28/06/08 Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Motomix
11/07/08 Ottawa Bluesfest, Ottawa - 9:30 pm on the River Stage
25/07/08 Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton Festival (info)
09/08/08 All Points West Music+Arts Festival, Liberty State Park, Jersey City, NJ
15/08/08 Cumberland Village Park, Cumberland B.C.
Aunque se formaron a finales de los noventa en Nueva York, por circunstancias indeterminadas (o por demás prescindibles para este post), Metric terminó forjándose –como la banda que conocemos hoy– en la ciudad de Toronto, muy cerca de la gente de Broken Social Scene y, en algunos casos, Stars.
Hey, if you missed the show this weekend at Coachella, or if you just want to relive it, Kurt654 posted a bunch of videos on Youtube... check them out - http://www.youtube.com/user/kurt654
We also performed an acoustic version of a new song "Give Me Sympathy” at Coachella for Spin.com -
Check it out!
We're taking a break from the studio and heading
back out on the road! Hope to see you there!
16/04/08 Victoria, BC @ Element
(info)
17/04/08 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom (info)
24/04/08 Monterrey, Mexico @ Uma Bar
25/04/08 Mexico City, Mexico @ Vive Cuervo Salón
26/04/08 Guadalajara, Mexico @ Zero Fest
27/04/08 Indio, California @ Coachella
28/06/08 Sao Paulo, Brazil @ Motomix
25/07/08 Pemberton, BC @ Pemberton Festival (info)
17/01/2008
Hey everyone!…..we’re excited to let
you all know that our first ever live DVD will be
screening at theatres in Canada and the US over
the next few weeks!!
The DVD features
a live show we played in Montreal at Metropolis
during the Live It Out tour, as well as some cool
extras. It will be released in stores and online
February 12th.
We are really excited to be releasing a
DVD in February, called Live At Metropolis. You
can download three audio tracks from the DVD, plus
the video trailer on iTunes for a dollar!
It's available in Canada now, and in the US starting
Dec. 18th.
12/01/2007
Hey all! Jimmy will be playing a very special accoustic
set with Kevin Drew (of Broken Social Scene) and
Chikita Violenta on Monday, December 3rd @ Pata
Negra (upstairs). More info is below, but hopefully
some of you can make it out.
Accoustic Set: Kevin Drew (BSS) + James Shaw (Metric)
+ Chikita Violenta Monday, December 3rd Pata Negra
(upstairs) Tamaulipas 30, Col.
Condesa, Mexico City, MEXICO
Hello People,
Just a heads up, Emily was nominated
for a couple PLUG
Awards! Basically, how it
works is nominees are picked
by a group of artists, journalists,
label employees, and other music
industry insiders and the winners
are completely decided by voters
like you!
Voting is open until February 8, and
the winners will be announced at the
PLUG Awards Ceremony and Concert on
March 6, 2008 at Terminal 5 in New York
City.
Em's nominated in Best Video for Our
Hell and Female Artist of the Year.
Here is the trailer to the Live at Metropolis
that we've been working on! It's going to
be available in stores on February 12. In
the meantime, you can download 3 audio tracks
from iTunes mid-December for .99cents and
receive this trailer as a bonus for your
iPods and iPhones. What a sweet deal!
Revised Broadcast Notification of
Metric
on NPR's World Cafe!
The World Cafe will be broadcasting
the session on
Thursday, October 25th, 2007.
National
Public Radio's World Cafe with host David
Dye can be heard on nearly 200 stations nationwide.
Fans can find their local station by going
to our website: http://worldcafe.org
Or listen online to the WXPN/Philadelphia
stream Monday to Friday 2pm to 4pm Eastern
Standard Time by going to: http://xpn.org/listen_live/listen.php
10/01/2007
Hey Everyone, We’re playing a special show at the
MySpace HQ on October 4th at 9PM EST. It’s
called “Hey, Play This!” and will be
broadcast live! You can send us song requests over
MySpace IM….check out the details here – www.myspace.com/heyplaythis
There are a limited number of tickets available
for fans that would like to attend the show. If
you would like to go, send us an email
to metriclive@lastgangrecords.com with your
name, age and home city.
01/08/2007
Hey People, We're cooking up something awesome for
our Fall tour that we will rely on you guys to make
a reality. We're figuring out how it's all going
to go down, so check back here in a few weeks for
the goods. In the meantime, check out these ladies
of Ithica: http://youtube.com/watch?v=xeeV6583d_I
See you on the road!
09/09/07
Toronto, ON @ VFEST 2007, Toronto Island Park (info)
14/09/07 Halifax, NS @ The Cunard Centre (info)
16/09/07 St. Johns, NF @ Club One (info)
19/09/07 Philadelphia @ Trocadero
20/09/07 Washington, DC @ 930 Club
21/09/07 New York @ Webster Hall
22/09/07 Buffalo @ Town Ballroom
23/09/07 Pittsburg, PA @ Mr. Smalls
24/09/07 Detroit @ St Andrews
25/09/07 Chicago @ Metro
26/09/07 Minneapolis @ First Avenue
28/09/07 Denver @ Bluebird
Mon Oct 1 Phoenix – Martini Rance
Tue Oct 2 Pamona – Glass House
Wed Oct 3 San Diego – House of Blues
Fri Oct 5 Los Angeles - Fonda
Sat Oct 6 San Francisco – Download Festival
Mon Oct 8 Portland - Wonder
Tue Oct 9 Seattle - Showbox
26/07/2007
Hello everyone
We have some great news! Josh and Joules are heading
out on their first tour in support of their album
BEST FRIENDS IN LOVE on the guise of BANG LIME.
Check the dates and be sure to make the show...they
rock hard!
Wed Aug 8 SanDiego – Beauty Bar Thurs Aug 9 Los Angeles - Roxy (Filter
Party)
Sat Aug 11 San Francisco – Rock-It-Room
Tue Aug 14 Seattle – Chop Suey
Wed Aug 15 Portland – Lola’s
Fri Aug 17 Vancouver - The Plaza Club
Sun Aug 19 Washington, DC – DC9
Tue Aug 21 Philadelphia – The Khyber
Wed Aug 22 Brooklyn - Union Pool
Thurs Aug 23 New York - Mercury Lounge
Fri Aug 24 Toronto - Lee's
Sat Aug 25 London - Call the Office
Sun Aug 26 Hamilton – The Underground
Tue Aug 28 Montreal – Club Lambi
06/05/2007
Hello everyone
Well we have all been extremely busy, and it looks
like there are no signs of slowing down. We are
on a bit of break from writing our next album, but
we will begin again very soon. In the meanwhile
Emily is currently in England playing shows with
The Soft Skeleton (which i hear are going fantastic),
Jimmy is beginning work on Sebastien Grainger's
new album in their new recording studio Giant Studios,
and Joules and I are excited to introduce Bang Lime
our duo that has been long over due. Bang Lime is
your favorite drummer and mine Joules Scott Key
and yours truly on vocals and guitar. Recorded in
our home town of Oakland, California in a whirlwind
two week session. The album is titled Best Friends
in Love and is being released on Last Gang Records
August 14th. So take a trip over to www.myspace.com/banglime,
listen to some tunes and friend it up. BangLime.com is almost finished and looks great thanks to erin
our webmaster (great title). Can't wait to play
for you all the new music from Metric and Bang Lime,
we should have a really good time.
05/25/2007
hey all,
I'm sitting in the lounge at Vancouver
international airport about to go
back home to toronto. We've just finished
some canadian west coast shows and
we had a great time. Thanks to all
the fans who came out and supported
as we tried out some new songs, your
ears and hearts are why we do it.
As you can see I've just made myself
the biggest Bloody Mary i can take
and
will get on my flight soon. I always hate
leaving my band. But J and J live in oakland,
Emy is off to Europe to do a solo tour and
I am going home and start work on Sebastien
Grainger's Debut LP in our new studio 'Giant'.
Hopefully I'll get a few moments in the spring
sun before returning to the new Metric LP
at the end of June. Thank you all. Music is
wonderful, people are amazing, the sky is
blue, we got stadium love!
04/12/2007
Hey Everyone, we just got added to the Toronto V-
Fest, so if you're in there, try to come out. There
will be lots of great bands to watch. We're playing
on Sept 9 with The Smashing Pumpkins, Bjork, The
Killers, Interpol, Arctic Monkeys, Amy Winehouse
and more!
We've added a 3rd show at The Starlite
on May 14th and tickets will go on sale tomorrow!
The 18+ show only has a few tickets left, so act
fast if that's the one you want to go to.
We can't wait to rock with all of you!
xoxoxmetriclovesyou!
03/20/2007
Hey!! We've been hiding out writing
the next Metric record and now we're itching
to get out of the studio and back on stage.
We decided to book some smaller
shows so we can try out some of the new songs
and have some fun in the
spring with our favorite west coast kids.
Check out the dates and hopefully we see you
guys out!!
May
14 - Edmonton @ The Starlite - All Ages
May 15 - Edmonton @ The Starlite
May
16 - Edmonton @ The Starlite
May 17 - Calgary @ The Whisky
May 19 - Victoria @ The Curling Rink
May 21 - Vancouver @ Thunderbird Stadium (Virgin
Festival)
02/12/2007
METRIC TO PLAY VFEST 2007 IN VANCOUVER
VFest 2007 - Vancouver, BC
Thunderbird Stadium
May 20-21 www.virginfestival.ca/vancouver
W/ My Chemical Romance, The Killers,
Billy Talent, AFI, Rise Against, Hot
Hot Heat and More!
02/05/2007
METRIC TEAM UP WITH PLAYBOY TO FIGHT AIDS
Josh designed a t-shirt to help Playboy fight
AIDS. You can see it in the March issue available
on Feb. 9. Read all about in last weeks Pitchfork.com story.
01/11/2007
METRIC - New single and headline dates (UK)
Metric return to the UK in a few weeks to
tour with Bloc Party, but due to demand they've
added three extra headline dates for fans
in London, Brighton and Oxford.
Metric release their new single 'Empty'
on February 12th; it's taken from their
critically-celebrated album Live it Out,
which is out now via Drowned in Sound Recordings.
The single will be available digitally and
as a limited-edition 7" backed with
a remix of 'The Police And The Private'
by Howie B. Metric’s previous single
‘Monster Hospital’ filled many
an end of year list and reached number 5
in Mtv2’s tracks of the year.
UK tour dates are now as follows...
January
Sat 27th Guildhall Southampton *
Sun 28th UEA Norwich *
Tue 30th Dingwalls London
Wed 31st Audio Brighton
February
Thu 1st Astoria London *
Sat 3rd Leas Cliff Hall Folkestone *
Sun 4th Zodiac Oxford
Mon 5th Hexagon Reading *
Tue 6th University Cardiff *
Wed 7th Academy Bristol *
Fri 9th Great Hall (Uni) Exeter *
Sat 10th Academy Birmingham *
* = supporting Bloc Party. All BP shows
are sold out.
12/18/2006
See EMILY HAINES on Last Call with Carson
Daly Tuesday, January 23rd!
If you are interested in seeing EMILY HAINES
in person and being a part of the Last Call
with Carson Daly audience, please visit www.1iota.com
and follow these simple steps:
- Click the
1iota TV Shows button
- Click the Last Call with Carson Daly logo
- Choose the EMILY HAINES event link to request
tickets
ATTENDANCE TO THIS EVENT IS BY INVITATION
ONLY!!!
Remember, BE QUICK, because space is EXTREMELY
LIMITED!!
MUSTS:
- You must be at least 16 years old
- you must be available on tuesday, january
23rd. From 6:00pm - 8:30pm
- you must have a valid photo id
- please do not wear white, light blue, beige
or logos, as they don’t come across
well on camera
- please do not bring large handbags or knapsacks
- no cameras or recording devices
Thanks to everyone who submitted to open
for Emily's North American tour! They got
over 300 solo artist and band submissions
and are excited to announce that they chose
an amazing band from Brooklyn, NY called
Tall Firs (www.myspace.com/tallfirs).
Emily
is a nominee for Female Artist of the Year
at the Plug Independent Music Awards in New
York (Feb. 10, 2007); Knives is also nominated
for Album Art/Packaging of the Year.
People, the rumors are true. The latest
addition to the Metric road crew is
Jesus Christ himself and we have the
photo to prove it. You ask us all
the time how we can play 300 shows
a year. Look into the eyes of this
man and we think you’ll find
your answer.
11/08/2006 Vive Metric!
Bonjour à tous!
Il existe désormais un forum consacré
à Metric pour tous les fans français
ET francophones dans le but de faire connaître
le groupe.
Inscrivez vous dès que possible pour
nous faire partager votre passion !!
Merci, et vive Metric !!
Sophie.
http://welovemetric.phpbb9.com
EMILY HAINES SOLO SHOWS
01/04/07
Montreal @ Outremont Theatre
01/05/07 Ottawa @ Bronson Centre
01/06/07 Toronto @ The Danforth Music Hall
01/07/07 Philadelphia @ First Unitarian Church
01/08/07 Boston @ Paradise
01/09/07 NYC @ Hiro Ballroom
01/10/07 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Room
01/11/07 Detroit @ Magic Bag
01/12/07 Chicago @ Lakeshore Theater
01/13/07 Minneapolis @ The Varsirty
01/14/07 Winnipeg @ Garrick Theatre
01/15/07 Saskatoon @ TBC
01/16/07 Calgary @ The Grand Theatre
01/17/07 Edmonton @ The Citadel Theatre
01/18/07 Vancouver @ Commodore Ballroom
01/19/07 Portland @ Douglas Fir
01/20/07 Seattle @ Crocodile Café
01/22/07 San Francisco @ GAMH
01/23/07 LA @ El Rey
8/17/2006
War Child Canada Presents Help!: A
Day in the Life
Coldplay, Radiohead, Gorillaz, Sam
Roberts, The Dears, Metric, Jets Overhead,
Keane, Raine Maida and Chantal Kreviasuk,
and more..each artist has recorded
a brand new track for War Child’s
new benefit album. Released on September
5th, this is the only CD you’re
going to need this fall. The CD is
now available for pre-order here.
EMILY HAINES SOLO
SHOWS
09/12/06 Toronto, ON @ The Gladstone (7:30pm
+ 9:30pm - sold out/ 11:30pm)
09/18/06 Montreal, PQ @ Le National (9:30pm)
09/19/06 NYC @ Joe’s Pub (7:30pm + 11:30pm)
09/21/06 L.A. @ The Viper Room (8:30pm + 11:15pm)
09/22/06 San Francisco @ Café du Nord
(10pm)
METRIC ‘Monster Hospital’
“Track of the week by a mile!”
- NME
“Rapidly becoming a leftfield anthem.”
– Dazed & Confused
They were the big name of this year’s
South By South West, opened for the Rolling
Stones at Madison Square Garden, have just
been nominated for the Canadian Mercury-Music-like
Polaris prize and on August 7th the Toronto-based
sensation release one of the songs of the
summer.
In case you’re reading this and don’t
think you know it, it’s that one from
Mtv2 (currently at number 7 in NME chart)
which was X-fm drive-time single of the week
that you may also have heard in the clubs
remixed by MSTRKRFT (which features on the
CD and Digital b-side) with that refrain “I
fought the war but the war won. I fought the
war by the won't stop for the love of God!”
Catch Metric at
the following headline shows:
AUGUST 2006
Wed 23 London Kings College + DrownedinSound.com
& Guest DJs ‘til 1am
Fri 25 Leeds Festival – Radio1/NME
stage
Sun 27 Reading Festival – Radio1/NME
stage
Mon 28 Edinburgh ‘T on the Fringe’
Cabaret Voltaire
Tues 29 Birmingham Bar Academy
Wed 30 Manchester Late Room
Tickets for these dates
go on sale today priced at £9.50 London,
£8 Edinburgh and £6 Birmingham
and Manchester.
"Why do we love Metric? Maybe because
each track on this wonderful album gets
pretty much every details right, in a Blondie-meets-Cardigans-meets-Breeders
kind of way." - THE SUNDAY TIMES
07/19/2006
Thank you so much to all of you who
came out to our first year of Dog Day
Afternoon. For those of you who came
to Fort York in Toronto, I have read
numerous emails over the last
few days, not only thanking
the band for the great day but
also respectively pointing out
that the water policies were
not so good. I apologize for
this. I didn’t know it
would be like this until I was
at the show and agree with you
that it was uncool. I promise
it will be different next year,
as will a few other details
that I noticed were less than
perfect that day. Your comments
have not gone unnoticed! That
said it was a momentous day
for us that will not be soon
forgot and we really have all
of you to thank. Montreal, I’m
so sorry. Sometimes, unfortunately,
logistics come in the way of
Rock n Roll. We’ll see
you in September.
xoxoxoxjimmy
06/13/2006
Toronto, ON - Due to unforeseeable scheduling
circumstances, the July 17th Dog Day Afternoon
festival date in Montreal has been cancelled.
The festival headliners Metric, along with
Fiery Furnaces, Secret Machine, Holy Fuck,
Wintersleep and Land Of Talk regret any inconvenience
this may cause their fans. Fans may return
their tickets to the point of purchase for
a full refund or redeem their ticket for admittance
to September 2nd's Osheaga Music and Arts
Festival which will feature Metric along with
headliners Sonic Youth as well as Clap Your
Hands Say Yeah, K-OS, Malajube, Dinosaur Jr.,
The stills, The Magic Numbers, World Party,
Joseph Arthur, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals,
We Are Wolves and more. The Osheaga Music
and Arts Festival will take place at Parc
Jean Drapeau in Montreal. The Dog Day Afternoon
ticket will only be honoured on September
2nd and is not valid for admittance on any
of the other festival days.
05/31/2006
Metric have been invited to play the Much
Music Video Awards! Make sure to watch Much
Music on Sunday, June 18 at 9pm Eastern Time
and watch Metric perform live at the MMVAs
and (hopefully) win one of the 3 awards we’re
nominated for.
Fingers crossed! xoxo
05/12/2006
wow it's been a while since we wrote to you,
when there's so much to say it's hard to say
anything...except...thanks xxoo (more details
later)
03/06/2006
Whoa “Live it Out” just went gold
in Canada too! Soon we’re gonna need
a jeweler. We’re continuing our tour
into the states this week after a great batch
of concerts in Ontario & Quebec...heading
to SXSW and Coachella and all points in between.
We’re all trying to put together road
reports this time, though we’ve been
so busy getting scrappy with Holy Fuck! none
of us have made much progress...Anyway keep
an eye out if you’re interested in our
backstage photography and lurid blog-esque
confessions.
02/15/2006
Our new video for "Poster of
a Girl" directed by Micah Meisner
is finished! Watch
it here. Shows continue to be
added to our upcoming tour so keep
an eye on the Live page for the latest
developments.
xooxo
01/25/2006
HEY WESTERN CANADA!
Sorry to keep you waiting...hope you didn't
think we forgot about you. Check out the ‘Live’
page to see when and where the band will be
playing. See you then!
01/19/2006
METRIC ON CONAN O’BRIEN
Be sure to watch Late Night with Conan O'Brien
tonight, Wednesday, January 19th, to see
Metric perform 'Monster Hospital'.
METRIC ON TOUR
Check the ‘Live’
page to see when Metric is playing a city
near you!
Jimmy & Emily will
be performing with Broken Social Scene in
Park City, Utah at the Sundance Film Festival
next week and at Webster Hall in NYC on
Jan 27, 28 & 29.
