Friday, June 6, 2008
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Monday, May 26, 2008
"4:50 Michael Franti is spotted watching Tegan and Sara from the side of the main stage. Not only does he appear to be enjoying what he is seeing, but Franti is actually singing along." (read full article).
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Mix-CD Kids
Please send me an e-mail with your name if you have not received a mix-CD from your partner. Thanks!
Friday, May 16, 2008
Thursday, May 15, 2008
RollingStone.com
"We start the True Colors tour in June," Tegan says. "I'm so excited, I think it's a cool tour and I really wish we were on dates Rosie O'Donnell was doing." (read).
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
At 2:05(-ish) - Sara talks about living in Montreal and thinking about writing an album for children.
Source: michellex143
Monday, May 12, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Tegan points out a girl who is giving them the finger (chatter starts around 2:06).
Source: planegoesdown
Sara talks about their night off in Madison (vodka, chasing Tegan, smoking, pool, etc).
Source: wojo4hitz
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Monday, May 5, 2008
Tegan would appreciate it if the audience would go out and give a completely unnecessary but rockin' compliment to a stranger.
Source: 1z2e3b4
Sara talks about making An Horse drive her to Denver through the mountains and snow.
Source: ChiisaiUsako
Saturday, May 3, 2008
"And then you really start to experience what the industry really is. I've never been part of a competitive culture before, and all of a sudden that's all it seemed like it was. It was a competition to get radio, to get press, to get noticed, to get a show, to get an agent, to get a manager. It was just really competitive, and it really traumatized me." (read full article).
"The Sled Island Festival organizers have added some impressive new artists to the lineup for the June 25 to 28 event in Calgary.
Broken Social Scene, Tegan And Sara and Fucked Up are among those who'll join the previously confirmed artists, including Wire, Of Montreal and Mogwai." (read full article).
Broken Social Scene, Tegan And Sara and Fucked Up are among those who'll join the previously confirmed artists, including Wire, Of Montreal and Mogwai." (read full article).
"'I always feel like I'm writing sort of retrospectively about things that have passed or come to fruition and that can be really disturbing. Like, you're digging back into something you've already overcome, and that can really thrust you back into a place of feeling I'm sad or emotional and I'm like, god, that's so strange. Because right now I feel very settled and normal and whatever, and I'm writing about how I was feeling six months ago. And so it can be strangely uncathartic. ... You're like, no, I've worked through this. Why am I upset again?'" (read full article).
Friday, May 2, 2008
Thursday, May 1, 2008
“What makes it special is, we’re two people collaborating. That’s the heart of what we do,” said Sara, who makes her Aspen debut when Tegan and Sara perform, as a five-piece band, at Belly Up Aspen on Wednesday, April 30, with Australian duo An Horse opening. “It’s always been very easy, very intuitive, and it’s always worked. That’s the area where we work best." (read full article)
"So why do you hate Sara so much?
[Laughs] I don't really hate her, but sometimes I wish I did. Like, we could just have a sister breakup and get our own lives. A few months ago in Europe, we got into a fistfight for the first time in seven years. We have fights, but it's never about the things you'd think. It's never about sibling rivalry or "Your song is better than mine, so I'm going to punch you in the face." We saw some movie a few years ago about Siamese twins, and there's a scene where they're fighting and they're pushing each other, but they're completely stuck together and I turned to Sara and said, "That's how I feel about you." So even if that's how it is, we still have this career and life together and it can be really tense. But Sara and I can't fire each other, otherwise we wouldn't have a career. We've gone though enough tour managers and band members, so thank God we can't fire each other." (read full article)
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
"Mummy was so scared when she opened her eyes..."
An assmonkey rushes the stages (2:02) and hugs Sara.
Source: wintermourning
"I think it was around the time of our third album, we started to notice that, even more than our songs being traded on the Internet, people were trading MP3s of our stories." (read full article at STLtoday).
Monday, April 28, 2008
Sunday, April 27, 2008
"Tegan: We watched The Dog Whisperer this morning when we got up, that helped us ease into Coachella.
Sara: It’s like a safe place to watch Cesar Millan talk to the dogs. I own two seasons of The Dog Whisperer on DVD, and I don’t even like dogs, I’m a cat person." (read full article).
Saturday, April 26, 2008
"INDIO, Calif. (AP) — Tegan and Sara, the identical twin powerpop duo, are accustomed to writing intimate, emotional songs about heartbreak. But when performing, for every song like "Back in Your Head," there's a balance of silliness. Between nearly every song played by the singing-songwriting pair, the two casually — often hysterically — banter back and forth in what amounts to indie music's answer to Laurel and Hardy." (read full article).
Sara's marital arts training made her more passive...until she maybe beat someone's ass.
And for the record - Sara never smells like pee. Except, for that one time.
Source: sojealous08
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Sara talks about her grandpa and grandma and also dating online...well, not exactly but I know that got your attention.
Source: frickinusername
Tegan on hysterical screaming, people passing out in the audience, and Sara's fainting incident.
Source: frickinusername
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Tonight Show Appearance!
Hey all you T&S super fans. Be sure to watch tomorrow night (April 23) as Tegan and Sara take the stage on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This will be their first time on the program so be sure to show some love and tune in...or Tivo.
Monday, April 21, 2008
Tegan talking about seeing Bruce Springsteen and getting into an altercation with lame ass people in the audience.
Source: Tonia30I
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Mix-CD Kids
Hey participating mix-cd kids,
Please check out take-a-listen - let us know whether you've sent/received a CD and also consider sharing your playlist with the rest of us.
Please check out take-a-listen - let us know whether you've sent/received a CD and also consider sharing your playlist with the rest of us.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Little chat about An Horse. Sara is bbf with Kate. Not dating. Don't start rumors, yo.
Source: seagulleh
Tegan talks about a gig at some "government thing."
The Bronson Centre, Ottawa - 10th October 2007
Source: marchingstars
Q&A with Tegan
"Yes. Sara and I have three sort of rules for shows. We don’t play for money — if we don’t like the venue we aren’t going to play there, no matter how much they offer. We try to do all-ages shows whenever we can. We never play a show unless it’s 16 and over. If we do 21-plus shows we are cutting out a huge portion of our demographic. The third thing, we try to keep our ticket prices really low. We always make sure we can sell our own merchandise. We aren’t out to make money; we are just out to have fun.
We have really good merch. The new run we are doing is so good. We always do a hoodie, a few shirts and this time we have a light windbreak." (read).
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
St. Louis - Tickets!
What's Almost as Good as Ponies and Jewels?
Anything involving the clever, witty and oh-so-charming Quin sisters promises to be nothing short of delightful, so what could be better than going to a Tegan and Sara show? Few things. Few things, indeed. But how about going to a Tegan and Sara show for FREE? A devoted fan who bought tickets recently learned that she could no longer use them, but would like to pass two GA tickets to the May 4 St. Louis show at The Pageant on to another pair of devoted fans. The first person to send an e-mail to libbie.grobmyer@gmail.com will be the lucky recipients of said tickets. There are several small stipulations that must be honored in order to receive the tickets though:
1.) You MUST agree to clap overhead between each and every song...even when your arms get tired.
2.) You MUST make a solid effort to capture footage to share on the Tegan and Sara Banter blog.
3.) You must NOT scream out for "My Number," "Days and Days," or any other song for that matter. Especially those that haven't been played live in the last five years. Set lists are called set lists for a reason. They're set.
4.) You MUST buy at LEAST one item at the merch table to make up for the fact that the tickets were free. And for God's sake, buy some An Horse merch as well. Merch is the lifeblood of touring bands, especially ones just getting started. Plus, An Horse is damn good.
If you feel that you can live up to these standards, know without a shadow of a doubt that you'll be able to attend and have the desire to flash your solidarity pump along with Sara, you shall indeed inherit the tickets. Better act fast though. Free stuff doesn't last long.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Mix-CD Update
Everyone who sent me their information by April 9th should have received an e-mail (or myspace message) with their mix-cd partner. If you haven't - please get in touch with me.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Monday, April 7, 2008
Saturday, April 5, 2008
Sheknows.com
"I like the idea that you are kind of conning someone into loving you and then sort of unleash what’s really deep down inside of you. In terms of a career perspective, I never thought about it. We worried that people would run with the idea that we were conning people. If people take that approach, then they’re jerks." (read full article)
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
"In the forward to Kate Bornstein's bookHello Cruel World, Sara writes about the childhood games she used to play. So how did games like Jail or Orphanage actually go?
Sara: That's very controversial! I think that there was a point in therapy about five years ago when I was talking about the games I played when I was a kid. My therapist really saw it as part of these divorced kid, isolated, depressed, lower middle class issues and I was like, "Listen! I may just like being confined in a small space!" Like I was born in a womb that was way too small for both me and Tegan and there's some sort of a desire to be back in some kind of tiny, uncomfortable space. I don't really know who really thought about those ideas first, and I feel kind of upset at the idea that Tegan and I were the ones that encouraged it. There are probably a load of adults that we grew up with in therapy right now going, 'And then there was Tegan and Sara and they made us play Jail and Orphanage and it was terrifying!'" (read full interview)
Sara: That's very controversial! I think that there was a point in therapy about five years ago when I was talking about the games I played when I was a kid. My therapist really saw it as part of these divorced kid, isolated, depressed, lower middle class issues and I was like, "Listen! I may just like being confined in a small space!" Like I was born in a womb that was way too small for both me and Tegan and there's some sort of a desire to be back in some kind of tiny, uncomfortable space. I don't really know who really thought about those ideas first, and I feel kind of upset at the idea that Tegan and I were the ones that encouraged it. There are probably a load of adults that we grew up with in therapy right now going, 'And then there was Tegan and Sara and they made us play Jail and Orphanage and it was terrifying!'" (read full interview)
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Mix-CD
If you're a mix-cd junkie, well, it's that time of year once again! Mmmhmm. Time to bring out your mad mixing skills and make a CD for a fellow Tegan and Sara fan.
If you're interested in receiving a CD:
Send me an e-mail or message including:
(1) Your name and postal address.
(2) Will you ship internationally?
(3) Will you send a second CD if someone flakes out or we end up with an odd number of people participating?
The CD itself:
- No theme (i.e. random non-T&S rockin' music).
- No limit on the amount of songs.
- Please include a track listing.
I will collect addresses until April 9, 2008. I will exchange addresses shortly after.
If you're interested in receiving a CD:
Send me an e-mail or message including:
(1) Your name and postal address.
(2) Will you ship internationally?
(3) Will you send a second CD if someone flakes out or we end up with an odd number of people participating?
The CD itself:
- No theme (i.e. random non-T&S rockin' music).
- No limit on the amount of songs.
- Please include a track listing.
I will collect addresses until April 9, 2008. I will exchange addresses shortly after.
Saturday, March 22, 2008
European Tour (2008)
Tegan and Sara hit up Europe in early 2008.
They played in: Brighton, Leeds, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff, London, Munich, Heidelberg, Hamburg, Cologne, Copenhagen, Malmö , Stockholm, Gothenburg, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, and Amsterdam. Whew.
The tour began with an arrival in the UK around ten or eleven o'clock in the morning. Tegan fell asleep around five o'clock. The result? Someone woke up sobbing hysterically after a bizarre dream. What an awesome start, eh?
They responded to the NME article. Which can pretty much be summed up as: "Suck my cock."
The Tegan and Sara crew and Northern State shared a bright yellow double decker bus. Unfortunately, the original bright yellow bus broke down and they had to get a replacement.
Tegan started sporting the pony tail. Sara noted, "Tegan looks like me two years ago."
Tegan shared the art of creating a set list.
Sara disappointed some ladies in the audience by announcing that marriage is not for her.
The "slutty" Irish tried to get them to take it off.
Tegan shared a random fun fact with the audience: she once had a phobia involving making phone calls.
Sara also shared a random fun fact about herself: she entered a pickle eating contest.
Sara threatened an assmonkey after s/he threw a bottle on the stage.
Tegan dedicated a song to all the boys she dated in high school.
Sara shared that Shaun has super powers.
Tegan asked the audience to maybe not scream like crazies during Soil Soil.
They talked about their Mom and Dad.
Sara chatted about her interactions with a certain French speaking waiter.
They sang Walking With A Geist in Hamburg.
Tegan read a poem in Malmo.
Sara got in touch with her inner hippie when she noted that the Swedish look good in a "spiritual sort of way."
Tegan talked about all of the other countries they want to go to.
In Stockholm, Sara talked about owning Nick Cage.
Colorful balloons found their way on the stage in Berlin.
Their guitar tech had a heart attack inside.
Tegan tried to tell a story about riding the bus but fighting audience members distracted her.
In Brusssels, Tegan thanked the whole touring entourage.
Sara had the band demonstrate how to be a good audience.
Johnny's family came out to see them play.
Tegan talked about the last time they were in Paris. And then...Sara had to get all mean mommy with misbehaving audience members.
They finished the tour in Amsterdam.
The Random:
They entertained us with Backstage Bilingual.
The Screaming Song Requesting Fans were still screaming like crazy monkeys:
Tegan showed off some new ink.
Bye.
They played in: Brighton, Leeds, Nottingham, Wolverhampton, Dublin, Belfast, Glasgow, Manchester, Cardiff, London, Munich, Heidelberg, Hamburg, Cologne, Copenhagen, Malmö , Stockholm, Gothenburg, Berlin, Brussels, Paris, and Amsterdam. Whew.
The tour began with an arrival in the UK around ten or eleven o'clock in the morning. Tegan fell asleep around five o'clock. The result? Someone woke up sobbing hysterically after a bizarre dream. What an awesome start, eh?
They responded to the NME article. Which can pretty much be summed up as: "Suck my cock."
The Tegan and Sara crew and Northern State shared a bright yellow double decker bus. Unfortunately, the original bright yellow bus broke down and they had to get a replacement.
Tegan started sporting the pony tail. Sara noted, "Tegan looks like me two years ago."
Tegan shared the art of creating a set list.
Sara disappointed some ladies in the audience by announcing that marriage is not for her.
The "slutty" Irish tried to get them to take it off.
Tegan shared a random fun fact with the audience: she once had a phobia involving making phone calls.
Sara also shared a random fun fact about herself: she entered a pickle eating contest.
Sara threatened an assmonkey after s/he threw a bottle on the stage.
Tegan dedicated a song to all the boys she dated in high school.
Sara shared that Shaun has super powers.
Tegan asked the audience to maybe not scream like crazies during Soil Soil.
They talked about their Mom and Dad.
Sara chatted about her interactions with a certain French speaking waiter.
They sang Walking With A Geist in Hamburg.
Tegan read a poem in Malmo.
Sara got in touch with her inner hippie when she noted that the Swedish look good in a "spiritual sort of way."
Tegan talked about all of the other countries they want to go to.
In Stockholm, Sara talked about owning Nick Cage.
Colorful balloons found their way on the stage in Berlin.
Their guitar tech had a heart attack inside.
Tegan tried to tell a story about riding the bus but fighting audience members distracted her.
In Brusssels, Tegan thanked the whole touring entourage.
Sara had the band demonstrate how to be a good audience.
Johnny's family came out to see them play.
Tegan talked about the last time they were in Paris. And then...Sara had to get all mean mommy with misbehaving audience members.
They finished the tour in Amsterdam.
The Random:
They entertained us with Backstage Bilingual.
The Screaming Song Requesting Fans were still screaming like crazy monkeys:
- Tegan responded in Brighton.
- Tegan talked about the balancing of playing songs you love/hate.
- In Nottingham, Tegan encouraged people to yell songs.
Tegan showed off some new ink.
Bye.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
The band demonstrates how to act at a concert.
Source: justdancinginthedark
The longer version.
Source: : taliabatalia
Tegan needs a little break, talks about how Sara complains about WWAG, and compliments the hair of an audience member.
Source: justdancinginthedark
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Sara can be scary when she's mad. You do not want to get caught throwing a bottle on stage.
Source: lauraline
"I like your balloons."
...And Sara talks about the Led Zeppelin Movie and The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Source: KinkyKelly83
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Sara talks about living in Montreal and being embarrassed to order in French and her interactions with a certain waiter.
Source: saraandteganfan
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