The A.M.
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Starting the week isn’t easy. Ease into it with hazy, reverb-soaked tunes, spacey epics and jangle-pop wake-up calls.
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09/18/23 • -1 min
This week's AM shares three hours of fall vibes, with a blend of ambient jazz, hazy psych-folk, and other sounds that mix melancholia and coziness in that uniquely autumnal way. For best results, serve with crunching leaves and hot cider.
Playlist:
Playlist:
- Violeta Vicci - Abstract Sky
- Max Richter - SLEEP: Tranquility Base (Kelly Lee Owens Remix)
- Various Artists, featuring Sun Rain - Fog Dance
- Joseph Shabason, featuring Thom Gill - Our Place
- Ecotype - Order and Class
- Josh Semans - Last Traces of Infrastructure
- Veryan - The Light Without Love
- Wild Beasts - Wanderlust - The Field Remix
- Leland Whitty - Windows
- Moondiver - Dominoes
- Tristan De Liège, Jambal - Reflections
- Daneil Villarreal, featuring Jeff Parker, Anna Butterss - Salute
- Enji - Taivshral
- Makushin - More Easily
- Circus Underwater - The Surface of the Water
- Faunts - Sleepwalker
- Azeda Booth - Well (refilled and set in sand)
- Fridge - Five Four Child Voice
- Caribou - Drumheller
- Yoko Ono - Have You Seen a Horizon Lately
- Blossom Dearie - Discover Who I Am
- Baby Cool - The Sea
- Les Chouettes - Salade Sauvage Deluxe Dressing Mix
- Apostle of Hustle - Kings & Queens
- Bart - Three By Noon
- YOCTO - L’Étau de Zálmoxis
- Various Artists, featuring Fenella - My Odyssey
- Chad Vangaalen - D-85 teardrop
- Lael Neale - I’ll Be Your Star
- Melenas - Bang
- Big Blood - 1000 Times
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09/25/23 • -1 min
Drifting from the meditative sounds of Spirituals and Will Samson (and, uh, the Chemical Brothers) in hour one to shoegaze and dream-pop courtesy of Yoo Doo Right, Fontaines DC and Ora Cogan in hour three—plus a throwback to some good ol' early 2000s Canadian post-rock, new Allah-Las and Cola, and other offbeat sounds for the last Monday of September.
Playlist:
Playlist:
- Spirituals - Seventies
- Will Samson - And Yet (Gold Panda Remix)
- Buildings and Food - Imprints of the Circle
- Kai Campos, CJ MIrra, featuring Allan Ginsberg - Bixby Canyon
- The Chemical Brothers, featuring Halo Maud - For That Beautiful Feeling
- Uh Huh, Lamping - In My Mind
- Dreampham - March of the Puppers
- Mark Webber - 2x rec
- Craven Faults - Odda Delf
- Cantrips - The Big Break
- The Orielles - Tableau 002
- Tara Clerkin Trio - The Turning Ground
- Steady Holiday - Newfound Oxygen
- Brightblack Morning Light - Gathered Years
- Precious Fathers - Prairie Train
- Precious Fathers - Snowshoes
- Fievel Is Glauque - Go Down Softly
- Abby Sage - The Florist
- The Breathing Effect - Ashore
- Yabra - Vulcan Nights
- Julie Byrne, Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Love’s Refrain
- Fontaines DC - Cello Song
- Allah-Las - Dust
- Fog Lake - Roswell
- Sunnsetter - Float in Circles
- Cindy - Wednesday
- Cola - Keys Down If You Stay
- Slowdive - Shanty
- Crystal Eyes - A Dream I Had
- Ora Cogan - Feel Life
- Yoo Doo Right - The Moral Compass of a Self-Driving Car
10/02/23 • -1 min
Ushering in October with some occult vibes courtesy of satanstompingcaterpillars and Throbbing Gristle, trip-hop tunes from Portishead and Ghostkeeper, and more melancholy, moody, and otherwise magical music for misty Monday mornings.
Playlist:
Playlist:
- Alabaster DePlume - The Best Thing in the World
- Rich Hinman - Slow Drip
- The Album Leaf - Dust Collects
- wihtikow - glenora forlorn
- Contagious Yawns - No Body
- Lord of the Isles, featuring Ellen Renton - For a Burning World
- Ghost Train Orchestra, Kronos Quartet - Enough About Human Rights
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - Self Portrait
- Teen Daze - The Wind Surfer
- Atari Umma - Sonic Space
- Active Surplus - Cerulean Blue
- Sachiko Kanenobu - Blue Fish
- Jeffrey Silverstein - Clear Cut (Live Version)
- Astral Swans, featuring Jairus Sharif - Shine the Light Inside
- Two Lone Swordsmen - It’s Not the Worst (Lali Puna Remix)
- Void Comp - Just Eyes
- satanstompingcaterpillars - Colorfulnickels
- satanstompingcaterpillars - boatfriend
- Saloli - Snake
- Throbbing Gristle - Walkabout
- Vic Mars - Life Cycle
- Ryohei Shima - 冬のサナトリウム
- La Force - october
- Sargeant X Comrade - Wake Up
- Saya Gray - ?
- Portishead - The Rip
- Ghostkeeper - Oceans
- The Smile - Thin Thing
- Bart - All Good Things
- Virginia Astley - A Summer Long Since Passed
- Misha Panfilov - Sunbeam
- Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band - Murkit Gem
- Badge Époque Ensemble - Air, Light & Harmony
- London Odense Ensemble - Sojourner (Live)
12/30/24 • -1 min
AM Gold 2024 – Part One: Looking back at 101 favourite albums from the last year. See the full list at theam.ca, or wait until 2025 to find out what capped this year's list.
Playlist:
Playlist:
- Ryan Lottermoser - Twilight Vigil
- Tomo Katsurada - Moshimo
- Hélène Vogelsinger - Elevation
- Trees Speak - Emotion Engine
- Loula Yorke - the stream sent forth such sallies of glad sound
- Ivan the Tolerable - Poole Hospital
- Drum & Lace, featuring Nailah Hunter - Plucked
- Lynn Avery & Cole Pulice - The Mirror-Glade
- Osmanthus - Cutting and Layering
- Temporal Waves - Cyclotron
- Hollie Kenniff - Surface
- Warrington Runcorn New Town Development Plan - A Shared Sense of Purpose
- Seahawks - Sail Across the Moon
- Clinic Stars - I Am the Dancer
- Mark McGuire - Anhedonia
- Charbonneau / Amato - BOC
- Dean McPhee - Cosmos
- Miyauchi Yuri - Jiade
- P:ano - mariko
- Yasmin Williams, featuring Kaki King, Darian Donovan Thomas - Harvest
- Bananagun - Those Who Came Before
- Circles Around the Sun, Mikaela Davis - Gloaming Way
- Retep Folo, Dorothy Moskowitz - The Enchanted People
- Anna Butterss - Seeing You
- SHOLTO - Trident (Jazz Not War)
- Wayne Patrick Garrett - Something About Us
- BIG|BRAVE - Theft
- Beak> - Ah Yeh
- Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Grey Rubble - Green Shoots
- Daisy Rickman - Winter Solstice
- BADBADNOTGOOD - Mid Spiral
- Unessential Oils - Solutions to My Gloom
- Bibi Club - Le Feu
02/19/24 • -1 min
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:
Happy Family Day, and have a fantastic week!
Playlist:
- Bilal Nasser - Yawn Into It
- Daedelus - A Considered Reply - Day 1
- yutaka hirasaka - overflowed
- Miyauchi Yuri - jiade
- Marly Lüske - Forest Belt
- Retep Folo, Dorothy Moskowitz - Moon
- Temporal Waves - Cortical Network Oscillations
- Various Artists, featuring Roman Flügel - Rules
- Stilz - Scarlet Lips
- Various Artists, featuring Charles Murphy - The Foot That’s Holding Me Down
- Will Régnier - Comme des traces oubliées
- The Hologram People - Isola Dei Morti Viventi [Main Theme]
- Tristan De Liége x Jambal - Uncertainties
- The Heliocentrics, The Gaslamp Killer - She’s Coming
- Can - Moonshake
- Can - I’m So Green
- Ivan the Tolerable - On Land
- Lightman Jarvis Ecstatic Band - Nymphea
- Badge Époque Ensemble - Undressed in Solitude
- Feist - Family
- Loving - To Turn
- Quién es Geronimo - Mi Casa
- Helena Deland - The Animals
- Molly Lewis - Silhouette
- Ciao Ciao Marigold - aglaonema pictum tricolor
- Stelar Door - Saw Hollow
- The Analog Girl - Phases
- Zoo Gazer - 浅滩备忘录 (Memo of Shoal)
- Landing - The Roots Below
- Sunglaciers - Cursed
- So Totally - Distinct Star
01/22/24 • -1 min
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:
Enjoy!
Playlist:
- Frank Horvat, Sébastien Malette - Grasslands
- Emad Armoush's Duos, featuring Francois Houle - Ya Rayah
- Sam Gendel, Fabiano do Nascimento - Poeira
- Tuulikki Bartosik - London
- Plains Apparition, Light Blending In - Dewdrop Coming Back to You
- Gregory Uhlmann - Phosphene
- Joseph Shabason, Nicholas Krgovich, M. Sage - Gloria
- Hauschka - Detached
- sub lumen - Xenon Arc
- Melodien - Archive
- Easy Idiot - Relax With Me
- Molly Lewis, featuring Thee Sacred Souls - Crushed Velvet
- Greg Foat, Ayu Salawu - Cruising Home
- Cosmic Analog Ensemble - Maritime Jazz
- SHOLTO - Vampire
- Luiz Henrique - Jandira
- Luiz Henrique - Pra Não Deixar de Sambar
- Rural Tapes, featuring Steve Wynn - Bossa nova for the contrails of my tears
- Helena Deland - Bright Green Vibrant Gray
- MOONRIIVR - Flowers on the Fire Escape
- Gene Pitney - (1-2-3-4-5-6-7) Count the Days
- Loving - No Mast
- Popol Vuh - Morgengruß
- Rei Harakami - Bo Tequila
- Hannah Miette, featuring Rozi Plain - Let Me Know
- Bry Webb - Modern Mind
- Victrix - I Saw Me
- Jane Weaver - Perfect Storm
- Radiotrónica - Nodos
- Helado Negro - Best For You and Me
- Tess Roby - Just a Minute (Moon King Cover)
- Mega Bog - Ameleon
12/11/23 • -1 min
A more guitar-forward episode of the AM, particularly in the last half, with dreamy tunes from Lush, the Haiduks, the Amazing, Ultimate Painting and more. Plus the story of a Christmas weed, spacey digressions, and bright vibes for a dark winter day.
Playlist:
Playlist:
- Ólafur Arnalds - ekki hugsa
- Max Cooper - Pulse at the Centre of Being - Mor Elian Remix
- Richard Reed Parry, featuring Stuart Bogie, Andrew Barr - Hungover and Late
- Mount Maxwell - Sundogs
- Various Artists, featuring Hermeneia & Zaumne - In the Soil
- Lars Deutsch - Space Pop
- Kosmischer Läufer - Nordlicht
- Kraftwerk - Airwaves
- Stilz - Dream Rain
- Rich Aucoin - Pure
- Tristan De Liége x Jambal - The Great Wave
- ATA Records - Penthouse in Pernambuco
- The Budos Band - Crescent Blade
- Willie Bobo - Fried Neck Bones And Some Home Fries
- Rogér Fahker - For Free
- Raf Wilcot - Never the Bride
- Dada Plan - Breathe Again
- Dada Plan - Who’s the Thief???
- MOONRIIVR - Only the Lonely Know How
- Melenas - Dos Pasajeros
- La Luz - I Can’t Speak
- Bong Wish - Shapes
- Knife Pleats - Things I Hold
- Lab Coast - Cheerleader Coldfront (Guided By Voices Cover)
- siskiyou - Stop Trying (jubilant reprise)
- Various Artists, featuring Acetone - Plain As Your Eyes Can See
- Ultimate Painting - Ten Street
- Alice Phoebe Lou - Shelter
- Lush - I Have the Moon
- The Haiduks - I’m Still Here
- Sundays & Cybele - Waiting for You
- Population II - Beau baptême
- Futuropaco - Occhi Malvagi
- The Amazing - Picture You
04/22/24 • -1 min
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:
Playlist:
- Kindly Spoken Thieves - Lillian
- SUSS - Flight
- The Golden Age of Wrestling - The Chauffeur
- In The Well - Meadow Transient
- Zachary Gray - Tessellate!
- Greg Foat, Sokratis Votskos, Warren Hampshire, Ayo Salawu - Kiki’s Tavern (For Vasilis)
- Hiro Ama - Sunday
- Miyauchi Yuri - Yoti e
- Tommy Perman, Andrew Wasylyk - Communal Imagination
- Salami Rose Joe Louis, Flanafi - I Gotta Find Some New Friends
- Harmonia, featuring Vittoria Maccabruni & Michael Rother - Wave By Wave
- Black Moth Super Rainbow - Melting on the Meadow
- MISZCZYK, featuring Bile Sister - The Ecstatic Dance
- Dreamsploitation - Creating Love and Happiness out of the Noir - the Melancholy
- Miracle Fortress - Tracers
- Yuuf - Silky Spring
- Efterklang - Antitech
- Caméra - Rumeurs
- Year of Glad - Old Growth
- Ariel Kalma, Jeremiah Chiu, Marta Sofia Honer - Dizzy Ditty
- Sam Prekop - The New Last
- Project Gemini - Seven Seconds to Sunrise
- Jeffrey Silverstein - Gassed Up
- Woods - Lay With Luck
- Beth Gibbons - Reaching Out
- Melody's Echo Chamber - Endless Shore
- Felt - Under a Pale Light
- Knife Pleats - Constellation
- Ducks Ltd. - Harm's Way
- Lab Coast - Astronaut
- The Clientele - As Night Is Falling
- Summer Bruises - Fog
11/20/23 • -1 min
This week's AM explores various shades of psychedelia, from the folk-inflected to the Floydian, the delicate to the destructive. Hope you enjoy it.
(The psych mostly starts in the second hour, unless you count spiritual jazz and hazy beats, which... maybe you should)
Playlist:
(The psych mostly starts in the second hour, unless you count spiritual jazz and hazy beats, which... maybe you should)
Playlist:
- André 3000 - Ninety Three 'Til Infinity and Beyoncé
- Peace Flag Ensemble - Shamble On
- Fabiano de Nascimento, Sam Gendel - Foi Boto
- Azamiah - Conversations
- Niecy Blues - Analysis Paralysis
- Diamond Day - Noisemaker - No Joy Remix
- Mark Webber - Switchgrass
- Hannah Miette, featuring Rozi Plain - Let Me Know
- Applesauce Tears - The Flower Ouch Hour
- Spencer Zahn - High Touch
- Floating Points - Peroration Six
- Rooster37 - Lost in the Fog
- Monde UFO - Rectory
- Michael Nau - Tiny Flakes
- Rubber Band Gun - Kevin’s Dream (Werewolves Are Liars)
- The Royal Family - When I Was a Butterfly
- Astral Swans & Chad VanGaalen - Filler
- Koushik - Corner of Your Smile
- Koushik - Bright and Shining
- Symphony Orchestra - Know Thyself
- Large Plants - Wasted and Tired
- C Duncan - Just Like Clockwork
- Marta Del Grandi - Mata Hari
- Anika - Climb On Board
- Edena Gardens - Dusted
- Tonstartssbandht - Hey Bad
- The Besnard Lakes - Rides the Rails
- Deradoorian - Devil’s Market
- White Poppy - Melancholic Serenity
- April March, Staplin - Ton Rayon Vert
- NETRVNNER - Paper Bombs
- Hollow Ship - Utsuro Bune
12/16/24 • -1 min
Some contemplative tunes for the last week before the Winter Solstice, including Nap Eyes tackling WB Yeats, Robert Wyatt's Matching Mole, and a selection of songs that may have made my year-end list if I'd found them a bit sooner. Hope you enjoy it, and see you again once the days start getting longer.
Playlist:
Playlist:
- Fabiano do Nascimento, Shin Sasakubo - Após a Tempestade
- Blue Lake - The Forest
- Wayne Patrick Garrett - Mystic Grotto
- David Zucchi - Mandi
- Woo - Memory Oscillator
- Google Earth - Wouldn't You
- david a jaycock - Salford Shopping City
- Caribou - August 20/24
- Machinedrum, featuring aja monet - ORACLE
- Zachary Gray - In Arrears
- Papa M - Devil Tongue
- Teitur, Girls in Airports - Krabbasker
- Kate Bollinger - Postcard from a Cloud
- Various Artists, featuring Pearl and the Oysters - Koi Wa Momoiro
- Matching Mole - O'Caroline
- Matching Mole - Instant Kitten
- Dorothea Paas - Whatever That Means
- Nap Eyes - I See Phantoms of Hatred and of the Heart's Fullness and of the Coming Emptiness
- Me & My Friend - Imperfectionism
- Yuma Abe - I'm falling for you
- Klaus Johann Grobe - Io Sempre Di Tu
- Helado Negro - Best For You and Me
- Lætitia Sadier - The Inner Smile
- Animal, Surrender! - One of These Things First
- Eiyn Sof - Liquid Light
- Aluminum - HaHa
- Blume - Shifting Tides
- The Reds, Pinks & Purples - Finding Shells on the Beach
- Milk Toast - (You've Got A) Little Problem
- Ducks Ltd - Train Full of Gasoline
- Lab Coast - Walking On Ayr
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How many episodes does The A.M. have?
The A.M. currently has 67 episodes available.
What topics does The A.M. cover?
The podcast is about Radio, Morning, Space, Music, Fun, Pop, Indie Rock, Indie, Podcasts and Rock.
What is the most popular episode on The A.M.?
The episode title 'The A.M. - Episode September 18, 2023' is the most popular.
How often are episodes of The A.M. released?
Episodes of The A.M. are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of The A.M.?
The first episode of The A.M. was released on Aug 15, 2023.
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