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Bartees Strange, Doves, Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, Deep Sea Diver, Horsegirl, Squid, Panda Bear, Youth Lagoon, and More
Mar 04, 2025
By Mark Redfern
At the start of February we launched our new Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month, starting with January’s albums. Now here is a roundup of February 2025’s best albums. We have included Bandcamp or Spotify embeds (some albums aren’t on Bandcamp) for each album and links to any reviews or interviews we did to support the release. More
Plus Bartees Strange, Japanese Breakfast, Wings of Desire, and a Wrap-up of the Last Two Weeks’ Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 14, 2025
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the fourth Songs of the Week of 2025. We didn’t do a Songs of the Week last week, as I was out of town covering MegaCon, a comic-con in Orlando, FL. So this week’s supersized list covers the last two weeks. And what a couple of weeks they were for new tracks! More
Nothing Due Out February 28 via Matador
Feb 06, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Darkside are releasing a new album, Nothing, on February 28 via Matador. Now they have shared the album’s latest single, the near-seven-minute-long “Are You Tired? (Keep on Singing).” More
Plus Doves, Hamilton Leithauser, Heartworms, C Duncan, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 10, 2025
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the first Songs of the Week of 2025. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mariel Fechik, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, and Scotty Dransfield helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 30 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 13. It was a packed week for new songs, including a lot of album announcements, so there was a plethora to choose from. More
Nothing Due Out February 28 via Matador
Jan 09, 2025
By Mark Redfern
Darkside have announced a new album, Nothing, and released its lead single, “S.N.C,” via a music video. More
Plus World News, Great Grandpa, Anna B Savage, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Oct 25, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the 35th Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Matt the Raven, Scotty Dransfield, and Stephen Humpries helped me decide what should make the list. We considered over 20 songs and narrowed it down to a Top 10. More
Live At Spiral House Due Out June 9 via Matador
Jun 05, 2023
By Kat Ramkumar
Electronic band, Darkside, have announced the release of a new live album, and shared a short accompanying documentary, which depicts the making of the album. More
Plus Jenny Hval, A Place to Bury Strangers, Darkside, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 21, 2022
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone)
Welcome to the third Songs of the Week of 2022. This week there were some exciting new album announcements (Hatchie, Daniel Rossen, Melody’s Echo Chamber, Jenny Hval) and Beach House put out another five songs from their new album. More
Spiral Out Now via Matador
Jan 18, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Darkside (the duo of electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington) have shared a new song, the six-and-a-half-minute “Ecdysis!” It was recorded during the sessions for their newest album, Spiral. More
Plus Big Red Machine, Ora the Molecule, Low, illuminati hotties, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jul 23, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Welcome to the 28th Songs of the Week of 2021. It was a nice week for new music, with some strong new singles (some connected to album announcements) and some wonderful album tracks we’ve long wanted to share with our readers and can now that the albums are out. We had enough tracks for a Top 12 this week, but many of the honorable mentions are worthy too. More
Spiral Due Out July 23 on Matador
Jun 03, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Darkside (the duo of electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington) are releasing their second studio album, Spiral, on July 23 via Matador. Now they have shared the album’s third single, “Lawmaker.” More
Plus Rostam, Darkside, Prince, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Apr 09, 2021
By Mark Redfern (with Joey Arnone and Caleb Campbell)
Welcome to the 13th Songs of the Week of 2021. Today we lost two giants of completely different worlds: Prince Phillip (married to Queen Elizabeth II) died at age 99, only two months before his 100th birthday, and influential rapper DMX lost his life at age 50 due to an apparent drug overdose. More
Spiral Due Out July 23 on Matador
Apr 08, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Darkside (the duo of electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington) have shared a new song titled “The Limit.” It is the latest release from their upcoming second studio album Spiral, which is due out July 23 via Matador. More
Plus New Tracks from Jessie Ware, The Drums, Peaking Lights, Les Sins, Darkside, Teleman (Remixed by Boxed In), Joanna Gruesome, The Twilight Sad, The Unicorns, Sinkane, TOPS, and Others
Aug 22, 2014
By Michael Wojtas
Welcome to Under the Radar’s weekly playlist, where we compile the best and most exciting tracks to debut online in the last week (give or take). In this mix we’ve got new songs by Charli XCX, Phoenix, Interpol, Caribou, Jessie Ware, The Drums, Peaking Lights, Les Sins (Toro Y Moi side-project), Darkside, Teleman (Remixed by Boxed In), Joanna Gruesome, The Twilight Sad, The Unicorns, Sinkane, TOPS, TEEN, Douglas Dare, The Coathangers, Young Karin, and more. Look no further, your Friday and weekend playlist is here. More
Also Share Two New Tracks
Aug 18, 2014
By Mike Hilleary
Over the weekend Darkside, the collaborative musical project of electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington, revealed that the band is calling it quits for while. More
Festival Happening Now in Gdynia, Poland
Jul 04, 2014
By Julia Underwood
Yesterday was the second day of Open’er Festival. More
Songstress Goes to the Darkside
Mar 31, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Darkside (a.k.a. Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington) have remixed “Digital Witness,” a single from St. Vincent’s recently released self-titled album. More
Live at BBC Radio 1 Session
Oct 25, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Supporting their newly released debut album Psychic, Darkside, the collaboartive musical project of electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington, recently took a moment out of their schedule to take part in a live session for BBC Radio 1. More
Supporting Debut Album Psychic
Oct 15, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Darkside, the new collaboartive musical project of electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington, has announced plans for a series of tour dates. More
Sep 30, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington’s ongoing musical project Darkside will release their debut full-length Psychic on Oct. 8 on Jaar’s label Other People with Matador. More
Debut LP Psychic Out Oct. 8
Sep 18, 2013
By Mike Hilleary
Darkside, the new musical project between electronic artist Nicolas Jaar and guitarist Dave Harrington, will soon release their debut album Psychic on Oct. 8 through Jaar’s Other People imprint and Matador. More
Reviews
Aug 26, 2014
By Stephen Humphries
Kudos to the FYF organizers for mobilizing like a Rapid Response Unit. In response to the problems of Day One, they’ve instituted changes overnight. The entrance lines are shorter and attendees were reportedly given free water by way of apology for the long wait on Saturday. The price of water has been cut from $3 to $2. And the balconies inside the Los Angeles Sports Arena have been opened up to accommodate those unable to access the indoor shows for lack of room. More
Jul 10, 2014
By Laura Studarus
Last week was Poland’s Open’er Festival. Now in its twelfth year, the event attracts an impressive array of talent, both from within the country and abroad. More
Oct 24, 2013
By Billy Hamilton
In their own incongruous way, Psychic‘s two creators do an admirable job of defining the sound of Darkside‘s debut LP. While Nicolas Jaar believed he was making an electronic record, Dave Harrington thought he was involved in a rock record. It turns out they were both right-it’s an impressive combination of the two. More
