How has the economy affected this
year’s festival season?
HAINES: Everyone’s thinking it’s going
to be really bad, but the results have
been to the contrary. People are still
going to concerts.
SHAW: Economic crisis fuels artistic
movements. Maybe people don’t go
out to eat as much. Maybe they don’t
renovate their houses. But they end
up needing more entertainment.
PLAYING: LOLLAPALOOZA
What’s the most mismatched act you’ve ever shared a bill with? SHAW: The band that played in
between us and Broken Social Scene
at Reading [in 2006]. Could they have
been Goldie Lookin Chain?
HAINES: Right! We had the smoking
show—
SHAW: —and then it was nine white
Welsh dudes in yellow jumpsuits and
big gold chains.
HAINES: Although playing festivals
keeps you from being too narrow-
minded about music. You come to
realize there are some really sweet
people who play in heavy bands and
some nasty bastards who play in twee
violin quartets.
On Emily Haines: Rock & Republic jacket, rockandrepublic.com; Ted Baker dress, tedbaker.com. On Jimmy Shaw: John Varvatos Star U. S.A. jacket and shirt, johnvarvatos.com; J. Fedders tie, jfedders.com.
Photographed for SPIN in New York, March 4, 2009
grooming by glen Jackson for see management; styling by katherine hubbard
66 may 2009 / see video of metric: spin.com/metric-unplugged
PHOTOGRAPH BY TRENT MCGINN
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