Catalog Crawl: The Kinks
Music nerds love ranked lists. Music nerds love thoughtful commentary. Music nerds love carefully curated playlists. Catalog Crawl provides all oRead 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.
Season 2, Episode 15 – St. Louis Record Store Crawl
In this special episode of the podcast, Matt and Glenn (minus Tim) discuss their recent record store crawl through St. Louis. Other topics includRead More…
Season 2, Episode 14 – Seattle Record Store Crawl
In this episode, Matt, Glenn, and Tim discuss their recent trip to Seattle for a nine-stop record store crawl. Other topics include tote bags, anRead More…
Frank Black and The Catholics – The Complete Studio Albums
Frank Black and The Catholics The Complete Studio Albums Demon Music Group – 2022 Rating: 8.0 Rating: 7.4 Rating: 7.2 RatingRead More…
The American Garage Rock Road Trip
When I decided in late May to initiate “Garage Rock Summer” I had no idea that I was inadvertently backing into the second major project for StraRead More…
Brian Eno – Another Green World
Brian Eno Another Green World Island – 1975 Rating: 10.0 Brian Eno’s masterpiece is an absolute triumph: an album that aimed to tRead More…
A Sort of Hiatus…
I’d like to think that when I started Strange Currencies at the beginning of 2020, I did so with few delusions. I figured that supportive frienRead More…
An Introduction to Michigan Proto-Punk
Our survey of American garage rock comes to an end as we reach the great state of Michigan. Throughout the sixties, the Wolverine State was home Read More…
An Introduction to Mid-Atlantic Garage Rock
On February 9, 1964, The Beatles made their first appearance on American television, as the star feature of The Ed Sullivan Show. Two days later,Read More…
Season 2, Episode 13 – 90s One-Hit Wonders
In the latest episode of the Strange Currencies Podcast, Matt, Glenn, and Tim discuss three nineties-era “one-hit wonders” who actually had surprRead More…