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Metric

Metric is an indie artist from Canada formed in 1998. 49 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.

Indie · Canada · Best indie albums

49
Releases
2003–2026
Active years
1998
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Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?

2003 · 10 tracks

Singles & EPs

34

Videos

1

Collaborators

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Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles. Metric consists of vocalist Emily Haines (who also plays the synthesizer and guitar), guitarist James Shaw (who also plays the synthesizer and theremin), bassist Joshua Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their first full-length album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, was released in 2003 and earned a Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Live It Out was released on October 4, 2005 and was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian Album of The Year and once again the Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. The first album the band recorded, Grow Up and Blow Away, was finally released on June 26, 2007 by Last Gang Records. The album was originally recorded for Restless Records, but got neglected when the label was bought out by Rykodisc.

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Haines and Shaw also perform with Broken Social Scene, and Haines has been a guest on albums by Stars, KC Accidental, The Stills, Jason Collett and Tiësto. Scott-Key and Winstead have their own side project, Bang Lime, and Haines has released a solo album and companion EP, Knives Don't Have Your Back and What Is Free to a Good Home?, respectively, under the name Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton. Their fourth studio album Fantasies was released in Canada and the United States on April 7, 2009. It was shortlisted for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for Canadian Album of the Year, and won the Alternative Album of the Year at the 2010 Juno Awards. Metric won as well in 2010 Group of the Year. Their fifth and most recent album Synthetica was released on June 12 2012.

Metric in brief

How many Metric releases are on Riffiter?
49 releases are catalogued, spanning 2003 to 2026.
When was Metric formed?
Metric formed in 1998, in Canada.
What genre is Metric?
Metric is catalogued under Indie.
What is the most recent Metric release on Riffiter?
Romanticize the Dive, released in 2026.

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