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…
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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…
An Introduction to Upper South Garage Rock
From Pennsylvania, we next head south, but not too far south. For the lucky thirteenth installment in our ongoing study of American garage rock, Read More…
An Introduction to Pennsylvania Garage Rock
We’re entering the home stretch of our summer-long American Garage Rock Road Trip, and the twelfth installment finds us heading to the Keystone SRead More…
An Introduction to Upper Midwest Garage Rock
From last week’s tour through the Mountain States, we now head to the Upper Midwest (minus Michigan, which we’ll cover in an upcoming feature). TRead More…
An Introduction to Surf Rock
What good is any road trip without at least one unscheduled detour? This week, Strange Currencies takes a moment away from our ongoing survey of Read More…
An Introduction to Mountain States Garage Rock
The tenth entry in our ongoing survey of American garage rock finds us heading west to the so-called Mountain States. In it, we’ll be covering ArRead More…
An Introduction to Florida Garage Rock
I didn’t plan on putting together two different features this week, but when assembling the initial list of tracks for the Deep South, I discoverRead More…
An Introduction to Deep South Garage Rock
This introduction has been adapted from a previous installment of our A Century of Song project. In 1966, while speaking to British journalistRead More…