The Debut Album Project: December (“The Leftovers”)
The end of our year-long Debut Album Project found us (really just me) picking up the scraps: debuts that didn’t fit neatly into previous monRead More…
The end of our year-long Debut Album Project found us (really just me) picking up the scraps: debuts that didn’t fit neatly into previous monRead More…
Throughout November, the Debut Album Project barreled ahead with no particular destination in mind. Sure, there were a lot of nineties, garagRead More…
Another month, another theme. October found our year-long Debut Album Project turning toward debut releases from solo artists. Spanning all tRead More…
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…
September found Strange Currencies — and our year-long focus on debut records — reflecting back on our favorite decade of pop music: the Read More…
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…
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…
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…
Throughout May, the Debut Album Project turned its focus to initial solo offerings from artists who had previously established themselves as Read More…
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…