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New Reviews: Silversun Pickups, Metric, The Boy Least Likely To and Ida Maria

Up-and-coming rockers are the story on shelves this week in New Reviews. First up: Los Angeles shoegazers Silversun Pickups and their second album Swoon. “The guitar distortion that eats up much of the air on Swoon — the fine, at times genuinely exciting second album by Silversun Pickups — comes in many forms, including wounded-bear roars, pissed-off-snake hisses and black-syrup rivers of drone,” David Fricke writes in his three-and-a-half star review, noting the band draws on Nineties alternati

Published: 2009-04-14 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

New Music Report: Metric, Doves

In this week’s New Music Report, Rolling Stone’s Kevin O’Donnell takes a look at Metric’s new album Fantasies, and the band provides some insight into the writing of single “Gimme Sympathy” in a video interview. Metric’s Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw recently popped in the RS offices to perform acoustic versions of tracks off Fantasies, the quartet’s first album in four years. In Rolling Stone’s three-and-a-half star review of the LP, contributing editor Christian Hoard writes, “Emily Haines deliv

Published: 2009-04-08 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Videos, New Music Report

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

Published: 2009-04-07 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Metric gets mojo back for new album

TORONTO - About a year ago, members of Metric were road weary, questioning the direction of their band and at their lowest point, some were feeling "emotionally bankrupt."

Published: 2008-11-03 Provider: Canoe

Muse plays 'secret' show at SXSW; Metric plays best show at SXSW

By Whitney Pastorek Whitney Pastorek: Giving an established band a stage to draw attention from up-and-comers is questionable, but the show didn't disappoint. Plus: Emily Haines and Co. rule

Published: 2010-03-20 Provider: Entertainment Weekly

Fantasies by Metric

The fourth album for the indie-rock band was mixed by John O'Mahony. [Rock, Indie]

Published: 2009-04-14 Provider: Metacritic

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

Published: 2007-07-31 Provider: Rolling Stone Keywords: Rock News

Metric's 'Help I'm Alive': Exclusive clip

By Whitney Pastorek First single off the band's upcoming ''Fantasies'' CD (April 14) -- gets the old-school video treatment: A Music Mix exclusive

Published: 2009-04-09 Provider: Entertainment Weekly

Linkin Park Sings For Haiti

ET has the latest... The best-selling band Linkin Park is lending their support to the Haitian earthquake victims with their new video "Not Alone." Click here to check it out! "Not Alone" is a song Linkin Park wrote and recorded specifically for the "Download to Donate For Haiti" campaign, which was launched by the band's non-profit organization Music for Relief. "Download to Donate For Haiti" also features songs by Jack Johnson, Weezer, The Crystal Method and Metric.

Published: 2010-02-17 Provider: Entertainment Tonight

New Metric Video - "Help, I'm Alive"

We first heard Metric's excellent single in acoustic form, soundtracking a montage of confessional interviews with singer/songwriter Emily Haines. In the video, posted on the band's site last fall, we learned Emiliy had been on a soul-searching sojourn i

Published: 2009-04-17 Provider: StereoGum Keywords: stereogum,indie,rock,mp3,blog