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"Help I'm Alive" Remix Winner Announced!

February 03, 2011 | 1 Comments

Our selection for the best "Help I'm Alive" remix is...

Don Bosse's "Denial Anger Acceptance Mix"

There were so many excellent remixes to choose from but we chose this one because we found it to be the most musically advanced and original. This is not the obvious dance floor hit that most of us think of when we hear the word "remix", which is great! We found ourselves listening to it three times all the way through, each time hearing something new. Thank you Don for the inspired work!

Special mentions to the totally awesome:

Duskrider "Duskrider Remix"

And

Martin Waklund "Mishka My Remix"

The "Sick Muse" remix winner will be announced shortly after 5pm EST tomorrow.

Our iTunes Session Available in Canada Today!

January 18, 2011 | 1 Comments

Photo Credit to Matt Beard

Today sees the release of Metric's iTunes Originals session in Canada. The exclusive session was recently recorded off the cuff and live off the floor at East West Studios in Los Angeles and features extended versions of a few of Metric's live concert classics, as well as stripped-down tracks and new arrangements. Other songs - like Metric's take on Buffalo Springfield’s “Expecting to Fly” - expand Metric’s usual musical palette with the addition of a string quartet led by Todor Kobakov. The result is a live album which includes 8 songs and a serious 30 minute interview with the band.

Metric's iTunes session can be accessed in Canada at this link.

And you might like to help spread the word about the session and be entered into a contest to win an iPod Touch and signed Metric poster by visiting here.

There's also a brand new video for "Expecting To Fly".

Tweet to Win, iPod Touch & Signed Metric Poster!

January 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

Tomorrow sees the release of our iTunes Originals Session in Canada!

The session was recorded off the cuff and live off the floor at East West Studios in Los Angeles and features extended versions of a few of our live concert classics as well as a couple of acoustic numbers accompanied by a string quartet led by Todor Kobakov. The result is an exclusive iTunes live album which includes 8 songs and a serious 30 minute interview with the band.

To check out the session and be in with a chance of winning an iPod Touch and signed Metric poster visit this link.

Good luck! xo

Haiti, Download to Donate

January 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

Metric is proud to continue our relationship with Music for Relief and Causecast as they launch DOWNLOAD TO DONATE v2.0. Building on the successful 2010 Download to Donate for Haiti digital compilation album, Music for Relief and Causecast have teamed up to expand the program in an effort to help as many people in Haiti as possible.

DOWNLOAD TO DONATE v2.0 encourages people to make a one-time $10 donation to the continued rebuilding of Haiti via cell phone (text RELIEF to 41010) or through Downloadtodonate.org (via credit card).

As a thank you, donors will receive a one year subscription to a growing catalogue of music donated by hundreds of artists, including Metric's track "Gold Guns Girls" (Mike Shinoda remix). Other artists involved include Alanis Morissette, Caribou, Linkin Park, Lupe Fiasco and Yeasayer.

Donations received will go directly to nonprofit partners working to rebuild Haiti - Artists for Peace and Justice, charity: water, Music For Relief, Partners In Health, and The United Nations Foundation. The program will support the medium and long-term challenges of recovery, including delivery of food, access to clean water and sanitation, comprehensive medical care and rehabilitation services, as well as the rebuilding of schools for children affected by the earthquake.

Visit www.downloadtodonate.org now to make a donation.

Metric to Release Exclusive iTunes Session

January 04, 2011 | 3 Comments

Happy New Year!

We're starting 2011 with the release of our iTunes Originals Session! When we were in LA playing the Jimmy Kimmel show in December, we spent a day at East West Studios recording off the cuff and live off the floor. We captured for the first time on tape (not a camera phone) the extended versions of a few of our live concert classics as well as a couple acoustic numbers accompanied by a string quartet led by Todor Kobakov. The result is an exclusive iTunes live album which includes 8 songs and a serious 30 minute interview with the band:

1. Twilight Galaxy

2. Help I'm Alive

3. Hustle Rose

4. Gold Guns Girls

5. Gimme Sympathy

6. Expecting to Fly

7. Eclipse (All Yours)

8. Empty

9. iTunes Session Metric Interview

The album is available in the U.S. iTunes store today.

You can get it here!

We’re working with iTunes in other countries to look at releasing the album everywhere as soon as possible but it's going to take a minute so please stand by for release dates! In the meantime, you can sample two full songs here:

AND THIS HAPPENED...

Over the holidays, our talented pal Christopher Mills, who previously created a short film for our song "Collect Call", continued the narrative with his gorgeous video for our cover of Neil Young / Buffalo Springfield’s "Expecting to Fly" which will premier next week. The audio was made exclusively available yesterday on Rolling Stone.

We're really excited about these new recordings and want to thank everyone at Apple for making the session happen despite holiday schedule madness; especially Suzanne and Wally and our new fave photog Matt Beard. Here are a few shots from the photo shoot we did at the studio on the day with Matt: