
Metric Talk Upcoming Fall Shows, Afternoon Tequila DrinkingThis weekend the Rock Daily festival crew will be beaming us the latest updates from Lollapalooza, but before we get in a Chicago state of mind, here’s some advice from festival vets Metric, who just rocked Pemberton and will hit the stage at All Points West next weekend. Click above to wach Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw, Joules Scott-Key and Josh Winstead talk about the fall tour they’re planning and explain the hardships of rocking crowds of 50,000 fans: “Sometimes you’re forced to drink tequila at 1:30 in the afternoon.” For more Pemberton coverage, check out rocknrolldiary.com.
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Published: 2008-08-01 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News, Pemberton Festival
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Metric Go Acoustic at Rolling Stone, Plus Preview “Fantasies”Video: Eric Helton/Pete Maiden; Editing: Helton Next Tuesday, April 14th, the Emily Haines-fronted Canadian rock quartet Metric will release their fourth album, Fantasies. Half of the band — Haines and guitarist Jimmy Shaw — recently stopped by the Rolling Stone offices to perform “Gimme Sympathy” and “Twilight Galaxy” acoustic — check out those performances above and after the jump, plus listen to the new record in its entirety while reading our three-and-a-half-star Fantasies review. Dropping
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Published: 2009-04-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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Metric Confirm Fall Tour, Plans to Sculpt “Triumphant Studio Masterpiece” Savvy new-wave-noise quartet Metric will take a break from prepping to record a “triumphant studio masterpiece” — their fourth album — just long enough to squeeze in a tour in September and October, their first U.S. jaunt since spring of 2006. The band will hit a studio co-owned by the band’s guitarist Jimmy Shaw and former Death From Above 1979 rocker Sebastien Grainger in November to churn out their first new set of tracks since 2005’s Live it Out (the band’s first LP, Grow Up and Blow Away was just re-released, and frontwoman Emily Haines has released a solo album in the interim, as will Bang Lime, a group comprised of rhythm-section players Joules Scott-Key and Josh Winstead, in August). Read on to grab the tour dates, and check out Live it Out’s dreamy “Ending Start” right here. 9/19 - Philadelphia, PA, The Trocadero 9/20 - Washington, DC, The 930 Club 9/21 - New York, NY, Webster Hall 9/22 - Buffalo, NY, Town Ballroom 9/24 - Detroit, MI, St Andrews Hall 9/25 - Chicago, IL, The Metro 9/26 - Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue 9/28 - Denver, CO, Bluebird Theatre 10/1 - Phoenix, AZ, Martini Ranch 10/2 - Pomona, CA, Glass House 10/3 - San Diego, CA, House of Blues 10/5 - Los Angeles, CA, Henry Fonda Theater 10/6 - San Francisco, CA, Download Festival 10/8 - Portland, OR, Cafe Wonder 10/9 - Seattle, WA, The ShowboxPhoto: Edwin Tse
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Published: 2007-07-31 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News
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