The Velvet Noose’s pagan performance art reaches new levels of avant-garde instigation in “Super Flower Blood Moon.” The message is unclear.
The Velvet Noose
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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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Lumiere Photo is back; The Yards winter art residency kicks off
Following a heart attack in February 2017, Lumiere Photo founder Bill Edwards came to the grim conclusion that he had to close up shop in the end of March. Lumiere remained partially operational for months while Edwards focused on healing and discussed selling the business to potential buyers. Throughout 2017 Lumiere still offered digital printing […]
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The Velvet Noose uses atmosphere and spoken word for primitive humanity exploration
The Velvet Noose is a duo of sublime simplicity masquerading as complexity. It skates the razor between a song’s impulse and its actuality. Alyson Trombulak, the spoken word component of The Velvet Noose, offers beguiling hints at a broader picture over Harold Taddy’s soundscape manipulation via a droning MOOG Oscillator. The band conjures wonderment and […]
