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Post by Diablo Codyβ’ on Aug 1, 2007 13:53:54 GMT -5
I need to get this!
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Aug 10, 2007 10:39:40 GMT -5
8/18 chart
69 TEGAN & SARA CON 10,187 -47% 29,635
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Aug 17, 2007 22:38:21 GMT -5
8/25 chart
96 TEGAN & SARA - CON 7,638 -25% 37,273
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Sept 13, 2007 12:48:01 GMT -5
9/22 chart
192 TEGAN & SARA CON 3,582 -12% 4,066 56,994
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Post by reception on Apr 27, 2008 6:00:54 GMT -5
Apr 26, 2:02 PM EDT Tegan and Sara make on-stage banter a trademark
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.
"Sometimes I like it more than music," said Tegan Quin in an interview backstage at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival.
The 27-year-old Quin sisters and their band played at Coachella on Friday, their second trip to the annual desert festival. (In 2005, the excitement of playing the festival was greatly diminished because a case of the whooping cough had weakened two band members.)
This time around, Tegan and Sara played a brisk set on the main stage, and while they didn't take too much time to chat, they still found reason to discuss dreams in which David Bowie appears. They also briefly lamented the poor acts that on Saturday were to play at the same time as Prince (the festival's biggest draw).
For Tegan and Sara, who hail from Calgary and released their fifth album ("The Con") last year, such comic relief is nothing new.
"We got on stage that first time to do a show in front of strangers and we finished a song or Sara screwed up or something, and I made a comment," recalled Tegan. "The audience laughed and I was like, `There you go, buddy! This is our thing.'"
She believes the roots of their routine likely comes from reacting to all the attention they received as young twins. But it's become an integral extension of their open-book ethos.
"It calms the audience down," said Tegan. "I think it makes them feel like we're real people, not like a rock show or watching television. We're really, actually there."
Said Sara: "You're up there singing your heart out and sometimes you want people to know you're not always like that."
The sisters think they might one day make a mix tape of their best stories and jokes told in concert (they record all their shows). But for now, the comedy of their chatter and the tragedy of their songs will remain separate.
The twins are often asked if they plan any of their banter, but they never rehearse anything but the songs.
"We can barely get together to write a set list," said Sara. "We certainly can't sit and write jokes together."
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Post by areyoureadytojump on Apr 28, 2008 15:03:58 GMT -5
Billboard:
ARTIST: TEGAN AND SARA
SINGLE: THE CON (SIRE)
Unlike many identical twins, Canadian folk-rockers Tegan and Sara Quin aren't compelled to do everything together. For fifth full-length studio album "The Con," the first co-produced by Death Cab for Cutie guitarist Christopher Walla, they split songwriting duties and recruit guest players for each track. AFI bassist Hunter Burgan appears exclusively on the seven songs penned by Tegan, including second single "The Con." Alternative radio listeners charmed by the breezy new wave bounce of lead release "Back in Your Head" will find the synth-heavy follow-up more densely layered and urgent.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Apr 28, 2008 15:56:51 GMT -5
The Con is an awesome song and SHOULD be a hit!!!
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