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Win Tickets For Metric At Radio City Music Hall On September 23

Posted 5-21-12 by
Tags: Metric

It's not even summer yet, but The Alternate Side is looking ahead to the autumn and giving away tickets to see Metric's big gig at New York's Radio City Music Hall on September 23. The band's fifth album Synthetica — which is being offered as a free digital download for fans who actually purchase tickets to any stops on Metric's fall tour —  will be released on June 12.  

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Metric Releases New Single, Sets U.S. tour

Posted 5-1-12 by
Tags: Metric

There seems to be a palpable buzz — and some degree of coy secrecy — about Metric's upcoming album, their fifth, called Synthetica. Those wily Canadians don't release the record until June 12, but they've finally unleashed a single, "Youth Without Youth," out today, and they have also announced tour dates. Note Metric's impressive upgrade to New York's Radio City Music Hall and check out the single after the jump.

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Lollapalooza 2010 Lineup: Soundgarden, Arcade Fire, Green Day, The Strokes, Lady Gaga And Phoenix

Posted 4-6-10 by
Tags: 2ManyDJs, AFI, Arcade Fire, Blitzen Trapper, Chromeo, Cut Copy, Cypress Hill, Deer Tick, Devo, Digitalism, Dirty Projectors, Empire of the Sun, Erykah Badu, F**k Buttons, Felix Da Housecat, Freelance Whales, Frightened Rabbit, Green Day, Grizzly Bear, Health, Hockey, Hot Chip, Jimmy Cliff, Kaskade, Lady Gaga, Matt & Kim, Mavis Staples, Metric, MGMT, Minus he Bear, Mumford & Sons, MUTEMATH, Phoenix, Raphael Saadiq, Social Distortion, Soundgarden, Spoon, Stars, The Antlers, The Big Pink, The Black Keys, The Cribs, The Morning Benders, The National, The New Pornographers, The Strokes, The Temper Trap, The xx, Tiga, Wild Beasts, Wolfmother, X Japan, Yeasayer

The folks behind the Lollapalooza festival have revealed the event's 2010 lineup with the reunited Soundgarden, Broadway's Green Day, Arcade Fire, Lady Gaga, Phoenix and The Strokes as headliners. Other bands and artists include MGMT, Hot Chip, Yeasayer, Grizzly Bear, Devo, The National and the recently arrested Erykah Badu. The festival takes place August 6-8 in Chicago

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The Alternate Side Staff Picks Our Favorite Albums of 2009 ... And The Decade

Posted 12-17-09 by
Tags: Bon Iver, Delphic, Grizzly Bear, Metric, Phoenix

It's not easy to choose your favorite albums or singles of 2009, let alone the entire decade. But we, the staff of The Alternate Side, did our best and though our minds might change tomorrow, this is how it stands for today. A quick survey of everyone's lists has one constant on five out of six lists: Phoenix's Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. Plus, it's our birthday - The Alternate Side is a year old today - so we're feeling especially merry and celebratory.

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Metric, Tegan And Sara, Mary J. Blige Are Tapped For Lilith Fair 2010

Posted 12-11-09 by
Tags: Ann Atomic, Ash Koley, Brandi Carlile, Butterfly Boucher, Chairlift, Chantal Kreviazuk, Colbie Caillat, Corinne Bailey Rae, Donna De Lory, Emmylou Harris, Erykah Badu, Fine Frenzy, Grace Potter And The Nocturnals, Ima, Indigo Girls, Ingrid Michaelson, Janelle Monae, Jennifer Knapp, Jill Hennessy, Jill Scott, Katzenjammer, Ke$ha, Mary J. Blige, Meaghan Smith, Metric, Miranda Lambert, Nneka, Sara Bareilles, Sarah McLachlan, Serena Ryder, Sheryl Crow, Sugarland, Tara MacLean, Tegan and Sara, The Submarines, The Weepies, Vedera, Vita Chambers, Ximena Sarinana, Zee Avi

The estrogen-fueled festival, which thrived from 1997-1999, returns in 2010. The lineup includes co-founder Sarah McLachlan, Metric (fronted by Emily Haines), Mary J. Blige, Tegan and Sara, Sheryl Crow and more

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TAS in Session: Metric

Posted 7-9-09 by
Tags: Metric

We Love Metric. Note the capital "L."  Their new album, Fantasies, is a start-to-finish pleasure to listen to. The band took some time off after the last record so they could actually live life and form new experiences. They prefer to offer up songs that people can relate to. Quality over quantity, I say.

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