The Music Fix — Review: Arcade Fire may be cool but they don't have Emily Haines fronting them. These fellow Canadians do. Luke McNaney reviews. more info

Pasta Primavera — Metric have just released a new video for the track “Help, I’m Alive”  (probably my favorite off of Fantasies).  It’s actually a short film by Deco Dawson with Metric’s song as the soundtrack. mp3: Metric - Help, I’m Alive Photo: J... more info

Battery In your Leg — Metric have clearly won me over with their fourth outing, Fantasies. I’ve mentioned the album several times now, not just because I’m keeping up with press releases or tour announcements, but because I honestly think this is the most consistent a... more info

Culture Bully — With some pulsing synths and a soaring chorus, the song is classic Haines, who has also spent time playing with Broken Social Scene and Stars. more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Pitchfork.tv is streaming Leonard Cohen's live concert DVD, Leonard Cohen: Live in London. At Drowned in Sound, Metric's Emily Haines dissects the band's new album, Fantasies, track-by-track. The New Yorker features a new short story by Gail Hareven.... more info

My Chemical Toilet — Remix monumentalist Alex Metric releases the Head Straight EP on 18th May, and it's triff. more info

The Culture Of Me — Atom And His Package, the one-man synth/sequencer-looping performance act of NYC-born Adam Goren which spanned the mid-nineties until 2003 and basically was just a creative way of talking through the most mundane of life's idiosyncrasies, is ge... more info

My Old Kentucky — Metric's new video for Help, I'm Alive from their Fantasies album. According to Emily, the video is a Deco Dawson short film actually with Help, I'm Alive as the soundtrack...Metric - Help, I'm Alive (The Twelves Remix)------------------------------... more info

Pasta Primavera — Clearly one of my favorite tracks on Metric’s Fantasies, “Help, I’m Alive” gets the remix treatment from Brazil’s The Twelves on their single for the track.  The Twelves are just showing off now.  Every remix I’ve heard by them is k... more info

Streetkiss Music — Ce soir, les canadiens electro-rock Metric, menés par la chanteuse Emily Haines, sont à Camden. En espérant qu’ils ne la joue pas comme ça, voici une version acoustique de l’excellent morceau qui avait marqué leur r... more info