Concert Review: Metric And Zoé Are A Dynamic Ticket At King’s Theatre

King’s Theatre is not only raising the bar in high caliber acts, but is attracting everyone from 2 Dope Queens to Thom Yorke. Only there can Death Cab For Cutie and Tyler Perry’s Madea, equally, feel at home. With this in mind, Metric and Zoé rocked a show that attracted a diverse crowd. 

Entering King’s Theatre, I was shook to hear my people hablando upon entrance. While I know Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World, or shall I say Scott Pilgrim Contra El Mundo, is played on Telemundo all the time, I was impressed to know Metric had taken over the Americas. Yet, I had not idea that I was about to experience one of Mexico’s premier Latin Rock bands, Zoé. These Latin Grammy winners gave a set that was filled with heart and scoped every theme of heartache: from personal relationships to the devastating earthquake that struck Mexico.

One thing that I love about King’s Theatre is that it treats openers like headliners, of which Zoé got an equal respect and love, as Metric, which they deserve considering their long, lustrous career. The lighting was spectacular and made them feel like a meta version of themselves as pictures of them playing splashed above them in red. By the time, their smooth, sentimental rock style was done, Metric felt like a perfect anti-thesis of a more virtual, rock style. If Zoé went to the spirit of sound, then Metric went to the fantasy of it. Sonically, they did feel like a comic book version of punk; blasting guitars and keys through any sense of “normalcy.”

“Dead Disco,” “Dressed To Suppress,” and “Black Sheep” had the entire, older crowd jumping around like they were in their college dorm planning a quad rebellion. I, literally, saw a woman text a baby-sitter and then proceed to head-bang. This dynamic felt enriching and humbling to the fact that age is a number, and music strikes for the part of you that never does not need one; it is an eternally, youthful revolutionary. Moreover, lead singer Emily Haines has a voice that can be sold as pure sugar. She skips around the stage as if rhythm has begun a Zumba class in her soul, which spoke to the inner zest of the audience. For  them this was an EVENT, and King’s Theatre provided a beautiful setting that was adorned by history, gold, and good music. For More Information on King’s Theatre and to take their new, happy tours of this historical building click here.