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Here I go again, Dale.....you can thank brickbat.
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Metric
Live It Out
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AMG Review of Live It Out
Erik Leijon
All Music GuideIn an effort to prove Metric frontwoman Emily Haines was not the only dominating personality behind the Canadian indie rock group's first album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, the second album hammers home the fact that it's more of a group effort. Production duties were handed to guitarist James Shaw and Haines' trademark synths take a back seat to screeching guitars and more cohesive playing as a quartet. Despite the added punk rock punch the guitar gives, the bite of their debut is dulled by a weaker set of songs, with only minor aesthetic changes to mask the slight sophomoric slump. Live It Out desires to be a major step forward (Emily Haines would release her first solo album, Knives Don't Have Your Back, a year later), but the best moments on the album are the ones that recapture what made the debut such a compelling piece of '80s retro -- showcasing Haines' trademark keyboards and her effective cooing vocals, which manage to sound both cloyingly sexy and gutturally raw at the same time. "Poster of a Girl" transforms a few rudimentary French lyrics and an unassuming keyboard intro into a spacy, groovy dance track. "The Police and the Private" is an effectively simple and haunting keyboard-heavy song that shows Haines' best vocal performances are the down to earth ones (something she thankfully discovered on her solo album). As with Old World Underground, Haines has a tendency for collegiate-level prose when the band gets political, and songs like the "Combat Baby" knockoff "Handshakes" have a smug, elitist attitude about them, without providing much insight into their political beliefs. The first single, the hooky "Monster Hospital," is a light-hearted punk song with great non-sequitur lyrics, but the overdubbed guitars and big production typically reserved for an alternative rock album don't fight the overall motif of Live It Out. There's a reason Haines was featured on the cover of Old World Underground and it's possibly this: she's what separates Metric from other '80s revivalist groups.
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I dig Metric.
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Metric is probably my newest addiction. I came home one day and my significant other was blasting a song that went "So succsexy, so succsexy!" (Listen to "Succsexy"). It was so good I went to the library and found the band's newest cd Live It Out. It is good stuff. Emily Haines is the lead singer and keyboardist who makes the magic happen. Her voice is lilting, high-pitched and melodic. M...
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video of the day: metric, "monster hospital"
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metric is definitely my favorite "newer" band. killer lyrics, music, and they look hot. plus they put on an amazing live show. i think they are one of the last rock bands that act like rock stars, if that makes any sense. i love this song, and when i saw the video, i loved it even more. love love love!
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which song would you play?I was cleaning the dinner-table and this song came on. Made me think.........if I had a friend over tonight for beers......and you know how you always have one song they need to hear. I would not hesitate. I would play "Too Little Too Late" by Metric and turn it up!!! I love everything about this song. It makes me happy. It makes me want to dance......and it confirms t...
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Here I go again, Dale.....you can thank brickbat.
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I dig Metric.
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Metric is probably my newest addiction. I came home one day and my significant other was blasting a song that went "So succsexy, so succsexy!" (Listen to "Succsexy"). It was so good I went to the library and found the band's newest cd Live It Out. It is good stuff. Emily Haines is the lead singer and keyboardist who makes the magic happen. Her voice is lilting, high-pitched and melodic. M...
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video of the day: metric, "monster hospital"
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metric is definitely my favorite "newer" band. killer lyrics, music, and they look hot. plus they put on an amazing live show. i think they are one of the last rock bands that act like rock stars, if that makes any sense. i love this song, and when i saw the video, i loved it even more. love love love!
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Hi, I'm new to MOG.
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METRIC - LIVE IT OUT.The title track on their newest album from the canadian band. Fronted by Emily Haines, this band brings back a freshness and pure adrenaline only seen by bands of days past - a vastly huge compliment considering what is out there. They've been related to The Breeders, but I feel as if that's only a comparison made because of a female front (misogyny exists in rock n' roll -...
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