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Metric Live at the Mod Club
Friday, April 17th, 2009Metric launched their new album Fantasies properly last night at the ModClub in Toronto.
After a few exclusive shows and appearances over the last few weeks the band performed a blistering set at the venue that hosted 4 sold out Metric shows several years ago.
The band was obviously thrilled to be playing to a room of superfans that scored tickets through a quick pre-sale or won them off the radio. Fans were immediately jumping around and totally into the new songs.
Emily struggled with her keyboards and drew reference to the fact that they had a tumultuous relationship with the venue.
It only took a few minutes for the problem to be resolved and the band was back up and playing for a solid hour and a half.
The bands new album Fantasies is a fine return to form of catchy post modern pop music that touches on themes of apathy, alienation, and fame.
To quote Emily….Who’d you rather be:
The Beatles or the Rolling Stones….. Or The Beach Boys or The Who?
Tags: emily haines, fantasies, metric, mod club
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Sebastien Tellier at MOD Club
Thursday, April 9th, 2009
By Kenia Pena
Last night I had the opportunity to witness Sebastien Tellier in the flesh, at the MOD club. I was so excited to see him, especially since I was on my 10 day marathon of only listening to his music.
When he got on stage you couldn’t help but notice his very European style, his full beard, long hair and signature black sunglasses. This look made it very hard to believe that he’s only 34.
He didn’t say anything when he first got on stage. He just picked up his electric guitar and started playing his catchy electro song “Kilometer”. The crowd quickly responded with a loud cheer. We were all so excited to begin the Sebastien Tellier sultry ride.
He eventually greeted the crowd, started telling us jokes (He’s very funny) and went straight to his bottle of white wine, that was sitting on his keyboard and poured himself a glass, which he would repeatedly go back to after each song. He loves his wine!
His performance was excellent! He would wale out on his electric guitar, go off on some crazy solos and then create a smooth sultry symphony on his keyboard. He played a lot of his electro hits at the beginning of the show, while thrusting at his guitar, seducing the mic stand and waving his fingers in the air, as though he was touching long flowing hair.
Towards the end he played “La Ritournelle”, one of the most beautiful love songs and “Lamour et La Violence”, which caused a tear to run down my face. There’s something about his French voice that I love. Maybe it’s his accent…I’m a sucker for accents.
Over all, he made me feel sexy, he made me feel happy, he made me feel sad, he just made me feel!
Check out his latest album Sexuality, which was produced by Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk.
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