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  No Fear of Heights: Tegan and Sara Aim for the Top

  January 17, 2013 – For the sake of this interview, Tegan and Sara and I are going to get incredibly high — but first we must clear security. As soon as the twins take off their bulky winter coats and place them on a conveyor belt for screening, a security guard recognizes them and giddily asks if I can take a picture of him plus the duo with his phone. …
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  A Heart to Heart With Tegan and Sara: Inside SPIN's January Cover Story

  January 16, 2013 – Most bands don't get the chance to go for it 18 years into their career. Most bands also don't have a combined 36 years of experience in the music biz when two of their members are 32 years old. …
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  Watch Tegan and Sara Get 'Closer' to a '90s Karaoke Party (in Spanx!)

  November 28, 2012 – As Tegan Quin told SPIN back in April, when she and sister Sara began work on their seventh album, Heartthrob, they realized that "It was time to shake things up." And sure enough, as we've watched the evolution of their first new single "Closer" — from stripped-down live demo to compact synthpop dynamo to Letterman-crushing triumph — it's become clear that Tegan and Sara are indeed readying some of their most accessible and interesting …
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  Tegan and Sara Get 'Closer' to Stick in Our Heads on 'Letterman'

  November 21, 2012 – "Closer," the first advance track from Tegan and Sara's upcoming album Heartthrob, is, as our own Chris Martins put it, "upbeat and heavy on the hook, starting subtle and building to sing-along bigness." The Canadian alt-pop twins brought the synth-based song, plus a guitarist, bassist, and drummer, to The Late Show With David Letterman last night. …
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  Win a Chance to Hang With Tegan and Sara, Hear Their LP, See Their Show

  September 25, 2012 – Tegan and Sara have given you a chance to listen to "Closer," the first single off their January album Heartthrob. But perhaps you'd like to hear more of their self-described "poppiest ever album"? Perhaps on a tour bus... with Tegan and Sara?This contest will likely appeal to you, then! …
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  Tegan and Sara Get 'Closer' to Synthpop on New Song: Listen

  September 20, 2012 – Sister act Tegan and Sara told SPIN they were working on their "poppiest ever" album back in May, a bold statement that is fully backed up by our first taste of the as-yet untitled LP, which is due out on Warner in January. "Closer," which premiered on Rolling Stone today, is pure Top 40 synthpop — think "Mr. …
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  Tegan and Sara Reveal 5 Secrets Behind Their Seventh LP

  April 5, 2012 – Over the course of 13 years and six studio albums, Canadian twin-sister duo Tegan and Sara Quin have almost invariably been described as "indie rock." They're doing all they can to change that for album number seven. "We've made everything different," explains Tegan. "The sound, the process, and the people we're working with are all different. If we could change our band name we would. We've been making music for a while now. …
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  Road Rules: Tegan and Sara's 5 Tips for OCD, Wrinkle-Free Touring

  November 14, 2011 – Tegan and Sara have been touring nearly half their lives — they started shortly after graduating from high school in 1998 — so it makes sense that the indie-rock sister act's latest project is a CD/DVD set that chronicles life on the road. …
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  Sara Quin Bashes Tyler's "Sickening Rhetoric"

  May 16, 2011 – Tyler, the Creator, the controversial leader of L.A. …
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  My Favorite Things: Sara Quin of Tegan and Sara

  April 29, 2011 – This week: Sara Quin, who plays in Tegan and Sara with her twin sister, Tegan. She lives in Montreal but is currently working on new material in New York City. FAVORITE SONG: "I'm On Fire" by Bruce Springsteen. I remember when I was in elementary school my stepdad had a VHS tape of all of Bruce Springsteen's music videos and I would watch the video for "I'm On Fire" over and over. It made me feel funny inside. …
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