what do you get when you mix the dynamism of the Pixies, the contempt and satire of this whole “rock and roll thing” from Tenacious D with a good smattering of the playful rock of Blur?

I think that you might just get Mclusky. I’ll admit to having heard their single “Allan is a Cowboy Killer” on WOXY, and having liked that a great deal, I checked out the website and stumbled upon the rock that is Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues. I finally remembered to pick up their LP “Mclusky Do Dallas” released way back in Apr 2001. With song titles like “The World Loves Us and Is Our Bitch”, how can you go wrong?

That linked article compares them to The Strokes and The Hives, but I don’t think that’s really all that fair. The Strokes and The Hives are far too clean and tight to be put into the same group. One comparison I *do* think is fair is Flipper, the Pixies, and maybe some more balls-out Blur stuff. Mclusky is hard-working, guts and glory rock. Anyway, I’m no good for a review at this point, so just go and download some MP3s and give it a twirl.

You may want to read the Pitchfork review of Do Dallas.

Also check 75orLess.com‘s review here. (She mentions Damion Albarn from Blur, and even the Pixies, so I feel justified in my earlier comparisons).