Female-fronted rock bands are a real rarity these days, and that’s why seeing a band like Metric is so refreshing. Frontwoman Emily Haines is a dynamic performer who never stops moving on stage. It’s ...

I'm at the band's West End studio in Toronto, and Metric is reacting to good news. They've just found out that their single Youth Without Youth had debuted at No. 1 on Mediabase Canadian Alternative ...

Over the past two decades or so, the term “indie rock” has been so abused it no longer stands for a way of being; we now use it to describe a particular sound or genre more than anything. But Metric, ...

Metric's new album, its second on the band's own label, is titled Synthetica. Left to right: Joshua Winstead, Emily Haines, James Shaw, Joules Scott-Key. Metric has long been identified as an ...

"We all knew what a special song this was from the first time we heard it," says Thirty Tigers' Lindsay Reid. By Kevin Rutherford For the first time, Metric have a top 10 song on a Billboard airplay ...

Exactly one year after the release of Metric’s 2022 album Formentera the band has surprised fans with an unannounced and unexpected part two companion album - Formentera II, set for release on October ...

When Metric first started releasing records in 2003, the Toronto-formed, New York-nurtured band were playing synths against a tide of sepia indie rock. The Strokes had spawned hundreds of tribute acts ...

As the story goes, Emily Haines and Jimmy Shaw met in summer 1997 at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto. They bonded over their mutual dislike for the band they were watching, decided to date each other ...

Metric's 2005 album Live It Out solidified the Toronto-based band as pop stars and saw them playing with bands like Bloc Party and the Rolling Stones. But after stepping out of the spotlight for ...

Twenty years into Metric's career, and its bandmates still eat dinner together. It's a fact that surprises some of the band members' closest friends — two decades can fortify or disintegrate a group's ...