Music fans and demolition aficionados alike are already well aware of filmmaker Brendan Canty (of Fugazi fame) and Christoph Green's Burn to Shine DVD series–which generally involves the duo traveling to a city, getting a bunch of bands to perform in a house, then videotaping that house as it's getting knocked down by city authorities.
However, [...]

Because Brandon Butler is kind of a big guy, because he wears overalls, because he played in a hardcore band and has as tattoo that says "Born to rock", I'm always surprised at how tuneful and expressive his voice is. From the looks of him, you'd think that the DC-based singer-songwriter would sound like sandpaper [...]