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Julia Holter - Boiler Room Session

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Experimental artpopper Julia Holter released one of the 2013's finest records in Loud City Song. And now she has done a gorgeously recorded Boiler Room performance of beautiful renditions of her work. It's certainly worth checking out if you have been a fan of Holter's and are interested in seeing how her esoteric pop translates to a live setting.

Julia Holter - "Horns Surrounding Me"

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Singer-songwriter Julia Holter releases some visuals for one of the odder tracks on her latest album, Loud City Song, which is out now on Domino Records. It's a tense, emotive piece of dream pop that's now accompanied by some eerie cinematography. Enjoy! Also, catch a review for Loud City Song below:

Julia Holter - Live In-Studio w/KEXP

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Art-popper Julia Holter stopped by the KEXP studio recently and did an interview and a lovely performance of "In the Green Wild," "This is a True Heart," and "City Appearing" from her latest album Loud City Song, which is, in case you didn't know already, one of 2013's best. It is always interesting to see how songs such as Holter's are performed live.

Loud City Song is out now via Domino.

Julia Holter - "Maxim's I"

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The new track from experimental musician Julia Holter is something of a marriage between the forlorn "World" and the lush "In the Green Wild," the first two singles taken from her upcoming LP Loud City Song. "Maxim's I" is a multi-phased song that begins ominously with sparse instrumentation and an overwhelming graininess, but this ultimately gives way to arrangements that have an expansive, almost fantastical post-rock quality to them. The song is accompanied by a fittingly grainy music video comprised of in-studio photographic stills.

Loud City Song is due for release on August 20 via Domino Records.

Also, Julia recently dropped a music video for the track "Our Sorrows," which is a cut that appeared on her previous album. Watch below:

Julia Holter - "In the Green Wild"

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Julia Holter has a dropped a new song and video for her upcoming album Loud City Song, which is due out on August 20th via Domino. “In the Green Wild” is the second glimpse Julia has given us of the LP--the first was the somber and spacious “World” back in May.

This second single is a considerably more upbeat affair. Here, Julia’s vocals are more whimsical than wearied, and the instrumentation is not nearly as sparse as it was in “World.”  The sly upright bass and exotic percussion that the track opens with give way to an epic, string-kissed second half that manages to be simultaneously explosive and ethereal. Enjoy!