| Metric | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New York City, USA Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Indie rock Indie pop New Wave |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Label(s) | Last Gang Records Drowned in Sound |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| Emily Haines Joules Scott-Key James Shaw Josh Winstead |
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Metric is a Canadian indie rock band. The City of New York The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene "Twee" redirects here For a definition of the word see its entry at wiktionary. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Last Gang Records is a record label that was formed by Canadian music industry attorney Chris Taylor and concert promoter Donald Tarlton in the Fall of 2003 at the DrownedinSoundcom or DiS is a UK based music Webzine financed by artist management company Silentway (who manage Mick Hucknall and Brett Emily Haines (born 1974 in New Delhi India) is a member of the bands Metric, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton and Broken Social Scene. James Shaw (sometimes credited as Jimmy Shaw) is the lead guitarist of the popular Canadian Indie rock band Metric. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto, Ontario. The City of New York Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec
The band consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the synthesizer), guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Emily Haines (born 1974 in New Delhi India) is a member of the bands Metric, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton and Broken Social Scene. James Shaw (sometimes credited as Jimmy Shaw) is the lead guitarist of the popular Canadian Indie rock band Metric. Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003. Old World Underground Where Are You Now? is a 2003 Album by Canadian Indie rock band Metric. Live It Out was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian Album of The Year as well as earning the Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Live It Out is the second album released by the Canadian Indie rock band Metric. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Polaris Music Prize is a music award annually given to the best full-length Canadian Album based on artistic merit regardless of genre sales or record label The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music The Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year is presented annually at Canada 's Juno Awards to honour the best album of the year in the Alternative rock
Their newest album Grow Up and Blow Away was released on June 26, 2007 under record label Last Gang Records. Grow Up and Blow Away was the first recorded album by Indie rock band Metric. Last Gang Records is a record label that was formed by Canadian music industry attorney Chris Taylor and concert promoter Donald Tarlton in the Fall of 2003 at the Mostly comprised of songs previously recorded, Metric re-worked their early songs to create a new CD almost a decade later.
Haines and Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene, and Haines has been a guest on albums by Stars, KC Accidental, Delerium, The Stills, and Jason Collett. Broken Social Scene are a Juno Award winning Canadian Indie rock supergroup, a Musical collective currently including nineteen Stars is a Juno Award -nominated Canadian Indie pop band Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist KC Accidental was a Canadian Indie rock band which formed the original basis for Broken Social Scene. Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987 originally as a side project of the influential Industrial music Jason Collett is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, born in Bramalea Ontario and attended St Scott-Key and Winstead have their own side project, Bang Lime, and Haines has released a solo album under the name Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton. Bang Lime is a Indie rock group formed by Joules Scott-Key and Josh Winstead of Metric.
Their songs "Monster Hospital" and "Police and the Private" have been used on the television show Grey's Anatomy. Grey’s Anatomy is an American Primetime television medical drama. "Monster Hospital" has also been used in CSI: Miami. CSI Miami is a spin-off of the CBS network series. CSI Miami airs new episodes Mondays at 10 PM ET/PT on CBS.
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Born in North Bay, Ontario, Canada, raised in New Delhi, India and with extended family in the United States, Emily Haines grew up as a dual citizen. New Delhi (नई दिल्ली ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ نئی دلی is the Capital city of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Emily Haines (born 1974 in New Delhi India) is a member of the bands Metric, Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton and Broken Social Scene. The daughter of avant-garde jazz musician and poet Paul Haines (best known for his lyrical collaboration with Carla Bley in the 1971 jazz opera Escalator over the Hill), Haines settled in New Delhi at the age of 3. Paul Haines ( 1933 - January 21, 2003) was a poet and jazz lyricist Carla Bley, née Borg, (born May 11, 1936) is an American Jazz Composer, pianist, Organist and band Escalator over the Hill (or EOTH) is mostly referred to as a Jazz Opera, but it was released as a "chronotransduction" with "words Paul would often make cassettes of rare and eclectic music for his daughter to listen to and her early influences included Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, and later PJ Harvey. Robert Wyatt (born Robert Wyatt-Ellidge, 28 January 1945 in Bristol) is an English Musician, and founding member of the influential Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English Musician and Songwriter. By her teens she followed her parents' footsteps by attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts. The Etobicoke School of the Arts is a specialized public arts-academic high school located in Etobicoke area of Toronto, Canada. There she met Amy Millan and Kevin Drew, with whom she would later collaborate in songs for Stars and Broken Social Scene. Amy Millan (born December 3 1973) is a Canadian Indie rock singer and guitarist Kevin Drew is a Canadian musician and songwriter who together with Brendan Canning, founded the expansive Toronto baroque-pop collective Broken Social Stars is a Juno Award -nominated Canadian Indie pop band Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Broken Social Scene are a Juno Award winning Canadian Indie rock supergroup, a Musical collective currently including nineteen Haines and Millan briefly formed their first band around 1990 while at Etobicoke, and with songs later written and recorded while at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1992-1993, at Toronto in 1995, and at Concordia University in Montreal in 1995-1996, Haines distributed in 1996 an early effort called Cut in Half and Also Double with a limited number of copies. Vancouver (vænˈkuːvɚ is a coastal Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Cut In Half and Also Double is an extremely rare album by Canadian artist Emily Haines that she self-released in 1996
Shortly before this, Toronto native James Shaw was a student at a Boston music school and was friends with Torquil Campbell, a vocalist who would later form Stars, and Chris Seligman, the future synthesizer player of Stars. James Shaw (sometimes credited as Jimmy Shaw) is the lead guitarist of the popular Canadian Indie rock band Metric. Torquil Campbell is the lead singer and songwriter for the Montreal -based Indie rock band Stars. Stars is a Juno Award -nominated Canadian Indie pop band Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Stars is a Juno Award -nominated Canadian Indie pop band Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Stars is a Juno Award -nominated Canadian Indie pop band Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Torq had plans to move to New York City and on his suggestion Shaw applied to Juilliard Music School and moved to New York with him. The City of New York The Juilliard School, located in New York City, is a world renowned Performing arts conservatory. After a three-year education at the institution, Shaw had acquired considerable classical training but did not enjoy his stay and knew that his musical interests lay elsewhere. In 1998, Shaw and Torquil returned to Toronto, where Haines met Shaw through mutual friends in the local music scene. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Shaw moved to Montreal where Haines was still living and the two worked on filling out each other's projects. For example, Shaw had an instrumental song built around piano chords and Emily had a completely different song with a vocal line that fit perfectly around the chords. The result was the song "Butcher", and eventually the two of them had completed several other tracks in their home studio (including "The People", "The Battlecry", "The Mandate", "The Lifestyle"). This resulted in what they called Mainstream E. P. , a collection of demos with an overall downtempo and electronic feel. Downtempo (or Downbeat) is a laid-back Electronic music style similar to Ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike
In the fall of 1998, Shaw moved back to New York City, this time accompanied with Haines, Campbell, and Seligman. The City of New York There they shared a flat in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Brooklyn (named after the Dutch town Breukelen) is one of the five boroughs of New York City. During their two-year stay at the loft, Haines and Shaw were erstwhile roommates with future members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Liars. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City -based Alternative rock band Liars is a four-piece American band consisting of Australian-born Angus Andrew (vocals/guitar Aaron Hemphill (percussion guitar synth Evan Shewchuk (maracas/xylophone and Julian In 1999, Shaw and Haines decided to call their partnership "Metric", after a synthesizer beat that Shaw used on his sampler and as a reference to the duo's musical precision. A sampler is an electronic musical instrument closely related to a Synthesizer. Warner Bros. Records initially showed some interest in the group but decided against signing them. Warner Bros Records Inc is an American Record label that operates as a wholly owned Subsidiary of Warner Music Group. However, a producer in London saw the potential of commercial success from the demos of Mainstream E. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. P. and offered to bring Metric to the UK for a possible record deal. Eager to take a break from the somewhat miserable conditions of the loft, Haines and Shaw set off to London in early 2000 and signed a deal with Chrysalis Records. Chrysalis Records was a British Record label that was created in 1969 With the help of producer Stephen Hague, an influential figure in the synthpop/New Wave genre(s) who had produced such '80s acts as Erasure, New Order, and the Pet Shop Boys, Metric worked on a new batch of New Wave/electropop drum-machine paced songs that would form the nucleus of their debut album. Stephen Hague is an American Music producer most active with various British acts in the 1980s Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Erasure are an English Synth pop duo formed by Songwriter and Keyboardist Vince Clarke and Singer New Order are an English rock group formed in 1980 by Bernard Sumner ( vocals, Guitars Synthesizers, Peter Hook The capitalisation of song titles in this article is disputed New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s For the early "drum machine" computers that used a rotating cylinder as their main memory see Drum memory A drum machine is an This nucleus formed the basis for an eclectic style that would be prescient for bands in the years ahead with their musical mix - described as "a combination of new wave, electropop and dashed with a trifle of trip hop". New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Trip hop is a music Genre also known as the Bristol sound or Bristol acid rap. Although Metric already had a semi-mainstream appeal, they were being pushed in too much of a commercial direction and had no desire to set aside their experimental underground tendencies. Mainstream is generally the common current of Thought of the Majority. Underground music refers to a variety of post-1960s rock pop or dance subgenres that developed a Cult following despite their lack of Mainstream appeal visibility Metric also had difficulty breaking into the club scene in London and performed fewer shows than expected (in October 2000 they performed at a Charlotte Road club in London). By November, the record deal had fallen through, and they moved back to United States by the end of the year to take up residence again in their Brooklyn flat. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
Metric continued to work on their debut album in the first few months of 2001. Now dubbed Grow Up and Blow Away, the effort revealed a more musically-layered and mature sound than the earlier Mainstream E. P. The album under construction included commercial-friendly uptempo songs such as the title track "Grow Up and Blow Away", "Raw Sugar", and "Soft Rock Star" (distinguished by a vaguely Beatlesque melody, high-pitched singing in the chorus, and lyrics evoking middle school angst), downtempo songs like "White Gold", "The Twist", and "Rock Me Now" (which included singing by Shaw, spoken-word vocals by Haines in a manner reminiscent of "The Mandate", and had an overall jazzy vibe). Uptempo (also spelled up-tempo) is a generally used term especially in music but also in other areas meaning a fast lively or increased tempo or played or done in such a tempo Downtempo (or Downbeat) is a laid-back Electronic music style similar to Ambient music, but usually with a beat or groove unlike "Parkdale", featuring trumpeting by Shaw and a fanfare intro, concerned the edgy and dynamic Toronto neighborhood. Parkdale can refer to several different things Communities;Australia Parkdale Victoria;Canada Parkdale Toronto Haines and Shaw completed the album in April and by this time had found a new label for their release -- Restless Records -- the L. Restless Records was a Hollywood California based Independent record label which was started by Enigma Records. A. indie record company that promoted such acts as They Might Be Giants, Agent Orange, and The Dead Milkmen. An independent record label (or indie record label) is a Record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the Major record labels They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American Alternative rock band which began as a duo of John Flansburgh and John Agent Orange is a punk band from Placentia, California. They are a surf-punk band from the 1980s who first gained attention with their song Bloodstains The Dead Milkmen were a satirical punk band formed in 1983 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
Metric had also gained a new bandmate in the winter of 2001 -- Joules Scott-Key -- a native of Flint, Michigan who was attending college in Texas and was in town with his friend Joshua Winstead (also from Texas) performing in the local music scene. Metric is a Canadian New Wave / Indie rock band Originally formed in 1998 in New York City, they are currently based in Toronto Scott-Key (no relation to Francis Scott Key) and Winstead had known each other for about a decade and they met Haines and Shaw at Brooklyn loft and at local performances. Francis Scott Key ( August 1, 1779 &ndash January 11, 1843) was an American Lawyer, author and amateur Metric at the time was for the most part a studio band and live shows approximated the Synthesizer-centered and drum-machine driven sound of the recordings. This made for somewhat restrained and less-than-dynamic performances. The recruitment of a drummer, particularly one of Scott-Key's talents, facilitated a stronger, more engaging live presence. Metric performed in New York quite a bit in early spring and late summer 2001, appearing with such acts as Stars, Tahiti 80, and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Stars is a Juno Award -nominated Canadian Indie pop band Originally formed in Toronto by vocalist Torquil Campbell and keyboardist Tahiti 80 is an English-language French pop group formed in 1993 in Rouen, France. The Yeah Yeah Yeahs are a New York City -based Alternative rock band Metric also performed at the Toronto "Festival of Beer" in August.
Metric received their first national exposure in August 2001 with the television commercial "Be Afraid", advertising Polaroid's I-Zone Pocket Fortune film. A television advertisement or television commercial (often just commercial or advert (US or ad (UK is a span of television programming produced For the Polaroid instant camera see Instant camera. For the company see Polaroid Corporation. The music used for the ad was taken from the song "Grow Up and Blow Away", with the line "Why does it feel so good to die today?" changed to the more benign "Why does it feel so good to fly away?". The film (which added "fortune cookie"-like messages to instant photos) was a flop, but the commercial drew curious music listeners to the Polaroid website to learn of the source of the Synth-pop music used in the commercial. Synthpop is a subgenre of New Wave and Pop music in which the Synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument
Recently an unknown 2002 single promo remix of Grow Up and Blow away surfaced. No other copy has surfaced before or after. The sound recording copyright(UK style with a P inside of a circle) is attributed to Restless Records which had been acquired by Rykodisc in 2001. This would indicate that the band and or label were still attempting to get the album released. The validity of this remix promo can be assured through the typed write-up on a see through plastic vinyl cover which refers to only Shaw and Haines as members of Metric but finishes off with the line "More to come. " This same line appears at the end of a write up on (Metric's site circa 2002)and would appear to be linked to the same writers style.
In 2003, Metric released their first official album Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?. Old World Underground Where Are You Now? is a 2003 Album by Canadian Indie rock band Metric. The album was received with mostly positive reviews. The group released six singles from the album, the most successful being "Combat Baby", which was featured as a free single on iTunes in 2004. As of December 12, 2005 the album went gold in Canada. Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Metric was featured as themselves in the 2004 independent film, Clean. Clean is a 2004 Film directed by French director Olivier Assayas, starring Nick Nolte and Maggie Cheung
Two years later, Metric released their second studio album on October 4, Live It Out. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Live It Out is the second album released by the Canadian Indie rock band Metric. This album, like its predecessor, was well received. During this time, Metric was approached by and agreed to open for the Rolling Stones whose tour coincided with theirs in New York City. The City of New York Live It Out has been a success in Canada, already selling twice as many copies as Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? and scoring them three top 20 singles for "Monster Hospital", "Poster of a Girl" and "Hand$hake$". Live It Out is the second album released by the Canadian Indie rock band Metric. The album has gone two times platinum in Canada, selling over 200,000 units. In the UK, all three of the singles have been used in the soundtrack to the TV series Hollyoaks, The band used a UK-wide tour supporting Bloc Party to promote Live it Out. Hollyoaks is a British television Soap opera which was first broadcast on 23 October 1995 on Channel 4. Bloc Party are a British Indie rock band composed of Kele Okereke on vocals and Rhythm guitar, Russell Lissack on
Information about the currently untitled album is scarce but Haines has stated that she “. . . can see that we're all feeling more experimental on this record, and imaginative. " The band has played a few of the new songs live but says that some are incomplete. Haines said that there will be a tribute to Freddie Mercury, either going by the name "Black Sheep" or "Freddy Mercury", containing the lyrics "black sheep, come home, black sheep, come home '" the "black sheep" sung by Emily and the "come home" sung by the Josh who also now plays a bit of keys on the album bringing all three of them to play some sort of keyboard. Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991 was a Zanzibar -born British Musician, best known as the lead At the Vancouver Virgin Music Festival, Emily had the following to say after playing a new track: "That one was called Up In Flames. . . we may call name the new album that". There is quite a bit of alternation in singing throughout a few of the songs at least. It was recently announced that Metric would play during Orientation Week at Queen's University, Brock University, University of Guelph, McMaster University, Niagara College and McGill University this coming term. Brock University, generally referred to simply as Brock, is a comprehensive university located in St The University of Guelph, also known as U of G, is a medium-sized University located in Guelph, Ontario, established in 1964 McMaster redirects here for others see McMaster (disambiguation. Niagara College is a College of Applied Arts and Technology within the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario. Interestingly, Metric did not play at the more well renowned McGill University, instead playing at Concordia University where Haines stated that she was in fact Concordia Alumni. Concordia University is a comprehensive Public university located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
On June 26, 2007, Last Gang Records released Metric's 1999 album Grow up and Blow Away. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian is killed during the retreat from the Sassanid Empire. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Last Gang Records is a record label that was formed by Canadian music industry attorney Chris Taylor and concert promoter Donald Tarlton in the Fall of 2003 at the See also 1999 in music (UK Musical groups established in 1999 Record Grow Up and Blow Away was the first recorded album by Indie rock band Metric.
On October 4, 2007, Metric played a live webcasted show on MySpace.com's "Hey Play This" program. Events 610 - Heraclius arrives by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrows Byzantine Emperor Phocas Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and Fans sent in requests and the band played a selected few. Along with old material, they performed some new songs. New songs include "Freddie" (aka: "Black Sheep"), "Standing in Line", "Give Me Sympathy" (aka: "The Hooks"), "Twilight", "Joyride" and "Stadium Love. "
On November 13, 2007 Last Gang Records released a trailer on YouTube for an upcoming Metric DVD showcasing a live concert at the Metropolis building in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as well as all three music videos from Live It Out. Events 1002 - English king Ethelred orders the killing of all Danes in England, known today as the St Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees DVD (also known as " Digital Versatile Disc " or " Digital Video Disc " - see Etymology)is Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Live It Out is the second album released by the Canadian Indie rock band Metric. The DVD was released on February 12, 2008. Events 1429 - English Forces under Sir John Fastolf defend a supply convoy carrying rations to the army besieging Orleans from attack by the 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common A 3-track audio EP was released on iTunes in December. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify iTunes is a proprietary digital media player application introduced by Apple Inc The EP features the live tracks "The Police and the Private," "Too Little Too Late," and "Patriarch On a Vespa" from the DVD, as well as the DVD trailer.
The band is "taking a break" from the recording of their upcoming fourth album and have added several shows to their tour, including venues in British Columbia, and Mexico. British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. The band performed at the 2008 Coachella Music Festival in Indio, California on April 27th, 2008, and at the 2008 Pemberton Festival in Pemberton, British Columbia. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Pemberton Festival was a three-day summer Music festival inaugurated in 2008 Pemberton is a village north of Whistler in the Pemberton Valley of British Columbia in Canada, with a population of 2192 [1]
It is currently unknown when the untitled fourth album from the band will be released.
Grow Up And Blow Away (recorded in 2001/released in 2007)
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Live It Out