Tegan and Sara Dubstep

Yes please!

Walking With A Ghost - Tegan and Sara (KD Dubstep Remix):

"Intervention" - Margaret Cho ft. Tegan and Sara

I'm not really a Margaret Cho fan, but I am however a huge Tegan and Sara fan. The music video for their tagteam on Cho's comedy album just debuted, and I'll have to admit it's pretty good!

Margaret Cho - Intervention - featuring Tegan and Sara from Margaret Cho on Vimeo.

Happy anniversary Sainthood

Tegan and Sara's newest album "Sainthood" has it's 1 year anniversary. Here's a fun pic from the celebration signing:

Polaris Prize Music Awards

As per my last post, I've told you I watched the Polaris Prize Music Awards. I discovered a lot of great new music I want to share with you all. It was a great show, with ten of Canada's best albums of the year being represented by each respective band playing a set. The way it works is there was a "long list" consisting of 40 albums, then that was condensed to the "short list" of 10. The artists featured on this elite list were the Broken Social Scene, Karkwa, Radio Radio, Dan Mangan, Shad, The Sadies, The Besnard Lakes, Caribou, Owen Pallett and Tegan and Sara. Karkwa won the Polaris Prize. You can watch the rerun online this Saturday or download it as a podcast today. Here are a few of my new faves:

"Texaco Bitches" - Broken Social Scene:


"Sold" - Dan Mangan (They've got a Mumford and Son's feel):


"Echapper au Sort" - Karkwa (French MuteMath maybe?):


"Forme Elliptique" - Radio Radio (French/English/Gypsy rap? yes please!):


Then ofcourse Owen Pallett..."Lewis Takes Off His Shirt":


And who should have won, Tegan and Sara..."The Ocean" (clip from the show, beautiful!):

Tegan And Sara on the Polaris Prize Music Awards

So I watched the Polaris Prize Music Awards for the first time last nite and it was amazing. 10 stellar bands performing a two song set list leading up to the winner of "The Best Canadian Album of the Year." Some of the candidates include the Broken Social Scene, Owen Pallett, and ofcourse Tegan and Sara. The girls' performance was easily one of the best ever, doing an acoustic set of "Alligator" and "The Ocean." There was a special treat though, Owen Pallett supported them playing violin. I'm pretty sure it was a last minute addition when the girls met him in the back. It was beautiful...

"Alligator"


"The Ocean"


Click here for the full segment, and here for the interviews after.

Owen Pallett, the real Final Fantasy

I definitely just fell in love with the music of Owen Pallett, aka Final Fantasy. I mean, check this performance of "Lewis Takes Off His Shirt." Not only is it a terrific song, he tells the stage crew he's wants to finish the song as they try to get him to stop due to the rain!


Owen Pallett (Once known as Final Fantasy), is a Canadian artist who is a composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. His newest album "Heartland" is truly special. Check it out and you will soon see what I mean. I've discovered that his music is great to not only listen to, but also to do things to...such as read a book or clean a room to. It's beautiful and upbeat, with a certain mysticism about it. The following video is the first song I heard of his and is from an older record called "He Poos Clouds." (Hehe). How did I find him? A podcast by Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara, haha. I know, I'm kinda obsessed with them at the moment :-p. (PS: Today's their 30th birthday)

"This Lamb Sells Condos"


Also, here is a cute vid of Tegan promoting her podcast that I learned about Owen from:

Tegan and Sara...REMIX!

A lot of Tegan and Sara's music have been covered and even remixed. Each are really cool and have a voice of their own. Recently Tegan and Sara released a complete collection of remixes for their song "Alligator" which were remixed by many heavy hitters such as Passion Pit, Four Tet and VHS or Beta. I love the original and I love each of these! Watch the original here.

Passion Pit Remix:

Alligator - Passion Pit Remix! from Tegan and Sara on Vimeo.

VHS or Beta Remix:


Four Tet Remix:


One of the first major remixes was of their single "Back in your head" by Tiesto. (The girls later collaborated with Tiesto on the song "Feel it in your bones" which is featured on his newest record Kaleidescope). Here is the original.

Tiesto Remix:

Tegan and Sara

I've been hooked on Tegan and Sara for a while now. They came to Indy and I'm upset I missed them, ohwell, maybe next time. Anywho, Tegan and Sara are an indie rock/pop duo from Canada. The music has a wide range, from quirky and punk, to deep and melodic. And yes, they are twins, but they are oh so different. Not only do I enjoy their music, I find them to be very interesting people. It's not common for me to watch five hours of videos and interviews of someone :-p. They've produced six albums and a few movies too. Their newest album dropped last year and was entitled "Sainthood." I hope you find them as enjoyable and inspirational as I do. Also, check out some of their interviews on youtube for much humor and insight!

"Call it off"

Tegan and Sara - Call It Off from Ashley Brown on Vimeo.

Check out the behind the scenes video for "Call it Off"


"Hell"

Tegan and Sara - Hell from Catherine Lutes on Vimeo.

Behind the scenes of "Hell"


5 things you might not know about Tegan and Sara:


Spinner.com "Two by Two" interview pt.1: