It makes sense that Garland of Hours opened up for Evangelista last night at the Velvet Lounge. The last time Carla Bozulich came to town, that time in support of a record called Evangelista rather than fronting a band by that name, her opener at the Warehouse Next Door was Anni Rossi, a violist whose frenetic attack on the instrument gave the impression of a full band even though she was the only one on stage. Cellist Amy Domingues of Three Stars alums Garland of Hours was similarly alone up there—Garland is sometimes a band, sometimes just Domingues—yet had the illusion of more people via a multi track looper that filled in as rhythm section while Domingues held down the singing and the melodic lines. Despite some onstage disagreements between her and her electronic accompanist—the looper was acting a little loopy early in the set—her intimate chamber pop, which straddles the line between modern and medieval with its modal scales and madrigalesque storytelling, provided a fitting contrast between the noisy acts that bookended her. more ›