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.

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Currency Exchange: Dead Silos

By Fletcher Powell and Jon Cyphers

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

By Jedd Beaudoin

The Magic Door-- Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Boing, We’ll Do It Live!--The Aristocrats
Wing Beat Fantastic --Mike Keneally
Electricity Vol.1 --Wayne Gottstine
Liberty. Solidarity.

8:19 am

Mon January 14, 2013

Top Albums: January 1-5

By Jedd Beaudoin

Chasing Away The Dots-- Mike Coykendall
Wing Beat Fantastic-- Mike Keneally
Lambo Doors-- Spirit of the Stairs
The Travel Guide-- The Travel Guide
Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements-- Bright-Little-Field
Difficulty-- Big Science
Electricity Vol.1-- Wayne Gottstine
Fade-- Yo La Tengo
Living For A Song: A Tribute to Hank Cochran-- Jamey Johnson
The Bears For Lunch-- Guided By Voices

Live Music

10:00 pm

Fri December 21, 2012

Currency Exchange: DeathBlack Flowers

By Fletcher Powell and Jon Cyphers

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

By Jedd Beaudoin

We No Who U R -- Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds (Single)
Lambo Doors -- Spirit of the Stairs
Chasing Away The Dots -- Mike Coykendall
Firefly -- The Wonder Revolution
The Yes Album -- Yes
Acquiring The Taste -- Gentle Giant
Boing, We’ll Do It Live! -- The Aristocrats
Crashes On The Platinum Planet -- Big Dipper
Transcendental Youth -- The Mountain Goats
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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By Jedd Beaudoin

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.

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

By Jedd Beaudoin

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.