After noticing a Twitter “follow” from the band, we listened to “Parallel World” by Sisters On Wire. The song started with guitars with the quality, timbre and texture of the Post Rock genre. We had confidence that we at least identified the band’s genre. But the confidence fell apart when vocals made an entrance. Regardless of genre, “Parallel World” proved to be a pleasant surprise. The Facebook site of Sisters On Wire refers to their genre as a mixture of Pop and Rock. Specifically, the band describes the genre as, “Kinda cute, kinda hot, kinda sexy rock with a twist of pop, or maybe, twist with a pop of rock or... whatever.”
Sisters On Wire is based in Vilnius, Lithuania. The members are Oleg Jerochin (lead vocals, guitar), Filip Gusev (guitars) and Gintas Gascevicius (drums).
“Parallel World” by Sisters On Wire - The
band is currently offering the song as a free download.
As a welcome to the new month, here are favorite songs from March posts of Indie Obsessive. March was a month with many deserving songs.
“Alison” by The Occupants (from the post of March 5).
The music is enough to qualify “Alison” for this post, but the lyrics make this song special. The song gives the thoughts of a soldier in a trench during the battle of Gallipoli. “Lost all hope, nearly lost my mind; Miss you Al, I don’t want to die.”
“Where We Are” by Rezlow (from the post of March 3). It’s an extended intro, but worth the wait. The Irish Eddie Vedder
“Tie Me Down” by Jack Savoretti (from the post of March 8).
“No man was born to be locked up; no man was born to not be free.” “Tie me down; I’ll go wild.”
Chloe Black (from the post of March 31).
This proves she is not a one-hit wonder.
“Second Weapons” by Turtle (from the post of March 23).
“Giant Peach” by Wolf Alice (from the post of March 18).
“Black Cat White Cat” by Annalibera (from the post of March 12).
Blood” by Archis (from the post of March 8).
“At Once” by Embrace (from the post of March 4).
“All the Pretty Girls” by Kaleo (from the post of March 2).
This a third posted response to Darlene’s request for recommendations of upcoming concert opportunities in the San Francisco area.
Over the last three years, there have been many good reasons for going to the concerts we have attended. The most common reason is the obvious one – we enjoy the collection of songs by a particular band. Other solid reasons include:
1. A family member wanted to see a performer (Sam Smith);
2. Historical significance (Paul McCartney);
3. Concert withdrawal (The Donkeys);
4. Strong grouping of bands at a single concert (all festivals); and
5. The band is electric in a live performance (Reptar in 2012).
Well, Reptar is returning to The Independent. (Hey Reptar, here comes a “left handed complement!") For us, there isn’t a particular Reptar song that stands out. Their genre isn’t one that normally attracts us. The vocals and the instruments are good, but not anything exception. But we will be at The Independent on April 24 because concerts should be entertaining, and a live performance by Reptar is entertaining. Two years and many performances later, we still refer to Reptar’s visit to The Independent as having set the bar for measuring the energy level of bands (yes, they are an energy bar).
Reptar is from Athens, Georgia. The band is named after a dinosaur-like character in the Rugrats cartoons. They just released their sophomore album, “Lurid Glow.” The core members are Graham Ulicny (vocals, guitar), Ryan Engelberger (bass), William Kennedy (Keyboards), Andrew McFarland (drums) and Jace Bartet (guitar), but often perform with Walter "BadDog" Fancourt (sax) and Sean Smith (trumpet).
