I'm bummed I missed Metric.
Alas, the things we sacrifice for love……
Alas, the things we sacrifice for love……
South/Metric Roll Call
Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:must have been quite the night, loverboy…
Alas, the things we sacrifice for love……
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Originally posted by pollard:Hate to say i told you so…glad we left 4 songs in. Metric were great.
South were painfully boring live.
I have to agree with all that has been said. Metric had great energy and sass. Fun, dance-able tunes. And a cool frontwoman who played the keyboards like she was possessed. As for South, a few tunes were good but for the most part they were nondescript and ordinary.
From Spin Mag online…
Bands to Watch: Metric
Who: Perky new wave quartet from Los Angeles via Toronto and New York City. Fronted by an intimidatingly cool, swaggering art girl, Metric include a guitarist who was formerly a renegade Juilliard trumpet student, an earnest drummer who immediately admits heâ??s fibbing about being related to national anthem composer Francis Scott Key, and an earthy, dreadlocked bassist who owns up to having no knowledge of J.Lo.
Sound like: Their debut, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, rocks like a sexy librarian: smart, sassy, and classy. On â??Combat Babyâ? and â??Dead Discoâ? (both of which have received radio airplay), singer/keyboardist Emily Hainesâ?? sweetly edgy voice and slinky synths never waver, even as the songs veer from playfully danceable to elegantly eerie.
Kicking it Billy Joel-style: â??Keyboards have joined the ranks of serious rock instruments,â? Haines proclaims. Indeed, Metricâ??s slick, hip-shaking live act reveals no evidence of the pianistâ??s perennial dilemma: less-than-cool stage poses. Guitarist James Shaw says, â??If you want to get up with a key-tar, go for it!â?
As a bonus, theyâ??ll catch your spirit if it flies away: â??I had a transcendent experience in Detroit,â? Haines says, describing an intense audience. â??I hit some crazy high note and felt like the crowdâ??s souls all landed on me.â?
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Bands to Watch: Metric
Who: Perky new wave quartet from Los Angeles via Toronto and New York City. Fronted by an intimidatingly cool, swaggering art girl, Metric include a guitarist who was formerly a renegade Juilliard trumpet student, an earnest drummer who immediately admits heâ??s fibbing about being related to national anthem composer Francis Scott Key, and an earthy, dreadlocked bassist who owns up to having no knowledge of J.Lo.
Sound like: Their debut, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, rocks like a sexy librarian: smart, sassy, and classy. On â??Combat Babyâ? and â??Dead Discoâ? (both of which have received radio airplay), singer/keyboardist Emily Hainesâ?? sweetly edgy voice and slinky synths never waver, even as the songs veer from playfully danceable to elegantly eerie.
Kicking it Billy Joel-style: â??Keyboards have joined the ranks of serious rock instruments,â? Haines proclaims. Indeed, Metricâ??s slick, hip-shaking live act reveals no evidence of the pianistâ??s perennial dilemma: less-than-cool stage poses. Guitarist James Shaw says, â??If you want to get up with a key-tar, go for it!â?
As a bonus, theyâ??ll catch your spirit if it flies away: â??I had a transcendent experience in Detroit,â? Haines says, describing an intense audience. â??I hit some crazy high note and felt like the crowdâ??s souls all landed on me.â?
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Originally posted by Bags:see you at the next show sonick ;)
From Spin Mag online…
Dudes, that's the outfit she was wearing at 9:30! Ditto to all that's been said. Metric was great. I actually thought South was going to be good as well; the first two songs had some life to them. But they kind of petered out after that.
And DC9 was cool. Bigger and 'nicer' than Velvet Lounge…I have high hopes.
And DC9 was cool. Bigger and 'nicer' than Velvet Lounge…I have high hopes.
Originally posted by pollard:Hey, cut a little slack! That Darkness article got me wandering around the Spin website. Man y'all are harsh! ;)
Originally posted by Bags:see you at the next show sonick ;)
From Spin Mag online…
Originally posted by Bags:Bags, my backyard shed in nicer than Velvet Lounge….and that's not a put-down because I like the place, but it is what it is.
Dudes, that's the outfit she was wearing at 9:30! Ditto to all that's been said. Metric was great. I actually thought South was going to be good as well; the first two songs had some life to them. But they kind of petered out after that.
And DC9 was cool. Bigger and 'nicer' than Velvet Lounge…I have high hopes.
Not so sorry I missed the show after these reviews..I could've gone after all, but it was last minute and I was settled with my pajamas, slippers and Ovaltine so couldn't be arsed at that point.
Originally posted by pollard:shut your face, punk.
Originally posted by Bags:see you at the next show sonick ;)
From Spin Mag online…
Originally posted by mankie:Oh, I know….Velvet Lounge is a shit house, but it's our shit house! And they have to get cred for being a venue that brings in smaller, regional acts. It will be interesting to see if DC9 and the Lounge act together to forge even more of a 'live music corridor" over there, or if they end up headbutting over bands, etc. I, of course, hope they both are very successful…
Originally posted by Bags:Bags, my backyard shed in nicer than Velvet Lounge….and that's not a put-down because I like the place, but it is what it is.
And DC9 was cool. Bigger and 'nicer' than Velvet Lounge…I have high hopes.