The GBV Project — Week 15: Plantations of Pale Pink / Sunfish Holy Breakfast
The Releases: Plantations of Pale Pink (EP—Matador, 1996) / Sunfish Holy Breakfast (EP—Matador, 1996) This Saturday, music entRead More…
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Matt Ryan founded Strange Currencies Music in January 2020, and remains the site's editor-in-chief. The creator of the "A Century of Song" project and co-host of the "Strange Currencies Podcast," Matt enjoys a wide variety of genres, but has a particular affinity for 60s pop, 90s indie rock, and post-bop jazz. He is an avid collector of vinyl, and a multi-instrumentalist who has played/recorded with several different bands and projects.
The GBV Project — Week 14: Under the Bushes Under the Stars
The Releases: Under the Bushes Under the Stars (LP—Matador, 1996) / The Official Ironmen Rally Song (Single—Matador, 1996) / Cut-Out Read More…
The GBV Project — Week 13: Motor Away / Tigerbomb / Watch Me Jumpstart
The Releases: Motor Away (Single—Matador, 1995) / Tigerbomb (EP—Matador, 1995) / Watch Me Jumpstart (Documentary—Matador, 1998) Read More…
The GBV Project — Week 12: Alien Lanes
The Release: Alien Lanes (LP—Matador, 1995) A little while back—and in a context that I don’t even remember—I referred to myRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 11: King Shit & The Golden Boys
The Releases: King Shit & The Golden Boys (LP—Scat, 1995) / Guided by Voices/Grifters (EP—The Now Sound, 1994) Teaching isRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 10: Bee Thousand
The Releases: Bee Thousand (LP—Scat, 1994) / I Am a Scientist EP (EP—Scat, 1994) / Bee Thousand — The Director’s Cut (Compilationâ€Read More…
The GBV Project — Week 9: The Four EPs / Scalping the Guru
The Releases: Static Airplane Jive (EP—City Slang, 1993) / Fast Japanese Spin Cycle (EP—Engine, 1994) / Get Out of My Stations (EP—Read More…
The GBV Project — Week 8: Vampire on Titus
The Release: Vampire on Titus (LP—Scat, 1993) When my wife and I moved our family from Arizona to Oregon over twelve years ago, Read More…
The GBV Project — Week 7: The Grand Hour / If We Wait
The Releases: The Grand Hour (EP—Scat, 1993) / If We Wait b/w Red Chair (Split Single—Anyway, 1993) Attention is weird. The idRead More…
The GBV Project — Week 6: Propeller
The Release: Propeller (LP—Rockathon, 1992) Big. It had to open big. After all, this was going to be the opening of the final GuRead More…