Vampire Weekend, MGMT, Pavement Set for Sasquatch

My Morning Jacket, Passion Pit, and Tegan & Sara also set for May festival in Washington State.
Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, Andrew and Ben from MGMT, and Jim James from My Morning Jacket

Vampire Weekend, MGMT, a recently reunited Pavement, and My Morning Jacket top the lineup at the ninth annual Sasquatch! Music Festival, which takes place this Memorial Day weekend (May 29-31) in George, Washington.

Meet Amanda Palmer Proteges Evelyn Evelyn

The conjoined twins dish on Frances Bean Cobain, Tegan & Sara, and playing ukulele in the circus. Honest!
Conjoined twins Evelyn Evelyn, who began their music career in the circus / Photo by Scott Irvine

Last week, it was announced that Frances Bean Cobain, daughter of Kurt and Courtney, will make her singing debut on Evelyn Evelyn's forthcoming album (due out March 30).

Metric, Tegan & Sara, Badu Play Lilith Fair

Chairlift, Janelle Monae, the Submarines and more also help the fest make its grand return!
Metric

After a decade-long absence, Lilith Fair -- the traveling, female-forward festival -- will return in 2010! The initial lineup was just announced, and while it features not-so-surprising vets like Indigo Girls and Lilith Fair co-founder Sarah McLachlan, there's also plenty to be excited about!

Amanda Palmer Shoots Tegan & Sara Video

Watch as the ex-Dresden Doll accosts onlookers in NYC while listening to the twin sisters' new single.
Amanda Palmer, Tegan and Sara

Amanda Palmer and Tegan and Sara really heart each other -- and an email we received this morning directly from the ex-Dresden Dolls singer/pianist offers new evidence.

Tegan and Sara: Across a Crowded Womb

They're identical twins who make pop music about intense relationships. But they'll never find one more intense than their own.
Photographed for SPIN by Darren Ankenman

Here's how Tegan Quin would like this to go down -- we start with the basics: She plays with her sister Sara in a band called Tegan and Sara, they sing catchy songs about relationships, they're from Canada and they like hockey (go Flames!). "Journalists always blow their load in the first paragraph," she says, sipping water at a bar in downtown Vancouver.

Terrific Twitter Trio of the Week

Tegan and Sara, Dylan Lyrics, and Hot Chip make our list.
Tegan and Sara, Hot Chip, and Dylan Lyrics!

Lots of musicians tweet -- but all that Twitters is not gold.

That's why you'll want to check out SPIN.com every Friday to see whose tweets we're reading this week -- then update your TweetDeck! (Obligatory Self-Promotion: …while you're at it, be sure to follow @SPINmagazine!)

This week's winners:

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