Stream: Julia Holter, ‘Betsy On The Roof’
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Julia Holter never ceases to amaze. Her latest single is an unsettling, brilliant piece of crazy, and her new album “Have You in My Wilderness” is out next Friday.
Video: Julia Holter, ‘Feel You’
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It feels as if Julia Holter is lifting the veil on her new single “Feel You.” The L.A.-based singer-songwriter-composer has birthed three albums of painterly, highly conceptual art-pop since 2011 — one based on Greek playwright Eruipes’ “Hippolytus,” another based on the French writer Gig’s 1944 novella “Colette.” On those, along with the beautifully cinematic “Ekstasis” […]
Tonight in L.A.: Julia Holter, Johnathan Rice, Boz Scaggs, Pixies, George Benson, the Love Language, Meiko, the Golden Ghosts, the Moondoggies
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A bounty of good shows tonight: ‣ Julia Holter, whose new album and third full-length in as many years “Loud City Heart” is just out on Domino, plays the First Unitarian Church in Koreatown. Nedelle Torrisi and Anenon open, and the Dublab DJs and the Wild Up! Orchestra will also be on hand. Above is […]
The Week Ahead: Sept. 9-15
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Incoming: Pixies, Meg Myers, Together Pangea, Austra, Ariana Grande, OneRepublic, Minus the Bear, MGMT, Julia Holter, the Mission UK, AFI, Boz Scaggs, ON AN ON, Meiko, St. Lucia, the Zombies, Jonathan Rice, Jimmy Cliff, Dave Stewart, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Body/Head, Titus Andronicus, AlunaGeorge, the Jacksons, Local Natives, Jose James, Morgan Page, Matt Wertz, Alice in […]
Video: Julia Holter, ‘World’
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There’s a certain anxiety in composer Julia Holter’s electronic experimentations – the feeling that, at any turn, a pop song could break out. And, probably, ruin the vibe. Holter, the Cal Arts product who came on the radar two years ago with the Euripides-inspired “Tragedy” and last year followed it with the mystical, devastating (in […]
Popular With Me 2012: Buzz Bands LA’s favorite local albums of the year
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What a year. More than 140 Los Angeles-sired albums passed through the Buzz Bands LA headphones this year, not counting EPs, mixtapes and singles. Judging from the detritus at my desk – handwritten lists, stacks of CDs, press releases – and my unopened emails, there were a lot more out there. It came in all […]
Video: Nite Jewel & Julia Holter, ‘What We See’
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Expanding horizons – that’s “What We See” through the minds of two of L.A.’s brightest lights, Julia Holter and Nite Jewel. Their experimental electro sensibilities meld magnificently on a new song the pair has made for the forthcoming multimedia compilation “Dublab Presents: Lights from Los Angeles” (out Oct. 23). The collection (each song coming with […]
Tonight in L.A.: Diana Krall, Alejandro Escovedo, Shlohmo, Julia Holter, Cults/Lord Huron, AM & Shawn Lee, He’s My Brother She’s My Sister
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Your fun-filled Friday show picks: ‣ Some sonic explorers from the L.A. beat scene convene at the Echoplex, where a Friends of Friends showcase brings in Shlohmo (aka producer Henry Laufer) to head up a hometown show that features Salva, LOL Boys and Groundislava (new album “Feel Me” out next week). That’s the video for […]
Tonight in L.A.: Sigur Ros, Andrew Bird/Sharon Van Etten, Tennis, Wymond Miles, Geographer, Animal Kingdom/the Neighbourhood, Red Hot Chili Peppers
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A sensational Sunday: ‣ The highly anticipated show at Hollywood Forever Cemetery with Sigur Ros happens tonight in support of the Icelandic post-rock band’s latest album “Valtari.” [That’s their gorogeous Alma Har’el-directed video for “Fjögur pÃanó” above, starring Shia LaBeouf.] L.A. artist Julia Holter opens. ‣ It’s double the fun at the Greek Theatre with performances […]
Tonight in L.A.: Charlotte Martin/Mariah McManus, Julia Holter, the Saw Doctors, I See Hawks in L.A.
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Sunday’s selections: ‣ Charlotte Martin celebrates the release of her album (and DVD) “Hiding Places” at the Bootleg. The young Mariah McManus opens. [That’s her video for “Say It Again” above.] ‣ Avant-guarde pop songstress Julia Holter also celebrates the release of a new album. Dublab presents her show at Atwater Crossing in honor of […]
