Tegan and Sara Reveal New Album Details

The sisters' sixth record will be called Sainthood, and drops Oct. 27. Click here to watch their iChat video announcement!
Sara (top left) and Tegan

Twin sister recording duo Tegan and Sara are self-proclaimed narcissists, so it was hardly a shock that they chose to announce the title of their sixth album, Sainthood (out Oct. 27), with a self-made video -- loaded with plenty of their trademark sisterly banter.

Exclusive Song: NOFX Dis Tegan and Sara

Cocaine? Angelina Jolie? Incest!?! The skate-punk veterans take aim at Canada's singing lesbian sisters. Listen here!
NOFX

Forget George W., NOFX have a new target: Tegan and Sara, the Canadian duo of singing lesbian twins, who get dissed in "Creeping Out Sara," a track off California pop-punk band's new record, Coaster (out April 28).

Video: Sara Quin on Her Favorite Novel

SPIN.com Exclusive: Find out how Richard Ford's Pulitzer Prize-winner almost inspired a tattoo for the Tegan and Sara star.
Sara Quin / Photo by Eric Nowels

Our ongoing series of rockers talking about their favorite literary works continues with Sara Quin, one half of buzz band Tegan and Sara. Quin stopped by SPIN's New York offices to talk about one of her favorite novels, Richard Ford's 1996 effort, Independence Day, about a middle-aged American everyman whose life unravels over a Fourth of July weekend.

See Foo Fighters, Beck, CSS, MGMT, and Many More

Check out SPIN.com's exclusive photos from the Austin City Limits music festival!
Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters / Photo by Casey Flanigan

If you weren't able to attend last weekend's Austin City Limits music festival, not to worry: SPIN.com was there, snapping photos of every great band we could find. Check out our shots of Beck, Foo Fighters, CSS, and many more artists below and on the next two pages.

 

Raconteurs, TV on the Radio, and Vampire Weekend Headline Treasure Island Festival

Check out SPIN.com’s live concert video of nine different bands from the weekend-long San Francisco music event.
Jack White of the Raconteurs

The Treasure Island Music Festival closed out the summer last weekend in San Francisco with an all-star lineup, including the Raconteurs, TV on the Radio, Vampire Weekend, Tegan and Sara, Okkervil River, Goldfrapp, Fleet Foxes, Port O’Brien, and Hot Chip.

Check out our video of these nine bands’ live performances, below and on the next two pages.

Tegan Quin, Augusten Burroughs Perform at SPIN.com Event

Watch exclusive videos – including five solo Tegan songs -- from our NYC gala, also featuring Circa Survive's Colin Frangicetto.
Augusten Burroughs and Tegan Quin / Photo by Jackie Roman

SPIN.com recently hosted its first-ever Liner Notes event in New York City, a benefit concert for AIDS charity Housing Works and an offshoot of our online Book Club.

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