Metric
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Biography
[Edit]Metric are a band with an eclectic, adventurous outlook, whose music encompasses elements of synth pop, new wave, dance-rock, and electronica and whose hometown has vacillated between Toronto, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, and London over the course of the group's existence. Metric's story began in 1998, when vocalist/keyboardist Emily Haines met guitarist James Shaw in Toronto, Canada. Although born in New Delhi, Haines — the daughter of Paul Haines, a Canadian-American poet best known for his collaboration with jazz artist Carla Bley — had moved to town by the age of three. While studying at the Etobicoke School of the Arts, a high school for aspiring artists in Toronto, she met fellow students Amy Millan and Kevin Drew, future members of Stars and Broken Social Scene. After attending university in Vancouver and Montreal, she returned to Toronto in 1997 and eventually crossed paths with the British-born Shaw, who'd relocated to Toronto following three years of study at the Juilliard School of Music in New York City. Haines and Shaw discovered they were musically simpatico and began writing songs together.
During a sojourn in Montreal, Haines and Shaw began recording demos of the material that would become Metric's debut EP, Mainstream. After its release in 1998, the two relocated to Brooklyn, New York, and collaborated occasionally with Torquil Campbell and Chris Seligman of the group Stars, which later included Amy Millan. After cutting more demos using synths and a drum machine, they were scouted by representatives of a major music publisher who flew them to London to work with producer Stephen Hague. Haines and Shaw combined the London-recorded tracks with material they cut in Brooklyn, and the results formed Metric's first full-length album, Grow Up and Blow Away. In 2000, Metric returned to the United States to sign a deal with Restless Records, but shortly before the album was scheduled for release in 2001, Restless was bought out by Rykodisc, and under the new ownership the Metric album went onto the back burner. Around this time, Haines and Shaw met drummer Joules Scott-Key, a Michigan native who'd relocated to Brooklyn after attending a music school in Texas. Scott-Key was soon invited to join Metric, as was bassist Joshua Winstead, who had attended the same Texas school.
Metric's members moved to Los Angeles while trying to sort out their deal with Restless, with Haines and Shaw returning to Toronto for a spell to work with their old friends Amy Millan and Kevin Drew in the group Broken Social Scene. Once they reconvened in L.A. and began working with their new rhythm section, Metric decided that the pop-oriented, electronic sound of Grow Up and Blow Away was no longer representative of their music. Metric subsequently parted ways with Restless and took the masters for Grow Up with them. In the fall of 2003, the Canadian independent label Everloving Records (later re-baptized Everloving) released Metric's second "debut" album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? The album, which was also picked up by Last Gang Records, became a major critical and commercial success, especially in the band's native Canada. It was followed in 2005 by Live It Out, another successful release, and the group embarked on a lengthy international tour before taking a hiatus.
During the break, Haines went on an extended vacation in Argentina and made guest appearances on albums by the Stills and Jason Collett, in addition to releasing two records with her solo project Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton. Scott-Key and Winstead moved to Oakland, California, and formed the band Bang Lime. Shaw headed back to Toronto and opened a recording facility, Giant Studio. A revised edition of Grow Up and Blow Away received a belated release in 2007, and Metric regrouped one year later, after Haines decided she'd had enough of the downbeat music she'd composed with the Soft Skeleton. Now based in Toronto once again, the group began working on a new album, Fantasies, which was self-released internationally in April 2009 following a drawn-out negotiation with Last Gang Records, who agreed to release the band from its roster. Fantasies became the group's most successful album to date, selling 250,000 albums in less than a year, going platinum in Canada, and spawning a Top 20 single on the American rock charts without the benefit of a label. The album's success led to them winning 2010 Juno Awards for Band of the Year and Alternative Album of the Year.
They also made a splash in the world of cinema, scoring a prime spot on the Grammy-nominated soundtrack to The Twilight Saga: Eclipse with the theme song "Eclipse (All Yours)" and contributing a song (the unreleased track "Black Sheep") to Scott Pilgrim vs. the World. Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley actually took inspiration from Haines and Metric when creating the character Envy Adams in the books; in the film she and her band the Clash at Demonhead (with actress Brie Larson singing over the original backing track) play "Black Sheep." In 2011, the band teamed with Academy Award-winning film composer Howard Shore on the soundtrack for David Cronenberg's adaptation of the Don DeLillo novel Cosmopolis. The movie premiered at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, right around the time the group's fifth album, Synthetica, was released on the Mom & Pop Music label.
Title: Cosmopolis (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Howard Shore, Metric
Genre: Alternative, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Synthetica Reflections
Artist: Metric
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative, Instrumental, Instrumental
Title: Monster Hospital - Single
Artist: Metric
Genre: Electronica, Indie Rock, Dancefloor, Dance Pop, Alternative
Title: The Governess (Single)
Artist: Metric
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Indie Rock, Alternative, Indie, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Breathing Underwater (CHR Summer Mix) - Single
Artist: Metric
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Alternative
Title: Fortunes (Single)
Artist: Metric
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B, Indie Rock, Alternative, Indie, Vocal & Symphonic
Title: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
Artist: Metric
Genre: Rock, Indie Rock, Alternative
Title: Monster Hospital (MSTRKRFT Remix) - Single
Artist: Metric
Genre: Electronica, Indie Rock, Alternative
Collections
Title: The DMV: Diamonds In the Rough Compliation
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap, Soul
Title: Future Minimal Classics Vol 11
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: A Whole Lot of Electro, Vol. 2
Genre: Electronica
Title: 100 EDM Hits
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Future Minimal Classics, Vol. 7
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Epic Arts Sf2000 Time Capsule
Genre: Rock
Title: The Artists Den: Volume Two
Genre: Rock, Alternative
Title: Echo Deluxe Recordings Miami Sampler 2014
Genre: House, Techno, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Y4K
Genre:
Title: Twilight Saga - Eclipse
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: DJ Flash - Effect
Genre: Drum & Bass
Title: Inferno`s Dubstep Collective
Genre: Dub
Title: Hits 2010: 20 Massive Chart Hits
Genre: Pop
Title: Indie / Rock Playlist: July 2012 CD7
Genre: Indie
Title: FIFA 2010
Genre: World Music, Pop, Pop Rock
Title: Club Dubstep # 4
Genre: Dub, Club/Dance, DJ/Remixes
Title: Ministry Of Sound - Chillout Sessions XII - CD2
Genre: Chill Out
Title: Evil Nine Present: Y4K
Title: Heartbeats 2 Drum & Bass 2012
Genre: Drum & Bass
Title: Experimental Music Vol. 2
Genre: Electronica, Rock, Post Rock, Post Punk, Alternative
Title: Arrow OST
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Dubstep Music Vol. 8 From Kulemina
Genre: Dub
Title: Grey'S Anatomy (Season 9)
Genre: Electropop, Indie Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Indie
Title: Grey'S Anatomy (Season 8)
Genre: Electropop, Indie Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Indie
Title: Grey'S Anatomy (Season 7)
Genre: Electropop, Indie Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack, Indie
Title: Grey'S Anatomy (Season 6)
Genre: Indie Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Grey'S Anatomy (Season 5)
Genre: Indie Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Juno Awards 2013
Title: Best Alternative Indie - Pop - Rock 2012 (CD4)
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Best Alternative Indie - Pop - Rock 2007
Genre: Rock, Pop, Alternative, Indie
Title: Dubstep Music Vol. 13
Genre: Dubstep
Title: Storm Electric Dubstep
Title: Triple J: Hottest 100, Volume 17
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Alternative Rock, Folk Rock, Indie Rock, Pop Rock
Title: Chillstep Vision Vol. 1
Genre: Dubstep
Title: Indie Electro Pop June 2013 - We Can Play
Genre: Indie
Title: Adventure Club Dubstep
Genre: Electro, Progressive, Dubstep
Title: The Twilight Saga Forever Love (OST)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: FIFA10 (OST)
Genre: Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Love Indie Rock 2 (CD1)
Genre: Electronica, Indie Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: FIFA 2013 (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: FabricLive 21: Meat Katie
Genre: Breakbeat , Electronica, House, Techno
Title: Love 2016 (CD2)
Genre: Pop
Title: Women In Rock 2017 (CD1)
Title: Lady In Rock Music 2017 (CD1)
Genre: Rock, Progressive Rock, Punk Rock, Progressive Metal
Title: New Releases Of The 28th Week Of Songs (CD1)
Genre: Pop
Title: 10 Years Of Mom + Pop
Genre: Alternative, Indie
Title: Melodic Lines Electro House (CD2)
Genre: Industrial, EBM
Title: Hedkandi: Summer House Set (CD1)
Genre: House, Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Dance Pop
Title: 100 Greatest 00s Indie Anthems (CD2)
Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Alternative, Indie
Featuring albums
Title: Once Upon a Night, Vol. 4 (Bonus Video Version)
Artist: Ferry Corsten
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Kitsuné Tabloid by The Twelves / Kitsune Tabloid by The Twelves
Artist: The Twelves
Genre: Electronica, House, Techno, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: We Are Trance Vol. 1 - Winter 2017
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Trance, Dancefloor, Dance Pop