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
2:41 pm
Wed December 12, 2012

Strange Currency Best of 2012 - Local

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

  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

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January 31, 2013

8:00 PM
Clean Slate
Artist : M Ward
Album : A Wasteland Companion
Label : Merge
8:03 PM
Blues Can’t Even Find Me
Artist : John Hiatt
Album : Mystic Pinball
Label : New West
8:07 PM
I Wonder
Artist : Rodriquez
Album : Cold Fact
Label : Light In The Attic
8:10 PM
Live and Die
Artist : The Avett Brothers
Album : The Carpenter
Label : American
8:15 PM
Let It Blow
Artist : Richard Thompson
Album : Front Parlour Ballads
Label : Cooking Vinyl
8:19 PM
Lord Scrumptious
Artist : Big Dipper
Album : Crashes On The Platinum Planet
Label : Almost Ready
8:22 PM
Waving At Airplanes
Artist : Guided By Voices
Album : The Bears For Lunch
Label : Guided By Voices
8:25 PM
Georgia Vs. Yo La Tengo
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Summer Fun
Label : Matador
8:29 PM
Yours Is No Disgrace
Artist : Yes
Album : The Yes Album
Label : Atlantic
8:37 PM
Cargo Culte
Artist : Serge Gainsbourg
Album : Histoire de Melody Nelson
Label : Light In The Attic
8:45 PM
Dream In Blue
Artist : Los Lobos
Album : Kiko
Label : Shout!
8:52 PM
Baptist Guilt (Revisited)
Artist : The Travel Guide
Album : The Travel Guide
Label : Self-released
9:00 PM
Am I That Lonely Tonight?
Artist : Justin Townes Earle
Album : Nothing's Gonna Change The Way You Feel About Me Now
Label : Bloodshot
9:03 PM
I Will Dare
Artist : Bright-Little-Field
Album : Treatment Bound: A Ukulele Tribute to The Replacements
Label : Bar None
9:07 PM
Gone Daddy Gone
Artist : Violent Femmes
Album : Violent Femmes
Label : Slash
9:11 PM
I Am A Scientist
Artist : Guided By Voices
Album : I Am A Scientist
Label : Matador
9:13 PM
Row, Boys, Row
Artist : Richard Thompson
Album : Front Parlour Ballads
Label : Cooking Vinyl
9:15 PM
Sailor Song
Artist : First Aid Kit
Album : The Big Black and The Blue
Label : Wichita
9:17 PM
Songbird
Artist : The Staves
Album : VA: Rumours Revisited
Label : Mojo
9:21 PM
The Cone of Silence
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Ride the Tiger
Label : Matador
9:24 PM
Scabbard
Artist : Trey Anastasio
Album : Traveler
Label : ATO
9:30 PM
I’m Raining Here, Inside
Artist : Mike Keneally
Album : Wing Beat Fantastic
Label : Exowax
9:33 PM
Get Behind The Mule
Artist : John Hammond
Album : Wicked Grin
Label : Pointblank
9:39 PM
One-Time Used-To-Be
Artist : Oil Boom
Album : Gold Yeller
Label : Self-released
9:43 PM
Mansions Of Los Feliz
Artist : Eels
Album : End Times
Label : Vagrant
9:45 PM
Hard To Be
Artist : David Bazan
Album : Curse Your Branches
Label : Barsuk
9:54 PM
In Spite of Me
Artist : Morphine
Album : Cure For Pain
Label : Rykodisc