The A.M.

You've survived Friday the 13th and the Ides of March, and your reward is... another Monday morning. Fortunately, the AM is here to fill these early morning hours with good vibrations and offbeat easy listening. This week's throwback is to AM patron saints Stereolab, and the 30th anniversary of their Emperor Tomato Ketchup. That classic is surrounded by eclectic sounds, from synth-enhanced Ethio-jazz to ghostly shoegaze to new-age Kosmische. All with the express aim of starting your week on stable ground. Enjoy!Playlist: Bill Orcutt, Mabe Fratti - Almost WakingAlabaster dePlume - It's Only Now Once (Elbit Systems Windowpane)Kibrom Birhane - YEGEDEL MAMITU የገደል ማሚቱPacific Coliseum - Floating PetalsThe Besnard Lakes - Give Us Our Dominion - Ghost MixRosenau & Sanborn - HarmPolypores - WrigglersHiro Ama - BoosterUnderworld - WinjerBrendan Sound System - JulyBarnaby Bennett - Royal LaurelVarious Artists, featuring Arooj Aftab, Beck - Lilac WineThe Orielles - Whenever (I May Not Feel So Close)Ora Cogan - The Smokedagmar zuniga - Plenty for All the MassesCindy - ProcessionSpencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Jackie PaintsStereolab - Cybele's ReverieStereolab - Les Yper-SoundRaleigh - SydFoxwarren - Strange - Dan the Automator RemixMonster Rally, featuring Henry Mancini - Flight to CapriThe Notwist - The TurningElastic Stars - Falls BackTomo Katsurada, Misha Panfilov - MostraNatural Magic - Galaxy BuilderNew Age Doom, H.R. - We're All the SameSook-Yin Lee - Locked BoyVinyl Williams, featuring Nailah Hunter - SoulgazeMemorials - Dropped Down the WellDummy - Tapestry DistortionMcCaslin Dahle - Henry Takes the 5thPsst Shh - Crass Video MistBroken Social Scene - Hey Amanda

International Women's Day was yesterday, but it hardly seems fair that it only got 23 hours. So here's three more: another episode of All Femme AM, with 35 songs from women in music. Mostly recent, some less so, all just a glimpse of artistic catalogues well worth digging into. Enjoy the show (and apologies for the excessive grogginess, the Monday after daylight savings is, without fail, a struggle).Playlist: Violeta Vicci, Bruno Bavota - To the StarsViviane Audet - MariaMary Ocher - Approaching SingularityGwenifer Raymond - Bonfire of the BillionairesKara-Lis Coverdale - Flickers in the Air of NightHannah Peel - EcovocativeBuildings and Food - Clear Skies (Mountain)Haiku Salut - I Dreamed I Was Awake for a Very Long TimeDisiniblud - DisinibludWish Lash - Fast BoyMoon Apple - Pillar I - Mantra Force MajeureCerys Hafana - AngelCastle If - Theme de BetzGarden Gate - A Dream Within a DreamEla Orleans - The SeasonChris Derksen - aabaakwadRachel Kitchlew, featuring Dave Bardon, SHOLTO - Opium LoungeBrandee Younger - New PinnacleElisa Thorn - My MoonDeradoorian - Any Other WorldMagic Fig - Sensation SeekerLaura Cahen - FuséesParisian Orgy - Jazz Song For ShrimpMomoko Gill - No OthersMen I Trust - BurrowMarine Girls - Such a ThingAutomatic - Black BoxVictrix - A New ThingBon Enfant - MinimumNo Joy - BitsRozi Plain, Melin Melyn - Fantastic Food (Re-Milled)Various Artists, featuring Beth Gibbons - Sunday MorningSamara Lubelski - Keeper of BeautySorrow - EmptinessMess Esque - No Snow

A globe-trotting episode of The AM, with artists from Brazil, Lebanon, Germany, Mali, pre-revolution Iran and the Iranian diaspora, and unsurprising detours to the UK and Australia. The world is smaller than it seems, and music makes those distances even smaller.Playlist: Eric Cheng - Finding SatoshiGlissandro 70 - Bolan Muppets (Dan Bodan Remix)Nick Schofield - Dream OnThe Golden Age of Wrestling - revenge body (denton, tx)Scholars of the Peak - Northbound FrequenciesNUM - BlueBristol Manor - Life on Other PlanetsHayes Bradley, Yu Su - Dear Treasure - Yu Su RemixYakuza Jacuzzi - Jade Emperor's Peach Garden, Pt. 1Monroeville Music Center - SomniculoniaFabiano do Nascimento, Vittor Santos Orchestra - O Tempo (Foi O Meu Mestre)Various Artists, featuring Mulatu Astatke - Munayé (My Muna)Tamikrest - Adagh OyantidPopulation II - MagouilleuxBibi Club - Les vaguesKourosh Yaghmaei - Akhm NakonKourosh Yaghmaei - Tavalode Yek SedaDerya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek - Cool HandCharif Megarbane, Ali - Bandar BataviaAngine de Poitrine - FabienkAnnette Peacock - Solar SystemSalami Rose Joe Louis, featuring Flanafi, Luke Titus - Crow, Friendship, with TrioPick A Piper, featuring Mabe Fratti - Histérica HistóricaHelado Negro - MoreRiver Tiber - SpiralsExek - You Have Been BlessedMilitary Genius - True FormThe Smallest One - We're All Going Through ItThe Gabys - OdeHelicon, Al Lover - Goodbye Cool WorldSankt Otten, featuring Klaus Fiehe - Tanz das Kraut

Last time The AM was on the air, there was no snow on the ground in Calgary and you could be forgiven for thinking it was already spring. Today that's obviously not the case. But hopefully today's episode makes a frozen February morning a little more bearable—especially the soul-warming grooves in the second hour. Stay warm, stay connected, and stay tuned in to CJSW!Playlist: Luke Kokoszka - An Invitation To DesireChloé Antoniotti - HeimatGustaf Ljunggren, Skúli Sverrisson - Nine AgainAction & Tension & Space - TellusThe Golden Age of Wrestling - Stanley Park RaversRosenau & Sanborn - WalrusEine Kleine China - Bent FabricJohn Haughey, Tarotplane - Pulling the Cosmos CloserHer Motives Are Silent - It's OK (Instrumental)Boards of Canada - 5.9.78Adrian Younge - PortschuteCochemea - Pyramid of the SunNilza Costa - RamunhaARTU, featuring Akim Bamboo - Jaguar JagunSean Wolcott - Last Glow of the Peony LanternThe Olympians, featuring Indro Roy-Chowdhury - Saraswati PujaThe Chayns - Live with the MoonThe Chayns - See It ThroughСОЮЗ (SOYUZ) - Lingua Do MundoBruno Pernadas - Untitled (raindrops)Voka Gentle - Jude Law for Vogue (1995)chocolat - MélanieZacht Automaat - Standing StonedThe Ginger Wizard - StyraxGinger Beef, featuring Brendan McGuigan - Golden HourMade-Up - A Moment in TimeLAMMPING - Once in SunlightYamila - DiamondsOra Cogan - DivisionMassive Attack - Paradise CircusMaria BC - MarathonP.rosa, Elijah Knutsen - Bleeding EarthPeggy Lee, Cole Schmidt - It Will Come Back

Happy Family Day (at least in Alberta). This week's episode starts with a selection of explicitly dreamy tunes before drifting through the typical AM sounds (not that dreamy is outside the standard AM purview). Hope you enjoy the mellow music, and that you find ways to stay cozy as the winter storm hits this week.Playlist: Masahiro Takahashi - DreamiesBill Holt - Program Ten Part ThreeDreamsploitation - Major Seventh GateContagious Yawns - As If In a DreamThe Album Leaf - Within DreamsSilje Nes - Recurring DreamTacoma Park - UntiedNatural Magic - Skyward EyeEasy Idiot - Don't Tell MomFloral Image - The Dream - Minami Deutsch RemixUntrained Animals - Dream DiscoSpencer Cullum's Coin Collection, featuring Erin Rae - Look at the MoonLuke Temple - Echo Park DonutMomoko Gill - Anyway, I'm DrowningThanya Iyer - Let the Smoke ClearWhiling - House CatElyse Weinberg - Deed I DoElyse Weinberg - Spirit of the LetterCheryl Lancastle - Downtown SongStereolab - Flashes in the AfternoonLyke Rayne - Closing the SeamThe Sleeves - Come On ManCindy Lee - Wild OneMovietone - Useless LandscapeThe American Analog Set - Diana Slowburner IISoftcult - When a Flower Doesn't GrowHelicon, Al Lover - Tabula RasaYuutsu - NoveltyExpwy - Sterilize the warden under cover of darknessUlrika Spacek - Showroom PoetryThe Moon Birds - I Am the BreezeWould-Be-Goods - Don't Come Crying to MeGot a Girl - Things Will Never Be the SameAbsolutely Free - The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine AnymoreFeist - It's Cool To Love Your Family

For this week's AM, we open with a contemplative Chad VanGaalen, closing with La Luz's psychedelia, and working through a range of sounds in between—from upbeat Talking Heads covers and Estonian garage rock to vintage four-track recordings and jazz-harp grooves. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Chad VanGaalen, Patrick Horner - Ocean ChordShane Parish - SlipAutechre - SlipElori Saxl, Henry Solomon - A Thousand StepsNTHNL - Awakenings, Part IIJohn Haughey, Tarotplane - Previous IterationsPolmo Polpo - Dreaming...Again (2020)Bernard Grancher, featuring Allison Brice - I should feel confinedPostnamers - Lethbridge is 666Galaxius Mons, featuring YlangYlang - The Earth Moved in Quarter Tone Silent WavesSean Wolcott - Crystal Eyes Stalk at MidnightNo Birds - FlowersBell Orchestre - The Upwards MarchCassie Watson Francillon - Constellation of SymptomsCharles Stepney - Notes From DadCharles Stepney - No Credit For ThisL'Eclair, featuring Kay Yõko - Space SongSlim Twig - Fog of Sex (NSIS)Strawberry - YoungSleepkit - It's Incredible!Jah Wobble, Jon Klein - Fading AwayVarious Artists, featuring Florence Adooni - Crosseyed and PainlessPenza Penza - Volcano SongPanman Pat - Chip ChipJoāo Leāo - Pode SerEdu Lôbo - Viola Fora De ModaWax Machine - SpringtimeTremendous Aron - Upstairs at Ismail'sVarious Artists, featuring Skyminds - Whispering PalmRiver Flows Reverse - DemonsKing Khan, featuring The Gris Gris - Desert Mile instrumentalThe Garrys - ManitounaLa Luz - News of the Universe - Extra! Extra! VersionKeiichi Suzuki, Hirokazu Tanaka, Hiroshi Kanazu, Toshiyuki Ueno - You've Come Far NesMort Garson - Ode to an African VioletMort Garson - PlantasiaMort Garson - Symphony for a Spider PlantMort Garson - Baby's Tears BluesMichael Boddicker - End Credits

Start your February on solid ground with hazy sounds, echoey shoegaze, folky electronics, and gems from years gone by. With new music from The Soft Pink Truth, classics from Beck and The Flaming Lips, Venezuelan psych, Welsh folktronica, and other sounds you didn't know you needed on a Monday morning. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: JB Dunckel - Melo Walk (Version for String Quartet)The Soft Pink Truth - Mere Survival Is Not EnoughGreen-House - Farewell, Little IslandKayla Painter - AniccaDialect - EusaSpirit & Form - Effective HoningHannah Peel - Driving Swiss JesusCris Derksen - PlanesLuka Kuplowsky - Temporary Words Mental ActivityDemsky - EarthTeen Daze - Memory Fadeverticalpark - Cathedral (AJL)Huw Marc Bennett - Cân y GwarthegSetting - Heard a BubbleThe American Analog Set - Kills Me / Make It Take It - RepriseOzean - ScenicOzean - PorcelainLove Kills - Give Me Something I Can LoveExtra Happy Ghost!!! - Feeds Wolves LuckBodywash - Kind of LightMelody's Echo Chamber - Memory's UndergroundJulie Doiron - Happy Lucky GirlBeck - RamonaThe Flaming Lips - Riding to Work in the Year 2025 (Your Invisible Now)Andrew Wasylyk, featuring Gruff Rhys - The Cold CollarJana Horn - It's alrightAmbre Ciel - eau miroirJane Weaver - Hud a LlefrithVarious Artists, featuring Grupo Espiga - Dama gentilThe Summerlad - Set to LightPopulation II - Mariano (Jamais je ne t'oublierai)Plankton Wat - Tentacles

A wide-ranging Monday morning, with a throwback to a surprisingly silly early Jóhann Jóhannsson project, a hospital-themed electronic concept album, breezy Japanese pop, early 2000s Canadian post rock, and other hopefully somewhat coherent sounds to start your week right. Thanks for listening.Playlist: Westerlund//Hagen - Liberation BellsJelena Ćirić, Snorri Hallgrimsson, Cécile Lacharme, Oliver Patrice Weder - White FlagStereo_IMG - The ICUCristina Lord, Nick Norton - If It All FallsChloé Antoniotti - ManaFabiano do Nascimento, E Ruscha V - SolarAyal Senior - Burnt LokshenThe World Next Door - Active AgitatorStelar Door - Parallel OneDialect - Ev'ry Portal PastWoo - RosehipsHanakiv - SunbeamsDumama - No Abiding CityPhantom Orchid - Night wailPossum - Dance of the EclipseWinged Wheel - Bird SpellsTess Parks - Life Is but a DreamApparat Organ Quartet - Ondula NovaApparat Organ Quartet - Global CapitalThe Orielles - To Undo the World ItselfMean Red Spiders - They Only Met OnceBibi Club - Washing MachineSpiral Wave Nomads - SleepwalkerCavern of Anti-Matter - Automatic MorningShutaro Noguchi and the Roadhouse Band - MelodyShintaro Sakamoto - On the Other Side of TimeMonster Rally, featuring Sessa - RosellaJoão Gilberto - Âguas de MarçoSpencer Cullum's Coin Collection - Rowan TreeBilders - TetrapakROY - Time to Get Rid of the BombsFlorida BC - CultsSunglaciers - Blood

The world may be going mad, but at least we can share in some good tunes along the way. The AM is your sonic sanctuary (BBC News aside, but a dose of reality is important, too), featuring a throwback to Calgary/Montreal project Chairs, and everything from live Dead to modular synths to Bad Brains' HR working with New Age Doom. Hope you enjoy it, and have a wonderful week.Playlist: Shabaka - A Future UntoldC. Diab - AnamnesiacCraven Faults - Yard LoupIsaac Sherman - MetonymVarious Artists, featuring Pacific Coliseum - Last LightAmp Sessions - Deep BreathingShane Parish - Avril 14thGustaf Ljunggren, Skúli Sverrisson - StevelenElyot - What's the Matter Ryan?/MasterpieceJuliana Barwick, Mary Lattimore - StardustDrum & Lace - Terra (Right Here Do This)Ora Cogan - HoneyThe Grateful Dead - St. Stephen - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 5/8/77Leonard Cohen - The Partisan - Live in Dublin, 2013The Notwist - How the Story EndsChairs - Three in the Morning /Breathe UnderwaterChairs - Wooden FishChris Reimer - Waving Goodbye From a TreeN NAO - Vice-VersaAmor de Días - In the Winter SunSAULT - Good Things Will Come After the PressureCochemea - Procession of SpiritsGeologist - Government JobMelin Melyn, featuring Rozi Plain - Fantastic Food - Re-MilledSummer Bruises - Dead EndBreakfast in Fur - LookA Sunny Day in Glasgow - Sometimes I Think About YouAndy Boay - One & OneNew Age Doom, H.R. - Amaseganalo Pt. 2Holger Czukay, featuring Tarwater, Immersion - Gvoon - Version 9 (Beautiful in Here)Efrim Manuel Menuck - Our Lady of Parc Extension and Her Munificent Sorrow

Not quite two weeks in, and 2026 has already been a long year. Here's three hours of musical sanctuary to start your week, with a throwback to David Bowie's final transmission, songs from overlooked albums from 2025, and upcoming releases for some pleasant anticipation. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Ryan J Raffa, Sam Prekop - PitchshifterCharbonneau/Amato - Lendemainwihtikow - iiiiiiiKogane - You're Alive, So Act Like ItWorld Standard - Someone is SingingDylan Henner - We Walked all the Way to the Lake and The Water Was So Still We Jumped in NakedAngelo Cruzman, Jacoby - WonderThool - Helpful RealmPullman - KabulAVI - The Belly of The BeastHollie Kenniff - Of Quiet BeautyFabiano do Nascimento, Vittor Santos Orchestra - Spring ThemeAndrew Wasylyk - First Moonbeams of AdulthoodHALFBY, featuring Cornelius - Sleep MachineRaleigh - End of DaysDavid Bowie - Dollar DaysDavid Bowie - I Can't Give Everything AwayMomoko Gill - No OthersRiver Tiber - SpiralsCate Le Bon, featuring St. Vincent - Always the SameHélène Barbier - Plastique CouchThe Pinc Lincolns - I Want to Have a Good TimeVarious Artists, featuring Mikey Coltun of Mdou Moctar - Pacific Themegerry - GrimpyYouYourself&i - Snowflakes on the SidewalksMemorials - Cut Glass HammerDry Cleaning - The Cute ThingsLegal Vertigo - Tragic Future Film StarExek - Visiting Dust BunniesIvan the Tolerable - InchwormWinged Wheel - Canvas 11

AM Gold 2025, part two: 30 or so songs that made the last year more liveable. Hope you enjoy it and that your year starts with a steady pulse and a hopeful melody. Next week, we're back to new releases, old favourites, and discoveries from other folks' year-end lists. Happy 2026.Playlist: Buildings & Food - Bear BellsMemory Pearl, featuring Sam Prekop - Music Travel IIIShrunken Elvis - K-HouseRival Consoles - CatherineM. Sage - Witch GrassJilk - ...At Curved HighwayBlue Lake - Cut PaperEthan Levy, Alex Stevens - Great WaveBen Morales Frost, Violeta Vicci - Forest BathingBlack Taffy - The Space Left BehindJairus Sharif - MawuFelbm - Summer IIGustaf Ljunggren, Emil de Waal - BoldeImmersion, SUSS - State of MotionCerys Hafana - Helynt RyfeddolRachel Kitchlew - Leopard SlugOrbital Ensemble - Deusas (Live)Sessa - Nome de DeusThanya Iyer - I am a mountain (make sure you don't move)Laurie Torres - Feux fuyantsEiyn Sof - Two MaresT. Gowdy - StrewnPneumatic Tubes - Motion KontrolBlack Market Karma - Soft & HeavyLoaded Honey - In Your ArmsPersica 3 - Hold OnFoxwarren - WingsFortunato Durutti Marinetti - Do You Ever ThinkMess Esque - Light ShowroomSANAM - Sayl DameiPopulation II - Haut-fond

AM Gold 2025 Part One: A selection from some favourite albums of the past 12 months, from ambient jazz and Ethiopian-inspired electronics to bossa nova, post-punk to pagan folk. Enjoy the last few days of the first quarter of the 21st century, and tune in for Part Two in 2026.Playlist: C.R. Gillespie - IdioglossiaMount Maxwell - For YouBitchin Bajas - SkylarkingApta - DiveLight-Space Modulator - Burning WithinKibrom Birhane - UtopianPOSTNAMERS - The WithdrawingSulk Rooms - InnelleaJB Dunckel, Jonathan Fitoussi - AtlanticaJoni Void - Event Flow - A SequenceTeen Daze - Don't Think About ItHeal Mura - More Pillows Than HeadsJuana Molina - siestas ahiProxima Psychoacoustics - Kublai KhanBryan Ferry, Amelia Barratt - HolidayStereolab - Transmuted MatterProject Gemini, Wendy Martinez - Ce qui est intactPedro Mizutani, Skinshape - SozinNyron Higor - MaravilhamentoThe Cosmic Tones Research Trio - SankofaThe Circling Sun - MizuDamon Locks - Isn't It BeautifulBadge Epoch - Tom Henry's DreamJonathan Personne - Nuage NoirFull Moon Bummer - Great Big Bang!Ora Cogan - The NorthJunk Drawer - Brown SunshineImmersion - How to BeIvan the Tolerable, Hawksmoor - Un Esprit ConfusMansur Brown - Love is MineMen I Trust - Another StoneThe Laughing Chimes - He Never Finished the ThoughtThe New Eves - Highway ManHermitess - In That Country

It's The AM's midwinter special—partly inspired by the winter solstice, partly by Christmas. A quiet one even by AM standards, but hopefully it introduces a few new seasonal favourites. Next week, we'll get into the annual AM Gold album-of-the-year roundup. In the meantime, season's greetings and happy holidays to you!Playlist: Mice Parade - Dasher, Prancer, Donner & BlitzenMorgan Greenwood - Snowing SlowVarious Artists, featuring Human Music - Ice PalaceTemporal Waves - Warmth of the Winter SunOmni Gardens - Somewhere In My MemoryRyan Lottermoser - Under the Veil of NightTRBLMKR - Morning MoonYabra - MoonriseLibra Rising - Birds in WinterVic Mars - Pen Y Fan Solstice MixBrown Spirits - Winter SolsticeLöwenzahnhonig - Winter SolsticeBent Spoon Duo - Walking in the AirHermitess - Winter ComethBobby Lee - The Holly Bears the CrownAndrew Bird - FestivusEthan Levy - Winter WaltzClinton St. John - Patterns in the SnowAnimal Collective - Bleak MidwinterSam Wilson - The Moon SongSharron Kraus - Candlemas MoonBjörk Guðmundsdóttir - JólakötturinnBlur - The Wassailing SongFleet Foxes - White Winter HymnalSamara Lubelski - Snowy Meadows IIYoko Ono - Listen, the Snow is FallingThe Orioles - (It's Gonna Be A) Lonely ChristmasIsaac Hayes - The Mistletoe and MeThe Ramsey Lewis Trio - Plum Puddin’The Beach Boys - Morning ChristmasChris Mastheim - Rockin' Around the Christmas TreeChang Loo - Donde Esta Santa ClausSinistrio - The GrinchThe Second Hand Orchestra - Christmas (Baby, Please Come Home)Low - Just Like ChristmasThe Raveonettes - SnowstormBeach House - I Do Not Care for the Winter SunKim Gray - Santa Knows (I've Been Bad)Various Artists , featuring Black on White Affair - Auld Lang Syne

A low-key AM, with a throwback to a cult Jean-Claude Vannier soundtrack, and a mix of new sounds, missed 2025 releases, and a handful of classics to get you through your Monday morning. Fair warning: Next week's AM will be a festive one.Playlist: AVI - The Belly of the BeastDalton Dodginghorse - Dome of the SeaYu Su - BonitarRoxymore - MoodifiedFull Moon Bummer - Solar FlareClark - Janus ModalDrummachinemike - Screen Timetstewart - isle of the blestKindly Spoken Thieves - RheostatM83 - Artificial InfinityAndy Boay - If I Ever Come OffModern Nature - ShastaAndy Bell, featuring Dot Allison, Michael Rother - I'm in love...Raleigh - SydSharp Pins - PopafangoutJean-Claude Vannier - Generique debutJean-Claude Vannier - Katmandou 8The Dears - AutonomyExek - SidesteppingMemorials - In the WeedsThe Radiation Flowers - Follow the SunHélène Barbier - WaterTom Verlaine - Without a WordMagic Fig - GoblinMega Bog - Station to StationLaura Groves - YesMen I Trust - Worn DownBodywash - Massif Central - Desert Lake SessionSlowdive - Kisses - Daniel Avery remixThe Haiduks - You're Not AroundBlume - New Dawn RiseUltra Vivid Scene - Mercy Seat (12" Version)

This week's AM puts its own spin on The Scene's recent "25 records for 25 years" article with 25 more Calgary classics that didn't appear on their list. Is it definitive? No. Is it nostalgic? Definitely. But hopefully it's also a reminder of how much is worth celebrating in Calgary's musical scene. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Kibrom Birhane - Addis Zemen Lአዲስ ዘመንEquipment Pointed Ankh - A Spectral MathLaurie Torres - Intérieurs - Jeremiah Chiu RemixFloating Points - Corner of My EyeSteve Hauschildt - PyramidalThese New Puritans - The Other SideDisiniblud - It's Change - Daedelus 'the only constant' mixRural Tapes - HypermnesiaHaiku Salut - Sounds Like There's a Pacman Crunching Away At Your HeartMark Mothersbaugh - Drosera RotundifoliaVarious Artists, featuring Laura Palmer - The ProtagonistVailhalen - MoodkillerThe Cape May - Old and Early NumbersAzeda Booth - KensingtonJane Vain & The Dark Matter - Don't Mind UsExtra Happy Ghost!!! - Mash-Up: Neither Being Nor NothingnessL.T. Leif - Fine Dust RisingKris Ellestad - November SteppesMonroeville Music Center - En Route (ou Enfin! Le Défilé Capsule de Temps va au Centre de Contrôle)Jay Crocker - Brain FreezeHolgans - Betcha SunriseJung People - We Marched Feral and FreeHana Vave - The ExpeditionBeach Season - Good BoyOaka - MidnightMilk Toast - Shabby ChicUntrained Animals - I Got RocksStilz - Future WorldAleem Khan - CameoCrystal Eyes - Already Gonewasmarkhere - TetrahedronJairus Sharif - Pre-AfterlifeCylindricon - Numbers & LettersPostnamers - Little Baby Flutter (Birdy, Bye Bye)Sanctums - Radiant Silver

The first AM of the last month of 2025 hopefully sounds a bit less wintry than the world outside. Tune in for a throwback to Talk Talk's final album, new music from AM favourites like Chad VanGaalen, The Notwist, and Teen Daze, and a mix of genres from the ambient and experimental to the groovy and garage-y. Here's hoping it helps you ease into December.Playlist: Mount Maxwell - Water BabiesC.R. Gillespie - The GardenLoula Yorke - FontanaTeen Daze - Don't Think About ItCharles Webster & The South African Connection, featuring Emamkay, Bokang Ramatlapeng - RainVarious Artists, featuring Charles A.D. - Snow loverSimon Pyke - The UnstoppableThe Central Office Of Information - Animal FurnitureVarious Artists, featuring Greg Licher - Zen and the Art of Long Distance DrivingPeter Gagliardi - HauntedCosmique Hypnotique - FuschreKing Khan, Wolf Clan Jo - Morning SongCris Derksen - TreatiesFabiano do Nascimento, E Ruscha V - NascerHilary Woods - FaultsVanbur - My OwnTalk Talk - New GrassFull Moon Bummer - Moon Eats the SunUlrika Spacek - Square Root of NoneThe Radiation Flowers - Sunshine on the HeavensThe Notwist - X-RayPocket Dimension - MindTony Molina - Violets of DawnLab Coast - Back to Your FutureSharp Pins - Queen of Globes and MirrorsOctoduck - Crying ShameOrbital Ensemble - DaydreamsMagic Fig - Sensation SeekerHeems, featuring Unknown Mortal Orchestra - LoveseatHélène Barbier - Kindness in a CupBernardo Devlin - 5:45Gruff Rhys - Dos AmdaniFrankie Cosmos - Joyride

The snow doesn't keep Katelyn away from filling in for Peter this morning. Katelyn talks about things from her teenhood she nolgastic for and her love for snowy music, while playing some great tracks.Playlist: The Mountain Goats - Armies of the lordLincoln - Smokey eyesSmokey AB - Ready to diePerm - to earth will tell me when we landBethany Home and Laughing Matter - I fell apart(in your apartment)The Rural Alberta Advantage - Falling ApartLizzy McAlpine - Pushing it down and praying(Live)Hey, Nothing - Like a brotherRufus Wainwright - Gay MessiahKevin Atwater - Jacob killed a catOdie leigh - Crop CirclesLavender Country - I can't shake the stranger out of youFoxwarren - To beColter Wall - Saskatchewan in 1881Super Pyramid - Victoria, P.E.INew Gaze - Dystopian DaysMedium Build - Last TimeTexas Gentlemen - PainSt lenox - Kroger TwilightJeffrey Lewis - Cult BoyfriendThe human hearts - Professionals in CancunSport Murphy - The late days of summerBig Thief - PaulThe Tiny - CloserFolk Options - There goes the idiotSales & Co - Pass the pornDrink me - InesHangman Pencil co. - The Pavement's always greySunvale - You're so pretty I could throw up in a five guysI, the mountain - Are you alright?Tele & the ghost of our lord - The old man keeps yellin' at the cloudsJulie Doiron - Where the road goes from two lanes down to oneAndy Shauf - Wasted on youSam Tudor - Everybody's keeping their wordNico Paulo - Now or NeverChoir Practice - FailsafeLadyhawk - My old JackknifeDead Pioneers - Bad Indian

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Animator Winston Hacking joins the show in advance of his visit to the 21st annual GIRAF animation festival (giraffest.ca). Listen to that conversation, plus your usual AM mix of ambient electronics, psychedelic grooves, dreamy tropicalia, and other sounds to make Monday mornings a little more pleasant. Hope you enjoy it.Playlist: Floating Points - For MarmishCris Derksen - aabaakwadAlex Albrecht - Hillside StaticTeen Daze - ShorelineDrummachinemike - Read More BooksContagious Yawns - Frequency InfrequencyTennyson - mooseSulk Rooms - InnelleaResonating With Life - DaylightRich Aucoin - McLeyvierBITWASHERE - Fear of GrowingEssendon Airport - How Low Can You Go?Light-Space Modulator - Burning WithinSessa - Roupa Dos MortosDiablo in Apujarras - ConsolamentumSlow Fresh Oil - I'll Know YouSlow Fresh Oil - Lazy BonesSlow Fresh Oil - Squeezin' the BaleJuana Molina - intringuladoVarious Artists, featuring Index for Working Musik - Going to Heaven on the End of a StringMelody's Echo Chamber - Eyes ClosedSunglaciers - RoundaboutJürgen Pluta - BayswaterVarious Artists, featuring Sons of Faust - Better Days Orchestral RemixGoGo Penguin - What We Are and What We Are Meant to BeEYE - La Mort de la MaitresseManfred Mann Chapter Three - SometimesAndy Shauf - The MagicianLorelle Meets The Obsolete - dilaciónThe Besnard Lakes - Chemin de la BaiePOSTNAMERS - MenjoaCaoilfhionn Rose, Svaneborg Kardyb - Illusions

Katelyn fills in for Peter and has it her way. Playing some great folk, country and bluegrass tracks. Katelyn defends stomp and clap folkmusicand talks about her dreams to go pro in cornhole.Playlist: Glen Campbell - Rhinestone cowboySour Patch Men - Wisdom of the wiseMooncats - Love when you doEasy mark - Back in my bullshitLow volts - willie wanna get highThe Dust Collectors - Women of the worldLeo Lovechild - Can't talk to youIn Search of Sasquatch - On the attackThe Static Shift - MargueriteGhostkeeper - Mr. No ShowMariel Buckley - Vending MachinesFever feels - Conner Store CowboyRobert Adams - Rocky Mountain lotReuben and the Dark - Black WaterGorden Lightfoot - Alberta BoundWad Hemsworth - Ye girls of old OntarioMountain city four - Will the circle be unbrokenJordan Smart - Who Would Jesus Bomb?Meadowsweet - Sunrise over riofLoose Wings - BeverlyRachel Angel - Freedom FighterJuno lev - I had gay sex with god(it could've gone better)jed and the valentine - Rocky Mountain, carry meDefiance, Ohio - You are lovedThe Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra - OttersHeather May - JobCris Dirksen - We danced movement ISam boer - Month of mayJoshua Burnside - teeth of time/ MountainQuinn Galavis - This is real home (they have to lie to maintain a lie)Reverend Kristen Michale Hayter - I'M GETTING OUT WHILE I CANBetwixt & between 7 - My husband got no courage in himThe healthy home - The Sound of happiness agreeing with youJeremy tuplin - Just cos ur handsomeVsevold Plotkin - Chicken talk