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  SPIN's 25 Best Summer 2012 Tours

  June 7, 2012 –  …
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  Stream Metric's 'Synthetica' LP: Hear Lou Reed's Cameo

  June 5, 2012 – "I'm just as fucked up as they say," Emily Haines sings at the start of Metric's new album, Synthetica (due out on June 12). Maybe, but elegantly so, to judge by the Canadian new-wave rockers' full 11-track effort, the follow-up to 2009's Fantasies. We've already heard the pounding generational complaint "Youth Without Youth" and atmospherically brooding "Speed the Collapse"; now, stream the whole LP below. …
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  Hear Metric's Moody, Gleaming Rocker 'Speed the Collapse'

  May 23, 2012 – Metric fans who pre-ordered the Canadian rockers' new album through the band's website got a shimmering surprise in their inboxes yesterday. That's "Speed the Collapse," a layered, sophisticated head-nodder from June 12 release Synthetica, and it was actually the second song sent with pre-orders. …
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  Metric's 'Synthetica' Single 'Youth Without Youth' Arrives With Fall Tour Dates

  May 1, 2012 – Student loan debt is on a lot of people's minds lately. Protesters gathered last week in New York and about 20 other cities to call for forgiveness of this debt load, which has reached $1 trillion nationally. President Barack Obama "slow jammed the news" with the Roots to argue for keeping interest rates low on subsidized student loans. …
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  Metric Offer Peek Into Creative Process Behind 'Synthetica'

  April 17, 2012 – As Metric's Emily Haines wrote in a letter to fans in late February, the band's June 12 album Synthetica, "is about forcing yourself to confront what you see in the mirror when you finally stand still long enough to catch a reflection. Synthetica is about being able to identify the original in a long line of reproductions. …
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  Osheaga Confirms Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, Justice as 2012 Headliners

  March 21, 2012 – This August, Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau will welcome the Black Keys, Snoop Dogg, Justice, Metric, and Sigúr Rós as headliners for the Osheaga Music and Arts Festival. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of Week

  October 8, 2011 – This week, Apple co-founder Steve Jobs died at 56, Metric singer Emily Haines revealed details about the Canadian indie rock quartet's upcoming fifth studio album, and Smashing Pumpkins premiered new tracks at their tour kickoff in Los Angeles. …
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  IN THE STUDIO: Emily Haines Talks Metric LP

  October 3, 2011 – Last November, Metric capped their first decade as a band with gigs at NYC's Museum of Modern Art and Miami's edgy Art Basel festival, and tied a bow on their touring cycle behind 2009's Fantasies. …
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  Metric Perform at Museum of Modern Art

  November 11, 2010 –  …
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  Win VIP Tickets to VOODOO!

  September 2, 2010 – This year's Voodoo Experience in New Orleans is stacked with an incredible line up including MGMT, Hot Chip, Muse, Ozzy, Weezer, Drake, Interpol, My Morning Jacket, Metric, and tons more. …
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