Photos of Metric at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY on August 1st, 2018
QRO’s live review of Metric at Music Hall of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, NY on November 29th, 2016
Photos of Metric at 2016 Float Fest in San Marcos, TX
QRO’s review of Metric at Roseland Theater in Portland, OR on February 19th, 2016
Photos of Metric at 2015 Untapped San Antonio
Photos of Metric at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY on June 30th, 2015
Photos of Metric at 2014 Riot Fest in Chicago, IL
Photos of Metric at Bowery Ballroom in New York, NY on November 19th, 2013
Photos of Metric at Austin360 in Austin, TX on November 1st, 2013
Photos of Metric at Cynthia Woods Pavilion in The Woodlands, TX on October 27th, 2013
Photos of Metric at Stubb’s in Austin, TX on May 1st, 2013
Photos of Metric at Pearl Stable in San Antonio, TX on April 29th, 2013
QRO’s live review of Metric at Radio City Music Hall in New York, NY on September 23rd, 2012
Photos of Metric at 2012 Osheaga Music Festival in Montreal, PQ, Canada
QRO’s review of Metric at Music Hall of Williamsburg on June 13th, 2012
Metric very ably climbed the indie-rock ladder with their electronic dance touches and compelling frontwoman Emily Haines. Even if Art of Doubt doesn’t expand their universe much, it definitely keeps them up there.
Admittedly, the first few tracks certainly feel ‘been here, done this before.’ Opener “Dark Saturday” has one of Haines’ “X isn’t X” lines, “So dark it ain’t dark,” like the title line to Synthetica’s (QRO review) “Youth Without Youth” (QRO review). But in the middle of the record, the band delivers strongly on what they can do, different quiet-into-loud “Art of Doubt”, “Underline the Black”, and “Dressed To Suppress”. At its best, their electro-rock is true evocation and action.
QRO’s review of Metric at Prospect Park Bandshell in Brooklyn, NY on August 5th, 2010
Photos of Metric at Osheaga 2010
QRO’s review of Metric at Terminal 5 in New York, NY on June 17th, 2010
Photos of Metric at SXSW 2010 in Austin, TX
QRO’s review of Metric at Highline Ballroom in New York, NY on August 8th, 2008
Photos of Metric at All Points West 2008 in Liberty State Park, NJ
QRO’s review of Metric at Webster Hall in New York, NY on September 21st, 2007
If Metric don’t reinvent their sound on Art of Doubt, they didn’t need to, and time will certainly make pieces like “Now Or Never Now” a live banger, or closer “No Lights On the Horizon” a touching send-off.