In conjunction with CITY’s Guide to Sex, Love, & Relationships, we asked you to tell us which local music you think best exemplifies feelings of Love — as well as songs that evoke its heartbreaking cousin Despair — and you didn’t disappoint.
Gold Koa
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Album review: ‘Gold Koa’
Gold Koa ‘Gold Koa’ Self-released goldkoa.bandcamp.com Drummer Matt Battle and bassist Kamara Robideau may have moved from Rochester to pursue their careers in Los Angeles, but really, they haven’t gone anywhere. After the cross-country move and the subsequent disbanding of their indie rock band Oh Manitou, Battle and Robideau teamed up with Rochester singer-songwriter Cammy […]
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Daniel reviews Gold Koa and The Velvet Noose
Gold Koa performed its first-ever concert on the Gibbs Street Stage on Friday, and the band’s existence seemed especially natural, logical — even inevitable. Frontwoman Cammy Enaharo — best known to Rochester audiences as a solo, indie folk artist — sounded as if she were born to front an R&B-pop outfit. Her voice was brimming […]
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Gold Koa will play its first show at Rochester Fringe Festival
Indie-pop trio Gold Koa works even while bandmates are on opposite sides of the country. In January, the group released its first single, “Little Lost.” Almost a year later, the group is about to play their first live set as part of the 2018 Rochester Fringe Festival.
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Fresh Cut: ‘Little Lost’ by Gold Koa
CITY is debuting Gold Koa’s first single, “Little Lost.” Gold Koa, the collaboration of Cammy Enaharo and Oh Manitou’s Kamara Robideau and Matt Battle, have created an infectious dance tune that’s great for fighting back the winter blues.
