Mclusky (often stylized as mclusky) was a three-piece alternative rock group from Cardiff, Wales. The group consisted of Andy "Falco" Falkous (vocals, guitar), Jonathan Chapple (bass, vocals) and Jack Egglestone (drums), who replaced previous drummer Matthew Harding in late 2003. They worked frequently with recording engineer Steve Albini, whose influence through his now-legendary work with bands like Nirvana, the Pixies and The Jesus Lizard, along with his own bands Big Black and Shellac, can be easily recognised in mclusky's dense, raw sound. Mclusky Do Dallas is the second album by three-piece Welsh band Mclusky, released in 2002 by Beggars offshoot Too Pure Records. The album's title is a spin on Debbie Does Dallas, a famous 1978 pornographic movie.
2. Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Cool Ice Cream {2006}
The band formed in 2003 when several band members started jamming at the Christmas party at a vinyl pressing plant where they worked. They encouraged now-lead singer Brendan Suppression (real name Brendan Huntley) to ad-lib into a tape recorder. The subsequent tape prompted the band’s first recording, which produced a 7-inch single with A-side Get Up Morning.[2] The band's name derived from members recalling another employee at the pressing plant stating he had to fix the eddy current suppression ring - a copper ring around a transformer which subdues eddy currents.[2]
The band's sound is said to have been influenced by bands such as The Troggs, The Standells, X and The Pagans.[3] Reference has also been made to the band’s Australian delivery, both vocally and musically.[4]
In 2006, Eddy Current Suppression Ring released their first full-length recording, a self-titled album released to critical acclaim[5][6]
3. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive {2008}
The Hold Steady is a Brooklyn-based rock band. Four of its five members have lived in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area, and their Twin Cities roots are frequently reflected in the band's lyrics. The band's style has been described as a "riff-heavy mixture of classic rock", notable for its "lyrically dense storytelling."[1] Stay Positive is the fourth studio album by The Hold Steady, released on July 15, 2008. Vocalist/guitarist Craig Finn notes that the album is about "the idea of ageing gracefully [...] keeping going, perseverance [and] how to stay true to the ideals and ideas you had when you were younger."[1]
4. The Mess Hall - Keep Walking {2007}
The Mess Hall are a two-piece drums and guitar combo based in Sydney, Australia specialising in "raw, edgy bluesy rock." The band consists of Jed Kurzel (vocals/guitar) and Cec Condon (drums/vocals). The band often find themselves being compared to The White Stripes but Kurzel expresses otherwise. "When we started to do our thing there was no White Stripes around. A lot of people I'm influenced by are a lot of old poor guys from the Mississippi who just play really honest and a dirty sort of blues. That's where The Mess Hall come from. We really never set out to be a two piece. It was just something that worked out that way".[2] During September 2007 The Mess Hall signed to Ivy League Records and released their new album "Devils Elbow". Soon after its release, the album won the Australian Music Prize, gifting the band $25,000 in prizemoney.
5. The Notwist - Pick Up The Phone {2002}
The Notwist (pronounced /ˈnoʊˌtwɪst/[1]) are a German indie rock band[2]. Formed in 1989, the band moved through several musical incarnations despite maintaining a relatively stable lineup. While their early records moved through heavy metal into dark indie rock, their recent efforts for which they've received the most attention have been very strongly influenced by the electronica scene, along with the other groups on the record label Morr Music. Neon Golden is the fifth studio album by German indie rock band The Notwist. It was released in 2002 in Europe and 2003 in the United States to favourable reviews.
6. Burial - Archangel {2007}
Burial is an English dubstep producer. His eponymous debut album was released in 2006 to critical acclaim. The Wire magazine named it their album of the year,[2] along with achieving fifth place in the Mixmag 2006 Album of the Year list[3], and eighteenth in the best of the year list of The Observer music monthly supplement.[4] Untrue is the second album by the dubstep producer known as Burial. It was released on 5 November 2007 as a 13-track Digipack CD and a nine-track 2xLP from which some of the beatless pieces were edited.[1]The album has received many plaudits: Named the best album of 2007 by Sputnikmusic; Named second best album of 2007 by The Wire; Placed eighth in Tiny Mix Tapes' albums of 2007[2]; Appeared in Pitchfork Media's fifty albums of 2007[3]; Second highest rated album of 2007 according to the review averaging website, Metacritic[4]; Received a Mercury Prize nomination in 2008, charting at #58 on the UK album chart the week of the nomination.
7. Snowman - We Are The Plague {2008}
Snowman are an indie rock band from Perth, Western Australia. Snowman began playing regularly around Perth's local music scene in 2003 and have gained a solid live reputation in the following years.
Their sound has been described as post punk experimentalism with elements of rockabilly, surf rock and punk blues[citation needed]. Their recordings add odd atmospherics usually described with references to western soundtracks. The Horse, The Rat and The Swan is the second studio album for Perth band, Snowman. It was released on 24 May, 2008 on Dot Dash Recordings. Snowman produced the album with Dave Parkin (The Panda Band, Red Jezebel) at Blackbird Studios in Perth, Western Australia. In an interview lead singer, Joe McKee, explains the reasoning behind the name of the album.
The Horse, the Rat and the Swan are three different characters and themes that reoccur in the album. The Horse represents the apocalypse, the Rat represents betrayal and corruption, and the Swan is the letting go of all of this and realising that one cannot be consumed by these dark thoughts constantly because there needs to be beauty and letting go of that.
—Joe McKee [1]
McKee goes on to explain how the band went around creating the album.
I think we wanted to strip things to their rawest form, and to make raw form interesting we had to rely on the rhythms being interesting. There is a big focus on the rhythms and I suppose that makes it sound somewhat 'tribal'. We were all just making a whole lot of noise. It took a while to be happy with it. I mean, it’s not something that we sit around listening to. It was more of a relief to get it finished because it consumed us for such a long time. It broke us. But I think I can speak for the whole band and say that we are very proud of it. The subject matter was directly related to the solitary environment that we wrote in. I think we focused on isolating ourselves even more than we had in the past. We decided that we needed the album to be far more focused and cohesive than the first. The solitude in turn took its toll on our mental state, which may be the reason for the apocalyptic and bleak nature of the album as all of our fears and paranoias were seeping out slowly.
—Joe McKee[1]
8. The Devastations - The Pest {2007}
Devastations are an indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The band was founded in 2002 by the three friends Tom Carlyon, Hugo Cran and Conrad Standish after the end of their former band Luxedo.[1]
The band was signed to Beggars Banquet Records, has released three albums and has toured extensively in Europe, where two of the band members live.[2] Their debut album was named by Rolling Stone Germany as the best debut of 2004.[3]
The band was nominated for an Australian Music Prize for Coal in 2005 [4] and again in 2007 for Yes, U. The album, Yes, U, was also nominated for an Age Newspaper EG Award for Best Album of 2007.[2]
9. Sigur Ros - Untitled 5 {2002}
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( ) is the third full-length album from Icelandic band Sigur Rós, first released in October 2002. It comprises eight untitled tracks, divided into two parts: the first four tracks are more light and optimistic, while the latter four are bleaker and more melancholic.[1] The two halves are divided by a 36-second silence,[2] and the album opens and closes with a click of distortion.
10. Eels - I'm Going To Stop Pretending That I Didn't Break Your Heart {2005}
Blinking Lights and Other Revelations (2005) is a double album by the band Eels. It was described by E on the official website as an album about "God and all the questions related to the subject of God. It's also about hanging on to my remaining shreds of sanity and the blue sky that comes the day after a terrible storm, and it's a love letter to life itself, in all its beautiful, horrible glory." Blinking Lights is a compilation of songs recorded with a variety of Eels lineups in E's home over a span of seven years. These include some intensely personal songs, instrumental pastiches, and straightforward pop, which results in a broad, if sometimes uneven album. The sleeve and liner notes are composed of typewritten lyrics and family photos, implying the personal nature of the album.
11. Beck - Lonesome Tears {2002}
Sea Change is an alternative rock album by Beck and was released in September 2002. Inspired by the dissolution of a relationship, Sea Change received glowing reviews upon its release [1]. Much of Beck's trademark recondite, ironic lyrics are replaced by more sincere, simpler lyrical content. On Sea Change, Beck eschews the heavy sampling of his previous albums for real, live instrumentation. In interviews, Beck cited the breakup with his longtime girlfriend as the major influence on the album.
12. Spiritualized - I Didn't Mean To Hurt You {2001}
Let It Come Down is the fourth album by the space rock group Spiritualized, released in 2001. It was recorded and produced at Abbey Road and AIR Studios. It took Jason Pierce, Spiritualized's lead singer, guitarist and sole constant member four years to write, perform, produce and release. The album utilizes 115 session musicians, including orchestra and London Community Gospel Choir. The wall of sound technique (most notably used by 60's record producer Phil Spector) is evident on this album, especially on such tracks as Do It All Over Again, Stop Your Crying and The Straight And The Narrow.
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