Lone Star "One in Every Family": The Way the Wind Blows

UPDATE:
All the life has been officially choked out of Lone Star. FOX has pulled the series due low ratings and it will be replaced with Lie to Me, until Shawn Ryan's Ride-Along is ready to take over in January. Five episodes in total were produced, leaving three unaired. (Scroll down for music.)

So, one new show down, and it's the only new network drama I had found worth watching. (I've seen the Ride-Along pilot, and it's good. You better watch that one, you elusive Nielsen Ratings viewer!)

Of course, now who's going to sell all those Mumford & Sons and Jose Gonzalez/Junip albums now?

Lone Star - Episode 1.02
1. "Howl" - Junip (Jose Gonzalez) [download]
2. "Afraid of Everyone" - The National [download]

Previously: "Pilot" (Episode 1.01)

Lone Star "Pilot": What About Bob?

Unfortunately (or fortunately, depending on the stress level of your DVR), the new crop of fall TV series isn't that good this year. So, saying Lone Star is the best drama of the new season isn't the high praise it would be most years. The cast is littered with pretty people, like a CW show for adults, but it's also fairly ambitious for network television. James Wolk's Bob is like Kyle Chandler Jr (when he kisses Adrianne "Tyra" Palicki, it felt a little creepy) and Olympia-native Eloise Mumford is a breath of fresh air (a young Ellen Pompeo?).

Speaking of Mumford, one of the stars of the pilot is our old favorite indie English folk act Mumford & Sons, who have three songs in key places throughout the episode. Also gracing the soundtrack are Rogue Wave, Jose Gonzalez, Cold War Kids and the song HBO is currently using in promos, The Antlers' "Kettering."

Playlist: Lone Star - Episode 1.01
1. "Eyes" - Rogue Wave [download]
2. "The Cave" - Mumford & Sons [download]
3. "Little Lion Man" - Mumford & Sons [download]
4. "Hang Me Up to Dry" - Cold War Kids [download]
5. "Heartbeats" - Jose Gonzalez [download]
6. "When the Curtain Calls for You" - Jonathan Fire*Eater [album]
7. "Kettering" - The Antlers [download]
8. "Awake My Soul" - Mumford & Sons [download]

Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons at Sasquatch! Music Festival, 2010