i was the one with the world at my feet

I finally got my hand's on the new Metric album, Fantasies. I already made a post about this fabulous band a few months ago, but at that point had only heard one track: Help, I'm Alive. After having a listen to Fantasies, my love for this band has grown even more. The band's lead singer Emily Haines has such a fantastic voice and together with the rest of the band they have created some great indie pop/rock. You gotta love a chick who knows how to rock.

Collect Call - Metric

Sick Muse - Metric

and for fun, a video documentary about "Help, I'm Alive" which features Emily playing a beautiful acoustic version of the song in the background.

put a smile on my face, put a prize on my soul

Ida Maria Børli Sivertsen, or better known as Ida Maria, is a Norwegian rocker chick who has had a great deal of success in Norway and is breaking through here in the US. Her 2008 release Fortress Round My Heart, has gotten great reviews across the board. This chick knows how to make some catchy rock music.

Ida Maria Sivertsen has a powerful voice that conjures so many classic-rock associations it's a wonder she doesn't get lost amid all the references. On her debut album, Fortress Round My Heart, she howls like Janis Joplin, with a bit of soulful vibrato that almost sounds like grandstanding. She rasps like Courtney Love, similarly steeped in cigarettes and alcohol but without the manic aversion to actually making music.