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Darkside Announce New Live Album, Share Behind The Scenes Documentary Short

Live At Spiral House Due Out June 9 via Matador

Jun 05, 2023

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

10 Best Songs of the Week: Hatchie, Nilüfer Yanya, Daniel Rossen, Beach House, and 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

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

Darkside Share New Song “Ecdysis!”

Spiral Out Now via Matador

Jan 18, 2022

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

12 Best Songs of the Week: The War on Drugs, Penelope Isles, Indigo De Souza, Piroshka, and 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

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

Darkside Share New Song “Lawmaker”

Spiral Due Out July 23 on Matador

Jun 03, 2021

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

10 Best Songs of the Week: Japanese Breakfast, Remember Sports, Sinead O’Brien, Crumb, and More

Plus Rostam, Darkside, Prince, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks

Apr 09, 2021

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

Darkside Share New Song “The Limit”

Spiral Due Out July 23 on Matador

Apr 08, 2021

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

Listen: Under the Radar’s Weekly Playlist Featuring Charli XCX, Phoenix, Interpol, Caribou, and 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

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

Aug 18, 2014

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

Aug 13, 2014

Last week, Oslo, Norway hosted The Øya Festival. Photographer Thor Møller was there to cover the action. Check out his shots from day four, featuring Todd Terje,Bryan Ferry, Darkside, Deathcrush, and Baby in Vain. More

Jul 04, 2014

Yesterday was the second day of Open’er Festival. More

Mar 31, 2014

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

Watch: Darkside Performs “Freak, Go Home”

Live at BBC Radio 1 Session

Oct 25, 2013

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

Darkside Announce Tour

Supporting Debut Album Psychic

Oct 15, 2013

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

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

Sep 18, 2013

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

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

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

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