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Strange Currency

Monday - Saturday at 8pm
Jedd Beaudoin

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

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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

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  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

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  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

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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

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  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

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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

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Tomorrow’s The Day - The Ants
Electricity Vol. 1 - Wayne Gottstine
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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

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  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

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  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

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  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 26, 2013

8:00 PM
Hoping Machine
Artist : Jay Farrar, Will Johnson, Anders Parker, Yim Yames
Album : New Multitudes
Label : Rounder
8:05 PM
Gentle Spirit
Artist : Jonathan Wilson
Album : Gentle Spirit
Label : Yep Roc
8:12 PM
Ohm
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Fade
Label : Matador
8:19 PM
Altamont Sunrise
Artist : Drgn King
Album : Paragraph Nights
Label : Bar None
8:24 PM
Waltz For Richard
Artist : First Aid Kit
Album : The Big Black & The Blue
Label : Wichita
8:26 PM
Baptist Guilt (Revisited)
Artist : The Travel Guide
Album : The Travel Guide
Label : Self-released
8:32 PM
Lily Liver
Artist : Oil Boom
Album : Gold Yeller
Label : Self-released
8:35 PM
Someday Past The Sunset
Artist : Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Album : The Magic Door
Label : Silver Arrow
8:42 PM
Stuff You Gotta Watch
Artist : Levon Helm
Album : Electric Dirt
Label : Vanguard
8:45 PM
Sure ’Nuff ’N Yes I Do
Artist : Mark Lanegan
Album : VA: OST: Lawless
Label : Sony
8:48 PM
You Don’t Love Me Yet
Artist : Roky Erickson
Album : OST: You're Gonna Miss Me
Label : Palm
8:52 PM
Bein’ Green
Artist : Andrew Bird
Album : VA: The Green Album
Label : Walt Disney
8:58 PM
Every Breath You Take
Artist : 2Cellos
Album : In2uition
Label : Masterworks
9:00 PM
The Devil and Me
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : KMUW exclusive
Label :
9:05 PM
One-Time Used-To-Be
Artist : Oil Boom
Album : Gold Yeller
Label : Self-released
9:08 PM
Soon After Midnight
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : Tempest
Label : Columbia
9:12 PM
Caught Down
Artist : Drgn King
Album : Paragraph Nights
Label : Bar None
9:16 PM
Two Janes
Artist : Los Lobos
Album : Kiko
Label : Shout!
9:20 PM
Two Trains
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Fade
Label : Matador
9:26 PM
Kiss Me On The Bus
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements
Label : Bar None
9:29 PM
I’m Raining Here, Inside
Artist : Mike Keneally
Album : Wing Beat Fantastic
Label : Exowax
9:32 PM
On and On
Artist : The Sea and Cake
Album : Runner
Label : Thrill Jockey
9:37 PM
The Pacific
Artist : The Travel Guide
Album : The Travel Guide
Label : Self-released
9:46 PM
Hoover Dam
Artist : Sugar
Album : Copper Blue
Label : Merge
9:52 PM
Heaven Beside You
Artist : Joe Deninzon Trio
Album : Exuberance
Label : D-Zone