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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Music
8:00 am
Mon May 20, 2013

What's On: Week of May 20

Monday, May 20: We’ll hear selections from Pale Green Ghosts by singer-songwriter John Grant. Grant made a name for himself fronting the band Czars in Denver, Colorado but it was his 2010 album Queen of Denmark, featuring the Texas band Midlake that won him his widest exposure yet. This time out Grant favors synth pop sounds on a record he recorded in Iceland, where has been living for the past few years. We’ll also hear new music from Modern Vampires of the City the new album by Vampire Weekend. The New York City-based band brings together elements of synthpop, Afrobeat, and baroque pop on this third critically acclaimed album.

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Music
7:40 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Top Albums: May 6-11

  1. Spirit In The Room--Tom Jones
  2. The Harder They Come--Various Artists
  3. This River--JJ Grey & Mofro
  4. American Kid--Patty Griffin
  5. Volume 3--She & Him
  6. Up On The Sun--Meat Puppets
  7. Nomad--Bombino
  8. Unstoppable Momentum--Joe Satriani
  9. Stories Don’t End--Dawes
  10. Wing Beat Elastic--Mike Keneally
Music
5:30 am
Wed May 15, 2013

Top Albums: April 29-May 4

  1. Dust Bowl Demos Part 3--Tom Page Trio
  2. Europe ‘72--Grateful Dead
  3. Acting, Thinking, Feeling--The Stark Reality
  4. Ahead of Their Time--Frank Zappa/Mothers of Invention
  5. Stories Don’t End--Dawes
  6. This River--JJ Grey & Mofro
  7. Primary Perceptions--Nick Jaina
  8. Ghost On Ghost--Iron and Wine
  9. Wing Beat Elastic--Mike Keneally
  10. Standing In The Colour--Standing In The Colour
Music
8:20 am
Mon April 29, 2013

Top Albums: April 22- 27

  1. Shaking The Habitual-- The Knife
  2. The Stark Reality Discovers Hoagy Carmichael’s Music Shop-- The Stark Reality
  3. Primary Perceptions-- Nick Jaina
  4. “Times Like This" (single)-- Steve Earle
  5. Songs For Slim-- The Replacements
  6. Hard Attack/Dust-- Dust
  7. Stories Don’t End-- Dawes
  8. Mosquito-- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
  9. Wing Beat Elastic-- Mike Keneally
  10. Klavierstucke-- Chris Opperman
Music
8:17 am
Mon April 29, 2013

Top Albums: April 15-20

  1. Wing Beat Elastic --Mike Keneally
  2. This River --JJ Grey & Mofro
  3. Hard Attack/Dust --Dust
  4. A Lazarus Taxon --Tortoise
  5. The Low Highway --Steve Earle & The Dukes (&Duchess)
  6. The Terror --The Flaming Lips
  7. Inspiration Information/Wings of Love --Shuggie Otis
  8. Shaking The Habitual --The Knife
  9. Stories Don’t End --Dawes
  10. Standing In The Colour --Standing In The Colour
Music
10:13 am
Wed April 17, 2013

Top Albums: April 8 - 13

  1. Stories Don’t End -- Dawes
  2. Songs For Slim -- The Replacements
  3. Wing Beat Elastic -- Mike Keneally
  4. Standing In The Colour -- Standing In The Colour
  5. Dear Miss Lonelyhearts -- Cold War Kids
  6. Hush Hush -- Kentucky Knife Fight
  7. Krush -- Niacin
  8. The Happiness Waltz -- Josh Rouse
  9. The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver -- Various Artists
  10. What The Brothers Sang -- Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy
Music
9:47 am
Mon April 8, 2013

Top Albums: April 1- 6

  1. The Music Is You: A Tribute To John Denver -- Various Artists
  2. Tooth and Nail -- Billy Bragg
  3. Hush Hush -- Kentucky Knife Fight
  4. Songs For Slim -- The Replacements
  5. Delta Machine -- Depeche Mode
  6. Specter At The Feast -- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  7. Stories Don’t End -- Dawes
  8. Wing Beat Elastic -- Mike Keneally
  9. Dancing -- Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins
  10. Old Worlds Ocean -- The Calamity Cubes
Music
9:54 am
Fri March 29, 2013

Top Albums: March 25 - 30

  1. Hush Hush--Kentucky Knife Fight
  2. Songs For Slim--The Replacements
  3. What The Brothers Sang--Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  4. Delta Machine--Depeche Mode
  5. Tooth & Nail--Billy Bragg
  6. Dancing--Mike Keneally and Beer For Dolphins
  7. Sound City: Real to Reel--Sound City
  8. Specter at the Feast--Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
  9. Bloodsports--The London Suede
  10. Forever Endeavour--Ron Sexsmith
Music
8:00 am
Fri March 29, 2013

Top Albums: March 18 - 23

  1. Songs For Slim--The Replacements
  2. Sound City: Real to Reel--Sound City
  3. Bloodsports--The London Suede
  4. Old Word’s Ocean--The Calamity Cubes
  5. The Next Day--David Bowie
  6. What The Brothers Sang--Dawn McCarthy with Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  7. Wooden Smoke--Mike Keneally
  8. Gold Yeller--Oil Boom
  9. The Sacred Squall of Now--Reeves Gabrels
  10. The Old New Me--Slim Dunlap
Music
11:54 am
Mon March 18, 2013

Top Albums: March 11 - 16

  1. Songs For Slim -- The Replacements
  2. The Next Day -- David Bowie
  3. The Beast In Its Tracks -- Josh Ritter
  4. What The Brothers Sang -- Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie “Prince” Billy
  5. Vacilador -- The Giving Tree Band
  6. Old Yellow Moon -- Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
  7. Kimono My House -- Sparks
  8. Skin and Bones -- Foo Fighters
  9. Honky Tonk -- Son Volt
  10. Forever Endeavour -- Ron Sexsmith

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Playlist

February 23, 2013

8:00 PM
Aye Aye Monster
Artist : The Mistakes
Album : The Mistakes
Label : Immune
8:07 PM
Peach Blossoms
Artist : Eels
Album : Wonderful, Glorious
Label : Vagrant
8:11 PM
Know Til Now
Artist : Jim James
Album : Regions of Light and Sound of God
Label : ATO
8:18 PM
You Better You Bet
Artist : Pete Townshend
Album : Another Scoop
Label : Universal
8:23 PM
Good Things Happen To Bad People
Artist : Richard Thompson
Album : Electric
Label : New West
8:28 PM
Ain’t Hurtin’ Nobody
Artist : John Prine
Album : Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
Label : Oh Boy
8:34 PM
Let’s Go To Bed
Artist : The Cure
Album : Staring At The Sea: The Singles
Label : Elektra
8:37 PM
I Was The Fool Beside You For Too Long
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Painful
Label : Matador/Atlantic
8:42 PM
Retrograde
Artist : James Blake
Album : Retrograde (single)
Label : Universal Republic
8:46 PM
Geography of Nowhere
Artist : William Tyler
Album : Impossible Truth
Label : Merge
8:53 PM
When The Spell Is Broken
Artist : Bonnie Raitt
Album : VA: Beat The Retreat
Label : Capitol
9:00 PM
From A Window Seat
Artist : Dawes
Album : Stories Don't End
Label : ATO
9:05 PM
New Alphabet
Artist : Eels
Album : Wonderful, Glorious
Label : Vagrant
9:09 PM
Demon To Lean On
Artist : Wavves
Album : Demon To Lean On (single)
Label : Mom and Pop
9:13 PM
A Night Like This
Artist : The Cure
Album : Staring At The Sea: The Singles
Label : Elektra
9:17 PM
Perfect Day
Artist : Lou Reed
Album : Transformer
Label : RCA
9:20 PM
Just to Know What You’ve Been Dreaming
Artist : Will Johnson
Album : Vultures Await
Label : Misra
9:25 PM
Stony Ground
Artist : Richard Thompson
Album : Electric
Label : New West
9:30 PM
Turning of the Tide
Artist : Bob Mould
Album : VA: Beat The Retreat
Label : Capitol
9:33 PM
Busted Up
Artist : Slim Dunlap
Album : The Old New Me
Label : Medium Cool
9:37 PM
They Told Me
Artist : Sallie Ford & The Sound Outside
Album : Untamed Beast
Label : Partisan
9:40 PM
Got The Time
Artist : Joe Jackson
Album : Look Sharp!
Label : A&M
9:43 PM
Hot Zoo
Artist : Adrian Belew
Album : Mr. Music Head
Label : Atlantic
9:48 PM
The Whole of The Law
Artist : Yo La Tengo
Album : Painful
Label : Matador/Atlantic
9:52 PM
Let There Be More Light
Artist : Pink Floyd
Album : A Saucerful of Secrets
Label : Capitol