Strange Currency

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Strange Currency airs six nights a week on KMUW, bringing you new releases, old favorites and forgotten classics. We spotlight local and regional acts, including guests on Currency Exchange, our live in-the-studio program recorded at the KMUW studios.

Jedd Beaudoin invites you to listen 8 to 10pm Monday through Saturday as he opens up his personal music vault and lets you in.

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Music
11:27 am
Mon March 11, 2013

Top Albums: March 4 - 9

  1. Songs For Slim -- The Replacements
  2. Old World’s Ocean -- The Calamity Cubes
  3. Gold Yeller -- Oil Boom
  4. What The Brothers Sang -- Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  5. The Messenger -- Johnny Marr
  6. Honky Tonk -- Son Volt
  7. Amok -- Atoms For Peace
  8. The Late Great Whatever -- Lovely Bad Things
  9. Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace -- Foo Fighters
  10. Tin Machine -- Tin Machine
Commentary
12:57 pm
Fri March 8, 2013

Dave Grohl's Sound City: A Sweeping Take On Rock History

Credit Courtesy / Sound City
Dave Grohl at the Los Angeles recording studio, Sound City Studios.[

Sound City marks musician Dave Grohl's directorial debut and a fine introduction it is. The former Nirvana drummer and present day Foo Fighters frontman takes us inside the Van Nuys, Calif., studio where his former band recorded its 1991 breakthrough release Nevermind and where Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers tracked Damn The Torpedoes and where Fleetwood Mac tracked its 1975 self-titled release­­the album that brought Steve Nicks and Lindsay Buckingham into the fold and sent the quintet on the road to superstardom.

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Music
2:51 pm
Wed March 6, 2013

Top Albums: February 25 - March 2

  1. Crashes On The Platinum Planet -- Big Dipper
  2. Push The Sky Away -- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
  3. The Messenger -- Johnny Marr
  4. Honky Tonk -- Son Volt
  5. Impossible Truth -- William Tyler
  6. Amok -- Atoms For Peace
  7. Old World’s Ocean -- The Calamity Cubes
  8. Fade -- Yo La Tengo
  9. Electric -- Richard Thompson
  10. I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass -- Yo La Tengo
Music
6:13 am
Fri March 1, 2013

Top Albums: February 18-23

1. Push The Sky Away-- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
2. Impossible Truth-- William Tyler
3. Forever Endeavour-- Ron Sexsmith
4. Mr. Music Head-- Adrian Belew
5. From A Window Seat (single)-- Dawes
6. Electric-- Richard Thompson
7. Untamed Beast-- Sallie Ford and The Sound Outside
8. The Ides-- Me Like Bees
9. Cough Cough-- Everything Everything
10. Wonderful, Glorious-- Eels

Music
12:56 pm
Tue February 26, 2013

5 Things You Should Know About Yo La Tengo

Credit Carlie Armstrong / Matador Records
Yo La Tengo, founded in 1984, takes its name from a sporting anecdote.

1. The group, which was founded in 1984 in Hoboken, New Jersey, takes its name from a sporting anecdote: Legend has it that during the 1962 season two members of the New York Mets––center fielder Richie Ashburn and shortstop Elio Chacon––collided on an all-too-frequent basis. A native of Venezuela, Chacon was confused when Ashburn would yell, “I’ve got it!” as he was going after a ball. A teammate intervened and told Ashburn that he might have more luck yelling "¡Yo la tengo!" (Spanish for “I’ve got it!”) instead. He did––only to be knocked about by left fielder Frank Thomas, who allegedly quipped, “What’s a yellow tango?”

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Music
6:17 am
Mon February 25, 2013

Top Albums: February 11-16

1. Forever Endeavour -- Ron Sexsmith
2. Wonderful, Glorious -- Eels
3. Beat The Retreat: Songs by Richard Thompson -- Various Artists
4. Fade -- Yo La Tengo
5. Electr-O-Pura -- Yo La Tengo
 6. Electric -- Richard Thompson
7. OST: You’re Gonna Miss Me -- Roky Erickson
8.  II -- Unknown Mortal Orchestra
9. Get Up! -- Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
 10. The Ides -- Me Like Bees

Music
2:35 pm
Tue February 12, 2013

Richard Thompson's Bravest Moment: 1000 Years of Popular Music

Credit Pamela Littky / New West Records
Richard Thompson

With a career that dates back to the late 1960s Richard Thompson has recorded in numerous musical idioms and earned accolades for virtually every turn he's taken, but perhaps his most impressive moment as a recording artist came in 2002 with the album 1000 Years of Popular Music.

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Music
7:36 am
Tue February 12, 2013

Top Albums: February 4-9

1. Get Up -- Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
2. Electric -- Richard Thompson
3. Regions of Light and Sound of God -- Jim James
4. Wonderful Glorious -- Eels
5. Forever Endeavour -- Ron Sexsmith
6. Cool Cocoon -- The Spinto Band
7. Ariel + The Undertow -- Ariel + The Undertow
8. Hummingbird -- Local Natives
9. Fade -- Yo La Tengo
10. I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One -- Yo La Tengo

Music
8:12 am
Mon February 4, 2013

Top Albums: January 21- February 2

1. Fade --Yo La Tengo
2. Paragraph Nights--Drgn King
3. The Travel Guide--The Travel Guide
4. Gold Yeller--Oil Boom
5. Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements--Bright-Little-Field
6. Ariel + The Undertow--Ariel + The Undertow
7. Wing Beat Fantastic--Mike Keneally
8. Kiko--Los Lobos
9. Rumours Revisited--Various Artists
10. Push The Sky Away--Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds

Music
8:06 am
Mon February 4, 2013

Top Albums: January 14-19

1. Fade--Yo La Tengo
2. Tempest--Bob Dylan
3. Shields--Grizzly Bear
4. Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran--Jamey Johnson
5. The Lion’s Roar--First Aid Kit
6. Rumours Revisited--Various Artists
7. Wing Beat Fantastic--Mike Keneally
8. Kiko--Los Lobos
9. Low Rent Hymns--Curt Mitchell
10. Light Up Gold--Parquet Courts

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Playlist

February 14, 2013

8:00 PM
Johnny & June
Artist : Truckstop Honeymoon
Album : The Delivery Boy
Label : Squirrel
8:04 PM
Emmylou
Artist : First Aid Kit
Album : The Lion's Roar
Label : Wichita
8:08 PM
My Baby’s Gone
Artist : Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell
Album : VA: Livin' Lovin' Losin'
Label : Universal
8:12 PM
The Definition of Love
Artist : NRBQ
Album : Tiddlywinks
Label : Rounder
8:16 PM
I Could Never Take The Place of Your Man
Artist : Prince
Album : The Hits/The B-Sides
Label : Warner Bros.
8:19 PM
I Still Miss Someone
Artist : John Doe & The Sadies
Album : Country Club
Label : Yep Roc
8:21 PM
Let’s Invite Them Over
Artist : John Prine with Iris DeMent
Album : In Spite of Ourselves
Label : Oh Boy
8:24 PM
Good Year For The Roses
Artist : Elvis Costello
Album : The Very Best of Elvis Costello
Label : Rhino
8:28 PM
Speeding Motorcycle
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Fakebook
Label : Bar None
8:31 PM
Real Fine Love
Artist : John Hiatt
Album : Stolen Moments
Label : A&M
8:36 PM
Sabor A Mi
Artist : Los Lobos
Album : El Cancionero Mas Y Mas
Label : Rhino
8:41 PM
Valentine Day
Artist : Paul McCartney
Album : McCartney
Label : Concord
8:42 PM
Valentine’s Day
Artist : Steve Earle
Album : I Feel Alright
Label : Warner Bros.
8:45 PM
Overnight Lows
Artist : Peter Wolf
Album : Midnight Souvenirs
Label : Verve
8:49 PM
The Spiderbite Song
Artist : The Flaming Lips
Album : The Soft Bulletin
Label : Warner Bros.
8:53 PM
Starry Eyes
Artist : Roky Erickson
Album : OST: You're Gonna Miss Me
Label : Palm
9:00 PM
A Girl Who Loves The Stooges
Artist : Terry Adams
Album : Rhythm Spell
Label : Clang!
9:04 PM
My Girlfriend’s Pretty
Artist : Ron Sexsmith
Album : VA: Q People
Label : SHR
9:06 PM
Waffle House Booth
Artist : Truckstop Honeymoon
Album : The Delivery Boy
Label : Squirrel
9:09 PM
Here Comes My Baby
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Fakebook
Label : Bar None
9:12 PM
When I’m At Your House
Artist : Loudon Wainwright III
Album : 40 Odd Years
Label : Shout!
9:14 PM
Husbands and Wives
Artist : John Doe & The Sadies
Album : Country Club
Label : Yep Roc
9:17 PM
(We’re Not) The Jet Set
Artist : John Prine with Iris DeMent
Album : In Spite of Ourselves
Label : Oh Boy
9:21 PM
Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
Artist : Carole King
Album : Tapestry
Label : Legacy
9:25 PM
$1000 Wedding
Artist : Gram Parsons
Album : Grevious Angel
Label : Rhino
9:30 PM
Valentine’s Day Is Over
Artist : Billy Bragg
Album : Worker's Playtime
Label : Yep Roc
9:35 PM
Dancing In The Moonlight
Artist : Thin Lizzy
Album : Vagabonds Kings Warriors Angels
Label : Vertigo
9:39 PM
Dear Yoko
Artist : John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Album : Double Fantasy
Label : Capitol
9:42 PM
Every Man Has A Woman Who Loves Him
Artist : John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Album : Double Fantasy
Label : Capitol
9:46 PM
Don’t Pass Me By
Artist : The Beatles
Album : The Beatles
Label : Capitol
9:50 PM
Dimming of the Day
Artist : Richard and Linda Thompson
Album : The Best of Richard and Linda Thompson: The Island Years
Label : Island
9:54 PM
Goodbye Sweet Dreams
Artist : Roky Erickson
Album : OST: You're Gonna Miss Me
Label : Palm