she is totally high in this video and I love her.

that's beauty of the internets.

The ending to This Is A True Heart was phenomenal. Really beautiful song.

9 years later and I am still listening to this.

Very subtle but full arrangements. She has definitely deserved all the critics praise.

She's so gorgeous ughhhh

I had a bad acid trip back in the 70s and this is the flashback I just had.

this is just flawless

I love the originality. And I can appreciate this for what it is. And to put it simply, what 'it' is, is "Good." In my opinion, the term 'hipster' gets thrown about as a cop out by people who don't comprehend the newness, ideas or ambiguity of what something is. What Julia and her band are doing, in my opinion, is simply some excellent, multi-layered unconventional musical composition. It's hardly pop formulaic with a smattering of pretension, it reeks of free jazz with a folk beatnik storytellers bite. Love it or hate it, Julia and her band own it; and it's fun to watch them play it. So please- just because she's wearing glasses while playing a keyboard, sings with a nontraditional cadence, there is a stand up bass present & drummer guy is playing with brushes instead of sticks; refrain from calling it 'hipster.' Because that description would be incorrect.

flow, intention, tenderness - words that came to mind while listening to this. "Goodness" is a matter of taste but I can't help loving their palette of instruments and timbres and how naturally the acoustic and "synthetic" worlds weave together.

They are all so baked haha, love it.

I'm in love. She's perfect in every way. Absolutely genius composer, absolutely genius singer, beautiful and with lots of personality sparkling through those eyes. Very feminine without being the typical little princess, which is becoming something quite rare these days.

the way julia says the word “saxophone” is something that can be so personal

That last song "City Appearing" ....slows my heart rate, honestly. Love her vocal delivery and the instrumentation reminds me of Kate Bush's 50 Words For Snow

Man, this started off way out there, but have to admit, after just accepting it for the first couple of songs it really wore on me fast and really digging it. Thank you KEXP. Awesome Channel!

Julia is the best. Thank you for this!

the drummer singing is my favorit part

Best album of 2013 by far.

Very interesting, thank you KEXP!

Even the camera-person started laughing when she was spelling her website at 14:13 :) Interesting performance, enjoyed it.

Julia Holter is a complete genius and the Loud City Song album is absolutely superb! She employs an excellent ensemble of musicians who offer something decidedly different and they are ten times more interesting than the mainstream! Here is link from the Wire magazine website worth checking out: www.thewire.co.uk/archive/artists/julia-holter

Love the second song

Loud City Song is one of the best albums of 2013...no question

I'd not heard of her before, I LOVE IT!!!!!

She's sounds so fresh! I love it

Julia Holter - Keyboard, vox, amazing, comedy Andrew Tholl - Violin Chris Votek - Cello Danny Meyer - Saxophone Corey Fogel - Drums

The drummer is the coolest guy. Look at the beer belly, sweat pants, dirty white tshirt, and creepy facial expressions. The video should just stay on him the whole time!

Best singer-songwriter of the decade, no contest. No one's currently taking the risks that Julia does.

Gives me chills ... Good Job

Julia Holter seems so cool.

Julia is amazing. and thanks for what you do, KEXP!

So glad that this was posted. Acid rock with class and complexity.

Such a sensual sound! Beautiful

She is her own person-she favors an ethereal mood to her artistic expressions and they are performed with excellence. Her vocals are intriguing and melodic...appealing, ditto for her lyrics. Obviously she has selected very competent band-mates and they do shine a bit here. i give this performance a 4 of 5 for creativity, artistic expression and quality of performance overall.

Awesome, totally random discovery. Love her and really digging her band.

What a fabulous first concert listen.

Sorry this is not for the casual music fan. If you don't get it, it's now time to return to your regularly scheduled programming.

YESSS Love her! So great to see her on this channel.

This beats her more recent performance on the network. The material is more frisky and on it's own. Thank you KEXP

Love this channel. I don't even listen to KEXP, but its youtube videos helped me discover so many new artists, that I wouldn't even have heard of without this channel. Thank you SO much.

Best arrangements ever *_*

This is delightfully good!

WoW! Thank you so much for introducing this to me KEXP.

"Son! Are you on drugs?!?!" "No mom, just listening to some Julia Holter..."

I love KEXP live ^ ^ GOOOOD GOOOOD ~~~~~

Wow this is great!

mind is blown, awesome stuff.

Great mellow haunting tunes...

Nice performance, great music.

superb and sublime

great to see her perform

Brilliant, beautiful, original.

The band's great..

beautifull song amazing!

Great music!!

The high amount of hipster comments to this video annoys me. Can't we just enjoy music and stop label everything and placing ourselves in different camps. "The mainstream music listeners Vs. Hipsters". If you're only into the stuff that's being played on the radio, then you probably haven't explored your musical side enough. And perhaps you don't feel as much as I feel when I listen to music, we are all different. I don't personally like music, I obsess over music. People who only listen to music when they party or when they drive to work probably doesn't share my passion for music, leaving us with different tastes. If you proudly say that you are a hipster and feel the need to hate on people who doesn't like music like this. Then you are not cool, you are not sophisticated, you are just a pretentious asshole.

Just when you think you know where this song is going, it jumps off the cliff and into a swamp of self indulgence

KEXP gets us.

she's charming and funny and her music is lovely and intelligent. not for people who just want to hear simple beat and melody (see all the dumb comments below). loud city song is a cool soundtrack-y vibe while her earlier work, particularly 'tragedy" her debut is a bit more avant-noisey. all her shit is great though.

Wow. Wasn't diggin' it for the first few seconds but once I got a taste of her way with words and the movement of the song.... Downloading the album now.

it's exactlly because of comments like those bellow that the music business is shit nowadays. people care more about foundation tones in make-up and if people are dressed properly for a radio show than the fact that she has 3 major albums out. one of them considered to be the best album of 2013 by many of the best music magazines of the world (Wire, for ex.), And because it doesn't really sound like anything very specific, as she blends and mixes genres like synth pop and jazz to create something new, people just dislike it. Just listen to it, it's perfection.

i am captivated

This definitely had that dreamy lazy parisian coffeshop feel, definitely have to be imaginative to enjoy this.

The instrumental is so abstract I dig this

i watched the whole vid cause i was stoned. it still was nice when i got sober. this doesnt happen a lot

she is far beyond cuteness

this was my initial though too. but listen to it a few times, just open yourself to it. its amazing.

Wish I would have discovered this greatness earlier...

"I am so pro now" - Julia Shammas Holter.

When she starts spelling out her website URL... BIG CRUSH!

Que placer enorme ver a una mujer tan talentosa, preciosa, envuelta en las mieles del THC...

When I first watched this I just didn't feel the vibe. I think it was because its so different. A day later and I see with a fresh less biased perspective; amazing music.

Great music! She's absolutely gorgeous, by the way!

Damn if she is high...she is the coolest girl ever!!!

This is really cool.

A tree is definitely a tree.

Instantly recognizable music. Jean Michel Jarre loves her too (made a beautiful song together with her) and he ventilated these warm and respectful words and thoughts about this great artist!

brilliant.

ily Julia

in love

Hermosa :3

she is so special

Very nice.

Great shit

very, very cool

I did not expect this at all! Kind of interesting though, sounds pretty fresh.

Como no enamorarse ?

The fact that not everyone likes this is true testament to the fact that it is worth listening to. Her music is not simplistic, pop mainstream, user-friendly music for the masses. Although, it's certainly not THAT challenging. Much like Laurie Anderson or Kate Bush there is a lot to hear in each song - especially in her voice.

the drummer is epic ;D

Well, that was massive.

2:16 is where it got good.

big band !! :-)

she is so pro

Or just plain awesome

Now this song has a good likeable beat.

Uh oh, I've got another crush!!

Niceeeee

This is all I can pay attention to now.......

3:35 demon possesses the guy on violin

wow