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Emily Haines
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Peterborough ON, Canada
Emily Haines is the lead singer of the Canadian band Metric. She is also a part-time member of Broken Social Scene. She has contributed backing vocals to albums by other Broken Social Scene alumni, such as solo albums by Jason Collett and albums by Stars.
Emily is a daughter of Canadian poet Paul Haines and sister of Canadian television journalist Avery Haines. She was born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Canada. After settling in Peterborough, Ontario at the age of 3, she grew up in a milieu rich with experimental art and musical expression. Paul would often make cassettes of rare and eclectic music for his daughter to listen to and her early influences included Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, and later PJ Harvey. By her teens she followed her parents’ footsteps by attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA). There she met Amy Millan and Kevin Drew, with whom she would later collaborate in songs for Broken Social Scene and Stars.
Haines and Millan briefly formed their first band around 1990 while at ESA, and with songs later written and recorded while at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1992-1993, at Toronto in 1995, and at Concordia University in Montreal in 1995-1996, Haines distributed in 1996 an early effort, entitled “Cut in Half and Also Double”, with a limited number of copies.
Haines has also ventured out into a small solo career, playing a limited amount of shows with Amy Millan as the opener. Haines’ act consisted of just herself (blindfolded), and a piano.
Emily is a daughter of Canadian poet Paul Haines and sister of Canadian television journalist Avery Haines. She was born in New Delhi, India, and raised in Canada. After settling in Peterborough, Ontario at the age of 3, she grew up in a milieu rich with experimental art and musical expression. Paul would often make cassettes of rare and eclectic music for his daughter to listen to and her early influences included Carla Bley, Robert Wyatt, and later PJ Harvey. By her teens she followed her parents’ footsteps by attending the Etobicoke School of the Arts (ESA). There she met Amy Millan and Kevin Drew, with whom she would later collaborate in songs for Broken Social Scene and Stars.
Haines and Millan briefly formed their first band around 1990 while at ESA, and with songs later written and recorded while at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver in 1992-1993, at Toronto in 1995, and at Concordia University in Montreal in 1995-1996, Haines distributed in 1996 an early effort, entitled “Cut in Half and Also Double”, with a limited number of copies.
Haines has also ventured out into a small solo career, playing a limited amount of shows with Amy Millan as the opener. Haines’ act consisted of just herself (blindfolded), and a piano.
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csankurgoyal wrote:
mind blowing album
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withoutaspark wrote:
Please have a listen. Young, raw, potential? http://www.last.fm/music/Amorr
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movie_star_baby wrote:
♥
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androgynous_ wrote:
I am so in love with her.
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brennemeister wrote:
One of the rare women who is as beautiful as her talent is...
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ynotoveralls2 wrote:
very interesting melodies. definetly more mature (and and actually creative) than other contemporary female singers.
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aurumauris wrote:
♥.
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Shiningg wrote:
bore !!!!
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swicp wrote:
EPIC CHIN
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mattfca wrote:
coolest woman in the world
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movie_star_baby wrote:
"Let's be happy I am gorgeous" I love the way she sings it! =)
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Jazzman1925 wrote:
Awesome!
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indie-cool wrote:
Fucking goddess!
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indie-cool wrote:
BORE, BORE, BORE, BORE, BORE, screaming my fucking lungs out
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godlikePaul wrote:
no one's coming out to get you..
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DejaaEntendu wrote:
hero.
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moreyellowbirds wrote:
if you leave early
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PedroCostaMusic wrote:
Hi Emily Haines fans. I just finished producing an Alternative Rock remix of a Crystal Method song Emily sang on called "Come Back Clean". Feel free to listen, download, distribute, re-use. Licensed under Creative Commons by-nc. http://www.pedrocosta.com/2009/08/20/crystal-method-come-back-clean/ Cheers, Pedro Costa
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sevenforests wrote:
Emily Haines did an interview for Kiro's TBTL thats about fifteen minutes long, which starts at about 23 minutes, or half way through. It's really awesome http://icestream.bonnint.net/seattle/kiro/2009/08/p_TBTL_with_Luke_Burbank_200984_9pm.mp3
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sovie00s wrote:
awesome album! can't help but play it again and again and again in my car. my favorite tracks are "freak" and "pretty head" <3
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Pool in Brooklyn on Sept 7. The only way to get in is by buying
tickets on www.ticketweb.com, links are below.Show #1 @ 7:30pm is Emily play...
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