DARKSIDE
Psychedelic ElectronicArt RockExperimental
DARKSIDE is the psychedelic electronic/art-rock project of Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington, mixing guitar drift, dubby space, and slow-burn club abstraction.
Artist index
Artists in this week's edit
Profiles for the names already in the guide, plus current listings that still need fuller context.
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20 artist profiles and 29 more current listings.
Profiled artists
Black Silk Stocking
DarkwavePost-PunkSynth
LA darkwave/post-punk leaning act appearing on underground Gold-Diggers bills with synth and goth-adjacent artists.
The Stitches
PunkGarage PunkStreet Punk
Orange County punk band with raw old-school garage-punk and street-punk instincts.
Vacations
Indie PopJangle PopDream Pop
Australian indie-pop band with soft-focus guitars, clean melodies, and a relaxed jangle/dream-pop feel.
Christina Jean
RockabillyPunkRoots Rock
Christina Jean is a rockabilly/punk-adjacent singer observed on a Paramount bill with The Quakes and The Vectors.
JPEGMAFIA
Experimental Hip-HopIndustrial RapAlternative Rap
Baltimore-raised rapper and producer known for abrasive experimental hip-hop, punk energy, and internet-age production chaos.
Said The Sky
Future BassMelodic BassElectronic Pop
Denver producer Trevor Christensen records as Said The Sky, making melodic bass and future-bass songs with emo-pop vocal hooks.
Death Lens
Punk RockGarage PunkHardcore Punk
Death Lens is an East Los Angeles punk band known for urgent garage-punk, hardcore energy, and politically aware community-rooted songwriting.
Lip Critic
Noise PunkElectronic PunkExperimental Rock
New York noise-punk/electronic band turning live drums, samplers, and shouted vocals into frantic club-damaged rock.
Max Styler
Tech HouseHouseClub
California producer/DJ making tech-house and festival-club tracks with crisp, functional grooves.
Sidepiece
Tech HouseHouseDance
House duo of Nitti and Party Favor focused on festival-scale tech-house hooks and big-room club energy.
Watkins Family Hour
AmericanaFolkBluegrass
Watkins Family Hour is the long-running roots/collaboration project led by siblings Sara and Sean Watkins, built around folk, bluegrass, country, and rotating guest musicians.
World Stage Big Band
Big Band JazzCommunity JazzLeimert Park Jazz
World Stage Big Band is the house/community big band connected to Leimert Park's World Stage, carrying a local jazz-education and performance tradition.
illusion hills
IndieEmerging
Emerging indie act observed on a Moroccan Lounge bill with Mason Ignacio.
Armin van Buuren
TranceProgressive HouseEdm
Dutch trance and progressive-house DJ/producer, long-running A State of Trance host, and one of the global names that defined modern festival-scale trance.
Bella Kay
Indie PopPop RockBedroom Pop
Bella Kay is a young indie-pop/pop-rock singer-songwriter with confessional lyrics, raw vocal framing, and a viral 2026 breakout around iloveitiloveitiloveit.
Hayley Williams
Alternative PopPop RockArt Pop
Hayley Williams is the Paramore frontperson and a solo songwriter whose work moves from combustible pop-punk vocal drama into art-pop, synth-rock, and intimate confessional writing.
Rum Jungle
Australian IndieSurf RockIndie Rock
Australian indie-rock band making breezy surf-leaning guitar pop with melodic, road-trip energy.
Father John Misty
Folk RockBaroque PopSinger-Songwriter
Lush, theatrical, wry singer-songwriter material with real bandcraft.
Mackenna Kahan
Singer-SongwriterIndie PopAcoustic
Emerging singer-songwriter observed on The Mint's local songwriter bill.
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Indie
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Indie
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Indie
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ListeningOffbeatIndie
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