Metric - "Sick Muse" (album: Fantasies)

One of the reasons why I like Mountie Rock is due in large part to the women of the genre. We may not have gender equality in this world yet, but I think it exists in the Independent Music coming out of Canada. Shortly after I my last post, in which I called out Amy Millan of Stars, I knew I would have to write about Emily Haines next. Emily Haines is the frontwoman for Metric.

This is a band I want to see live... someday. Sadly, I have a prior obligation on May 20. If you are looking for a show to see that Thursday night, the Vic Theatre amazingly still has tickets available. I'm relatively confident that this Torontinian (yes, I just made up that word) group will come back to Chicago sometime in the next year and a half. Like a true staple of Mountie Rock, this gang lives on the road: They are announced to play some upcoming Lilith Fair shows and will be opening for Muse later this year.

I'm going to keep this lady leaf string running with my next post as well. My next post will be the woman Steve Jobs helped explode into the mainstream.

This latest album is available over at Amazon for a very good price of $5.99, however bigger fans of this group than myself will insist you start with their earlier recordings. Go ahead and click over to either Metric's MySpace page (www.myspace.com/metricband) or official webiste (www.ilovemetric.com) for more.