http://www.wickedplaylist.com Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:40:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Well, The Shield series finale was tonight and they ended it in great fashion. I won't get into the issues I have with it, but I'll just comment on the song they closed the series with.  The song was by Concrete Blonde and the title is "Long Time Ago".  Here ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/what-was-the-song-in/the-final-song-from-the-shield/ Ok, the latest marketing exec to hit a musical homerun is the one that paired the new Max Payne trailer with Marilyn Manson's "If I was your Vampire".  The song fits perfectly with the dark world of Max Payne.  The scene in the trailer where the Valkrie pulls the guy ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/what-was-the-song-in/the-song-from-the-max-payne-trailer/ Whoever is picking the music for The Shield new season commercials on FX is hitting homerun after homerun. Last year they picked the excellent Black Lab song "This Night". This year they followed up with Beck's "Farewell Ride" from his Guero CD. Another excellent song and it really fits ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/what-was-the-song-in/music-from-the-shield/ Guy Clark is the type of musician that doesn’t having many casual fans. He has people that don’t miss him when he comes to town because the music is great and best appreciated amongst friends with a frosty beverage in hand. One of my favorite songs of all time to ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/music-blog/guy-clark-la-freeway-live-in-austin-version/ It wouldn’t be hard to post on the greatness of a different Wilco song everyday. These guys have built up an impressive collection of great songs over the years and their music just keeps getting better and better. "The Thanks I Get" isn't on an album but ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/music-blog/wilco-the-thanks-i-get/ Wolf Parade – “At Mount Zoomer” Since “Shine A Light” was one of my favorite tracks of 2005, I was really stoked about the new album by Wolf Parade. These guys have three qualities that make them great; unique sound, excellent vocals, & great lyrics. This album is the ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/music-reviews/wolf-parade/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="110" caption="O.A.R. All Sides "][/caption] I have no problem telling you I have been looking forward to O.A.R.'s new album All Sides. I am a huge O.A.R. fan. I bet I have listened to or watched Live At Madison Square Garden in it's entirety easily a hundred times. ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/music-reviews/oar-all-sides/ I made a post last week about music from The Cleaner and watched the series premiere tonight on A&E. I enjoyed the show more than I thought I would and will catch it next week with high hopes for it. The interesting thing will be how they deal ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/what-was-the-song-in/music-from-the-cleaner-part-2/ As you know, Tuesdays are the major music release days for record labels so we are starting up New Music Tuesday around here. This will be a list of some of the new music being released every Tuesday.  The list isn't complete, it will be some we pick out.  Just ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/uncategorized/new-music-tuesday-7-15-2008/ I don't remember how, but I came across Peter Case's new CD Let Us Now Praise Sleepy John a couple of weeks ago and he has been steady in my rotation since then.   This is another American folk treasure that is filled with masterful acoustic guitar playing, lyrics and vocals. he ... http://www.wickedplaylist.com/music-reviews/peter-case-let-us-now-praise-sleepy-john/