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…
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.
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…
An Introduction to SST Records
No understanding of the American independent rock scene approaches completion without diving into the catalog of Southern California’s ultra-inflRead More…
Catalog Crawl: R.E.M.
Music nerds love ranked lists. Music nerds love thoughtful commentary. Music nerds love carefully curated playlists. Catalog Crawl provides all oRead More…
John Lennon – Plastic Ono Band
John Lennon Plastic Ono Band Apple – 1970 Rating: 10.0 Any understanding of John Lennon is woefully incomplete without knowing his Read More…
The Debut Album Project: April (“Punk/Post-Punk”)
For April’s debut album focus, we shifted our attention to the punk and post-punk scenes of the seventies and beyond. Though we already coverRead More…
The Debut Album Project: March (“SC in the UK”)
In March, Strange Currencies turned our debut album focus toward the United Kingdom – largely prompted by my first visit there. Of course, BrRead More…
The Debut Album Project: February (“One Album Wonders”)
February found our debut album focus shifting toward a surprisingly-common phenomenon: the “one album wonder.” Over the course of the month, Read More…