Emily Haines

Birth : 1974-01-25, New Delhi, India

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Emily Haines is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer, keyboardist and songwriter of the rock band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she has performed under her own name and under the moniker Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton. Haines has a soprano vocal range. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emily Haines, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Movies

This Is Sparklehorse

Self

An comprehensive look at the life and music of Mark Linkous, a influential figure in the alternative music scene. A dramatic life that saw him battle with dependency, paralysis, and mental illness that resulted in his eventual suicide.

Metric - Dreams So Real - Live In Concert

Dreams So Real, the feature-length concert documentary, captures Canadian rock group Metric’s last live performance of a year-long sold-out world tour.

Lennon or McCartney

Self

550 artists were interviewed over ten years. At some point during those interviews, they were asked a question and told to answer with one word only. Some stuck to one, some said more, some answered quickly, some thought it through, and some didn't answer at all. That question… Lennon or McCartney?

Happy Face Killer

Sissy Peyton

Serial killer Keith Jesperson murders at least eight women over a five-year span and taunts authorities with disturbing letters and scribbled confessions signed with a happy face.

Metric: Live at Metropolis

The movie captures the Canadian synth-rock superstars in action at a Fall 2006 Montreal stop on their Live It Out tour. Concert tracklist: 01. Live it Out 02. Glass Ceiling 03. Wet Blanket 04. Too Little Too Late 05. Poster of a Girl 06. Patriarch on a Vespa 07. Monster Hospital 08. Handshakes 09. The Police and the Private 10. Hustle Rose 11. Combat Baby 12. Dead Disco 13. Love is a Place

Noise

Footage from 2005’s Festival Art Rock in Saint-Brieuc, France, featuring Metric, Sonic Youth, Jeanne Balibar, and other acts.

Clean

Self (Metric)

After she ends up in prison and loses custody of her son, a woman struggles to assimilate outside her former life and remain clean long enough to regain custody of her son.