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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

February 05, 2013

8:00 PM
Breath Goes In
Artist : Spinto Band
Album : Cool Cocoon
Label : Redeye
8:04 PM
Heavy Feet
Artist : Local Natives
Album : Hummingbird
Label : Frenchkiss
8:09 PM
Brandy Alexander
Artist : Ron Sexsmith
Album : Exit Strategy of the Soul
Label : Yep Roc
8:13 PM
We Can’t End This Way
Artist : Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
Album : Get Up!
Label : Stax
8:17 PM
Shoot Out The Lights
Artist : Richard and Linda Thompson
Album : Shoot Out The Lights
Label : Hannibal
8:22 PM
Happy Loving Couples
Artist : Joe Jackson
Album : Look Sharp!
Label : A&M
8:25 PM
Hey Bulldog
Artist : The Beatles
Album : Yellow Submarine
Label : Capitol
8:29 PM
The Ballad of El Goodo
Artist : Big Star
Album : #1 Record
Label : Stax/Ardent
8:34 PM
Big Day Coming
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Painful
Label : Matador/Atlantic
8:41 PM
Side
Artist : Travis
Album : The Invisible Band
Label : Epic
8:45 PM
Sun Blows Up Today
Artist : The Flaming Lips
Album : The Terror (Expanded edition)
Label : Warner Bros.
8:50 PM
Step Right Up
Artist : Tom Waits
Album : Small Change
Label : Asylum
9:00 PM
Been Down So Long
Artist : The Doors
Album : L.A. Woman
Label : Elektra
9:05 PM
I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : John Wesley Harding
Label : Columbia
9:09 PM
Don’t Look Twice
Artist : Ben Harper with Charlie Musselwhite
Album : Get Up!
Label : Stax
9:13 PM
The Loneliest Sea
Artist : Ariel + The Undertow
Album : Ariel + The Undertow
Label : Tangled Mane
9:19 PM
Wall Of Death
Artist : Richard and Linda Thompson
Album : Shoot Out The Lights
Label : Hannibal
9:22 PM
Forty Pound Wedding
Artist : Skinny Lister
Album : Forge & Flagon
Label : Side One Dummy
9:25 PM
Shuggie
Artist : Foxygen
Album : We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace and Magic
Label : Jagjaguwar
9:31 PM
From A Motel 6
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Painful
Label : Matador/Atlantic
9:36 PM
The Lion’s Roar
Artist : First Aid Kit
Album : The Lion's Roar
Label : Wichita
9:41 PM
Sorest of Eyes
Artist : William Elliott Whitmore
Album : Ashes To Dust
Label : Southern
9:44 PM
Not in Nottingham
Artist : Los Lobos
Album : Goes Disney
Label : Disney
9:48 PM
Look What Thoughts Will Do
Artist : Willie Nelson
Album : To Lefty From Willie
Label : Legacy
9:51 PM
Heaven Beside You
Artist : Joe Deninzon Trio
Album : Exuberance
Label : D-Zone