In the Wilderness: Os Mutantes, 1969-1974
In the Wilderness is a feature in which a group of Strange Currencies contributors examine an overlooked or under-appreciated period of an artisRead More…
Year: 2021
Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges – Clube da Esquina
Milton Nascimento & Lô Borges Clube da Esquina Odeon – 1972 Rating: 10.0 Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges’ 1972 collaborative Read More…
Seu Jorge – The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions
Seu Jorge The Life Aquatic Studio Sessions Hollywood – 2004 Rating: 6.8 Faced with the near-impossible task of breathing new life iRead More…
Marcos Valle – Previsão do tempo
Marcos Valle Previsão do tempo Odeon – 1973 Rating: 9.1 Marcos Valle eluded Brazil’s cultural censors, and created his definitive Read More…
Episode 13 – Maintaining a Collection
The Strange Currencies Podcast finally returns! In this episode – recorded before our summer recess – Matt and Glenn are joined again by frequentRead More…
Various Artists – Tropicália ou panis et circencis
Various Artists Tropicália ou panis et circencis Philips – 1968 Rating: 10.0 Fashioned as the Brazilian response to The Beatles’ mRead More…
An Introduction to Tropicália
Few musical scenes have ever burned as briefly, brightly, or brilliantly as Brazil’s Tropicalismo movement. Essentially emerging in March of 1968Read More…
Os Mutantes – Os Mutantes
Os Mutantes Os Mutantes Polydor – 1968 Rating: 9.8 Os Mutantes’ debut album is a psychedelic masterstroke – a record undoubtedlRead More…
Welcome to Brazil Month
Few nations celebrate as rich of a musical heritage as Brazil. Whether found in traditional folk stylings, samba, bossa nova, MPB, or the wild soRead More…
Angelo Badalamenti – Soundtrack from Twin Peaks
Angelo Badalamenti Soundtrack from Twin Peaks Warner Bros. – 1990 Rating: 9.5 Angelo Badalamenti’s soundtrack to David Lynch’s grouRead More…