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Haines and Shaw sample "Live It Out," cover Elliott Smith

ROLLING STONE

Posted Jul 18, 2006 2:19 PM

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Singer Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw, half of Canadian electropop foursome Metric, dropped by Rolling Stone's Times Square studio to play a bare-bones set of songs off their sophomore album, 2005's Live It Out. Shedding their club-friendly sound to go acoustic, Haines and Shaw -- both also members of Toronto outfit Broken Social Scene -- channeled mellow moods on the album's haunting title track and offer up a powerful cover of late singer-songwriter Elliott Smith's tune "Between the Bars."

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