Metric is a Canadian indie rock band.
The band consists of vocalist Emily Haines, guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. They formed in Toronto but, at various times, have been based in Montréal, London, New York and L.A.
Metric's 2003 debut, Old World Underground Where Are You Now?, was a statement of both resignation and resurrection: when the underground you once romanticized has given way to pre-fab Rebellion, grab a shovel and start digging your own subterranean sanctuary.
But spend enough time down and out of sight and you start feeling the need to come up for air. And when Metric did just that after a year of ceaseless, club-by-club conversions, they were confronted with a strangely beautiful sight: a crowd of people looking right back at them.
The very fashionistas and consumerists they slyly satirized in songs like "Dead Disco," "Combat Baby" and "The List" were singing along with them. And it felt good.
Genres
Indie rock
Indie pop
New Wave
Years Active
1998-present
Website
http://www.ilovemetric.com
Members
Emily Haines
James Shaw
Josh Winstead
Joules Scott-Key
History
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003-2005)
After touring non-stop between 2003's breakthrough release Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? and 2005's frenzied follow-up Live It Out, Metric sought sanctuary in sideline pursuits — Haines threw herself into the Soft Skeleton and took a soul-cleansing sojourn to Argentina; guitarist/co-founder Jimmy Shaw built a neighborhood recording facility, Giant Studio, on Toronto's burgeoning Ossington Avenue strip with his neighbor Sebastian Grainger; while the Oakland, California-based rhythm section of bassist Joshua Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key toured their own garage-rock offshoot, Bang Lime.
Personal life
Emily Haines is the daugther of Canadian poet, Paul Haines.
Accomplishments
Live It Out was shortlisted for a Polaris Music Prize in 2006. Fantasies was shortlisted for the Polaris in 2009.
Press
Fantasies review in Exclaim Magazine:
http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid2=850&fid1=37976&csid1=133
Discography
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Grow Up And Blow Away
Last Gang Records
2001 |
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Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Last Gang Records
2003 |
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Live It Out
Last Gang Records
2005 |
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Fantasies
Last Gang Records / Arts & Crafts
2009 |
Songs
Tour
Current tour dates, or list of dates.
Similar artists
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References
External links
Metric on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/metricmusicMetric on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/metricOnline Store:
http://www.killthe8.com/metric/pages/796Official Website:
http://www.ilovemetric.com/Metric Myspace Page:
http://www.myspace.com/metric