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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January 28, 2013

8:00 PM
Altamont Sunrise
Artist : Drgn King
Album : Paragraph Nights
Label : Bar/None
8:05 PM
Ain’t No Way
Artist : Dropsonic
Album : VI
Label : Self-released
8:07 PM
I Have No Music
Artist : Ariel + The Undertow
Album : Ariel + The Undertow
Label : Tangled Mane
8:13 PM
Speak In Rounds
Artist : Grizzly Bear
Album : Shields
Label : Warp
8:18 PM
Know Til Now
Artist : Jim James
Album : Regions of Light and Sound of GodÊÊ
Label : ATO
8:24 PM
Endors Toi
Artist : Tame Impala
Album : Lonerism
Label : Modular
8:27 PM
I’m Not The Same Without You
Artist : Donald Fagen
Album : Sunken Condos
Label : Reprise
8:32 PM
We No Who U R
Artist : Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Album : Push The Sky Away
Label : Mute
8:37 PM
Miracle Mile
Artist : Cold War Kids
Album : Single
Label : V2
8:40 PM
I Will Dare
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements
Label : Bar/None
8:43 PM
Technical Difficulties
Artist : 2 Cellos
Album : In2ition
Label : Masterworks
8:46 PM
Heart Of The Devil
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : Low Rent Hymns
Label : Self-released
8:49 PM
Emily
Artist : Freedy Johnston
Album : Blue Days Black Nights
Label : Elektra
8:55 PM
The Hippe Girl
Artist : Mike Coykendall
Album : KMUW exclusive
Label :
9:00 PM
The Day The End Finally Came
Artist : William Elliott Whitmore
Album : Ashes To Dust
Label : Southern
9:04 PM
He Don’t Mind (It Don’t Matter)
Artist : Curt Mitchell
Album : Low Rent Hymns
Label : Self-released
9:07 PM
Abilene
Artist : Kirk Rundstrom
Album : Same Ugly Town
Label : Binky
9:10 PM
Girl
Artist : The Beatles
Album : Rubber Soul
Label : Capitol
9:13 PM
Yet Again
Artist : Grizzly Bear
Album : Shields
Label : Warp
9:18 PM
Hold On
Artist : Alabama Shakes
Album : Boys & Girls
Label : ATO
9:22 PM
Caught Down
Artist : Drgn King
Album : Paragraph Nights
Label : Bar/None
9:27 PM
Jubilee Street
Artist : Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds
Album : Push The Sky Away
Label : Mute
9:31 PM
Love Sick
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : Time Out Of Mind
Label : Columbia
9:36 PM
Inot Music
Artist : Bart Davenport
Album : Maroon Cocoon
Label : Antenna Farm
9:40 PM
Kindness From Strangers
Artist : Ariel + The Undertow
Album : Ariel + The Undertow
Label : Tangled Mane
9:45 PM
Revolution
Artist : Dr. John
Album : Locked Down
Label : Nonesuch
9:48 PM
I’ll Be You
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements
Label : Bar/None
9:53 PM
Free Action
Artist : Moon Duo
Album : Circles
Label : Sacred Bones