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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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
Music
8:47 am
Fri November 23, 2012

Top Albums: November 19-23

  1. Chasing Away The Dots -- Mike Coykendall

  2. Lambo Doors -- Spirit of the Stairs

  3. Tomorrow’s The Day -- The Ants

  4. Blak and Blu -- Gary Clark Jr.

  5. The Bears For Lunch -- Guided By Voices

  6. Celebration Day -- Led Zeppelin

  7. An Omen EP -- How To Destroy Angels

  8. Grrr! -- The Rolling Stones

  9. Wood  -- Widespread Panic

  10. For Everyman -- Jackson Browne
Music
8:35 am
Sat November 17, 2012

Top Albums: November 12-17

  1. The Bears For Lunch Guided By Voices
  2. Grrr! The Rolling Stones
  3. Celebration Day Led Zeppelin
  4. Psychedelic Pill Neil Young and Crazy Horse
  5. Meat Wave Meat Wave
  6. Waka/Jawaka Frank
  7. Firefly The Wonder Revolution
  8. Wood Widespread Panic
  9. Trey Anastasio Trey Anastasio
  10. Blak and Blu Gary Clark Jr.
Music
8:35 am
Sat November 10, 2012

Top Albums: November 1-10

  1. Psychedelic Pill Neil Young and Crazy Horse
  2. Traveler Trey Anastasio
  3. Blak and Blu Gary Clark Jr.
  4. The Haunted Man Bat For Lashes
  5. Chasing Away The Dots Mike Coykendall
  6. Unfinished Business Wanda Jackson
  7. The Bears For Lunch Guided By Voices
  8. So (expanded edition) Peter Gabriel
  9. Harmonicraft Torche
  10. Trey Anastasio Trey Anastasio
Music
3:39 pm
Mon October 1, 2012

Artist Spotlight: The Replacements

Formed in 1979 by brothers Bob (guitar) and Tommy (bass) Stinson, guitarist/vocalist Paul Westerberg, and drummer Chris Mars, The Replacements became a band on the fast track to success. By 1980 the group had a contract with the local Twin/Tone label and, by late 1981, its first album.

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Music
3:23 pm
Mon October 1, 2012

Artist Spotlight: Peter Green

Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, and Carlos Santana have long admired Peter Green’s playing and B.B. King once said that there was only one guitarist who gave him “the cold sweats.” Born October 29, 1946, Green would found one of the most successful rock bands of all time, leave behind stardom as part of a spiritual quest, and see his legacy swell in his prolonged absence from the spotlight.

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Music
12:29 pm
Tue September 25, 2012

Top Albums: September 17-22

  1. Lambo Doors ­­Spirit of the Stairs (6)
  2. Charmer­­ Aimee Mann (5)
  3. The Condensed 21st Century Guide To King Crimson ­­King Crimson
  4. Mystic Pinball­­ John Hiatt (4)
  5. The Story of Light­­ Steve Vai (4)
  6. Treatment Bound: Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements­­ Bright Little Field
  7. Django Django­­ Django Django
  8. The Sound of the Life of the Mind­­ Ben Folds Five
  9. Thumbsucker­­ Jenny Wood
  10. Firefly ­­The Wonder Revolution
Music
12:27 pm
Tue September 25, 2012

Top Albums: September 10-15

  1. Tempest ­­Bob Dyla
  2. Charmer ­­Aimee Mann
  3. Lambo Doors ­­Spirit of the Stairs
  4. Domesticated ­­Spirit of the Stairs
  5. Mystic Pinball ­­John Hiatt
  6. OST: Lawless ­­Various Artists
  7. Family ­­The Cast of Cheers
  8. Django Django ­­Django Django
  9. Firefly ­­The Wonder Revolution
  10. The Forgotten Arm ­­Aimee Mann

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Playlist

January 17, 2013

8:00 PM
Sleepwalker
Artist : Moon Duo
Album : Circles
Label : Sacred Bones
8:05 PM
Knife
Artist : Grizzly Bear
Album : Yellow House
Label : Warp
8:10 PM
Down By The Water
Artist : PJ Harvey
Album : To Bring You My Love
Label : Island
8:13 PM
Time To Move On
Artist : Tom Petty
Album : Wildflowers
Label : Warner Bros.
8:17 PM
Ohm
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Fade
Label : Matador
8:23 PM
Music To Walk Home By
Artist : Tame Impala
Album : Lonerism
Label : Modular
8:29 PM
The Chain
Artist : Liars
Album : VA: Rumours Revisited
Label : Mojo
8:36 PM
Storms
Artist : Matt Sweeney and Bonnie Prince Billy
Album : VA: Just Tell Me That You Want Me
Label : Hear
8:42 PM
Two Of Us
Artist : Aimee Mann and Michael Penn
Album : VA: I Am Sam
Label : Sheridan Square
8:45 PM
Soon After Midnight
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : Tempest
Label : Columbia
8:48 PM
Ain’t Exactly Good
Artist : Slim Dunlap
Album : The Old New Me
Label : Medium Cool
8:52 PM
Led Boots
Artist : Jeff Beck
Album : Wired
Label : Epic
9:00 PM
Young Lions
Artist : Adrian Belew
Album : Young Lions
Label : Atlantic
9:04 PM
Gone Daddy Gone
Artist : Violent Femmes
Album : Violent Femmes
Label : Slash
9:07 PM
Beautiful
Artist : Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins
Album : Sluggo!
Label : Immune
9:11 PM
On and On
Artist : The Sea and Cake
Album : Runner
Label : Thrill Jockey
9:15 PM
Stupid Things
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Fade
Label : Matador
9:20 PM
I Can See
Artist : Moon Duo
Album : Circles
Label : Sacred Bones
9:24 PM
San Tropez
Artist : Pink Floyd
Album : Meddle
Label : Capitol
9:28 PM
Miss Celie’s Blues
Artist : Kira Small
Album : Wanderin' Star
Label : Crooked Whistle
9:32 PM
Heart Of The Devil
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : Low Rent Hymns
Label : Self-released
9:35 PM
California Stars
Artist : Billy Bragg & Wilco
Album : Mermaid Avenue
Label : Elektra
9:40 PM
Love Please Come Home
Artist : Split Lip Rayfield
Album : Never Make It Home
Label : Bloodshot
9:43 PM
Can’t Hardly Wait
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute To The Replacements
Label : Bar None
9:46 PM
Songbird
Artist : The Staves
Album : VA: Rumours Revisited
Label : Mojo
9:51 PM
Duquesne Whistle
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : Tempest
Label : Columbia