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Julia Holter - “Marienbad”

There was a singular feeling in the air Tuesday night at Julia Holter’s New York debut concert at Le Poisson Rouge: the star is here.

Everything about the night, and about Holter’s just released second album Ekstasis, makes this evident. At the show, folks got dreamy eyed, smiled mid-song as things tripped over a cooing, drumless verse into an enchanting, uptempo chorus. Holter herself was a vision of poise behind her Korg and Roland keyboards, head tilted and eyes focused into infinity with just enough softness to seem expressive and just enough disconnect to seem a little post-human.

In the Bleecker Street basement of Le Poisson Rouge, singer-composer Julia Holter’s star begins its ascent | by Daphne Carr