Strange Currency--hosted by Jedd Beaudoin--airs six nights a week from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. on KMUW, bringing you new releases, old favorites and forgotten classics.
In addition to his overall "Best of 2015" list, Jedd offers several "best of" categories this year, including best indies, reissues, music films and DVDs, and local regional releases.
Best of 2015
- Something More Than Free — Jason Isbell
- High on Tulsa Heat — John Moreland
- Turnpike Troubadours — Turnpike Troubadours
- All Across This Land — Blitzen Trapper
- The Deepest Lake — Dengue Fever
- Nashville Obsolete — Dave Rawlings Machine
- It’s Great To Be Alive — Drive-By Truckers
- Sometimes I Sit and Think and Sometimes I Just Sit — Courtney Barnett
- I Love You, Honeybear — Father John Misty
- All Your Favorite Bands — Dawes
- Soul Searching, Vol.1 Memphis/Vol.2 Nashville — Jim Lauderdale
- No Cities To Love — Sleater Kinney
- Still — Richard Thompson
- Let The Good Times Roll — JD McPherson
- Call Me Insane — Dale Watson
- Beat The Champ — Mountain Goats
- Stumpjumper — Charlie Parr
- Devil Music — Randall Bramblett
- Stuff Like That There — Yo La Tengo
- Lost Time — Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin
- Science and Magic: A Soundtrack To The Universe — Lil Bub
- Street Dogs — Widespread Panic
- Paper Wheels — Trey Anastasio
- The Magic Whip — Blur
- Goon — Tobias Jesso, Jr.
Best Indie
- Reeves Gabrels and His Imaginary Friends — Reeves Gabrels and His Imaginary Friends
- Half Past, Present Pending — Mike Coykendall
- Faithful and Tall — Angela Parrish
- Stop Time — Jon Regen
- Yeah Okay, I Know — Christian Lee Hutson
- While They Were Dancing — Vacilando
- Swamp Rose and Honeysuckle Vine — Nathaniel Talbot
- Unremembered — Sarah Kirkland Snider
- Half A Native — Buxton
- The Long Lost Friend — Husky Rescue
Best Reissues
- My Old New Records — Slim Dunlap
- Trace — Son Volt
- Complete Matrix Tapes — Velvet Underground
- Loaded — Velvet Underground
- Chicken Heads — Bobby Rush
Best Music Films and DVDs
- Jaco: The Film
- Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten
- The Wrecking Crew
- Heaven Adores You
- The Decline of Western Civilization (boxed set)
- Quiet Riot: Well Now You’re Here There’s No Way Back
- The Jam: About The Young Idea
- Love and Mercy
- Salad Days
- Roxy: The Movie
Best Local Regional Releases
- Trading A Dream--The Travel Guide
- Everything Is Subliminal--The World Palestine
- Let’s See Star B--The World Palestine
- Divorce Corpse--Divorce Corpse
- The Magic World--The Wonder Revolution
- No Easy Way Down--The Excuses
- The Songbook Project--William Flynn Project
- Ride Again--Cherokee Maidens
- Agitator--Kill Vargas
- Live At R Coffehouse--Information Welfare
- Jump The Track--Joe Stumpe
- Resplendent--In Vivid
- Treehugger--Francis Moss
- Missing Out On Nothing--Twin Cities
- Americana-Na--Americana-Na
Singles of Note:
- “Don’t Let Them Get In Your Head”—Jenny Wood and The Femeline
- “Elephant”—The Pents
- “Tiger”—Hawley