News
Sep 12, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Toronto-based METZ have shared a video for their new single, “Come On Down,” which features Joe Talbot of IDLES. The single is being released alongside the track “Heaven’s Gate,” originally released in 2020 and available exclusively in the Cyberpunk 2077 video game. More
Self-Titled Album Due Out May 20 via Sub Pop
Apr 26, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Weird Nightmare (the solo project of METZ guitarist/singer Alex Edkins) has shared a video for his new single, “Wrecked.” It is the latest release from his forthcoming self-titled debut solo album, which will be out on May 20 via Sub Pop. More
Self-Titled Album Due Out May 20 via Sub Pop
Mar 01, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Weird Nightmare (the solo project of METZ guitarist/singer Alex Edkins) has announced the release of his self-titled debut solo album, which will be out on May 20 via Sub Pop. Edkins has also shared a video for the album’s lead single, “Searching for You.” More
Single Due Out March 4 via What’s Your Rupture?
Feb 04, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Toronto-based METZ have announced the release of a split 7-inch single with Adulkt Life, which will be out on March 4 via What’s Your Rupture? The band has shared a new song from the single, “Demolition Row.” More
Atlas Vending Due Out October 9 via Sub Pop
Sep 22, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Toronto-based METZ are releasing a new album, Atlas Vending, on October 9 via Sub Pop. Now they have shared another from it “Blind Youth Industrial Park,” via a strange video for it. More
Atlas Vending Due Out October 9 via Sub Pop
Aug 18, 2020
By Jennifer Irving
Toronto-based METZ have shared a video for the second single, “Hail Taxi,” off their upcoming album Atlas Vending out October 9 via Sub Pop. The video, directed by A.F. Cortes, aims to visualize struggles of adulthood and isolation. Check out the video for “Hail Taxi” below. More
Plus Wye Oak, Hoops, Death Valley Girls, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 24, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small and Julian Roberts-Grmela)
Welcome to the 29th Songs of the Week of 2020, the most exhausting year in recent memory. President Trump finally wore a mask and kind of admitted that things weren’t going so great in the fight against COVID-19 here in America. It seems inevitable that they are going to need to shut the economy down again if we are to get this thing under control—close the bars, restaurants, and beaches again for starters. Will it happen? More
Atlas Vending Due Out October 9 via Sub Pop
Jul 21, 2020
By Julian Roberts-Grmela
Toronto’s METZ have announced a new album, Atlas Vending, and have shared a new single, “A Boat to Drown In,” and an accompanying video. More
Re-Pinned Due Out October 5 via Dead Oceans; Includes Remixes by Trentemøller, No Age, METZ, and others
Jun 29, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
Brooklyn noise rockers A Place to Bury Strangers released a new album, Pinned, back in April via Dead Oceans. Now they have announced Re-Pinned, a new album of remixes of the songs from Pinned, and have shared one of its tracks, a Slowdive remix of “Frustrated Operator.” More
SPF30 is Partially Free and Also Features The Afghan Whigs, Wolf Parade, Pissed Jeans, Mass Gothic, Mudhoney, Loma, and Others
May 29, 2018
By Christopher Roberts
The iconic Seattle-based label Sub Pop is turning 30 this year and to honor the occasion they have announced SPF30, a partially free festival to take place in their hometown in August that includes various events, including a comedy one featuring the cast of Bob’s Burgers. More
Reviews
Sep 19, 2017
By Will Butler
Like II, the third entry from METZ makes no compromises. The Canadian hardcore trio have an uncanny knack for capturing lightning in a bottle. Their sound lays the ferocity and unrelenting power of their live shows onto tape. To sacrifice that for more expansive, appeasing sounds would be to give up what makes METZ, METZ. More
