Starting the week isn’t easy. Ease into it with hazy, reverb-soaked tunes, spacey epics and jangle-pop wake-up calls.
"And I thought, how lucky can I be? I mean, just how big of a feeling can I feel?" – Bernice, "Empty Cup" Three more hours of ambient shoegaze daydreams, intercontinental electronic experiments, rare groove, jangle-pop and other eclectic sounds for a Monday morning. Playlist: Seefeel - Industrious Eine Kleine China - Our Lady of Perpetual Motion Fe…
Wordfest CEO and Creative Ringleader Shelley Yougblut brings her typical enthusiasm to a conversation on Imagine On Air, Wordfest's new broadcast channel launching in May. Plus the usual mix of soothing electronics, jazzy diversions, echoey shoegaze epics, and sharp-edged post-punk to get you going on a Monday morning. Playlist: Various Artists, fe…
A particularly mellow first hour, contemplative contemporary classical in the second (including a throwback to one of Jóhann Jóhannsson's early scores); and slow-building grandeur in the third. Three hours of low-key auditory escapism to start your week right. Playlist: Emily A. Sprague - Woven Lisa Bella Donna - Two Spirit, One Life Chad VanGaalen…
The first A.M. of spring. The threshold's been crossed—the days are longer than the nights, we're getting more warm days than cold, and pretty soon the leaves will be budding. Don't let the last vestiges of winter discourage you: If we wait for things to be perfect before we call it spring, we'll just get long winters, short summers, and nothing in…
A few more nostalgic moments than your average AM, with cult classics from Amon Düül II, David Axelrod, Allen Ginsberg and a Calgary disco gem from Rupa. Plus new singles from Chad VanGaalen, Caribou, Cool Ghouls, CRi—and that's just the Cs. Playlist: Caribou - Sunny's Time (Logic 1000 Mix) Sojua - Up the street, around the corner Tunnelvisions - W…
This week, The A.M. celebrates music from women and non-binary artists, with classics from Eurythmics, Young Marble Giants and X, along with a steady stream of newer but no less dreamy, adventurous, idiosyncratic & otherwise mind-altering selections. Playlist: Haiku Salut - I Am Who I Remind You Of Eve Parker Finley - Electrofeu The Hardy Tree - Lo…