The Pack a.d. - Blackout (music video)

What this video is

Released in 2008 as a promotional video for the opening track of Funeral Mixtape, the 'Blackout' video represents The Pack A.D. at their rawest and most self-aware: a two-piece garage-blues duo from Vancouver using the institutional space of the CBC — Canada's public broadcaster — as a theatrical backdrop, inverting its corporate identity through high-energy performance and satirical framing. The CBC Radio 3…

Why it matters

A document of the late-2000s blues-punk two-piece revival, placing The Pack A.D. within a lineage of minimalist power duos. The video's institutional-location subversion and DIY production values are hallmarks of the Canadian indie underground aesthetic that CBC Radio 3 championed in this era. The…