Tag Archives: Metric

Show Shots & Thoughts // Metric @ The Rebecca Cohn – 01.09.22

September 2, 2022 Trev

There is a certain irony to booking a band such as Metric in a soft seater, where the likelihood of those seats being used is unlikely. It’s not too often that you see acts with an ability to rattle rafters like Metric, grace a stage such as the… Read More

Show Thoughts & Shots // Metric w/ July Talk @ Scotiabank Centre – 02.05.19

May 10, 2019 Trev

When the initial press release announced Metric’s Art of Doubt tour, July Talk was initially the sole opener on the bill. As the Eastern Canada leg of the tour neared, Murray A. Lightburn (better known as The Dears front-man) was added. All three of the acts have been (or are) long-time darlings of the Canadian… Read More

Trev’s Best Albums of 2018

January 1, 2019 Trev

It's hard to believe that we've just wrapped another trek around the sun. 2018 has come and gone, and for the most part, I think we can collectively agree that we're better off having that year in our rear view. There was some great music, some good music and some music that is certainly fit… Read More

Summer Festival Season Preview

June 22, 2016 Jeff

The days are longer, patios are busy with patrons, t-shirts are beginning to dominate the weekend daily attire, and there is an all-around pleasantness to people in general. What this means is that summer is right around the corner, which also puts us directly upon the path of the summer festival scene. (more…) Read More

ICYMI Concert News // Metric @ TD Halifax Jazzfest // 13.07.16

April 20, 2016 Trev

SONIC CONCERTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TD HALIFAX JAZZ FESTIVAL PRESENT METRIC, JULY 13 (Halifax, NS) - For the first time in six years, Canadian indie-pop band Metric returns to Halifax to perform in support of their latest release, Pagans in Vegas, at the TD Halifax Jazz Festival on Wednesday, July 13. During its 15-year… Read More

Metric, Grow Up & Blow Away, Last Gang Recordings

March 11, 2011 Trev

There doesn’t seem to be much slowing down Emily Haines’ frenetic pace. After Metric’s debut album Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? Cracked the surface, it was its follow-up Live It Out whichbroke through and put Metric on the indie rock map.Opting to ride the indie-darling wave even (more…) Read More