Good Weather For Airstrikes

Hello again, it’s been a little while. Unfortunately, the internet at my apartment is incredibly inconsistent and unreliable, so it’s nearly impossible for me to post anything from my apartment and I am as a result typing this in an internet cafe on Bedford Avenue in Brooklyn. Aside from my internet difficulties, I’m having an incredible time here so far. VICE is, to say the least, amazing. It’s just an incredibly awesome environment to work in, with people tossing new music back and forth all day long and free CDs and vinyl everywhere I look. I spent an hour after work yesterday just taking music off of the server and ripping it to my pod, and that was barely even enough time to get half of the stuff I wanted. But what does this mean for you guys? Well all the free new music obviously means more stuff for me to post on and more new music for you guys, but addVICE (who is based in the same office as the rest of VICE until June 1st), is moving offices and as a result are trying to get rid of the vast majority of their promotional material, which means some seriously awesome contest prize packs lay in the immediate future for you all.

I’m spending nearly all of my time working at the office, but I’m getting to go to incredible shows (be on the lookout for reviews of last Wednesday’s Art Brut show and last Thursday’s Architecture in Helsinki show in the near future) and just hang out with really cool and interesting people outside of work. But now you’re just getting bored and antsy waiting for the downloadable content, I’m sure, so let’s move on to the body of this post.

As I’ve made it known before, I’m a huge fan of Wolf Parade’s “I’ll Believe In Anything”, so imagine my delight when I discovered that Spencer Krug had previously recorded a more stripped down piano version of the song with his Sunset Rubdown side project, with the unabridged title, “I’ll Believe In Anything, You’ll Believe In Anything”. While I can’t say I prefer it to the original, it’s definitely a great alternate recording and those who feel Isaac Brock overproduced Apologies To The Queen Mary will may enjoy this sparser arrangement more than the original. Also, as a bonus, I’ve also included a great live video of Wolf Parade performing “I’ll Believe In Anything” that Sub Pop posted on their site a while back, a treat considering Sub Pop rarely commissions live videos, which you can and should download below. Also, for those of you who missed Wolf Parade’s newest video for “Modern World” when Ben posted it over on Videoteque a little while ago, be sure to head over there and get it now, as it’s excellent and one of the better videos of 2006 so far.

MP3:
“I’ll Believe In Anything” - Wolf Parade [highly recommended]
“I’ll Believe In Anything, You’ll Believe In Anything” (Piano Version) - Sunset Rubdown

Video:
“I’ll Believe In Anything” (Live) - Wolf Parade

This was just a “checking in” post of sorts, but rest assured we’ve got plenty more goodness in store for you in the near future, including profiles of some great new bands, exclusive new We Are Scientists material, and plenty of show reviews. Also, let’s all congratulate Everett on officially graduating from high school, as he had his last day of classes yesterday (this is also awesome because it means he has more time to post, but I guess the whole life milestone thing is cool too).

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