Happy Birthday, Emily Haines.

Happy Birthday Emily Haines. Metric’s soprano lead turns 43 today. She has been great to Edmonton over the years. Performing everywhere from Rexall Place to SONiC’s exlusive 10th Birthday Party. Find out more about one of Canada’s most beloved and SONiC’s longest running artists, Emily Haines of Metric, below.

• Formerly of Canadian Indie musical collective Broken Social Scene.

•  Poet/Jazz lyricist Paul Haines is her father.

• Her sister Avery Haines is a talented news-reporter for City News in Toronto. Back in the day, though, she left us this precious blooper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NQa9wdnQTk&t=106s

• Emily’s Favourite Metric memory: “(playing with) Sonic Youth in France and I met Kim Gordon for the first time. She’s a hero of mine and lived up 100% to who I thought she would be in person — encouraging and having kind words to say to me as a fellow female musician.”

• Emily is most proud of her audience. “It’s this great mix of guys and girls, all different ages — young, beautiful women who can find something in me they can connect with that gives them an option from, you know, Britney.”

Happy Birthday Emily. Thank you for the music.

Pics via Google Labeled For Reuse Image Search, Blubbery, Billboard and Metric facebook.