Mclusky - C/D

But hell, even the ones that are technically a bit rubbish are good because of the lyrics and song titles, especially the one where Chapple just screams 'Don't go fucking in the barn - because the BARN'S ON FIRE' over and over.

They've never done any gigs round here, which is annoying.

They play loads of gigs around here and are almost twice as good as they are on record.
Especially when the bass player drinks too much whiskey.

Third album's being done by Albini too so it should be fantastic again. Yes!

Type all the titles out properly. Pay no heed to typographical licence.

And it's a great name, all those harsh 'k's. And you gotta respect Mrs Mclusky or you get detention, right?

'Cause they do. To me. I think about Surfer Rosa most every time I hear 'em. Not a handicap to my enjoyment 'tho. But I could be wrong.

How can a band with one singer who plays very simplistic (but v v good) guitar sound like a band with two guitarists with very different styles? Also the bas is a lot different i reckon and the pixies aren't half as frantic.

It will be interesting finding out.

The new album by Future of the Left, which is the singer + drummer from Mclusky plus another guy, has leaked and it is very very good. Like Mclusky but maybe a little poppier? It is called "Curses."

I have played this a great many times in the last fortnight and I am very taken with it

(I still think Mclusky Do Dallas is easily better than any Pixies album)

YAY! mclusky is the truth!

xp - totes

mclusky are fairly awesome, aren't they?

one thing, though: the similarities between the otherwise wonderful 'support systems' and mercury rev's 'hercules' are startling. i'm sure you could do a fine cover of the one mutating into the other and back again.

"seamus..." has one of the most perfect build-ups i can care to name. "collagen rock" is mega catchy. "day of deadringers" slays. "Slay!" slays. "1956 And All That" tortures, maims, and then slays. etc.

Absolutely one of my favorites. God, "the World Loves Us and Is Our Bitch," "London Whine Company," "Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues." So glad I got to see them before they broke up.

KK Kitchens, what were you thinking?

Mclusky lovas would be making a good choice listening to the new "Future Of The Left" album mentioned by n/a above. It's great.

shooting at unarmed men appear to be a melbourne band now

I'd heard that. I got their album a while ago, thought it was meh, probably should listen to it again.

def. wasn't as "oh shit this sounds like mclusky hooray" as Future of the left.

In the same way that Klaxons skewed the possibilities of pop, FOTL are attempting to do the same for rock.

lol NME

"London Whine Company,"

fuck yes! the ultimate end-of-the-world chord sequence and drumming combination..
And yes the FOTL album is, dare I say it, just as good as any Mclusky release.

the more i listen to the FOTL album, the more i'm growing to love it. i was ever so slightly underwhelmed at first.

but mclusky ... ho wow, what a band. WOT A BAND.

Really? The FOTL just showed up in the mail about a week ago, and I'm still kinda undewhelmed.

it isnt as good as more mclusky would (might) have been, but it's as good as we're likely to get. anacademyblahblahblah was the one that did it for me. When the EP/single/whatever came out however many months ago, that didn't leave much of an impression, though.

"Alan is a Cowboy Killer" remains unstoppable these many years later. I think it sounds like Spare Snare and not one bit like the Pixies.

ahhh spare snare. now there's a secret treasure

I live in an alternate universe known as Earth-SS in which Spare Snare is not secret. Actually, most of "Do Dallas" doesn't sound like Spare Snare at all, which is probably why, while I like it, I like it only 15% as much as I like "Alan is a Cowboy Killer." Seriously, all lovers of "Alan is a Cowboy Killer" should run and go listen to "As a Matter of Fact."

man this fucking band

did you just go see observe and report?

no! do they use mclusky in observe and report?

yeah, lightsabre cocksucking blues is practically all the way one scene

haha no way, that's rad

i my memory that movie is slowly becoming awesome.

anything that gets these dudes money and let them make more music is ok with me

These Fuckin Guys! Whiteliberalonwhiteliberalaction is my new walk to school #1 (see also wives - babies)

new fotl album slays
gonna go see them on this tour, maybe twice

everywhere i look there's a darkness, darkness

the new future of the left album is meant to be decent but I haven't heard it yet. have we ever had a mclusky singles poll? btw whiteliberalonwhiteliberalaction is fucking A

GODDAMMIT cos everyone's a hero!

doodoodoodoodoodoodoo!

Nick Berry had talent in a previous life Nick Berry had talent in a previous life Nick Berry had talent in a previous lifeNick Berry had talent in a previous life

Nick Berry had talent in a previous wife Nick Berry had talent in a previous wife Nick Berry had talent in a previous wife Nick Berry had talent in a previous wife Nick Berry had talent in a previous wife

Nick Berry had it allllllll

plus three plus three to the power of me!

killer road trip song.

ALANISACOWBOYKILLER

how do these records hold up nowadays i wonder? ought to revisit & see if these are worth hearing again

my ipod says "really well" and "yes." Mind you I've always been more of a Difference Btwn... man than a Do Dallas man.

they are fucking fantastic.

I am a bit worried about the next FoTL record since the two-guitarist demos they put up about five or six months ago were kind of awful - but I have faith in Falkous. Sucks that 4AD dropped them.

i was wishy-washy on the first FOTL album, didn't care for the second... havent revisited mclusky since :/

well then you are wrong, more wrong, and tragically wrong

i mean that in a loving not judgemental nudging go back and try again sort of way btw.

last FoTL was incredible IMO, on par w/ the best of Mclusky albeit w/ a totally different energy

i have those mclusky records around here someplace, will revisit...

McClusky Does Dallas is one of the best albums ever made by humans.

Best song title: "The World Loves Us And Is Our Bitch"

Best song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFOpifdJXcs&feature=related

there will be at least one mclusky and one FOTL song played at my wedding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3o66g12emwE

FOTL song still under review

K and I are currently in an impasse between adeadenemyalwayssmellsgodd, the hope that house built, and suddenly its a folk song

uh godd = good when its not late

I vote adeadenemy FWIW

I got that 3cd collection of McLusky a few years ago. Jusdging by this thread I need to find my copy. Think that was pretty comprehensive for what it was, but I'm not sure if there is a great deal of their catalogue not included or not.

I actually about half knew the earlier band The Cowboy Killers back in my hitching the UK following bands days. Not sure who was in both.

Yeah, definitely need to find that set. Very good band.
Nice to see they got something into that NME 100lps you should hear thing around Xmas time. I used to use things like that as buying guides to some extent in my late teens/early 20s so hope that's still true for youth now.

think you might have some crossed wires there dogg - Cowboy Killers were from nearish where McLusky come from (which I assume you know if you knew them?) but there's no member crossover, afaik they have no relationship at all

DAAAANNNNYYYYY BAAAAKKKEEEERR DAAAANNNNYYYYY BAAAAKKKEEEERR

our old singer is
(our old singer is)
a sex criminal
(a sex criminal)

listen to "surfer rosa" then throw away all your other pixies records made afterwards. then throw away your mclusky records.
― mosurock (mosurock), Wednesday, 2 April 2003 15:18 (nineteen years ago) bookmarkflaglink

I bought my tickets for the December Philly show because I happened to be at the venue last night for a show but now I have to wait eight months and that will seem like an eternity!

Having seen them again last week (6 since they've been back I think?) absolutely nobody should be dismissing this as a heritage act or reunion cash cow even if they are filling venues bigger than they (or FotL) got a couple of hundred in.

They're better these days than the last time I saw the Chapple lineup.

They've also reprinted shitrock t-shirts although without the Saddam Hussein backprint.

Was just listening to a Christian Fitness album. Falkous always on the verge of greatness, which is probably good enough

Latest CF is imo best for a few, maybe since Taco.

Taco was the one I was listening to! It's so good, but it also feels like I've started at the pinnacle

Will check the latest soon tho

Just back from seeing them in Glasgow, very good show.

damnit they played near me last week, would have gone if i'd known.

December show in St. Paul is sold out? Really looking forward to the show (that I don’t have tickets for), but didn’t anticipate that they’d have that kind of draw (smaller venue, but).