The Builders and the Butchers have already been through town twice this year, and are coming back for a third time, opening for Amanda  Palmer on December 6th at the Bluebird.  If you’ve never heard this Portland group, I highly recommend checking out their self-titled debut.  The band, fronted by Ryan Sollee, applies a dark 1800’s mentality to acoustic folk music, but they approach the art in a manner that tends to be more fun (and far less creepy) than Denver-based goth-country artists such as Slim or Munly.

Oh, and their live show is off the hook, as demonstrated by this live set from the Hi-Dive last month.

The Builders And The Butchers
9.10.2008
Hi-Dive, Denver, CO

Source:  Microtch Gefell M300’s > Lunatec V3 (opti-mod) > Nomad JB3 > WAV > Adobe Audition 3.0 > CDWave > Flac16
Taped by:  Lance Stack

Setlist:
1. Red Hands
2. Short Way Home
3. Raise Up Your Weary Hands
4. Bottom of the Lake
5. Down In This Hole
6. Devil Town
7. In The Branches
8. The Coal Mine Fall
9. Black Dresses
10. Vampire Lake
11. When It Rains
12. Spanish Death Song