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Tegan and Sara are featured on Margaret Cho's 2009 album ''[[Cho Dependent]]'' on the track "Intervention". They are also featured in Margaret's video for the song.
Tegan and Sara are featured on Margaret Cho's 2009 album ''[[Cho Dependent]]'' on the track "Intervention". They are also featured in Margaret's video for the song.


Tegan and Sara released an "Alligator" remix album on iTunes in 2010. Contributors included [[Doveman]], [[Passion Pit]], [[Ra Ra Riot]], and [[VHS or Beta]].
Tegan and Sara released an "Alligator" remix album on iTunes in 2010. Contributors included [[Doveman]], [[Four Tet]], [[Passion Pit]], [[Ra Ra Riot]], and [[VHS or Beta]].


Sara is featured on rapper/songwriter/producer Theophilus London's track "Why Even Try" from his 2011 Lover's Holiday EP.
Sara is featured on rapper/songwriter/producer Theophilus London's track "Why Even Try" from his 2011 Lover's Holiday EP.

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Tegan and Sara
Born (1980-09-19) September 19, 1980 (age 44)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie band[4] composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin[5] (born September 19, 1980). Both Tegan and Sara play guitar and keyboard and write songs.[6] The pair has released six studio albums since 1999, most recently Sainthood in 2009.

History

Tegan and Sara Quin were born September 19, 1980 in Calgary, Alberta. They began playing guitar and writing songs at age 15.[3] They initially played as Plunk without a drummer or bass player. In 1997, they used their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day. In 1998, they won Calgary's Garage Warz competition, using the studio time they won to record their first professional demo, Yellow tape, which was followed by Orange tape and Redtape.

Two songs from Red tape appeared on their first album, Under Feet Like Ours, which they released independently in 1999 under the name "Sara and Tegan". They changed their name to "Tegan and Sara" because it was easier to pronounce[7] and later reprinted the album using that name. Neil Young's manager signed them to Young's Vapor Records label, and they released This Business of Art through Vapor in 2000. They have toured extensively since then.

In 2002, the band released If It Was You. Their fourth album, So Jealous, was released in 2004 and led to wider success. This album was released through both Vapor and Sanctuary. One track on the album, "Walking with a Ghost", was covered by The White Stripes, who released it on their Walking with a Ghost EP.[8]

Their 2007 album The Con was released by Vapor and Sire because Sanctuary chose to no longer release new music in the United States. The album was co-produced by Chris Walla. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals and previously Weezer, Hunter Burgan of AFI, and Kaki King all appear on the album.[9]

On October 27, 2009, Tegan and Sara released their sixth album Sainthood, produced by Chris Walla and Howard Redekopp, as well as a three-volume book set titled ON, IN, AT, which is a collection of stories, essays, journals, and photos of the band on tour in America in the fall of 2008, writing together in New Orleans, and touring Australia. The photographs in the book are by Lindsey Byrnes and Ryan Russell.[10] While recording Sainthood, Tegan and Sara spent a week writing songs together in New Orleans. The song "Paperback Head" appeared on the album, making it the first song on any Tegan and Sara album that they wrote together.[11] Spin magazine gave Sainthood four out of five stars and wrote, "Tegan and Sara's music may no longer be the stuff of teens, but its strength remains in how much it feels like two people talking."[12]

In 2011, they launched 2011: A merch Odyssey which will see the launch of at least one new item in the Tegan and Sara online stores every month, all year long, while the girls take time off to write their 7th record and work on a DVD.

Personal lives

Tegan lives in Vancouver, BC, while Sara lives in Montreal, Quebec. Both twins are openly gay, but have often stated that they don't want people to focus on their sexuality.[6]

Touring

Tegan and Sara being interviewed at the 2005 Coachella.

Tegan and Sara began touring after graduating from high school in 1998, traveling by car or Greyhound bus.[13] In 2000, they toured with Neil Young and The Pretenders. Their onstage banter, including stories and commentary about their childhood, politics, and life on the road, has become an indispensable part of their live shows. Other notable touring mates include Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, Gogol Bordello, Cake, City and Colour, Communiqué, Death Cab for Cutie, Hot Hot Heat, Kadawatha, The Killers, New Found Glory, Paramore, Rufus Wainwright, and Weezer.

They have performed at festivals including Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair 1999; Coachella, Lollapalooza, and SXSW 2005; Austin City Limits, Bonnaroo, Falls Festival, Sasquatch!, and Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Tour 2008; Southbound 2009; and Glastonbury, Lilith Fair, and Sasquatch! 2010.[14]

In December 2010 Tegan and Sara supported Jack Johnson in New Zealand and Australia.

Other work

In 2009, both Tegan and Sara worked as producers for the first time. Tegan worked with char2d2 on the 2009 Small Vampires EP, while Sara worked on 2010 debut albums for Fences and Hesta Prynn.[15]

Collaborations

In 2007, Tegan sang in Against Me!'s song "Borne on the FM Waves of the Heart" and Sara sang in The Reason's song "We're So Beyond This", as well as appearing in these music videos.

In April 2008, Tegan wrote and recorded a song titled "His Love" at the request of Augusten Burroughs as a contribution to the audio version of his book A Wolf at the Table. The two headlined Spin's September 2008 Liner Notes benefit for Housing Works, a New York non-profit.[16]

In addition to their own set, Tegan and Sara performed with DJ Tiësto during the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 13, 2008. Tegan and Sara appeared as guests, providing live vocals for Tiësto's remix of "Back in Your Head".[17] Tegan and Sara also collaborated with Tiësto on the song "Feel It in My Bones" from his 2009 album Kaleidoscope and appeared in the music video for this song.

Tegan and Sara are featured on Margaret Cho's 2009 album Cho Dependent on the track "Intervention". They are also featured in Margaret's video for the song.

Tegan and Sara released an "Alligator" remix album on iTunes in 2010. Contributors included Doveman, Four Tet, Passion Pit, Ra Ra Riot, and VHS or Beta.

Sara is featured on rapper/songwriter/producer Theophilus London's track "Why Even Try" from his 2011 Lover's Holiday EP.

Both Tegan and Sara appear in Sara Bareilles' star-studded music video for her song "Uncharted". The video premiered in March 2011 and also features, amongst others, Josh Groban, Laura Jansen, Ingrid Michaelson, Pharell Williams, Adam Levine, Ben Folds, Keenan Cahill, Jennifer Nettles, and Vanessa Carlton.

NOFX's song "Creeping out Sara" is about the two sisters.

Sara appears in Kaki King's music video for "Pull Me out Alive."

Television and film

Tegan and Sara have appeared on American, Canadian, and European television shows, including Jimmy Kimmel Live (2005), Jonovision, The Late Late Show with Craig Kilborn (2004), Late Night with Conan O'Brien (2005, 2007, 2009), The Late Show with David Letterman (2000, 2008), The NewMusic, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (2008), and ZeD.[14]

Tegan and Sara songs have been featured in the films Monster-in-Law, Sweet November, and These Girls, and in the television shows 90210, Being Erica, Ghost Whisperer, Grey's Anatomy, The Hills, Hollyoaks, jPod, The L Word, Life Unexpected, Melrose Place (2009 series), One Tree Hill, Parenthood, Rookie Blue, Vampire Diaries, Veronica Mars, and What's New, Scooby-Doo?.

In 2006, Tegan and Sara performed in The L Word episode "Last Dance" (season 3, episode 11). In 2008, they appeared on the kids music television show Pancake Mountain where they acted in a skit and performed their songs "Back in Your Head", "Hop a Plane", and an acoustic version of "Walking with a Ghost".[20] In 2010, they appeared on CBC's Mamma Yamma, revising their single "Alligator" into a children's song.

In 2011, Sara Quin was a panelist on Canada Reads defending Jeff Lemire's graphic novel Essex County. The book was voted off after the first round.

Band members

Tegan Quin at a concert in Detroit, Michigan
  • Tegan Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards
  • Sara Quin – vocals, guitar, keyboards


Backing Band

  • Ted Gowans – guitar, keyboards
  • Johnny "Five" Andrews – drums
  • Shaun Huberts – bass guitar

Former Band

  • Dan Kelly – bass guitar
  • Chris Carlson – bass guitar
  • Rob Chursinoff – drums

Discography

Main article: Tegan and Sara discography

Awards and nominations

Year Nominated work Award Result
2000  — YTV Band/Musical Group Achievement Award Won
2003 If It Was You Western Canadian Music Awards, Outstanding Pop Recording Won
2006 So Jealous Juno Awards Alternative Album of the Year Nominated
2007 It's Not Fun Don't Do It Juno Awards Music DVD of the Year Nominated
2008 The Con Juno Awards Alternative Album of the Year Nominated
2009 "The Con" Studio8 Song of August 2009 Won
2010 Sainthood Juno Awards Alternative Album of the Year Nominated
2010 Sainthood Polaris Music Prize Nominated[21]
2010  — Western Canadian Music Awards, International Achievement Award Won
2011  — Indie Awards, Group or Duo of the Year Nominated

References

  1. ^ "North of Northwest:Tegan And Sara". soundonthesound. September 11, 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  2. ^ "Columbus Arts Briefs". The Lantern. Ohio State University. November 16, 2007. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  3. ^ a b Gdula, Steve (November 21, 2000), "Double the power", The Advocate, retrieved March 13, 2010
  4. ^ "North of Northwest:Tegan And Sara". soundonthesound. September 11, 2010. Retrieved 12 April 2011. {{cite news}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  5. ^ Quin, Tegan; Quin, Sara (2009). AT. ON, IN, AT. p. 7.
  6. ^ a b Miller, Winter (May 4, 2008). "Songwriting Sisters and the Universe of What They Like". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
  7. ^ Wagner, Vit (August 24, 2000). "Tegan and Sara are not 'entertainers': Unlike their popstar counterparts, the Calgarian twins write their own songs". Toronto Star. pp. WO.03. And when we called ourselves Sara and Tegan, it didn't work because of they way our names blended together. 'Sarandtegan.' So we switched to Tegan and Sara. [...] It was just easier to pronounce that way. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  8. ^ "Tegan & Sara Biography". AskMen.com. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  9. ^ Foucart, Jon (February 22, 2007). "Tegan & Sara Update". AbsolutePunk. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  10. ^ Quin, Tegan (September 11, 2009). "ON, IN, AT". Tegan and Sara. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  11. ^ Eells, Josh (November 11, 2009). "Tegan and Sara: Across a Crowded Womb". Spin. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  12. ^ Wood, Mikael. "Tegan and Sara, 'Sainthood' (Vapor/Sire)". Spin. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  13. ^ Quin, Tegan (2010-01-28). "thoughts on home". Tegan and Sara. Retrieved 19 July 2010.
  14. ^ a b "Press Kit — Biography" (PDF). Tegan and Sara. Retrieved 11 February 2010.
  15. ^ Floyd, Mikela (January 11, 2010). "Northern State's Hesta Prynn to Release Solo Material". Filter. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  16. ^ "Tegan Quin, Augusten Burroughs Co-Headline SPIN's 'Liner Notes' Event". Spin. July 21, 2008. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  17. ^ Maddux, Rachel (June 15, 2008). "Bonnaroo 2008: Day 3". Paste. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  18. ^ Dombal, Ryan (August 4, 2009). "Sigur Rós's Jónsi, Bloc Party's Kele Okereke on New Tiësto Album". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  19. ^ Colly, Joe (December 11, 2009). "Fucked Up: 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 26 March 2010.
  20. ^ Stuckey, Scott (December 6, 2007). "Pancake Mountain News Archives - 2007". Pancake Mountain. Retrieved 2 January 2011.
  21. ^ Thompson, Ciaran (September 20, 2010). "Karkwa win 2010 Polaris Music Prize". Aux. Retrieved September 21, 2010.
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