Yesterday I pulled myself out of bed to go see Metric. The band played probably 70% new material, all of which was great. Although the show was at the Town Ballroom, and my mom and I got there too late to get one of the six seats in the place, we had a great view of the stage.I could see the enthusiastic twentysomething negotiating with the security guy to give her a set list. I spotted two other people who pulled the same trick as me, and bought a dress from the H&M girl's department.
Crystal Castles opened. Whatever hipness they may possess was lost on me. Alice, the n
ear anorexic, did nothing but dance and shine blinking lights on the audience. And the other dude's best trick was running his laptop in the near darkness.But back to Metric. Emily has the market cornered on postpunk t-shirt dressing. She was sporting a Stranglers t-shirt, with shorts and boots when we saw her on Letterman. Last night she was in a Joy Division t-shirt (Unknown Pleasures, but with multi-colored Mountains!) that fit her like a dress. Emily, who is your tailor?
They said they don't even know when the new record is coming out. What a tease!
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Now playing: Metric - Parkdale
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A pox on bands who play Chicago and Minneapolis on successive days and bypass the great Badger State!
OK, I can't really pox Metric just for that, because Metric is great, but one more time and they're getting poxed, seriously.
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