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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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

March 14, 2013

8:00 PM
It Starts and Ends With You
Artist : The London Suede
Album : Bloodsports
Label : Warner Music Group
8:04 PM
I Can’t Read
Artist : Tin Machine
Album : Tin Machine
Label : Virgin
8:10 PM
She’s Always Dancing
Artist : Neil Young and Crazy Horse
Album : Psychedelic Pill
Label : Reprise
8:19 PM
Our Hearts Are Wrong
Artist : Jessica Lea Mayfield
Album : Tell Me
Label : Nonesuch
8:23 PM
Have It All
Artist : Foo Fighters
Album : One By One
Label : RCA
8:27 PM
The Swan
Artist : Cheatahs
Album : Extended Plays
Label : Wichita
8:31 PM
Down By The Water
Artist : PJ Harvey
Album : To Bring You My Love
Label : Island
8:34 PM
Black Ops
Artist : They Might Be Giants
Album : Nanobots
Label : Megaforce
8:38 PM
The Next Day
Artist : David Bowie
Album : The Next Day
Label : ISO/Columbia
8:41 PM
For Rosemary
Artist : The Coma Calling
Album : As The Trees Slept
Label : Self-released
8:45 PM
Benediction
Artist : Thurston Moore
Album : Demolished Thoughts
Label : Matador
8:52 PM
The Submarine
Artist : Mike Jackson and the Soul Providers
Album : OST: The Revenge of Mister Mopoji
Label : Desco
9:00 PM
I’m Not Sayin’
Artist : The Replacements
Album : Songs For Slim
Label : New West
9:03 PM
Brown Eyed Women
Artist : The Giving Tree
Album : Vaclilador
Label : Crooked Creek
9:09 PM
Heart’s Ease
Artist : Josh Ritter
Album : The Beast In Its Tracks
Label : Pytheas
9:13 PM
If Only Avenue
Artist : Ron Sexsmith
Album : Forever Endeavour
Label : Cooking Vinyl
9:17 PM
My Hero
Artist : Foo Fighters
Album : Skin and Bones
Label : RCA
9:21 PM
What Am I Living For
Artist : Dawn McCarthy and Bonnie Prince Billy
Album : What The Brothers Sang
Label : Drag City
9:25 PM
Hanging Up My Heart
Artist : Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell
Album : Old Yellow Moon
Label : Nonesuch
9:29 PM
Circular Karate Chop
Artist : They Might Be Giants
Album : Nanobots
Label : Megaforce
9:33 PM
I’d Rather Be High
Artist : David Bowie
Album : The Next Day
Label : ISO/Columbia
9:36 PM
Zhivago
Artist : The Coma Calling
Album : As The Trees Slept
Label : Self-released
9:39 PM
Bun In The Oven
Artist : Eleni Mandell
Album : I Can See The Future
Label : Yep Roc
9:44 PM
Anchor’s The Way
Artist : The Calamity Cubes
Album : Old World's Ocean
Label : Farmageddon
9:47 PM
New Alphabet
Artist : Eels
Album : Wonderful, Glorious
Label : Vagrant
9:52 PM
The Ballad of Love and Hate
Artist : The Avett Brothers
Album : Emotionalism
Label : Ramseur