JULY/AUGUST 2010 ISSUE MMUSICMAG.COM SPOTLIGHT Kent Kallberg Kent

tegan Quin, sara Quin Pamela Littky TEGAN AND SARA Ready to mix things up, in the studio and on stage

After more thAn A dozen yeArs for their hard work and we were like, ‘Who of recording and performing, Canadian indie- would be some dream people to have remix pop duo tegan and sara know their fan base. it?’ I really pushed for four tet. he’s one of now they’re finding creative ways to expand it. my favorite people making music today, and Martin Huss that was the idea behind Alligator, a 17-track I thought, ‘oh my God, if we can get him, D-18 and itunes exclusive of remixes (and one demo) we’ve already won.’” Collings Auth- Dalton of the title song, a bouncy piano-based pop the sisters are also looking to branch D1A entic Custom TD-M number that appeared on tegan and sara’s out live. their diverse touring schedule for AS SEEN IN: JUL/AUG 2010 2009 album Sainthood. for the remixes, twin this year includes Lilith fair 2010, opening M MUSIC & MUSICIANS sisters tegan and sara Quin commissioned for pop-punk band Paramore on the honda reimaginings of the song from artists known Civic tour and accompanying mellow rocker MAGAZINE for other styles—from dutch electronica Jack Johnson on a jaunt around Australia and musician tiesto to hipster dance-rock band new zealand. “We realized that it was going Passion Pit to tV on the radio’s dave sitek. to be a huge asset if we could be versatile,” “A lot of times we remix a song because Quin says. “In the beginning, it was easy to The fi nest new Mahogany and we’re attempting yet again to get onto radio, get tours with bands that were sort of like- Adirondack Dreadnoughts on earth! though we never succeed,” sara Quin says minded, like Ben folds or rufus Wainwright.” Lou in a cheery torrent of words during a break Although touring and collaborating with Russo in the band’s hectic tour schedule. “We other artists means tegan and sara haven’t all laugh and say, ‘Let’s remix it and see if started working on the follow-up to Sainthood, that’ll help!’ this time we wanted to aim the Quin reports that she and her sister have remixes at branching out of the world that tossed around a couple of ideas for the we’ve become very comfortable in.” so they next album. “After 10 years of trying to get simply picked artists they admire, and gave people not to use the word ‘folk’ to describe each one free rein to tweak the song. “It our music,” she says, “we’ve been talking seemed like an art project for us,” Quin says. about maybe making an acoustic record.” 629 Forest Ave. • Staten Island, NY 10310 718-981-8585 • [email protected] “We had a little bit of money to offer people –Eric R. Danton mandoweb.com

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