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Metric
Also Playing: Band Of Skulls
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Tue Aug 18
8 pm
Metric and Band Of Skulls at The Rave/Eagles Ballroom
It took a solitary excursion to Buenos Aires for Metric lead singer-songwriter Emily Haines to hammer out the material for the band’s fourth full-length, the recent Fantasies. After finding success with indie-rock superband Broken Social Scene, Metric, and her own solo efforts, like 2006’s well-received Knives Don’t Have Your Back, Toronto-based Haines holed up in the Argentine city to find inspiration for Metric’s new record. It would be the first in almost four years as 2007’s Grow Up And Blow Away was actually a reissue of the band’s 2001 debut. The result is a record that hones in on Haines’ ability to turn out new wave-inspired indie pop stuffed with hooks that live on repeat in your head, as on the single “Help I’m Alive.”
The Rave/Eagles Ballroom 2401 W Wisconsin Ave, Milwaukee, WI
It took a solitary excursion to Buenos Aires for Metric lead singer-songwriter Emily Haines to hammer out the material for the band’s fourth full-length, the recent Fantasies. After finding success with indie-rock superband Broken Social Scene, Metric, and her own solo efforts, like 2006’s well-received Knives Don’t Have Your Back, Toronto-based Haines holed up in the Argentine city to find inspiration for Metric’s new record. It would be the first in almost four years as 2007’s Grow Up And Blow Away was actually a reissue of the band’s 2001 debut. The result is a record that hones in on Haines’ ability to turn out new wave-inspired indie pop stuffed with hooks that live on repeat in your head, as on the single “Help I’m Alive.”
Updated 11/11/2009
