Hah, Canada. Metric, originally from Toronto, is an indie/punk/rock band fronted by Emily Haines, who has also performed with The Stills, The Stars, KC Accidental, Jason Collett and along with guitarist James Shaw in Broken Social Scene. That's where I'd start when describing the band: as an underwhelming Broken Social Scene with some Silversun Pickups and possibly even a little Cyndi Lauper.
The band has released 4 albums over the last 8 years, and for the most part I think they're pretty thin. Metric's members all have at least one side project and this may be a reason for the inconsistency and sometimes muttled sound.
Metric plays the Playstation stage at 5:15 on Saturday, up against Social D, AFI, and Deer Tick. I may wander by in this time slot to check out Metric, having no huge interest in any of the other bands, but I wouldn't call that a recomendation either.
Metric on MySpace
The Official Site of Metric
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