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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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Music
7:36 am
Tue February 12, 2013

Top Albums: February 4-9

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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

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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

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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

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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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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December 03, 2012

8:00 PM
Hurtin’
Artist : Kira Small
Album : Raise My Voice
Label : Offrow
8:06 PM
Everything Is Broken
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : Oh Mercy
Label : Columbia
8:09 PM
Reggae Music
Artist : Jimmy Cliff
Album : Rebirth
Label : Universal
8:13 PM
It All Comes Back Someday
Artist : John Hiatt
Album : Mystic Pinball
Label : New West
8:17 PM
It Will Be A Good Day (The River)
Artist : Yes
Album : The Ladder
Label : BMG
8:22 PM
Zumm Zumm
Artist : Django Django
Album : Django Django
Label : Ribbon
8:28 PM
Benediction
Artist : The Travel Guide
Album : The Travel Guide
Label : Self-released
8:33 PM
Mean Mr. Mustard
Artist : Haley Bonar
Album : VA: Minnesota Beatle Project Vol4
Label : CD Baby
8:36 PM
For Nobody
Artist : Gentle Giant
Album : The Missing Piece
Label : Chrysalist
8:40 PM
Get Things Done
Artist : Bryan Beller
Album : Wednesday Night Live
Label : Onion Boy
8:48 PM
Take It Off The Top
Artist : Dixie Dregs
Album : What If
Label : Capricorn
8:53 PM
We All Gotta Go
Artist : Mike Coykendall
Album : Chasing Away The Dots
Label : Fluff & Gravy
9:00 PM
The Fall
Artist : Rhye
Album : The Fall (single)
Label : Innovative Leisure
9:04 PM
Joe Tex, These Taming Blues
Artist : Phosphorescent
Album : Aw Come Aw Wry
Label : Misra
9:09 PM
Distance
Artist : The Last Bison
Album : Inheritance
Label : Self-released
9:14 PM
Wake Up The King
Artist : Big Dipper
Album : Supercluser: The Big Dipper Anthology
Label : Merge
9:18 PM
Heart Of The Sunrise
Artist : Yes
Album : Fragile
Label : Rhino
9:29 PM
Leprechaun Promenade
Artist : Dixie Dregs
Album : Night Of The Living Dregs
Label : Capricorn
9:34 PM
Black Cat
Artist : Gentle Giant
Album : Acquiring The Taste
Label : Vertigo
9:38 PM
Girl
Artist : Devotchka
Album : VA: Minnesota Beatle Project Vol4
Label : CD Baby
9:41 PM
The Hippie Girl
Artist : Mike Coykendall
Album : Chasing Away The Dots
Label : Fluff & Gravy
9:44 PM
Sacred
Artist : Depeche Mode
Album : Music For The Masses
Label : Mute
9:49 PM
Better Be Home Soon
Artist : Crowded House
Album : Temple Of Low Men
Label : Capitol
9:52 PM
Crackle and Drag
Artist : Paul Westerberg
Album : Come Feel Me Tremble
Label : Vagrant