20 Seconds of Twin Sister

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Twin Sister @ Lit Lounge 4.9.09

I went to shoot Twin Sister @ The Lit Lounge but got side tracked over Sake Bombs in the East Village. I caught 20-30 seconds of the show but still managed to enjoy the show and get some decent photos

To Twin Sister,

"I'm the photographer for Twin Sister, are they still playing" I asked the bouncer.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah, go right ahead, just show them your ID"

I told the bouncer the same thing and was let in with out them even looking at my ID or asking for the cover charge (not sure they were still collecting).

Finally a good photo of Gabe

I was a bit overwhelmed by all the people and the excitement from Twin Sister's performance. I walked into their last song and the vibe was good. The guys from Twin Sis were really rocking out, giving the performance their all, Drea bobbing with a beer in hand and nice outfit, Bryan in his zone, and the rest of their guys doing their thing.

Bryan always giving it his all

I made my way to the left side fot venue because last time I shot predominately from the right so I wanted to get some different shots.

I had to fight my way to a decent position and immediately prepared myself for the quickest shoot I've ever accomplished.

I caught less than a minute of the performance but maybe that's all I needed. Working on the fly was interesting, haven't had to ever work like that but I'm sure I will have to in the future.

Biggest fan-guy was at last show, front row!

Twin Sister was forced off the stage, despite the crowd wanting more. That's the one down side to Lit, they have a tight schedule with no room for improvozaton. Such a constrast from Death By Audio, the venue where I first saw Twin Sis where you could essentially do what ever you wanted.

There was an open bar from 12:00-12:30 but it wasn't much of an open bar because they served limited drinks and insisted you pay $1.

I passed out some flyers to promote the band and my photography, talked with Drea for a minute and bounced early because the Lit Lounge was quickly turning into a dance club full of loosers.

By the way Eric, nice guitar you were playing that night!

I'm looking forward to the May 1st show in Port Chester. I'm hoping for a nice day so I can explore and shoot some footage. If you guys aren't doing anything, lets all get together and shoot some video(s).

A now classic shot

Looked like another great show from what I saw, nice to see everybody, sorry I was late and that we didn't hang out after.

Everybody check out Twin Sister via www.twinsistermusic.com -download the EP it's free and wonderful!

The Popular Guru

"From What I Can Obersve...It Was a Goodnight"

Read more! First go to TwinSisterMusic.com put on a song from their LP or play their new demo called "Smoke" then listen then read!

"From what I can remember, it was a goodnight"

It's been almost a week now and that's all I can recall? Let's try this out....



I went to my friend Alberto's artshow early on in the night, around 6pm.

It was fun, I walked up and down stairs with a couple of drunk girls and in between mixing beer, wine and ='s I observed some great art (this night is all about observation)!

The art show was more of a party than an art show, they had this weird room filled with homemade treats that students made. I couldn't help but think there was something funny about all these treats but maybe it was just me (I did eat some Apple Pie that I thought was delicious at the time but was really just too sweet)

I couldn't stay long because I had to go shoot Twin Sister @ the Lit Lounge.

Thankfully the place was easy to find, I remember being extremely eager to get there for I feared that Twin Sister might be on already...so worried that when my friend bumped into her friend, I cut their conversation short in a rude manner by pointing at my watch to signal that it was time to go.


Lit Lounge was a nice venue, loved the red lighting (reds my favorite color) and also how it was shaped like a long, wide corridor (very narrow).



I saw Drea, the singer from Twin Sister except I didn't exactly recognize her because she looked quite different at the time but in retrospect I think she looked distinctly the same, just different hair obviously.

I drank some more beer and made the mistake of bringing alcohol outside which was dumb, I thought I was in London again and we were allowed to drink on the streets, but the bouncer didn't find that to be amusing and threatened to kick me out for good if I ever did that again.

Then I talked to a girl outside that might have lived in CT, but I remember she said she worked with animals and kids with mental illness(what's the politically correct term these days?) in conjunction with one another to help treat their disorders.

I had the urge to smoke a cig but had no rolling papers (I currently roll my own to cut costs) so I went across the street and of course they had the largest selection of rolling papers I've ever seen in my life and some guy says to his friend.

"These are the best rolling papers in the entire world mann" and he signals the cashier to grab him a pack and so I do the samething except I just open the display and take them myself.



The papers actually turned out to be the worst papers in the world because they were enormous and incredibly thin but they were probably smoking ganja, not shag.

Back to the show...


The show was great. Only thing was it seemed to go by really quickly though...I think they were rushed because they didn't play my favorite song, "Dry Hump".

Got some great shots, couple of decent videos and enjoyed watching the band play for the second time. Much more polished show, crowd seemed to dig them, whole place was packed and moving around.

Went home with Bryan, Eric and Drea. Or actually we went to someones apartment first and hung there for awhile, drank somemore beer.

Then we went to Bryan and Erics apartment, but before that got more beer...then I got hungry and bought Bryan an 8 dollar sandwitch (which was damn good).

Drank half a beer (Red Stripe) watched 5 minutes of a movie I don't recall the name of and passed out on a chair for a couple hours.

Then moved myself from the chair to Eric's room, where I slept for the night.


and I woke up in that room, to a beautiful spring day!

More photos HERE!

The End,

The Popular Guru

To Twin Sister

Read more! The other night I made it down to Death By Audio, a DIY music venue in Williamsburg Brooklyn, Twin Sister and a few other bands/performers played before Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt.

To view the complete album from that night, go to THIS page. Or email me and I'll send higher res photos.

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To Twin Sister,

READERS, listen to THIS and read...

You guys were definitely a "breath of fresh are" from all the other talent that night. I haven't seen a "rock band" perform since...Black Mountain in September of 08. How ironic, I hate to compare bands, especially bands that I like and respect but I also can't help but make the connection. Alternative, psychedelic rock band, with a female singer...come on.

I enjoy bands made up of all guys and one female.

Actually no, I enjoy female talent period. There's something attractive about seeing a woman up on stage, especially when she happens to be cute as it is. Women make good performers because women are naturally good at expressing emotion (I think), my marketing teacher told me that, as opposed to men of course which doesn't say much.

It's definitely bad ass to have one female in a band full of dudes.

I think the photos compliment the spontaneity and DIY astetic to the night? "Not exactly what I expected"-that summs it up nicely.


There's definitely something intriguing about being so close to musicians while they play. Even when you're front row at concert, in a small venue, with a medium sized crowd, you're still a good 3-5 feet below the performers and a few yards a way from any of them. Juxtapose that with Death by Audio, a closet compared to even the smallest venues that I've been to, one that really doesn't even have a stage which allows the audience and performers to be at eye level with one another and literally only a couple feet apart, makes for a better show IMO.


I suppose that's why "the stage" was invented, so performers don't have to look directly into the eyes of their audience members. I've never really been on stage, but I'm sure it'd be distracting, nerve racking even, to have to look directly into the eyes of your audience. I personally felt distracting, there were a couple times I locked eyes dead on with the chick that was singing, felt like I was disrupting the focus, made me kinda weak at the knees for a minute-like when you find yourself staring at a girl from across the room for too long, and she turns her head to see you drooling over her.


You guys were really great though, I enjoy a band that's psychedelic and a bit out there, but can still bring it home and rock out for a couple songs. My favorite tune happens to be "Dry Hump", oddly enough, LOL. I also enjoyed "I Want a House". I was talking to Brian and he said you guys were more of a "recording band", thought the performance was pretty stellar (never thought I'd find myself using that word) for a band that's more into "recording".

Book some more shows why don't ya!

Keep up what you're doing, next time you're in NYC, I'll definitely be in the crowd.

check out Twin Sisters myspace.

Best of luck,

The Popular Guru

PS. Sorry I took so many pictures of the keyboard player(no disrespect), I really didn't have much room to maneuver and the lighting was best where he was stationed. The bass player was sort of stuck in the background and Brian hidden behind equipment.