Metric (band)

Metric is an indie pop rock group led bysinger-songwriter Emily Haines. Their music is best described as a mix between new wave and modern dance rock. Along with Haines, Metric is comprised of guitarist James Shaw, bassist Josh Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key.

Metric has been involved with Canada's effort to help Haiti. On January 22, 2010 as part of the Canada for Haiti telethon Emily and Jimmy performed an acoustic version of "Help I'm Alive" . During the 2010 Winter Olympics, in part with the movement, Young Artists for Haiti, Metric, and other Canadian musicians, re-recorded K'Naan's song "Wavin' Flag".

• Fantasies(2009)
• Grow Up and Blow Away (Released 2007, Recorded 2001)
• Live At Metropolis EP (2007)
• Live It Out (2005)
• Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (2003)
• Static Anonymity EP (2001)
• Mainstream EP (1998)

Juno Awards

• 2003 - Nominated Best Alternative Album
• 2005 - Nominated Best Alternative Album
• 2010- Won Alternative Album of the Year and Group of the Year http://consequenceofsound.net/2010/04/19/juno-awards-celebrate-metric-drake-and-michael-buble/

Polaris Music Prize

• 2006 - nominated for Canadian Album of the Year
• 2009 - Nominated for Canadian Album of the Year http://www.polarismusicprize.ca/blog/44

While Metric can hardly be called a side project, Metric is not the only project of band leader Emily Haines. Along with guitarist James Shaw and several other musicians, Haines is a member of the Canadian indie supergroup Broken Social Scene, bringing her haunting vocals to some of the band's most memorable songs. She also has a solo project, playing under the name Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton; much her solo music is much more minimalist than her work with Metric or Broken Social Scene, with only Haines singing to little or no more accompaniment than her piano.