Tegan & Sara

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Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin (born September 19, 1980, identical twins[2]) are Canadian singer-songwriters, performing as Tegan and Sara.

[edit] Biography and musical career
Tegan and Sara were born in Calgary, Alberta. They initially played as PLUNK, and lacked a drummer or bass player. In 1997, the two used their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band? and Play Day.[3] In 1998, they made an early breakthrough by winning Garage Warz Battle of the Bands, a local music competition in Calgary.[4] Since then, the two have toured extensively with many artists, including Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, The Pretenders,[4] Ben Folds, The Killers, Rachael Cantu, Vivek Shraya, Cake, Gogol Bordello, Hot Hot Heat, Ryan Adams,[5] Veda Hille, Little Birdy, Iron On, Little Brazil, Bryan Adams and Weezer and performed one 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. Currently, Tegan lives in Vancouver and Sara lives in Montreal.[6]
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";[2] copies are now a sought-after commodity among their fans.
While both twins are similarly involved in vocals and playing instruments, the singing of the lead melody often goes to whichever twin wrote the particular song. The two usually do not sing together on their albums, however; they do live.
Their fifth album, The Con, was released on July 24, 2007.[1] It was co-produced by Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie. Jason McGerr of Death Cab for Cutie, Matt Sharp of The Rentals, Hunter Burgan of AFI, and Kaki King appear on the album.[7] The band is currently on tour promoting the album.

[edit] Cover songs and collaborations
In 2005, The White Stripes did a cover of Tegan and Sara's song "Walking with a Ghost" which was released on the Walking with a Ghost EP by the group. "Walking with a Ghost" was also used in a mashup dance remix bootleg by Party Ben[1] with a song by Mylo, "Paris Four Hundred," under the title "Walking with a Ghost In Paris", which became a sought after club track after an influential dance radio station in the United States, C-89.5/KNHC/Seattle, Washington, started playing the song. Also in 2005 they did a cover of Cyndi Lauper's version of Prince's "When You Were Mine".
In 2006, Tegan and Sara also contributed a track to Australian radio station Triple J's "Like a Version" radio programme - a cover of Bruce Springsteen's "Dancing in the Dark". 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 2007, while kicking off their fall tour in Victoria, BC. Tegan and Sara performed a live cover of Rihanna's "Umbrella".

[edit] Television and film
Tegan and Sara have made many television appearances, including Vicki Gabereau's Canadian talk show, The Late Show with David Letterman, 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.[8]
Their songs have appeared on several soundtracks, including those for the films Monster-in-Law and Sweet November, and television shows Grey's Anatomy, The L Word Season 3, and Veronica Mars Season 2.
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.

[edit] Accomplishments
Tegan and Sara have been profiled in a number of magazines and had their albums 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 late 2004, Rolling Stone magazine named their album So Jealous on their list of the best 50 albums of the year.[9] Tegan and Sara were also nominated for a 2006 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year alongside Hot Hot Heat, Metric, The New Pornographers and Broken Social Scene. More recently, they appeared on the cover of the Summer 2007 issue of Under the Radar, and Spinner.com placed them at #7 on their list of Women Who Rock Right Now.

Links:

http://www.teganandsara.com/
http://www.myspace.com/teganandsara

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