Video: Chad Vangaalen - Clinically Dead

COTV Tags: Chad Vangaalen , Clinically Dead , Captain Obvious

Chad VanGaalen is another one of the great Canadian musicians that continues to make me smile. Chad has two albums out in the US, Skelliconnection and Infiniheart . Both albums are fantastic and he even animates his own videos. Throw up a simple youtube search for Chad VanGaalen and you'll find videos he's animated for other people as well as a bunch of his own live stuff. Muscle Cola seems like something that is coming in the future from Chad. Check out his [...]

hailing from alberta, canada, singer/songwriter/multi-instru mentalist/artist chad vangaalan has had the words 'insular' and 'distant' thrown at him due to the fact that much of his music was recorded in his basement. but with his growing popularity among indie fans, chad has learned to actually perform in front of crowds these days. don't expect some kind of twee male vocal performance here, what makes chad's music so interesting are the bursts of guitar/keyboards that totally take you for surprise. add to the fact that he animates all his music videos [...]

• Chad VanGaalen - Clinically Dead
• Chad VanGaalen - Graveyard

For our first Music Video Friday (very original name, I know), I'd like to feature an older, yet very impressive video-"Clinically Dead" by Chad VanGaalen. Everything from the animation to the illustration to the music is just so amazing, especially because everything in this video was made by the talented Mr. VanGaalen by himself. I can't even imagine all of the work that has gone into this. Anyway, definitely check this music video out if you haven't seen it yet (you're way behind) or if you haven't heard the song, which is just immediately catchy, intriguing, [...]

This week's free download of the week from Zunior comes from Chad VanGaalen . His album, Infiniheart, was a collection of bedroom recordings over a few years. He got lots of love from the Canadian press and then he got picked up on Sub Pop. Not sure when anything new will be coming but enjoy a taste of Chad courtesy of Zunior. Chad VanGaalen-"Traffic" As an extra bonus you can watch the video [...]