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Weekly radio show on @cjsw.bsky.social hosted by @peterhemminger.com. Offbeat easy listening to start your week right. Live at cjsw.com every Monday morning from 7-10am MT, or stream past episodes at https://linktr.ee/the.am Based in Treaty 7.

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The AM@theam.ca · 3h ago

I'm setting a goal for myself to share one 2026 release on here (nearly) every day for as long as I can manage it. We'll see how I do, but there's such a backlog of albums worth talking about that it really shouldn't be much of a challenge. Pinning this post for whatever accountability that forces.

The AM@theam.ca · 2d ago

This week's AM starts with some uncharacteristically ambient Alanis Morissette, through ambient synths, Brazillian shoegaze and fuzz-club psychedelia, to nautical folk and Brian Eno's favourite Canadian album (per The Quietus). Links: theam.ca/post/8239541...

A white butterfly clinging to a yellow flower in front of a backdrop of leaves and twigs.Track list: Restore—Calling Generation X • Alanis Morissette • The Storm Before the Calm Two Hearts • Rose Keeler-Schaffeler • Universal Language Sing To (Khotin Remix) • Emily A. Sprague • Cyano I’m Falling Up • CG Tears • CG Tears Remains • Portland Vows • Cuckoo Sun Flies • St. Silva • Forager On the Road • Gilroy Mere • Furlongs Five and Eight is the Report • Test Card • 73 & Good Luck Mornings with Rita • Jason Dungan, Johan Carøe • Routine Fascinate • Polypores • Wildlife Reality Between Us • Stelar Door • Spiritual Beings Having a Human Experience I Should Feel Confined • Bernard Grancher • Astra Lumen Solaria Agonistes • The Durutti Column, featuring Caoilfhionn Rose • Renascent Cavalgo Marinho • Echo Upstairs • Estranhos Lugares Para os Olhos Leilani pt. 2 • Fälaren • Ljora Street of Crocodiles • The Hylozoists • La Nouvelle Gauche The People is Never Corrupt • The Hylozoists • La Nouvelle Gauche Picto - wing! remix • Ulrika Spacek • EXPO, REMIXED Mon Mar • Arms and Sleepers • Sentimentalisms Nafas • Ancient Infinity Orchestra • It’s Always About Liberation Out loud • sachi’s mirror • Talking in a Different Way Your Master’s Wishes • Concealer • fêted:fetid The Death Throes of Nuance - Live At Fuzz Club • Black Market Karma • Live At Fuzz Club Festival ‘25 Losey • Gnoomes • Losey Baroque. • Mahogany Frog • On Blue Three Bells • Hermitess • Death & The Fool Wasted and Tired • The Thorn • The Thorn Snail’s Lament • Trees • The Garden of Jane Delawney Midnight Directives • Owen Pallett • Heartland Impossible Spaces • Sandro Perri • Impossible Spaces
The AM@theam.ca · last wk.

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. Playlists & links: theam.ca/post/8233456...

A dull, smoky sky with an orange, muted sun, over rail cars presumably hauling petroleum products. A fairly bleak image, altogether.Tracklist The Morning of the Trip Andy Bell, Masal • Common Primitives Highest Pavement Ivan the Tolerable • Barker Final Routine I Jason Dungan, Johan Carøe • Routine Trees and Flowers - Extended Mix Strawberry Switchblade • Strawberry Switchblade You are Silence Maya Ongaku • Nothing Space Music Adrift Brian Baggett • Travel Past The Aftermath Only the Pink Dinosaur The World Next Door • Find Your Face In It Telnet to Telex Test Card • 73 & Good Luck Bus To Fairlop dgoHn • Tessares Lua Resavoir, Matt Gold • Ela / Lua Sorgini Marco Benevento, featuring Dave Guy • Glera Dust Conspiracy Islands on Tape • Dust Conspiracy Blue Shadows The Avalanches, featuring Karen O • Single Seeing in the Dark Hair Control • Electric Pleasure La femme invisible Victorella • Victorella Annmari Fukasugite Tokedashita Garasubako • Tokedashita Garasubako Kimi ha Dare nanda Tokedashita Garasubako • Tokedashita Garasubako In the Way Rick White, Julie Doiron • Together Stratosfæren Kronstad 23 • Dødehavet Fleuron N NAO, featuring Helena Deland • Nouveaux Langages – Volume I Doom The Consonant C • Capes & Crowns the crash Meggo • eavesdropper ;; the crash I'm a Man Jobriath • Jobriath Loner boyhood • I'll Dream InStead This Takes Time CASTLEBEAT • CASTLEBEAT II Aniline Fuses • Sawdust in the Transmission Portland Works Jeffrey Silverstein • Doggone Egg Yolk Slime Ayal Senior • Yutori ゆとり From Loch Raven to Fells Point Jeffrey Alexander + The Heavy Lidders • Liquid Donnon Prayer of Baphomet Cindy Lee • Malenkost River Rafting Jared Mattson & Ruban Nielson • FEAR EP Earth Blemish Edena Gardens • Quintessence
The AM@theam.ca · 2w ago

This week’s AM starts off summery, gets 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. Streaming links: theam.ca/post/8227124...

Close-up of a particularly muppet-y thistle bloom, with fuzzy fuchsia centre and bright leaves radiating outwards Tracklist No Such Thing Deniz Cuylan, featuring Felbm • For Luca Blissed For a Minute JOYFULTALK • Familiar Science Chito's Song Cochemea • Vol. II: Baca Sewa Burning Edges Prairiewolf • Zone Poems Suzuki's Call Arid Landscapes • Arid Landscapes II Teacozy 3 Zeta II Reticulli • the teacozy sessions Atmosphere TENGGER • Sky Note of Mothership Haruomi Hosono • Yours Sincerely On the Road Gilroy Mere • Furlongs Imprints of the Circle Buildings and Food • Infinity Plus One Rosemary Jon McKiel • Gold Horatio Mangoes Babe Rainbow • Acid and Honey Déjate Caer Helado Tropical • Helado Tropical Shake Down Adrian Younge • Afro-Disco Makossa Heaven Has No Swords Sean Wolcott • Lady Swordfighter: Disciple of Dishonor Thinking of God Badge Époque Ensemble • Air, Light & Harmony What Does Your Soul Look Like, Pt. 4 DJ Shadow • Endtroducing... Midnight in a Perfect World DJ Shadow • Endtroducing... Museum of Air Ultre • The Nest And The Skull Stash Box Bristol Manor • One Foot In The Haze Little Piece of Music Charles Danet & Stoic Faces • PSYCHORAMA Love Ashore Twink, Moths and Locusts • Think Pink IV: Return To Deep Space Ways of Losing Ora Cogan • Formless quail's egg (dadge mix) LT Leif • reflected, reflected Roku-Go Mitsune • Hazama Say It Foxwarren • 2 Sem Fronteiras Bruno Berle • Sem Fronteiras Pt. Conception Allah-Las • Sirenas Acting The Heavenly Bodes • Green Hills I'm DADA Holy Wave • i'm DADA Never Never Star Horse • Single Sad Summer sundayclub • sundayclub The Pine on the Corner Bibi Club • Amaro
The AM@theam.ca · 2w ago

I haven’t read the original study, but have to wonder with these studies recommending LLMs as creative aides: do they ever compare it to collaborative creativity? If the benefit is meant to be breaking you out of a rut, what about working with another human? www.newscientist.com/article/2580...

Using AI for creative pursuits? Moderation is key | New Scientist

An experiment showed AI users had the most creative ideas when they used it in moderation – not too much and not too little. Columnist David Robson puts the finding to the test, and explores what we l...

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The AM@theam.ca · 4w ago

First time listening to A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs. What an outstandingly well researched and thorough music podcast. Staggeringly good, especially stored to my no-bells-and-whistles podcast preference. I have been bothering my partner with CCR-related trivia for the past day.

Song 181: “Proud Mary” by Creedence Clearwater Revival — A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs

This episode, we look at the song “Proud Mary” and the brief but productive career of Creedence Clearwater Revival. Click the full post to read liner notes, links to more information, and a transcript...

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The AM@theam.ca · 4w ago

Finally have a turntable and cd player on each floor like a civilized human being. First spin goes to Jilk, as the most recent purchase.

The AM@theam.ca · 4w ago

This week’s AM: 30 favourites from the first half of 2026, from ambient electronics to more sinister sounds to sweet psych-folk. Some under-the-radar gems here, and even more in the full Spotify / Apple Music playlists, with 100+ albums that are worth your time. Links: theam.ca/post/8214498...

Square-cropped photo of trees in a field, the sun peeking between branches, and the Calgary skyline barely visible on the horizon.Tracklist • Impossible Vistas John Haughey, Tarotplane • Errata • American Eagle Jared Mattson & Ruban Nielson • FEAR EP • Ce qu'il y a autour Cédric Dind-Lavoie • Collages (2019-2022) • Harm Rosenau & Sanborn • Two • 4 a m Buildings and Food • Yutori • 96 Refraction BUNKR • Signals • Sunbeams Hanakiv • Interlude • A Dream That Never Arrived Radwan Ghazi Moumneh & Frédéric D. Oberland • Eternal Life No End • Turn Things Around Bristol Manor • One Foot In The Haze • Paprika Walrus Ghost • If You Could Be Here Now • 6 8 Navet Confit • opið • A White Horse worriedaboutsatan • No Knock No Doorbell • You Retreat in Time and Space Boards of Canada • Inferno • Wood Drip Stelar Door • Spiritual Beings Having a Human Experience • Terra (Right Here Do This) Drum & Lace • Terra • Régate Flore Laurentienne • Volume III • Rain Fabiano do Nascimento, E Ruscha V • Aquáticos • The Smoke Ora Cogan • Hard Hearted Woman • Morning Poem (for Sara) Full Moon Bummer, Chad VanGaalen • Exposed Assets • Teeth The Notwist • News from Planet Zombie • Diamonds Yamila • Noor• Empty Thoughts The Sleeves • The Sleeves • Les vagues Bibi Club • Amaro • Fantastic World Tomo Katsurada, Misha Panfilov • Eternal Almost • Séance of the Golden Dawn Sean Wolcott • Crystal Eyes Stalk at Midnight • Portschute Adrian Younge • Younge • Magouilleux Population II • Gimmicks • Galaxy Builder Natural Magic • II • Lazy Daisy Tara Clerkin Trio • Somewhere Good • Chemin de la Baie (Ghost Mix) The Besnard Lakes • Ghost Nation (Ghost Mixes)
The AM@theam.ca · last mo.

Yesterday's AM on @cjsw.bsky.social is ready for your streaming & playlisting pleasure. 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 to balance between waking up and calming down.

The A.M. — The AM: June 29, 2026

The AM: June 29, 2026Wrapping 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...

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The AM@theam.ca · last mo.

Something magical about the summer evening sun, a very specific quality when it’s still this bright at 9pm.

A copse of trees and green grass, evening sun covered in leaves but bursting through, a downtown skyline just barely visible on the horizon.
The AM@theam.ca · 2mo ago

Hey, an album I voted for actually made the list. Congrats @oracogan.bsky.social on a well-deserved nomination. exclaim.ca/music/articl...

Polaris Music Prize Shares 2026 Long List │ Exclaim!

Featuring Angine de Poitrine, the Beaches, Daphni, Charlotte Cornfield, Bibi Club, Kaytranada and more

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The AM@theam.ca · 2mo ago

The Polaris Prize long list comes out this Thursday. The last type an album on my ballot actually made the long list was 2023, let’s see if my luck is any better this year.

The AM@theam.ca · 2mo ago

This week: 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, and thanks for listening. theam.ca/post/8189126...

Photo of a pond surrounded by verdant grass, sun shining through tree leaves relatively low in the sky, and a duck swimming just into the sun's reflection.Tracklist Jin Sonic Michael Scott Dawson, Yutaka Hirasaka • Single You, Now, Again The Sleeves • The Sleeves Epigram Ivan the Tolerable • Psychogeography Ground Loop Gary Bartz & Your Brother’s Keeper • Where Rivers Meet Blue TENGGER • SKY Deers Charbonneau / Amato • Enflammer Le Désert (OST) Pearl Cloud Song - Tom Sharkett Reformation Juni Habel • Single Voice at the Edge of Summer MIDI Janitor • Closed For The Festival Butterfly Discotèque David A. Jaycock • Children of The Cold War: Phase 7 Drip Sunalta • Bridge Reason to Live Lou Barlow • Reason to Live True Love Leaves No Traces Astral Swans • Single Grief Blocktreat • After Dark Devil's Hour Cate Kennan • Shadows Lazy Daisy Tara Clerkin Trio • Somewhere Good Reprogram Ourselves Jerry Paper • Fuzzy Logic Comfort Jerry Paper • Fuzzy Logic Ufo Bossa Larry Manteca • Ufo Bossa / Intergalactic Porno Scene The World Laughs She-Devils • She-Devils LP Loop Baby Cool • Infinity Baby On n'accepte pas, mais on se laisse faire Bernardino Femminielli • Mémoires d'un Auto-Sabotage Reassurance Sharada Shashidhar • A Foot On The Ground Round the Bend Memotone, featuring guest • Warm Shadows Up Past the Nursery SUUNS • Zeroes QC Banit Nadah El Shazly • Laini Tani Astrid MXD • MXD Jim Carol New Year Black Marble • Life in Small Spaces Just a Moon Memorials • Single Ost Berlin Lukka • Wendekind Holding Company Ray Barbee • Tiara for Computer Carrusel Timoti la Moto Casco • TLMC 1990 or so No False Suns • Jubilee Me
The AM@theam.ca · 2mo ago

The Polaris Prize long list comes out this Thursday. The last type an album on my ballot actually made the long list was 2023, let’s see if my luck is any better this year.

The AM@theam.ca · 2mo ago

Day-long rainstorms are such a rarity in Calgary, it’s genuinely a treat to be able to indulge in some downbeat, gloomy, and otherwise overcast sounds. Get cozy, stay dry, and enjoy some rainy day music on the first AM of June. Links: theam.ca/post/8182690...

Branches formed into an arch with a river flowing in the backgroundHour One: A Study In Vapors Bluetech • Petite Constellations Portmeirion Noveller • I Am The Weather « Bounce » Cédric Dind-Lavoie • Collages (2019-2022) Firstborn Wave Michael Nau • guess bed No One Plays the Game Martyn , featuring Duval Timothy • Music for Existing Into the Magic Land Boards of Canada • Inferno 3rd Density Blues Sinewave • Unity Gain Check Mark Cylindricon • Zettasecond Cloudious Nimbus Contagious Yawns • Intramental Llegando Janek van Laak, The Circle of Madness • Sessions of Madness, Vol. 2 Goat By Brain Liars The Durutti Column • RenascentHour Two: A Rural Pen Bill Orcutt, Mabe Fratti • Almost Waking Where the Place Becomes Forgetting Magic Tuber Stringband • Heavy Water I’d Like to See It Juni Habel • Evergreen In Your Mind Watersource Sam Wilson • Wintertides Morning Temple Upupayāma • Honesty Flowers Rainy Day Susan Christie • Paint a Lady Paint a Lady Susan Christie • Paint a Lady Red Face The Barigozzi Group • Woman’s Colours Ultramarine Allah-Las • Ultramarine Simplesmente Lau Ro • Lau Actias Aliena Yoal • Gloaming Blooming Flowers The Brazda Brothers • Brazda BrothersHour Three: The End of the Affair Weekend • La Variete La supériorité du nombre Anadol, Marie Klock • Manivelles Anima Digital Tremor • Takuy A Hollow Sook-Yin Lee • 72RHR Ever Since I Was Libra Rising • Single Novus Lumen T. Gowdy • Trill Scan The Rolling Stairs of Arta Postnamers • Sissies & Sluts I Was Younger Zoon • Happy Thought School Cycle Pye Corner Audio, featuring Andy Bell • More Songs About the Sun Fish - From Heaven No Joy • Can My Daughter See Me From Heaven Seven Holy Fuck • Event Beat Auntie Mask Lucid 44 • hole in the fence
The AM@theam.ca · 2mo ago

Enjoying new singles this week from Ancient Infinity Orchestra, Cosmic Analog Ensemble, and Organic Pulse Ensemble, but it's also weird how much genres can dictate band names.