From graveyards and ghouls to painted horses and animated meteors, here is this week's crop of Canadian videos:
Feist, “Graveyard”
Polaris Prize winner Feist explores the idea of loss, life and mortality in her song "Graveyard," and with crows flying and ghostly band members appearing and disappearing, this sparse, black-and-white video perfectly matches the song’s poetic starkness.
Cold Specks, “Hector”
Inspired by early David Cronenberg films and featuring a pregnant zombie bride dragging her headless groom through New Forest National Park, this new Cold Specks video definitely ranks high on the Creep-o-Meter. Looks like the rabbit got it, too.
The Balconies, "Do it in the Dark"
Just in time for the scary season, Toronto pop band the Balconies — who have been on tour with Wide Mouth Mason and Big Sugar, and made online waves with their take on Justin Bieber’s “Baby” — creep through the zombie-laced forest for their ghoulish new video.
Ladyhawk, "You Read My Mind"
Woah, dude. With images that range from prowling wolves and Ronald Reagan to nuclear explosions and supermodels, this rapid-fire series is probably the closest you’ll ever get to the inner workings of the teenage mind.
Delhi 2 Dublin, “Love is the Hero”
Best known for their high-energy live shows, Vancouver fusion band Delhi 2 Dublin show their more contemplative side in this video, which was shot as they recorded an all-acoustic version of “Love is the Hero” at Toronto’s Revolution studios.
Times Neue Roman, "Late Night Toronto"
You can bet Toronto Mayor Rob Ford would be none too happy about this new video from Hogtown hip-hop act Times Neue Roman, which has people smoking, drinking, snorting drugs and pursuing other late-night naughtiness while wearing a mask of his face.
The Luyas, “Montuno”
It’s not often that one gets up in the morning and says, “I think I'll go paint zebra stripes on a horse,” but a little equine embellishment is just one of the things that happens in this artsy eight-and-a-half-minute video, which also come with insects, barefoot running and primitive meetings in the woods.
Amelia Curran, “Black Bird on Fire”
A heart wrapped in a meteor goes skyrocketing through the skies in this cute stop-motion animation offering, which captures the heart’s ability to damage and mend, burn and build.
Twin River, “Laugh it Off”
Directed by Calgary-based visual troupe Welcome to the West and shot in an 1890s schoolhouse, this toe-tapping performance video by Vancouver’s Twin River supplies the perfect antidote to the dark, dreary winter days. And what became of the huge grizzlies in behind, you ask? One of them came back home with the band.
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