7 Montreal bands to watch

A-Trak and friend
 
An eclectic array of Montreal musicians have been releasing some impressive music videos over the past week. We’ll start you off easy and build to an audio-visual mind-fuck:
 

Michael Feuerstack, “Clackety Clack”

 
Directed by Ian Roy
Album: The Forgettable Truth, out Feb. 17 (Forward Music)
 

 

The Barr Brothers, “Love Ain’t Enough”

 
Animated and directed by Dustin Grella
Album: Sleeping Operator (Secret City)
 

 

Solids, “Off White”

 
Directed by Martin Pariseau.
Album: Blame Confusion (Dine Alone)
 

 

Purity Ring, “Begin Again”

 
Video artwork by Renata Raksha.
Album: Another Eternity, out on March 3 (Last Gang)
 

 

Jonathan Emile and Kendrick Lamar, “Heaven Help Dem”

 
Directed by Jonathan Emile. (Read our interview with him here.)
 

 

A-Trak feat. Andrew Wyatt

 
Directed by Ramon Ayala
 

 

Country, “White Colors”

 
Animated by Sinbad Richardson
Album: Failure