Video: Portland Cello Project and The Builders and The Butchers

The Builders and The Butchers are back, so let's start with some lyrics: Close your eyes and you draw one more day to a close. You choose to be alone. You float through your life as a ghost. And everything heals given time. And everything dies given time. And the scars run together, mixing the nerves with the blood. And the soldiers light houses on fire and they burn down. And all your belongings turn to dirt in the ground. When your heart's deep and dark as a well. And [...]

• The Builders and the Butchers - Barcelona

Thursday, May 7, 2009 Today's Quick Mention: Yes! Not only did I participate in pure domination at trivia last night (if 2nd place didn't have bonus points we would have won by double digits), but I got to see a very good show from Wye Oak, Brazos and the Pomegranates at the Mohawk. Good times, my friends. I usually run away from "albums" that feature string quartets (or whatever) covering rock tunes, but when I received word of Thao being involved in [...]

• Portland Cello Project - tallymarks - thao

Sometimes seeing a video makes you happy, sometimes it makes you sad. I missed the Portland Cello Project show at the Aladdin Theater last Friday, and seeing these videos (which look great for YouTube but leave a bit to be desired sound-wise—not that you could duplicate being in an amazing theater with wall-to-wall cellos, really) makes me feel like a big jerk for not showing. The Builders and the Butchers make good use of the cellists' hands, while the boys from Weinland, as always, looks like they're having a lot of fun. In related news, [...]