By Nicole Villeneuve

Believe it or not, music videos still exist. Sound Tracks trolls the internet to find the best and the worst of local artists’ new singles and the good, bad, or otherwise noteworthy visuals that accompany them.

The Sadies have had a pretty great couple of weeks. First, their excellent, heartbreaking album Darker Circles was shortlisted for the 2010 Polaris Music Prize, then they, along with soul-punk firecracker Janelle Monáe, were bestowed the indie rock honour of opening the Arcade Fire’s upcoming Toronto Island show on August 14, and then Margaret Atwood sang with them on CBC’s Q, and went home and totally nerded out about it on Twitter. And to top it all off, the band’s longtime friend, the incomparable Rick White (of Eric’s Trip/Elevator/Rick White), made them a little, lo-fi psychedelic video for “Cut Corners.” Best summer ever, Sadies?
A mirror-imaged night cam films the band standing around a bonfire, twisting and turning them on their sides and heads, and then, discreetly, a creepy old man in a white cloak appears. It’s super simple and totally Rick White, so we should be so lucky. Much like the Sadies, White has a long, dense stake in Canada’s independent music history and clicking through his YouTube archive is a good place to start (or, if you’ve grown up loving him and his various outlets, reminisce).