More Metric Love

Unfortunately for me (and fortunately for my wallet), 9:30 Club's 6/18 Metric show is sold out. However, I continue to indulge myself in Fantasies. The next track that's grabbed my attention is "Gimme Sympathy." At first, I thought it was a little over the top with it's Rolling Stones and Beatles references, but I am won over. Here's the official video for "Gimme Sympathy" and a pretty good acoustic version below.

If you haven't bought a Metric album before, go out and get Fantasies. There's an acoustic version of both "Gimme Sympathy" and "Help, I'm Alive" included on the album.

Give Me Metric

There's still room for some pretty voices in rock 'n roll. See Emily Haines, the voice of Metric. I hear a ton about Beth Ditto (The Gossip) and even Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), but give me Emily Haines! Sometimes it's the juxtaposition of electro/rock/pop and a pretty mezzosoprano, rather than rock and more rock, that does it for me.

Here's "Help, I'm Alive" from Metric's latest album Fantasies and below, the song that first made me fall in love with Metric: "Calculation (Theme)."