While most Metro students won’t be heading to Mexico or some other sunny destination this Spring Break to ogle scantily- clad ladies and boys, they may find relief knowing there will be no shortage of musical hotties hitting the stage in Denver.
   Emily Haines is hot, and her band, Metric, will be playing March 19at the Bluebird Theater. Now, before any offense is taken toward the use of the H-word, know she is also an amazing singer and synth artist. She also happens to be pretty damn attractive. Haines and her Canadian accompaniment provide listeners, both domestic and foreign, with a ripe blend of accessible melodies and lengthy breakdowns.
   Metric consists of Haynes, guitarist Jimmy Shaw, bassist Josh Winstad and drummer Joules Scott-Key.
   Haynes and Shaw are also members of the Canadian indie-rock super group, Broken Social Scene.
   Canada has long stood as a bulwark of indie-rock and a bastion to the creators of said harmonies.
   Thus, it should come as little surprise to the indie scenesters when one of the Canadian giants steps forth from its Northern slumber and the hearts of fans across our more southern nation wax a ‘twitter from anticipation.
   In general, these giants tend to lumber right past Denver, and in-town sightings have become increasingly rare. It then becomes obligation, for all dutiful curators of music, to attend these shows as they emerge.
   Metric has been nominated for a “Best Alternative Album” Juno award for their latest effort, Live It Out, their follow-up to 2003’s Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?
   The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences give out the Juno awards, for which Nickelback has the most nominations, and Bryan Adams will be inducted to its Hall of Fame this year, so maybe this isn’t the most respectable award in the world—but the band is deserving of its nomination, nonetheless.