The indie girl’s guide to…Metric Australian Tour
This month mark’s the first ever Australian tour of Metric … and I just want to say …. “bam chika bam chika boom boom boom shalang shalang boom shalang shalang boom!”
I was really surprised and ecstatic at the announcement of Canadian indie band Metric on this year’s Parklife line-up – which has taken a notably indie turn this year. But that’s damn fine by me because it brings Metric out here for the very first time, on the back of this year’s (did someone say “breakthrough”) album Fantasies.
Fantasies is a masterful piece of pop and I can’t wait to hear it live. No doubt you will have heard the singles Help I’m Alive and Gimme Sympathy bouncing around your radio of late, and the rest of the album is filled with similar shimmering pop gems.
For me the beauty of Metric lies largely in the appeal of frontwoman Emily Haines. She can make me dance, she can make me cry….all in one breath. Emily is also one-tenth or twelfth (who can keep up!) of the Broken Social Scene alumni (although these days she just makes the odd live appearance when the Canadian supergroup gets together on home turf) and has done the solo thing too – see 2006′s achingly beautiful Knives Don’t Have Your Back – to great effect.
I have been hoping for this tour ever since I started dancing around my room to Monster Hospital back in 2006….this month can’t go fast enough xx
Metric – 2009 Australian Tour
Saturday, September 26, 2009
Parklife Brisbane Festival @ Parklife
Riverstage and City Botanic Gardens, Brisbane
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Parklife Perth Festival @ Parklife
Wellington Street, Perth
Monday, September 28, 2009
Capitol, 393 Murray St, Perth, tix
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Metro Theatre, Sydney, tix
Friday, October 2, 2009
Billboard, Melbourne, tix
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Parklife Melbourne Festival @ Parklife
Exhibition Street, Melbourne
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Parklife Sydney Festival @ Parklife
Kippax Lake Moore Park, Sydney
Monday, October 5, 2009
Parklife Adelaide Festival @ Parklife
Adelaide
i saw these guys when they were in adelaide, it was awesome!