Metric is a Canadian indie rock band founded in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Emily Haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott-Key. The band started in 1998 as a duo formed by Haines and Shaw with the name "Mainstream". After releasing an EP titled Mainstream EP, they changed the band's name to Metric.
Metric live at Coachella in April 2013
Metric live at the 9:30 Club, 2004
Metric live at Washington, DC 2006
Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band and musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning in 1999. Alongside Drew and Canning, the other core members of the band are Justin Peroff (drums), Andrew Whiteman (guitar) and Charles Spearin (guitar).
Broken Social Scene performing in England in 2006. Left to right: Brendan Canning, Ohad Benchetrit, Torquil Campbell, Kevin Drew, Andrew Whiteman, Julie Penner, Lisa Lobsinger
Broken Social Scene at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee.
The founders of Broken Social Scene, Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning.
Broken Social Scene performing at the Intonation Music Festival, July 16, 2005, fronted by Amy Millan.