LargeHeartedBoy — The Guardian reports that author Salman Rushdie is planning a book about his 10 years in hiding. The Las Vegas Sun interviews Tegan Quin of Tegan and Sara. The Millions interviews author John Banville. Tindersticks' David Boulter shares his personal.... more info

Music News Net — MUSIC NEWS- Tegan and Sara’s has a new video out now, for their new single “Alligator”. Out exclusivley on MySpace in the USA and Much Music in the girls’ native Canada. The winter wonderland-evoking video features Tegan and... more info

Silent Uproar — Dresden Dolls' Amanda Palmer and friend Jason Webley have formed an Americana show tunes group, Evelyn Evelyn. The first single from their self-titled full-length will be "My Space," which features gang vocals from "Weird Al" Yankovic, My Chemical Ro... more info

Stereogum — This Sara-penned track from Sainthood is a sparser affair than previously video'd song "Hell." So "Alligator" gets a fittingly minimalist treatment here. The Quin sisters plus three others do a synchronized dance with some serious "Cross Bones S... more info

Live Daily — With a catalog that's now a decade deep, creating a set list isn't easy for Canadian folk-rock act/twin sisters Tegan and Sara [ tickets ]. "Oh my god, I've been sitting here all morning," Sara Quin said via telephone while preparing a set list fo... more info

New Times Broward-Palm Beach, FL — For a pixie-ish twin-sister act like Tegan and Sara, the inherent novelty and cuteness of your situation can be both a good and a bad thing. It's good because two, physically identical, 20-something siblings writing songs and strumming guitars in per... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Kyle Dean Reinford While her current tour-mates Tegan & Sara were playing a show by themselves at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, Holly Miranda played a packed, free, hometown record release show at the Other Music record... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jessica Amaya "Show in Williamsburg was AMAZING last night. Thank you to everyone who came out. EPIC show. 2 hours and 25 minutes. WOW! ha." - Tegan & Sara Tegan and Sara played a stripped down post-Valentine's Day... more info

I Guess I'm Floating — Not only did the Sasquatch Festival folks avoid annoying the world by not unveiling acts in their lineup every six minutes, their bill even beats a somewhat lackluster Bonnaroo. Perhaps 'Roo set their bar too high with past festival lineups or swung... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Tegan & Sara @ T5 in 2008 (more by Kurt Christensen) tonight in NYC * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Holly Miranda @ Other Music * The Love Hangover @ Union Hall * Les Paul Guitar Tribute @ Iridium *... more info