Art Rock Festival - Saint Brieuc (F) - 04-06-05
1 - Succexy
2 - Combat
Baby
3 - Monster Hospital
4 - Love is
a Place
La Route Du Rock - Saint Malo (F) - 14-08-05
5 - Succexy
6 - The
List
7 - Slow
Night
8 -
Handshakes
9 -
Calculation Theme
10 - Combat
Baby
11 - Dead
Disco
Sugar Beach Studio - 102.1 The Edge - Toronto (CA) - 11-06-12
12 -
Artificial Nocturne
13 - Youth Without
Youth
14 - Speed
the Collapse
15 -
Synthetica
16 -
Breathing Underwater
17 -
Nothing But Time
18 - Monster Hospital
19 - Bonus : Help, I’m Alive - Coachella Festival - 12-04-13
Technical info :
DVD Full Pro-shot
Video : Mpeg - 720 X 576 - 25 FPS - 16:9
Audio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 87 mns
Size : 4,07 Go
Menu & Chapters - Artwork includedAudio : Mpeg - 48000 Hz
Running Time : 87 mns
Size : 4,07 Go
Good to be
back ! Work, fun and concerts have kept me away far too long. And what a nice
way to get back to the business with Metric ! Can't say I was there right from
the start, in the early years, round 1998. I only came across them through a
mixtape in, something like, 2004. But since, I've always been hooked to Emily's
haunting voice and her sad / glad temper swings that tell a lot about how the
band's songs are made ! Not so much to my liking, they have recently moved away from
their indie sound to turn to a more atmospheric "synthetica" touch, especially
with the new "Pagans In Vegas", but the songwriting is still there
with its awkward twists.
That's why
this dvd focuses more on the first period with one of the oldest live footage
I've got from the band, a few songs from a French festival back in mid 2005
still held in Brittanny today and above all, with my own recording of my first Metric
live experience, late that summer night of the same year during a quite famous
indie festival down here, "La Route Du Rock". I remember being blown
away by the rendering of "Dead Disco" that night (see the video below)
and this version is definitely one of the main reasons that spurted this dvd out and has always driven
me to keep an eye on the band since. They played really tight that night and
Emily is fully into it, enjoying the show to the point of falling on the stage
floor several times, on purpose ... or not ! The third show is more recent but
a still bit special though as it was held in their hometown, Toronto, in the golden light of a sun setting and was notably also their
first welcoming gig to their new album of the time, "Synthetica". The
set is then more nicely evanescent but the band didn't overlook their rough past
with the final track,"Monster
Hospital" from their 2005
" Live It Out" album. Of course, I couldn't close the
thing without squeezing one of Metric's anthems in terms of wobbling
ever-changing tunes, "Help, I'm Alive" !
Despite a
pretty decent success, particularly in the US, Metric has decided to go
independent over the last five years. They now run their own studio, label,
brand, tours, ... This new freedom obviously boosts creativity. Both Jimmy
(Shaw) and Emily wrote enough materials on their respective side for the last
lp. Instead of mixing the two (what they usually do) or producing a double
tracklist, they decided to release two separate albums, the first being more
piano melancholia and the second to come, more guitar rock beat. Some bright news
ahead ... !!
Enjoy !
Cheers !
Chac
Enjoy !
Cheers !
Chac
