True Detective

The Polaris Prize-winning Inuk throat-singer is “all over the music and sound design of the series,” notes showrunner Issa López.

Lucero will release their new album All A Man Should Do on September 18 via ATO. After two of the band’s biggest-sounding horn-filled records, much of the new one sees them returning to a softer so…

One of the big TV hits/obsessions of last year, HBO’s True Detective, returns June 21 with an entirely new cast — Colin Farrell, Vince Vaughn, Rachel McAdams and Taylor Kitsch — and crime:A bizarre murder brings together three law-enforcement officers and a career criminal, each of whom must navigate a web of conspiracy and betrayal in the scorched landscapes of California…

Husband and wife duo The Handsome Family have been doing their brand of Americana gothic for over 20 years, having released their 10th album, Wilderness, last year…

The series’ brooding atmosphere is framed by an expertly crafted soundtrack–some of the songs are haunting, some are bluesy, some are both…

Only one more episode left, and it’s hard to believe they can wrap this whole thing up in just another hour of TV, but meanwhile let’s talk the music of True Detective Episode 7…

I just wanted an excuse to think about True Detective more as I wait for the 7th episode, so here’s a post about the music which includes the show’s title sequence theme song “Far From Any Road”, and info on the well curated songs in each episode…