James Shaw
James Shaw, born in London, England, is a Canadian guitarist, songwriter, and
record producer best known as a co-founder and lead guitarist of the indie rock
band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene. Raised in Bellevue, Ontario, he
studied classical music at the Juilliard School in New York for three years
before returning to Toronto. In 1997, he released his debut studio album, Life
on the Clock, featuring vocalist Emily Haines, with whom he co-founded Metric in
1998. Metric released studio albums including Synthetica in 2012, Pagans in
Vegas in 2015, Art of Doubt in 2018...
