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Punk.biz - Found Nov. 16, 2008 In their latest blog for Spinner, Tegan And Sara have responded to the passage of the recent anti-gay marriage amendment in California. |
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Spinner.com - Found Nov. 5, 2008 Filed under: Laugh, Rage, Cry Spinner.com : The Rules: Over the next six weeks, we'll challenge Tegan and Sara to blog about one of three themes |
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WVPI Philadelphia - Found Nov. 8, 2008 Tegan: It's pretty cool. Sara: It's pretty awesome. yea. Tegan, did you ever go to Hawaii and did you meet Dog the Bounty Hunter? Tegan: I did. ... |
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AndPop - Found Nov. 14, 2008 (andPOP) - Canadian musicians Tegan and Sara have weighed in on the recent passing of California's Proposition 8. In their blogs for Spinner.com, the ... |
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Spinner.com - Found Oct. 22, 2008 Filed under: Exclusive , Laugh, Rage, Cry Spinner.com : The Rules: Over the next six weeks, we'll challenge Tegan and Sara to blog about one of |
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Variety - Found Oct. 19, 2008 Diana Ross and the Supremes were singing how "love don't come easy" as Tegan and Sara Quin walked onto the stage at the Henry Fonda Music Box Theater ... |
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Worth - Found 2 hours ago Stanley clasped the hands of her two young daughters??Kenna, 5, and Tegan, 2??and together they marched into Tattoo Nation. For Aussies, tattoos aren't 'cool' anymore - Yahoo! India 6 Reasons Why People Decide To Get A Tattoo - American Chronicle Tattoos embraced by Tokay students, staff (122) - Lodi News-Sentinel Explore All |
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HorseTalk.co.nz - Found 14 hours ago ... course designer Ross Coles left no margin for error for the field with the inform combination of Tegan Fitzsimon (Canterbury) and Party Time... |
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Boston Globe - Found 20 hours ago ... musicians, among them the White Stripes, Death Cab for Cutie, Rilo Kiley, Fiona Apple, Spoon, the Decemberists, Tegan and Sara, Eels, and Beck. |
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Tegan & Sara
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Tegan and Sara performing at Sydenham United Church in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Indie pop, indie rock1 |
| Years active | 1995–present23 |
| Label(s) | Vapor, Sanctuary, Sire |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Tegan Rain Quin Sara Kiersten Quin Edward "Ted" Gowans Shaun Huberts Johnny "5" Andrews |
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| Former members | |
| Dan Kelly Chris Carlson Rob Chursinoff |
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Tegan and Sara (pronounced /tiːɡɨn ænd sɛɹə/) is an indie rock/indie pop2 song-writing duet consisting of Canadian singer-songwriters and identical twins,4 Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin2 (born September 19, 1980).5
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Tegan and Sara were born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.1 They initially played as PLUNK and lacked a drummer and bass player. In 1997, they used their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day.6 In 1998, they made an early breakthrough by winning Garage Warz Battle of the Bands, a local music competition in Calgary.7 Since then, the two have toured with Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Kaki King, Northern State, An Horse, The Pretenders,7 Ben Folds, The Killers, Rachael Cantu, Vivek Shraya, Cake, Gogol Bordello, Hot Hot Heat, Ryan Adams,8 Veda Hille, Little Birdy, Iron On, Little Brazil, Death Cab for Cutie and Weezer. They also performed a show at Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair. They are signed to Neil Young's Vapor Records in Canada and to Sire in the United States as their previous label, Sanctuary Records, is no longer releasing new music in the United States.
When they were competing in Garage Warz, they were known as "Sara and Tegan" because that is how their mother registered them on the competition forms. Their first album, Under Feet Like Ours, was initially released under the name "Sara and Tegan";5 copies are now a sought-after commodity among their fans.citation needed
While both twins are similarly involved in vocals and playing instruments, the singing of the lead melody usually goes to whichever twin wrote the particular song. The two usually did not sing together on their early albums, however, they do on their later albums and in concert.
They are known for their onstage banter; their stories and commentary about their childhood, politics, life on the road, etc. have become an indispensable part of their live shows.
Their fifth album, The Con, was released on July 24, 2007.3 It was co-produced by Chris Walla. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals (who was with Weezer during The Blue Album and Pinkerton), Hunter Burgan of AFI, and Kaki King appear on the album.9
The duo are currently writing a new album, planned to be released in late 2009.10
In 2004, they covered David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" in Spiders from Venus: Women Cover David Bowie.
In 2006, Tegan and Sara also contributed a cover of Bruce Springsteen's, "Dancing in the Dark", to Australian radio station Triple J's Like a Version radio programme. The track was released on a compilation disc of that programme's songs, Like a Version: Volume Two.
Tegan has contributed backup vocals to "The Alphabet" by Vivek Shraya, "Never Give Up" by Melissa Ferrick, "La Le La La" by Kinnie Starr, "Hey Kids" by David Usher, "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart" by Against Me! and "Saturday" by Rachael Cantu.
In 2007, Sara contributed backup vocals to The Reason's "We're So Beyond This" and Vivek Shraya's "Your Name".
In 2007, Sara recorded a cover of R.E.M.'s "Sweetness Follows", from the album Automatic for the People, on the Stereogum album Drive XV: A Tribute to Automatic for the People, with previous Tegan and Sara collaborators Ted Gowans and Kaki King providing the music.
In March 2008, Friends of P – Tribute to The Rentals was released, and Tegan and Sara contributed their recording of "Man With Two Brains."
In addition to their own set, Tegan and Sara performed with DJ Tiesto during the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 13, 2008. Tegan and Sara appeared as guests, providing live vocals for Tiesto's remix of "Back In Your Head".11
Hunter Burgan (who played bass for all of Tegan's songs on The Con) confirmed in his blog that both he and Tegan will be involved in an upcoming electronic side-project.12
Tegan and Sara have made many television appearances, including Vicki Gabereau's Canadian talk show, CityTV's "Ethnosonic", The Late Show with David Letterman, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, MuchMusic's The New Music and Brad TV, Sonic Temple, Jonovision, Late Night with Conan O'Brien (on more than one occasion), Jimmy Kimmel Live (March 23, 2005) and The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (November 11, 2004). They also played "Monday Monday Monday" on ZeD, and thus the song appeared on the 2003 CD ZeD: Live Off The Floor.13
Their songs have appeared on several soundtracks, including those for the films Monster-in-Law and Sweet November. Tracks are also found on the television shows Grey's Anatomy, The Hills, Ghost Whisperer, The L Word season 3, Veronica Mars season 2, One Tree Hill seasons 1 and 2, and jPod. On The N's channel, their song "The Con" was played repeatedly between television programs.
Tegan and Sara also had a guest appearance as themselves on the The L Word, playing the song "Love Type Thing". The episode was entitled "Last Dance" and aired on March 19, 2006.
In the spring of 2008 Tegan and Sara appeared on the kids music television show, Pancake Mountain. In addition to acting in a skit they performed the songs "Back In Your Head" and "Hop A Plane", as well as an acoustic version of "Walking With A Ghost".
Tegan and Sara have been profiled in a number of magazines and their albums have been included on several notable "best of" lists. In the fall of 2003, they graced the cover of ROCKRGRL magazine issue #49, which focused on a tribute to duos. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine named their album So Jealous on their list of the best 50 albums of the year.14 Tegan and Sara were nominated for a 2006 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year alongside Hot Hot Heat, Metric, The New Pornographers and Broken Social Scene. They were also nominated for 2008 Alternative Album of the Year alongside Arcade Fire, Wintersleep, Holy Fuck and Patrick Watson. The 2008 Junos were presented on April 6 in Calgary, Alberta and they lost to Arcade Fire. More recently, they appeared on the cover of the Summer 2007 issue of Under the Radar, the March 2008 cover of Alternative Press magazine and Spinner.com placed them at #7 on their list of Women Who Rock Right Now.
Although their sexuality is rarely overtly the subject of their songs, the fact that both sisters are lesbians has been the subject of some interest to the music press. 15
| Musician | Instrument |
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| Tegan Quin | vocals |
| guitar | |
| keyboard | |
| piano | |
| MalletKAT | |
| various percussion | |
| Sara Quin | vocals |
| guitar | |
| keyboard | |
| piano | |
| various percussion | |
| Edward "Ted" Gowans | guitar |
| keyboard | |
| MalletKAT | |
| Shaun Huberts | bass guitar |
| synth bass | |
| keyboards | |
| various percussion | |
| Johnny "Five" Andrews | drums |
| various percussion |
| Musician | Intrument | Departure season | Departure year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Kelly | bass guitar | Summer | 2007 |
| Chris Carlson | bass guitar | 2006 | |
| Rob Chursinoff | drums | 2005 |
| Name | Year |
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| It's Not Fun, Don't Do It! | 2006 |
| The Con - The Movie16 | 2007 |
| Song | Year |
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| The First | 2000 |
| Time Running | 2003 |
| I Hear Noises | 2003 |
| Monday Monday Monday | 2003 |
| Walking with a Ghost | 2004 |
| Speak Slow | 2004 |
| Back in Your Head | 2007 |
| The Con | 2007 |
| Call It Off | 2008 |
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| Year | Award | For | Result |
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| 2000 | YTV Achievement Award | Band/Musical Group | Won |
| 2003 | Western Canadian Music Awards | Outstanding Pop Recording (If It Was You) | Won |
| 2006 | Juno Awards | Alternative Album of the Year (So Jealous) | Nominated (lost to Broken Social Scene) |
| 2007 | Juno Awards | DVD of the Year (It's Not Fun Don't Do It) | Nominated (lost to Sarah Harmer) |
| 2008 | Juno Awards | Alternative Album of the Year (The Con) | Nominated (lost to Arcade Fire) |
|- | MTV Artist of the Week 2007 |}
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Title: Back In Your Head Tegan And Sara
Description: The official video by Tegan and Sara for the first single from The Con, Back In Your Head.
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Title: Tegan And Sara Call It Off
Description: Call It Off by Tegan And Sara. Directed by Angela Kendall.
(c) 08 Warner Bros Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world ...

Title: Tegan And Sara Call It Off OFFICIAL VIDEO
Description: Call It Off by Tegan And Sara
Directed by Angela Kendall
(c) 08 Warner Bros Records for the U.S. and WEA International Inc. for the world ...

Title: Tegan And Sara Nineteen
Description: Tegan and Sara did a podcast called Interface Sessions
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