Pop Quiz: Tegan & Sara

Pop Quiz: Tegan & Sara

Aidin Vaziri | How can you go wrong with a couple of supercharged 26-year-old Canadian twins with loud guitars and spiky Joan Jett haircuts? Impossible. It's going to hurt waiting nine more days for their fifth studio album, "The Con" (the official release date, for those without a computer or a clue, is July 24), but not as much as getting shut out of their two sold-out shows July 22-23 at the Brava Theatre. Did we mention the new disc was co-produced by Death Cab for Cutie's Chris Walla and features Matt Sharp of the Rentals and Hunter Burgan of AFI? Or that the White Stripes loved their song "Walking With a Ghost" so much that they covered it and nearly made it a hit a few years ago? What about how Tegan and Sara's new single, "Back in Your Head," could be the most perfect pop song of the year and features the brilliant lyric, "I'm not unfaithful/ But I'll stray"? We spoke with Tegan by phone from Victoria, British Columbia.


Tegan of Tegan & Sara
Q: What did you dream about last night?
A: I had a dream that my brother that I don't have killed my baby sister in front of me. But I don't feel too bummed because I don't have a baby sister either.
Q: Are you drunk?
A: No. I don't drink.
Q: If you were drunk it would have made a lot more sense.
A: If I would have been coming down off acid it would have made a lot more sense. Actually, what happened is I like to doze in the morning, and the apartment that I'm renting for the month has a very active alleyway, so there's a lot of drug use and screaming outside. But I guess hysterical, blood-curdling cries for help don't bother me that much that I can't sleep through them.
Q: Can't you afford something better?
A: No.
Q: Maybe after this tour?
A: Well, I owned a place in Vancouver for about seven years and it was even worse. It was in the worst neighborhood in North America.
Q: Are you practicing to become homeless someday?
A: Wouldn't that be great?