Interview: Jimmy Shaw of Metric

By News Staff

Posted March 18, 2013 11:01 am.

This article is more than 5 years old.

Metric is headlining The Indies at The Kool Haus on Friday, March 22, 2013. The Canadian indie rock band is up for seven Indie Awards and five Juno Awards, including group of the year. Synthetica is their fifth studio album. Music reporter Rudy Blair speaks to Jimmy Shaw, the lead guitarist of the group.

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