The Debut Album Project: October (“Solo Artists”)
Another month, another theme. October found our year-long Debut Album Project turning toward debut releases from solo artists. Spanning all tRead More…
Author: Matt Ryan
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 Debut Album Project
Just as last year’s “Garage Rock Summer” inadvertently yielded a major project in the form of the American Garage Rock Road Trip, my seemingly haRead More…
The Debut Album Project: September (“The Seismic Sixties”)
September found Strange Currencies — and our year-long focus on debut records — reflecting back on our favorite decade of pop music: the Read More…
Catalog Crawl: The Beach Boys
Music nerds love ranked lists. Music nerds love thoughtful commentary. Music nerds love carefully curated playlists. Catalog Crawl provides all oRead More…
Introducing “Talkin’ Down the Highway: A Beach Boys Podcast”
Hey, all our billion-plus listeners, the podcast is back! Kind of… Join Matt, Glenn, and Tim as they explore the profound weirdness that is TheRead More…
The Debut Album Project: August (“21st Century Classics”)
In August, Strange Currencies’ year-long focus on debut albums turned full-speed ahead toward the 21st century: a time in which ‘indie’ went Read More…
The Debut Album Project: July (“The Alternative 80s”)
Over the past few decades, the phrase “eighties music” has come to be associated with a specific type of sound: namely, glossily-produced popRead More…
An Introduction to Girls in the Garage
Last year, Strange Currencies spent the entire summer immersed in what just might be the deepest of musical rabbit holes: the American garage rocRead More…
The Debut Album Project: June (“The New Americana”)
June found us turning our focus to America: specifically in an attempt to broaden the musical definition of the term Americana. For far too lRead More…
The Debut Album Project: May (“Going Solo”)
Throughout May, the Debut Album Project turned its focus to initial solo offerings from artists who had previously established themselves as Read More…