Another three hours of offbeat easy listening to warm a frozen December morning. Enjoy ambient psychedelica, soundtrack grooves, prog-inflected detours, and dream-pop ditties. This week's throwback is Butter 08, a goofy, groovy one-off Cibo Matto/JSBE collaboration from back in 1996—thanks to Mike Bell for tipping me to the existence of this one. P…

A more downbeat, wintry episode, with occasional bursts of sunnier psychedelia and pop-adjacent sounds. Hope you enjoy it, and keep warm out there. Playlist: Various Artists, featuring Rachika Nayar, Julianna Barwick, Cassandra Croft - Song to the Siren Hollie Kenniff - Amare IKSRE - vermillion - Kilometre Club Remix A Lily - Solar Systems Animals …

Skip to the 2:15 mark (ish) for a conversation with the filmmakers behind Slice of Life, a documentary at this week's CUFF.Docs film festival. Or listen from the start for your usual AM mix of hazy electronics, psychedelic sounds, and (this week) a bit of a dream-country detour to round out the show. Playlist: Sankt Otten - Helden Various Artists ,…

Jazzy sounds start your first post-Daylight Savings morning, plus the usual mix of shoegaze, jangle-pop, post-punk, and a throwback to Bruce Haack's Electric Lucifer. Enjoy the sounds, stay sane this week, and enjoy a showfill from Greenhouse's Emily R. next Monday morning. Playlist: Spirit of Naima - Cut Free SW Hedrick - Early Golden Blue Lake - …

Thank you to each and every one of the 60+ folks who donated to this year's AM Funding Drive episode. We're back to more normal programming this week, with offbeat easy listening, post rock and shoegaze textures, and (since its Hallo-week), an hour of spooky-adjacent sounds to wrap things up. Hope you enjoy it! Playlist: Woodford Halse Records, fea…