Featured Photos: Metric, Terminal 5, New York, NY - June 17, 2009

When Emily Haines and James Shaw named their band in 1999, legend has it they decided to call themselves Metric [ tickets ] based on the label of a synthesizer beat, and also--perhaps primarily--as a nod to the pair's exacting standards of musicianship. Ten years later, the Canadian alt-rock band is beginning to see some measured success in the US. Their latest album, "Fantasies," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart, and peaked at No. 76 on The Billboard 200. The set is the ...

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