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.

Episodes

  1. 1D AGO

    The A.M. - Episode February 9, 2026

    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

  2. FEB 2

    The A.M. - Episode February 2, 2026

    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

  3. JAN 26

    The A.M. - Podcast January 26, 2026

    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

  4. JAN 19

    The A.M. - Episode January 19, 2026

    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

  5. JAN 12

    The A.M. - Episode January 12, 2026

    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

  6. JAN 5

    The A.M. - Episode January 5, 2026

    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

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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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    CJSW 90.9 FM
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
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