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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 · 25m
That's the first half of the list. More to come soon, or you can always check out the playlists. Apple Music and the start of the thread, Spotify here. Seriously, an incredible month for music.

open.spotify.com/playlist/0fL...
The AM: September Favourites 2025
Playlist · Peter Hemminger
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Immersion - WTF??
music.apple.com/ca/album/how...

On first blush I'm not sure this quite matches their collaboration with SUSS from February, but by trading that album's ambient-folk trappings for motorik jams and semi-spoken vocals, it's easily the more instantly accessible of the two releases.
How To Be by Immersion on Apple Music
Song · 2025 · Duration 5:08
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Gwenifer Raymond - Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark
gweniferraymond.bandcamp.com/album/last-n...

The British folk-horror version of Fahey's American primitivism. A track title nodding to Jack Parsons hints at the occult atmosphere Raymond creates with tangled knots of melody & plenty of buzz.
Last Night I Heard The Dog Star Bark, by Gwenifer Raymond
10 track album
gweniferraymond.bandcamp.com
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Go Kurosawa - Soft Shakes
gokurosawa.bandcamp.com/album/soft-s...

The former Kikagaku Moyo drummer/ GuruGuruBrain co-founder tackles all the instrumentaiton and production on this one. Gentler and more eclectic than KM, and more rewarding for it, especially on the Kraftwerk-ish "Autowalk."
soft shakes, by Go Kurosawa
8 track album
gokurosawa.bandcamp.com
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Flur - Plunge
flurflur.bandcamp.com/album/plunge

Harp jazz is having a moment right now (see also: Rachel Kitchlew, Brandee Younger, a plethora of Dorothy Ashby reissues). Flur mostly land on the more spiritual/abstract side of the genre; the GoGo Penguin-ish "Bolete" being a pleasant exception.
Plunge, by Flur
10 track album
flurflur.bandcamp.com
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El Michels Affair - 24 Hr Sports
elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com/album/24-hr-...

Maybe the first album to feature guest spots from Norah Jones and Shintaro Sakamoto? Far from Michels' headiest work, but it has its share of toe-tappers and strut-worthy sounds, for sure.
24 Hr Sports, by El Michels Affair
16 track album
elmichelsaffair.bandcamp.com
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Cristina Lord - If It All Falls
peopleplacesrecords.bandcamp.com/album/if-it-...

"Genre-fluid electroacoustic works that explores concepts of texture and identity," per Bandcamp. Headphone candy for those of us who revel in clicks and buzzes, in other words, but also unafraid of pure melody.
If It All Falls, by Cristina Lord
9 track album
peopleplacesrecords.bandcamp.com
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Cerys Hafana - Angel
ceryshafana.bandcamp.com/album/angel

A lremarkable album from Welsh triple-harpist Cerys Hafana. A beautiful fusion of folk & traditional tunes with neo-classical minimalism.The songs are dynamic, living things, deeply affecting with & without Hafana's haunting voice.
Angel, by Cerys Hafana
9 track album
ceryshafana.bandcamp.com
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Bitchin Bajas - Inland See
bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com/album/inland...

Four songs, 40 minutes, and every bit as immersive as you'd hope from these BBs. A wonderfully confident album, willing to let each track unfurl, patient and unforced.
Inland See, by Bitchin Bajas
4 track album
bitchinbajas.bandcamp.com
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The AM @theam.ca · 25m
Automatic - Is It Now
automatic-band.bandcamp.com/album/is-it-...

Deceptively catchy synth-driven post-punk. At times sounds like a less haunted Broadcast, thanks to the band's ear for distorted sonic textures and hypnotic melodies, but the killer basslines and off-kilter hooks are all their own.
Is It Now?, by Automatic
11 track album
automatic-band.bandcamp.com
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Area 3 - View
heart.bandcamp.com/album/view

A fully ambient side-project from Edmonton's Khotin packed with found sounds, synth washes, and barely there beats. Repetitive in a reassuring sort of way, a well-considered, nourishing headphone world.
View, by Area 3
6 track album
heart.bandcamp.com
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Akasha System - Heliocene
akashasystem.bandcamp.com/album/helioc...
A blend of Balearic beats, breathy synths and cosmic-minded new age atmosphere; too propulsive to really be called ambient, but definitely aimed at the chillout room more than the dancefloor.
Heliocene, by Akasha System
8 track album
akashasystem.bandcamp.com
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The AM @theam.ca · 25m
Anyone else find that September was shockingly good for new music? I feel like I could happily spend a year with just the releases from last month. Here's a playlist running down selections from just under 30 albums from September 2025, plus bandcamp links in the thread.

(In alphabetical order)
The AM: September Favourites 2025 by Peter Hemminger on Apple Music
Playlist · 28 Songs
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It’s hard to put into words what it means to lose D’Angelo. Not just the man, but the sound, the feeling, the very essence of soul that he embodied.
Remembering D’Angelo and the Eternal Rhythm of Neo-Soul | Black Girl Nerds
It’s hard to put into words what it means to lose D’Angelo. Not just the man, but the sound, the feeling, the very essence of the man
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The AM @theam.ca · 7d
All-timer autumn albums. I’ll start:
Bibio - Vignetting the Compost
Overshadowed by Ambivalent Avenue’s pop transformation that same year, VtC bridges that album with his warblier early releases, delicate fingerpicked melodies falling like fresh leaves.
Vignetting The Compost, by Bibio
16 track album
bibio.bandcamp.com
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Jonathan Richman is joy and sincerity and wisdom and silliness, an absolute blessing to see him perform. It’s a wonder how he makes every song sound so alive, and forces the audience to be so present.
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Reverse Death, Melody's Echo Chamber, Stereolab, Vincent Delerm, Fortunato Durutti Marinetti, Felt, Ducks Ltd., Freak Heat Waves, Yuutsu, The Cords, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, and No Joy.

Spotify playlist (missing a few tracks): open.spotify.com/playlist/62R...
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Tortoise, The Hylozoists, Rachel Kitchlew, Meiko Kaji, Hermitess, Radiohead, Snakeskin, Dania, POSTNAMERS, Avi C. Engel...

Apple Music playlist: music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...
The A.M. by Peter Hemminger on Apple Music
Playlist · 176 Songs
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Featuring music by: Parallel Worlds, Piotr Kurek, Fabiano do Nascimento, Cosmic Tones Research Trio, Flur, M. Sage, Blue Lake, Alex Stevens, C.R. Gillespie, Ess Whitely...
The A.M. – Episode October 6, 2025 – CJSW Radio
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The AM @theam.ca · 9d
This week's AM on @cjsw.bsky.social: a throwback to the album that introduced a generation of insufferable indie rockers (myself included) to experimental electronics, plus your usual AM mix of ambient electronics, shoegaze, dream pop, pastoral jazz, and other soothing sounds.

It's a good one, IMO.
The A.M. — The AM: October 6, 2025
The AM: October 6, 2025Hey Calgary: Early voting starts today,so if you know which way you’re leaning, look up your nearest voting station and fill out your ballot. Everyone else: Enjoy three more...
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The AM @theam.ca · 12d
Not to mention:
• Sam Prekop's latest (samprekop.bandcamp.com/album/open-c...)
• Mulatu Plays Mulatu (mulatuastatke.bandcamp.com/album/mulatu...)
• The Black Albumen's OVEREGGINNIT (buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com/album/overeg...)
• Dania's trippy downtempo (somewherepress.bandcamp.com/album/listless)
OVEREGGINNIT, by the black Albumen
15 track album
buriedtreasure.bandcamp.com
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Oh, and EPs from Project Gemini (mrbongo.bandcamp.com/album/time-s...) and Castle If (castleif.bandcamp.com/album/truth-...). Too much. Just, too much.
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• Shrunken Elvis - Shrunken Elvis (Spencer Cullum, Sean Thompson, and Rich Ruth connecting to cosmic bliss)
shrunkenelvis.bandcamp.com/album/shrunk...
• Yoo II avec Nolan Potter - S/T (Space rock excess from Yoo Doo Right, Population II + Nolan Potter)
yoodooright.bandcamp.com/album/yoo-ii...
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• Rachel Kitchlew - Flirty Ghost (Pitch-perfect jazz harp library grooves)
hipdozer.bandcamp.com/album/flirty...
• Sanam - Sametou Sawtan (Atmospheric rock experiments from Beirut)
sanambeirut.bandcamp.com/album/sameto...
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• Go Kurosawa - Soft Shakes (Gentle motorik from Kikagaku Moyo's drummer/vocalist)
gokurosawa.bandcamp.com/album/soft-s...
• Oruã & Reverse Death - Reflectors Vol. 1 (Split cassette of Brazilian lo-fi psych and Seattle "ambient fuzz pop", lovely stuff)
halfshellrecords.bandcamp.com/album/reflec...
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