Strange Currency

Monday - Saturday at 8pm

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.

Have a question? Send Jedd an email.

And, if you’re so inclined, join Strange Currency on Facebook.

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Archive is updated between midnight and 3am after the show airs.

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Live Music
10:00 pm
Fri January 25, 2013

Currency Exchange: Dead Silos

Dead Silos recently performed in the KMUW music library as part of Currency Exchange, KMUW's live-performance series.

Music
9:01 am
Mon January 14, 2013

Top Albums: January 7-12

  1. The Magic Door-- Chris Robinson Brotherhood
  2. Boing, We’ll Do It Live!--The Aristocrats
  3. Wing Beat Fantastic --Mike Keneally
  4. Electricity Vol.1 --Wayne Gottstine
  5. Liberty. Solidarity.
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Music
8:19 am
Mon January 14, 2013

Top Albums: January 1-5

  1. Chasing Away The Dots-- Mike Coykendall
  2. Wing Beat Fantastic-- Mike Keneally
  3. Lambo Doors-- Spirit of the Stairs
  4. The Travel Guide-- The Travel Guide
  5. Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements-- Bright-Little-Field
  6. Difficulty-- Big Science
  7. Electricity Vol.1-- Wayne Gottstine
  8. Fade-- Yo La Tengo
  9. Living For A Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran-- Jamey Johnson
  10. The Bears For Lunch-- Guided By Voices
Live Music
10:00 pm
Fri December 21, 2012

Currency Exchange: DeathBlack Flowers

Christopher Flores of DeathBlack Flowers recently performed live in the KMUW music library as part of Currency Exchange, KMUW's live-performance series.
 

Music
3:33 pm
Tue December 18, 2012

Top Albums: December 10-15

  1. We No Who U R -- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Single)
  2. Lambo Doors -- Spirit of the Stairs
  3. Chasing Away The Dots -- Mike Coykendall
  4. Firefly -- The Wonder Revolution
  5. The Yes Album -- Yes
  6. Acquiring The Taste -- Gentle Giant
  7. Boing, We’ll Do It Live! -- The Aristocrats
  8. Crashes On The Platinum Planet -- Big Dipper
  9. Transcendental Youth -- The Mountain Goats
  10. The Travel Guide -- The Travel Guide
Books
2:52 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Best Books in Music of 2012 - Jedd's Picks

1. Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever Will Hermes From New York City punk to the wealth of ethnic sounds that permeated popular culture, Hermes covers them all in this fast-paced and thoughtful book, issued in paperback in 2011. Thorough and intelligent, this is an absolute must-read for music lovers.

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Indie Rock
2:41 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Strange Currency Best of 2012 - Local

Two thousand and twelve saw a bumper crop of ace local and regional releases, including several that did not make this list but were strong contenders, among them three releases from Wichita’s The Wonder Revolution (including Firefly) and Zsa Zsa Ketzner's EP.

There were several surprise releases this year, including the solo debut from Split Lip Rayfield’s Wayne Gottstine, a lo-fi adventure from singer-songwriter Curt Mitchell, and Les Easterby’s The World Palindrome.

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Indie Rock
1:12 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Strange Currency Best of 2012

  1. Wing Beat Fantastic––Mike Keneally
  2. Tempest––Bob Dylan
  3. Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran––Jamey Johnson
  4. Nothing’s Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now––Justin Townes Earle
  5. Copper Blue––Sugar (Reissue)
  6. Phantom Limb––Water Liars
  7. Django Django––Django Django
  8. Chasing Away The Dots––Mike Coykendall
  9. A Wasteland Companion––M.
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Music
9:28 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Top Albums: December 1-8

  1. Freefall -- Dixie Dregs
  2. Celebration Day -- Led Zeppelin
  3. Crashes On The Platinum Planet -- Big Dipper
  4. Chasing Away The Dots -- Mike Coykendall
  5. Minnesota Beatle Project Vol.4 -- Various Artists
  6. Lambo Doors -- Spirit of the Stairs
  7. Firefly -- The Wonder Revolution
  8. Tomorrow’s The Day -- The Ants
  9. Django Django -- Django Django
  10. Songs From The Big Chair -- Tears For Fears
Music
8:18 am
Fri December 7, 2012

Top Albums: November 24-30

  1. Grrr! -- The Rolling Stones
  2. An Omen -- How To Destroy Angels
  3. Wood -- Widespread Panic
  4. Tomorrow’s The Day -- The Ants
  5. Lambo Doors -- Spirit of the Stairs
  6. Chasing Away The Dots -- Mike Coykendall
  7. Bears For Lunch -- Guided By Voices
  8. Blak and Blu -- Gary Clark Jr.
  9. Celebration Day -- Led Zeppelin
  10. Firefly -- The Wonder Revolution

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Playlist

January 14, 2013

8:00 PM
Float
Artist : Pacific Air
Album : Long Live Koko
Label : Republic
8:04 PM
Hate This Town
Artist : Slim Dunlap
Album : Times Like This
Label : Medium Cool
8:08 PM
If I Can’t Change Your Mind
Artist : Sugar
Album : Copper Blue
Label : Merge
8:12 PM
She’ll Be Back
Artist : Jamey Johnson with Elvis Costello
Album : Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran
Label : Mercury
8:15 PM
The Devil and Me
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : KMUW exclusive
Label :
8:19 PM
Uncle Frank
Artist : Drive By Truckers
Album : The Fine Print
Label : New West
8:24 PM
Colorblind Painter
Artist : The Ants
Album : Tomorrow's The Day
Label : Self-released
8:27 PM
Tears O Plenty
Artist : Parquet Courts
Album : Light Up Gold
Label : What's Up Rupture
8:30 PM
Elephant
Artist : Tame Impala
Album : Lonerism
Label : Modular
8:34 PM
Don’t You Forget It
Artist : Allah-Las
Album : Allah-Las
Label : Innovative Leisure
8:37 PM
Judge Jury and Executioner
Artist : Atoms For Peace
Album : Amok
Label : TBD
8:41 PM
Inner City Blues
Artist : Rodriquez
Album : OST: Searching For Sugar Man
Label : Light In The Attic
8:44 PM
Poverty
Artist : The Subdudes
Album : Annunciation
Label : BMG
8:49 PM
It All Comes Back Someday
Artist : John Hiatt
Album : Mystic Pinball
Label : New West
8:54 PM
The Hippie Girl
Artist : Mike Coykendall
Album : KMUW exclusive
Label :
9:00 PM
My Home Is The Sea
Artist : Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy
Album : Superwolf
Label : Drag City
9:06 PM
Come Down The Coast
Artist : Camper Van Beethoven
Album : La Costa Perdida
Label : 429
9:10 PM
Heart of the Devil
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : KMUW exclusive
Label :
9:15 PM
Little Moon
Artist : First Aid Kit
Album : Drunken Trees
Label : Wichita
9:19 PM
I Will Dare
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements
Label : Bar None
9:22 PM
Portland Oregon
Artist : Loretta Lynn
Album : Van Lear Rose
Label : Interscope
9:26 PM
Let’s Go Let’s Go Let’s Go
Artist : Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Album : The Magic Door
Label : Silver Arrow
9:31 PM
Goodbye Pork Pie Hat
Artist : Jeff Beck
Album : Wired
Label : Epic
9:37 PM
Where Are We Now?
Artist : David Bowie
Album : The Next Day
Label : Virgin
9:41 PM
Carrousel 
Artist : Peter Peter
Album : Une version améliorée de la tristesse          
Label : Les Disques
9:44 PM
The Slim
Artist : Sugar
Album : Copper Blue
Label : Merge
9:51 PM
I Fall To Pieces
Artist : Jamey Johnson with Merle Haggard
Album : Living For A Song: A Tribute To Hank Cochran
Label : Mercury