Most people south of Parallel 45 don’t realize how much fantastic music comes from Canada. There are a few artists who have hit the bigtime and brought fame to Land of the Chill (enter Celine Dion, Jan Arden, Barenaked Ladies…) but there are several lesser-known artists that truly deserve to be recognized.  Metric is one of them (even though only 2 of the 4 are Canadian, they are currently based out of Toronto).

Metric is led by singer/songwriter Emily Haines, who also has a solo-venture album The Soft Skeleton. Other members are co-founder and guitarist Jimmy Shaw, bassist Joshua Winstead and drummer Joules Scott-Key – and while they have toured all over the world, they aren’t nearly as well known as they should be.  The band is set to release their much-anticipated fourth album, Fantasies, on April 14, 2009 – and it ROCKS.  You can check out the album in advance at http://ilovemetric.com – and even better, you can pre-order it for download on 3/31 with an additional 3 tracks!

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