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  Exclusive Video: Metric, Unplugged in NYC

  February 27, 2009 – Metric will release their first record in four years, Fantasies, on April 14.Anxious to hear the new tunes?Why wait: SPIN.com has video of the band playing acoustic renditions of two new songs in our office! Below, check out video of frontwoman Emily Haines and guitarist Jimmy Shaw performing "Twilight Galaxy" and "Front Row." Then watch legendary VJ John Norris chat with the duo about their upcoming release, its creation and sound, th …
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  Metric Talk About New Album

  January 28, 2009 – Perhaps waiting four years to release your latest album develops your taste for risk-taking. At least, that's the way Metric seems to see their decision to self-release Fantasies, due out April 14. "We just said, 'Oh fuck it, lets gamble,' took a deep breath and decided to put this record out worldwide our own way," frontwoman (and perennial indie crush) Emily Haines said in a statement. …
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  Metric Debut New Songs Live!

  December 15, 2008 – Though the weather outside Sound Academy was frightful Saturday night, a packed crowd seemed delighted by the Canadian indie flair of Toronto's annual Jingle Bell Rock concert. …
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  Metric (picked by Gym Class Heroes)

  September 12, 2008 – After discovering Metric via an MTV show on new bands, Gym Class Heroes guitarist Disashi Lumumba-Kasongo went straight to the almighty Internet to learn more. "I liked them so much that I bought their albums," he tells SPIN.com. Find out what Disashi loves about Metric -- from frontwoman Emily Haines' lyrics to Jimmy Shaw's angular guitar riffs -- in the video blog below. …
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  All Points West '08 Recap: Saturday

  August 11, 2008 – Ladies of the World Unite! Playing in her native New Jersey, Nicole Atkins emerged from the shadows as a new kind of American sweetheart, blending elements of warm country women of the past with '50s Supremes shoo-bops and pop melodies for a contemporary indie crowd. Atkins was a warm and Southern-tinged brand of stateside sass in comparison to Emily Haines, the lame jumper-clad Canadian sparkplug of Metric. …
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  Broken Social Scene

  June 11, 2008 – What: With the second installment of the Broken Social Scene Presents series -- Brendan Canning's Something for All of Us -- scheduled to drop July 22, the Toronto collective will bring their expansive jam-pop to Bonnaroo this weekend. The group is known for its multi-faceted, heavily-instrumented songs, in which multitudinous musical ingredients build together around simple song structures. …
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