Out now, Nothing is the third album by DARKSIDE and the first that the group – founded by Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington – have completed as a trio with new drummer Tlacael Esparza. Nothing is nine transmissions of negative space, telepathic seance, and spectral improvisation. On their first two reinventions, Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington entered the studio with a clutch of scattered ideas and loose melodic fragments to...
DARKSIDE release new track ‘Are You Tired? (Keep On Singing)’, taken from their forthcoming album Nothing, out February 28th. In just under seven minutes, ‘Are You Tired? (Keep On Singing)’ spans almost as many decades. The wind whispers, Harrington’s guitar scythes minimally over Jaar’s falsetto, now slathered in echo and reverb. Then a middle suite sounds almost like a funkier Byrds circa Sweetheart of the Rodeo. It’s followed by a gentle breakdown where agile guitars...
Out February 28th, Nothing is the third album from DARKSIDE: nine transmissions of negative space, telepathic seance, and spectral improvisation. Watch the video for the new song ‘S.N.C.’ below. On their first two reinventions, Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington entered the studio with a clutch of scattered ideas and loose melodic fragments to mould into what became the revered Psychic (2013) and Spiral (2021). But Nothing reflected a search for...
DARKSIDE have released new song ‘Graucha Max’. Completed during sessions last year, the track is loose and live – at once evoking vintage Tropicalia, digital dancehall, and krautrock. It is the first studio composition that the band have released as a trio and a preview of things to come. DARKSIDE is an American rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011 by Chilean electronic musician Nicolás Jaar and American...
DARKSIDE celebrate the 10th anniversary of their debut album, Psychic, originally released on October 4th, 2013. To mark the occasion, they have assembled an expanded digital edition of the record with three bonus tracks. This includes two era-appropriate b-sides – ‘Gone Too Soon’ and ‘What They Say’ – and a live version of ‘Paper Trails’ recorded during the group’s 2023 European tour. Stream / Download Psychic (Expanded): here.
On June 9th, Matador will release Darkside’s Live at Spiral House, a loose and playful collection of jams culled from weeks of rehearsals in Los Angeles last summer. Joined by drummer and longtime collaborator Tlacael Esparza, the band took residence rehearsing and jamming after an 8-year hiatus. Jaar says “When we decided to get the band back together with Tlac, we knew we needed a space where we could explore what that meant. After a couple of months...
DARKSIDE have made new song ‘Ecdysis!‘ available online. The propulsive six and a half-minute track, led by Nicolas Jaar’s coasting vocal and Dave Harrington’s volatile guitar work, was recorded in the same sessions that yielded their long-awaited second full-length, Spiral – out now via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. DARKSIDE is an American rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011. The group consists of Chilean electronic musician & vocalist Nicolás Jaar and American multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington. Jaar and Harrington first met while...
DARKSIDE, the duo of Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington, have released their long-awaited second album Spiral via Matador / Remote Control Records. Spiral is the long-awaited second full-length from DARKSIDE. Written and recorded in 2018, the album was mixed by Rashad Becker and mastered by Heba Kadry. It follows the band’s lauded 2014 debut Psychic. In the years that followed the Psychic tour in 2014, the musicians moved on parallel and occasionally intersecting paths. Jaar would release five albums under his name and two collections of club music as Against All...
DARKSIDE has retuned with a new single ‘Lawmaker‘ – taken from their second full-length album, Spiral, out July 23rd via Matador Records / Remote Control Records. Written and recorded in 2018, the album was mixed by Rashad Becker and mastered by Heba Kadry. Late last year, the band emerged with the song ‘Liberty Bell‘ and announced the existence of a new album. That news was followed in April with a formal announcement and another piece of...
On July 23, DARKSIDE will release its much-anticipated second full-length, Spiral, via Matador Records. Today, you can listen to new song ‘The Limit‘ HERE. In December, the band emerged with a new song, ‘Liberty Bell,’ and announced the existence of a new album. DARKSIDE is an American rock band formed in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011. The group consists of Chilean electronic musician & vocalist Nicolás Jaar and American multi-instrumentalist Dave Harrington. Jaar and Harrington first met while studying in Providence through their common friend...
DARKSIDE is the collaborative duo of Dave Harrington and Nicolas Jaar. Dormant since the close of touring for their debut full-length, Psychic, the group quietly reconvened in 2018 to begin writing new music. Following more than a year of work, Harrington and Jaar completed Spiral, the second DARKSIDE album in December of 2019, which has been mixed by Rashad Becker, mastered by Heba Kadry, and will be released in 2021...
