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

October 29, 2012

8:00 PM
Ain’t Messin’ ’Round
Artist : Gary Clark Jr.
Album : Black and Blu
Label : Warner Bros.
8:04 PM
Reboot The Mission
Artist : The Wallflowers
Album : Glad All Over
Label : Columbia
8:08 PM
Early Roman Kings
Artist : Bob Dylan
Album : Tempest
Label : Columbia
8:13 PM
Solsbury Hill
Artist : Peter Gabriel
Album : So (Deluxe)
Label : Real World
8:20 PM
Let Me Lie
Artist : Trey Anastasio
Album : Traveler
Label : ATO
8:24 PM
Ain’t Nobody’s Business
Artist : Otis Spann
Album : Peter Green: The Anthology
Label : Salvo
8:29 PM
Cross Road Blues
Artist : Peter Green Splinter Group
Album : Peter Green: The Anthology
Label : Salvo
8:32 PM
The Wind Cries Mary
Artist : Gary Moore
Album : Blues For Jimi
Label : Eagle
8:37 PM
We’re Gonna Rock Around The Clock
Artist : The Replacements
Album : Stink (expanded edition)
Label : Rhino
8:41 PM
Call Me Sylvia
Artist : Low Cut Connie
Album : Call Me Sylvia
Label : Self-released
8:44 PM
Temporary Saint
Artist : Gov’t Mule
Album : The Georgia Bootleg Box
Label : Evil Teen
8:51 PM
Out Of The Ghetto
Artist : Donald Fagen
Album : Sunken Condos
Label : Reprise
8:55 PM
Cry For Judas
Artist : The Mountain Goats
Album : Transcendental Youth
Label : Merge
9:00 PM
She Don’t Use Jelly
Artist : The Flaming Lips
Album : Transmissions From The Satellite Heart
Label : Warner Bros.
9:04 PM
Muswell Hillbilly
Artist : The Kinks
Album : Muswell Hillbillies
Label : RCA
9:10 PM
The Only Sound That Matters
Artist : Milton Mapes
Album : Westernaire
Label : Aspyr
9:13 PM
Forest Whitaker
Artist : Bad Books
Album : II
Label :
9:17 PM
Black Magic Woman
Artist : Fleetwood Mac
Album : English Rose
Label : BGO
9:20 PM
Flatlands
Artist : Chelsea Wolfe
Album : Uknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs
Label : Sargent House
9:24 PM
An Inmates Lullaby
Artist : Gentle Giant
Album : In A Glass House
Label : DRT
9:29 PM
Lover of the Light
Artist : Mumford and Sons
Album : Babel
Label : Glassnote
9:35 PM
War Elephant
Artist : Native Daughters
Album : War Elephant
Label : Self-released
9:40 PM
I’ll Be You
Artist : The Replacements
Album : Don't Tell A Soul
Label : Sire
9:44 PM
Trip Through Your Wires
Artist : U2
Album : The Joshua Tree
Label : Island
9:47 PM
Character Zero
Artist : Phish
Album : Billy Breathes
Label : Elektra
9:51 PM
What Is Life
Artist : George Harrison
Album : All Things Must Pass
Label : Capitol