March 10, 2005

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  Moonpools & Caterpillars – Lucky Dumpling
  is actually one of the best alternative rock albums that came out in
  the ’90s.  It’s definitely one of my favorite albums. The lead
  singer “Kimi” has a distinct voice that can be comparable a little bit
  to Gwen Stefani of No Doubt,
  and is not afraid to crack a note once in a while, as well as go crazy
  with non-sensical words.  The vocals is definitely the first thing
  you’ll notice about the band.  The rest of the band itself (Pinoys
  representing!!!) are good musicians and works well together. Lucky
  Dumpling has that sound that blends itself well to the summer, because
  of it’s pretty laid back but upbeat sound with some great catchy pop
  sensibilities.  Definitely an overlooked gem and is highly
  recommended!

  I love ALL the tracks and it was hard to choose just these as the stand outs…
  1) Hear
  2) Ren
  3) Soon
  5) Colossal Youth
  8) Sundays
  11) Koo Koo Koo
  13) Crazy Old World
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  Static-X – Wisconsin Death Trip
  is one of my favorite albums.  It’s just a pure head banging,
  industrial thrashing, sonic assualt. Excellent work for their debut
  album. The lyics can be nonsensical at times, but that’s beside the
  point for this kind of music. Although, curiously enough this is
  suppose to be a concept album of a real life occurence. The songs can
  also sound very similar to each other, which while normally would be a
  mark against an album, this time it actually works for it. 
  Definitely one that works best when listened as a whole, than it’s
  individual parts.

  But speaking of individual parts, these are my highlights…
  1) Push It
  2) I’m With Stupid
  3) Bled for Days
  5) I Am
  8) Sweat of the Bud
  10) Wisconsin Death Trip
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  Static-X – Machine
  is their second album, and it’s a decently strong follow-up. You can
  tell that they are working on more melody and more variety in their
  song structures.  The results are more songs standing out on their
  own, but it also resulted in a less volatile sound compared to their
  first offering.  It still has some of that head banging thrashing
  madness that came from Wisconsin Death Trip, but now accompanied with
  some slower grinding sounds.

  Stand out tracks for me are…
  2) Get To The Gone
  3) Permanence
  4) Black And White
  5) This Is Not
  8) Structural Defect
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