Darkside

Darkside

The sparse and psychedelic dance project of Nicolas Jaar and Dave Harrington is closing in on its final days. Perhaps that gives their last sets an additional weight, but really this could have been just another show for these guys and it still would have made this list. While most of FYF’s dance acts overloaded their audiences on lights, Darkside stayed true to their name as they weaved haunting synth lines and winding guitar drifts in dim light, filling the stage with nearly as much smoke as you’d find at a Sunn O))) show. In the final moments during the stark, sprawling “Golden Arrow,” the stage’s center screen reflected a blinding, laser-like beam far out to the back of the arena, creating a mini-sun in a place that had lacked it all weekend. There was even more finality in the end as the duo tore the screen apart before walking off stage.