I've been a fan of Metric frontwoman Emily Haines for a while and always enjoyed her solo material more than her work with Metric, but all that has changed with the band's forthcoming album Fantasies due out on April 14th. Metric had been touring non-stop between 2003 and 2005 in support of Old World Underground, Where [...]
Following 2005's highly acclaimed 'Live It Out' , Metric returns with their highly anticipated fourth full length studio album 'Fantasies' . Written by the band in a farmhouse outside Seattle and by frontwoman Emily Haines while on a soul-cleansing sojourn to Argentina, 'Fantasies' is a densely textured modern mix of psychedelia, electro, and rock with a "really big and really dreamy" sound, says guitarist/co-founder Jimmy Shaw . Metric on amazon.com Metric [...]
Toronto-based globetrotters Metric , fronted by Emily Haines ,have always struggled to make that next jump, commercially. On the upcoming Fantasies , they continue with their brand of indie style electro-pop. Haines is a striking vocalist and performer who has made her mark,as a band I believe they headline tours, play major festivals worldwide, edorsments,radio hits at indie/college radio, cool videos, major media and yet the seemed always stuck inside their own heads asking "Is it ever gonna be enough". Their current single "Sick Muse" is a certified banger, Fanstasies out via Arts-Crafts (Mexico),Last Gang [...]
Metric - Stadium Love So when Max and Richard asked me to start contributing here, it was under the pretense that I mainly write about hip hop. However, they also gave me free reign to also write about whatever I felt like if the mood struck, so ladies gentlemen, I will now attempt to write about another one of my favourite genres: BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE. Now, it's a pretty broad genre and can encompass anything from silly lyrics about being fucked in the ass and drinking semen accompanied with big guitars and an overabundance of drum [...]
Whoa, so much is happening in 2k9! Metric are gonna release their 4th full-lenght on April 14, it's entitled Fantasies . They haven't really done anything in 4 years (their memory was kept alive by the MSTRKRFT remix of Monster Hospital). I've been listening to the band since Old World Underground and although I'm not a crazy fan, I've always liked them. You know, krafty stuff with a girl in the front line. Indie rock, dancey sound and hints of suicide and deep sadness from Canada...what else could you wish for? I told you, Canada [...]
While Emily Haines is one of the most singular vocalists in indie thanks to her work with Broken Social Scene, her day job with Metric definitely furrows in a less polychromatic landscape to the point that a voice so sweet became so lost in the muddled mix of Live it Out and its occasionally dour rock arrangements. Her recent solo album Knives Don't Have Your Back (About 20 in blog years - Watch Dr. Blind ) was a substantial and ethereal release so it'll be interesting to see if Metric can take themselves [...]
MUSIC NEWS - Canadian/NYC new wavers, METRIC come back on April 14 with new music, an album called FANTASIES , the follow up to their 2005 highly acclaimed Live It Out (buy cd here ). Written by the band in a farmhouse outside Seattle and by frontwoman Emily Haines while on a soul-cleansing sojourn to Argentina, Fantasies is a densely textured modern mix of psychedelia, electro, and rock with a "really big and really dreamy" sound, says guitarist/co-founder Jimmy Shaw. Haines adds, "For me, the major influences on the record [...]
I've been looking forward to hearing Metric 's newest offering 'Fantasies'. According to guitarist and co-founder Jimmy Shaw, its a 'densely textured modern mix of psychedelia, electro, and rock with a really big and really dreamy' sound. Click below to get an acoustic version of ' Help I'm Alive '. This version won't appear on the physical album (hitting stores on April 14th), so follow the link to hear Emily lyrically summing up her state of mind coming into recording this album. You can also pre-order ' Fantasies ' at ilovemetric.com [...]
Filed under: News , Exclusive Emily Haines has seen a lot of musical action over the past ten years. The singer/pianist is an original member of the Broken Social Scene and released a few stellar records of her own. But when it came time write some new songs for her main gig, Metric , Haines wanted to break away from her normal routine. "I was literally looking online and being like 'OK -- room, Steinway, piano, room,'" Haines tells Spinner about her quest. "Then [...]
by that damn deer Our friends spoil us. We got an email from our homeboy Christos a couple days ago, and this is all it said: no particular reason... no reason at all.. a random 10 tracks I want to share with you all. Sick right? We felt obligated to share the wealth, so grab all 10 jams with the zip - christos rox.zip - or check each track after the jump. If you dig his [...]
On April 14th, Metric will release Fantasies , their 4th studio full-length. You can watch the video and download the mp3 for the record's first single, "Help I'm Alive". Metric will hit the road in June in support of Fantasies . Watch "Help I'm Alive": Download "Help I'm Alive": Tracklisting : 01. Help I'm Alive 02. Sick Muse 03. Satellite Mind 04. Twilight Galaxy 05. Gold Guns Girls 06. Gimme Sympathy 07. Collect Call [...]
image via The Playlist I'm not sure where my thoughts lie with a new Metric album coming down the pipe in just a few short months. As much as I loved Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? , the follow-up in 2007 was just a major disappointment. Some of you may disagree, but the band drifted so far away from what made them special in the first place, and decided to just "rock out" with 2007's Live It Out . Thankfully, the [...]
Although I haven't fully recovered emotionally from the Superbowl yesterday, I felt I needed to post today. The funny thing is that my team wasn't even in the damn game and I still took the loss harder than a healthy person should. Anyways, today I felt like sharing a song from the Canadian indie super-group Broken Social Scene . Currently consisting of 19 members from various Canadian groups and solo projects, the band has released 4 studio albums. Shampoo Suicide comes from the band's Juno -winning 2002 album You Forgot It in People . I first [...]
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On April 14, 2009 Metric will release their fourth full length studio album, Fantasies , in the United States and Canada. The album will be available for pre-order starting March 2, 2009 at www.ilovemetric.com in one of several possible product configurations. Fans who pre-order the album will immediately get an MP3 of the album's first single "Help I'm Alive" plus bonus materials exclusive to the pre-order. Metric made a point of taking their time with the writing process on the new album and many of the songs were road tested [...]
One night last week when I should have already been asleep, instead I sat up in bed scrolling through Failblog archives and absolutely dying laughing. Along with the FYP blog ( for example: omg ), Failblog is my new favorite - for reasons like this or this , or this or this . That'll start your Monday off right; so will these songs. [...]
by shell b. (pics by alex poulin & marc evan) Metric is in my top 3 favorite bands based on my relative perception of music combined with my life experiences, but the wait for the new record is becoming unbearable. Its been three years of waiting for the new album, pacified throughout the duration with one and a half solo releases by Emily Haines , a slew of live performances, and a couple advanced leaks off the upcoming album. Now this record is on the brink of dropping [...]
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"my heart keeps beating like a hammer" NEW TO US/ 2009 FORECAST: Metric - Help, I'm Alive words: Jamie Milton When you learn that Emily Haines writes every Metric song in the same way that she did for her solo, Soft Skeleton album, you can only think up the wonderful process of how a basic, four-chord piano tune could progress into something like this. Haines may have gone away to work on her own project last year but Metric's still very much at the [...]
Metric as a band has gone off the radar for a while. Their last album was in 2005, with that hit " Monster Hospital " the whole world went crazy over. Lead Singer Emily Haines did her solo work which was both AMAZING and magical, but Emily with Metric as a band gave her edge, her frailties masked with their contributions. This time, she left for Buenos Aires for some soul searching. She actually [...]
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