Metric

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New York City, United States (1998 – present)

Metric is a new wave/indie rock band that was formed in 1998 in New York City, United States. They are currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

The band consists of vocalist and keyboardist Emily Haines, guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead, and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their debut album, Grow Up and Blow Away, was recorded in 2001, but the official release was delayed for years by their record label. As the years passed, the band’s sound changed to the point where they no longer felt the album would be what the fans expected to hear, so Metric recorded a completely new album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, that was released in 2003. Their third album, Live It Out, was originally released in 2005, but followed by a Drowned in Sound UK release in 2006. Last Gang Records later purchased the rights to their delayed album, Grow Up and Blow Away, did minor changes to the tracklist and released it on June 26, 2007.

Haines and Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene, and Haines has been a guest on albums by Stars, K.C. Accidental, Delerium, The Stills, and Jason Collett. Scott-Key and Winstead have their own side project, bang lime, and Haines has released a solo album under the name Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton.

Metric is also featured on the Cannes-awarded (Best Actress) film “Clean”, playing themselves.

Official site: www.ilovemetric.com

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2	Monster Hospital full track	2,852
3	Dead Disco full track	2,818
4	Succexy full track	2,130
5	Poster of a Girl full track	2,127
6	Grow Up and Blow Away full track	2,025
7	The Twist full track	1,853
8	Empty full track	1,741
9	Soft Rock Star full track	1,673
10	Wet Blanket full track	1,670
11	Hustle Rose full track	1,660
12	The Police and the Private full track	1,657
13	Raw Sugar full track	1,653
14	Too Little Too Late full track	1,524
15	Love Is a Place full track	1,510

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Avant-gardess wrote:
yesterday evening

me likey!

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mindzaimusic wrote:
yesterday afternoon

I love METRIC!!!!

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dogdayafternoon wrote:
yesterday morning

metric got a pretty sweet write up over at: Cougar Microbes

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biacr wrote:
yesterday morning

great great music :)

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KwazyKat wrote:
Thursday evening

Truly divine. ♥

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Nasef wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

Need new album please!!

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servatio wrote:
Tuesday afternoon

Down ♥

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cuek wrote:
Tuesday morning

eres bella!!

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lotty_lou wrote:
Monday afternoon

raw sugar...i don't wanna die livin' in a high-rise grave i pay to call home.. <3 love it

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Polytechnic wrote:
Sunday afternoon

There's now a Metric google theme! http://awesomestart.com/metric It's just like google.com, but it's got metric on it and you can customize all the links and stuff.

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BJ86 wrote:
last week

...poster of a girl.

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Trickface wrote:
last week

With a....

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ndove wrote:
last week

simply brilliant. dead disco ftw

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sfpavel wrote:
last week

the twist.....

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ROREE626 wrote:
last week

<333

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Shih-Tzu wrote:
last week

Listen to the Sad Monkeys at http://www.last.fm/music/Sad+Monkeys You might like it!

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H0NKYM4G00 wrote:
last week

For the off chance...

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ihateonions wrote:
last month

<333

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megstar79 wrote:
last month

ive heard a few songs here and there, but seeing them at rockin' at the knox yesterday...... im all about metric.

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SOimalex wrote:
last month

Awesome job at Ronkin' at the Knox yesterday!!!

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