My Mind Is An OvenAdrian Younge - Heaven’s FoundNiecy Blues - CascadeANOHNI and the Johnsons - You Be Free

Former Constantines frontman and current solo artist Bry Webb calls in during hour three to discuss his new album and upcoming Calgary show. Before that, your usual mix of AM mellowness, from neo-classical bassoon and accordion, to gentle acoustic ditties, to "maritime jazz" and other unclassifiable sounds. Enjoy!Playlist: Frank Horvat, Sébastien Malette - GrasslandsEmad Armoush's Duos, featuring Francois Houle - Ya RayahSam Gendel, Fabiano do Nascimento - PoeiraTuulikki Bartosik - LondonPlains Apparition, Light Blending In - Dewdrop Coming Back to YouGregory Uhlmann - PhospheneJoseph Shabason, Nicholas Krgovich, M. Sage - GloriaHauschka - Detachedsub lumen - Xenon ArcMelodien - ArchiveEasy Idiot - Relax With MeMolly Lewis, featuring Thee Sacred Souls - Crushed VelvetGreg Foat, Ayu Salawu - Cruising HomeCosmic Analog Ensemble - Maritime JazzSHOLTO - VampireLuiz Henrique - JandiraLuiz Henrique - Pra Não Deixar de SambarRural Tapes, featuring Steve Wynn - Bossa nova for the contrails of my tearsHelena Deland - Bright Green Vibrant GrayMOONRIIVR - Flowers on the Fire EscapeGene Pitney - (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the DaysLoving - No MastPopol Vuh - MorgengrußRei Harakami - Bo TequilaHannah Miette, featuring Rozi Plain - Let Me KnowBry Webb - Modern MindVictrix - I Saw MeJane Weaver - Perfect StormRadiotr​ó​nica - NodosHelado Negro - Best For You and MeTess Roby - Just a Minute (Moon King Cover)Mega Bog - Ameleon

AM Gold Part 2: Looking back at the best (or at least most AM-appropriate) music of 2023. From ambient and jazz to shoegaze revivalists and hushed bedroom folk, it's an eclectic mix, but one worth diving into. See the full list of AM Gold at wanderlines.caPlaylist: Hynta - SoakVeryan - An Almost EchoMichael Peter Olsen - Terms of DesertionJosh Semans - Last Traces of InfrastructureMasahiro Takahashi - Cloud BoatKhotin, featuring Tess Roby - Fountain, GrowthLord of the Isles, Ellen Renton - For a Burning WorldContagious Yawns - If You Could Be Doing AnythingFreak Heat Waves, featuring Cindy Lee - In a Moment DivineGolden Ivy - VithattenBlue Lake - BloomM. Sage - River Turns Woodley (for Frogman)Skyphone - ArbonoughtEnsemble 0 - Jojoni 5Ora Cogan, featuring Y La Bamba - Ways of LosingL.T. Leif - Pass Back ThroughBry Webb - I Can’t See YouWax Machine - RiverYouYourself&i - Kayak au CrépusculeValiska - Forgetting Another YearEluvium - Mass Lossless InterbeingSpencer Zahn - High TouchEdena Gardens - ForstYussef Dayes - Raisins Under the SunBlume - CyclesHoly Wave, featuring Estrella del Sol - HappierMelenas - BangThe Organizing Committee - As If Chasing MiceSlowdive - Chained to a Cloud

AM Gold (Part 1 of 2): A look back at some favourite releases from 2023, crossing genres and continents to find the best early-morning sounds. Hope you enjoy, and stay tuned for Part 2 next week. (For the full list of 100 AM Gold albums, head to https://wanderlines.ca)Playlist: Golden Brown - ChrysalisNico Georis - SundogPeace Flag Ensemble - Burner PhoneMike Reed - Floating With an Intimate StrangerNashville Ambient Ensemble - PrismIvan the Tolerable - An ApologyBrendan Eder Ensemble - 137 RiddleBuildings and Food - Imprints of the CircleTest Card - Into Through Exit WormholeVioleta Vicci - Abstract SkyPedro Ricardo - Ode ao GatoModern Cosmology - A Time to BlossomN NAO - Fin du mondeML Buch - Pan Over the HillMarlene Ribeiro - You Do ItMaya Ongaku - NuskaMarkus Floats - mdhvnHollie Kenniff - MomentaryHochzeitskapelle - KuroganemochiNETRVNNER - ForecastLael Neale - Faster Than the MedicineBaby Cool - MagicYo La Tengo - AselestineRyan Bourne - 100 YearsMisha Panfilov - Cosmic BlissThe Ironsides - A Return from AshesBristol Manor - It's Been So LongPia Fraus - Sunny AfternoonUlrika Spacek - DiskbänksrealismALL HANDS_MAKE LIGHT - A Worker’s Graveyard (Poor Eternal)White Poppy - Time

Musical affirmations to start 2024 on solid footing. Aiming for, as the Pharoah Sanders album says, "wisdom through music." Hope your year is one of peace, love, and satisfaction.Playlist: Bitchin' Bajas & Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - You Will Soon Discover How Truly Fortunate You Really AreMichael Peter Olsen - So Far So GoodGoGo Penguin - Everything Is Going to Be OKProxima Psychoacoustics - Always Choose RetryRay Barbee - Let's PersevereCarl Didur - Maybe Next Time (It'll Be OK)Contagious Yawns - Keep Yourself TogetherSUSS - Everything is So BeautifulClarice Jensen - JoyFoonyap - Free and Easy WanderingLonnie Holley - If We Get Lost They Will Find UsPharoah Sanders - Love is EverywhereAkron/Family - Love, Love, Love (Everyone)Shira Small - My Life's All RightMoondog - Do Your ThingDavid Axelrod - Go For ItFuture Children - Do Whatcha WantCharles Spearin - Unsolicited AdviceThe Farm Band - Keep Your Head Up HighBadge Époque Ensemble - The Greatest JoySAULT - The Greatest SmileJOYFULTALK - Blissed For a MinuteBen LaMar Gay - We Gon WinThe Besnard Lakes - We're Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time)Nick Cave - Balcony ManShabason & Krgovich - I Am So Happy With My Little DogSunnsetter - Surely Everything's AlrightYves Jarvis - Trust Your JudgementLizette & Quevin - Grow ForeverMcCarthy - I Worked Myself Up From NothingThanya Iyer - SolaceFour Tet - You Are LovedAngelo de Augustine - I Hope That All of Your Dreams Come TrueEluvium - HappinessThe Zombies - This Will Be Our Year

Merry Christmas, one and all! For an extended AM-approved playlist, be sure to visit https://theam.ca. Otherwise, enjoy these festive selections, and may your day be merry and bright, however you choose to spend it.Playlist: Various Artists, featuring Julia Kent - Frost & FurrowMogwai - Christmas SongEla Orleans - Christmas Fell AwayVarious Artists, featuring No Joy - Theme from GremlinsCAN - Silent NightVarious Artists, featuring Human Music - Ice PalaceCount Basie - Good Morning Blues (The Real Tuesday Weld Clerkenwell Remix)Sinistrio - The GrinchJimmy Smith - God Rest Ye Merry GentlemenVince Guaraldi - SkatingThe Free Design - Close Your Mouth (It’s Christmas)Kellarissa - Enkeli TaivaanThe Beach Boys - Morning ChristmasBent Spoon Duo - Let It SnowChris Mastheim - Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeAidan Moffat, RM Hubbert - A Ghost Story for ChristmasThe Raveonettes - Christmas GhostsSun Ra, The Qualities - It’s Christmas TimeOtis Redding - White ChristmasThe Sha La Das - Sha La Da La La (Christmas Time)Pastor TL Barret And The Youth For Christ Choir - Jingle Bells pt. 1Booker T & the MGs - Silver BellsMargo Guryan - I Don't Intend to Spend Christmas Without YouBobbie Boyle with the Singers - Santa Claus Goes ModernLow - Just Like ChristmasBent Spoon Duo - Carol of the BellsVarious Artists, featuring Nick Cobham - Christmas Time is HereKhruangbin - Christmas Time is HereAstrocolor - Sugar Plums (Softtone Remix)Galaxie 500 - Listen, The Snow is FallingBruce Haack - I Like Christmas (Robot Version)Grandaddy - Alan Parsons in a Winter WonderlandJulian Casablancas - Christmas TreatLab Coast - Yule SeeEl Perro Del Mar - Oh! What A ChristmasVarious Artists, featuring Jim Guthrie - I’m Coming Home This ChristmasChris Mastheim - Midnight Mass AssVarious Artists, featuring Iggy Pop - White ChristmasJimmy Jones & His Versatiles - Christmas Is a DragMarvin Gaye - Purple SnowflakesMilly & Silly - Getting Down for XmasJames Brown - Believers Shall Enjoy (Non-Believers Shall Suffer)Various Artists, featuring Slow Down, Molasses - Silver BellsVarious Artists, featuring Sleepy Sun - What Child Is This?Various Artists, featuring Andrew's Pale Horses - Doctor ChristmasCrocodiles, Dum Dum Girls - Merry Christmas Baby (Please Don’t Die)Bruce Springsteen & the E-Street Band - Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town

The last proper AM episode of 2023, easing you into the last full working week of the year. Stay tuned for A Very AM Christmas on Dec. 25, and AM Affirmations on Jan. 1, 2024, then a two-part AM Gold looking back at the best of 2023. Enjoy the holiday break and see you in the new year.Playlist: Flore Laurentienne - Au couchantSlow Attack Enesmble - Dance FourSalamanda - In ParallelThe Park, featuring Tommy Guerrero - Tokyo BlendMelodien - Ascending MoonshineYu Su - Melaleuca (at night)Stegosarahs - Your Mistake Was a Hidden IntentionLe Matos - The KidDj Pnutz - SunriseColumn - AerolovePart Time - Black Moon Waltz / Quasar CathedralHochzeitskapelle, featuring Eddie Marcon - KuroganemochiThe Organizing Committee - As If Chasing MiceRöyksopp - Daddy’s GrooveLaika - Almost SleepingLaika - Starry NightVictrix - Do You KnowPerfect Angels - The Meaning of LoveOrbiting Human Circus - I Cover the WaterfrontMy Betsy - ShackypooGunn-Truscinski-Nace - On LampChris Forsyth - Harmonious Dance (Bonus Track)Sunburned Hand Of The Man - The Most RelevantThe Highest Order - Rainbow of BluesCindy - A Trumpet on the HillsideSmall Pleasures - Find a WayRyan Bourne - FrenzLa Palma - After All This TimeVarious Artists, featuring Peaking Lights - Hold OnWish - Unknowns