Tegan And Sara Modern Heartthrobs Bibliophonic 7 1st Edition Melody Lau by Melody Lau 9781778430046, 9781778430053, 177843004X, 1778430058 instant download after payment.

Through interviews with Tegan & Sara, their collaborators, journalists & fans, this book explores the multifaceted career of one of music's most celebrated sister duos, from their start as Neil Young's protégés to Canadian indie-rock purveyors &, almost 15 years into their career, making their riskiest transformation yet, into mainstream pop breakouts. 

Coming up as grunge-loving musicians in the late '90s & early 2000s, Tegan & Sara found themselves awkwardly pushed into categories that didn't quite fit: a novelty twin sister folk act when they wanted to be taken seriously; pop when they wanted to be indie rock; & sellouts when they finally made their bid for mainstream success. As young, queer musicians who didn't see anyone else like themselves growing up (in a time where Internet access hadn't yet formed global spaces & communities for LGBTQ+ people), Tegan & Sara's path to pop stardom was filled with familiar hurdles, but no clear instructions on how to navigate things like homophobic press, niche queer audiences that wanted to claim them, or sexism at every turn. 

It's a journey with ups & downs, but Tegan & Sara's perseverance-alongside a music industry & journalism world that's had to learn to confront its own biases - has helped create a musical world today that more readily accepts & embraces queer voices. Featuring continuous sonic transformations & the occasional fist fight, Tegan & Sara's story is essential to Canadian music history.

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Melody Lau is a music journalist. She is currently a producer at CBC Music. Before that, she was an online writer for MUCH & a regular contributor to Exclaim! Magazine. Her work has been published in Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, Billboard, & Nylon Magazine. She is a juror for the Polaris Music Prize, the Prism Prize, & has served as a judg