LOADING...
Image via Unsplash.
DARK POP SONGS
SHUFFLE PLAY
PLAY IN ORDER
1

Sounds like:
Leyya,
Say Yes Dog,
Mavi Phoenix
By
Jami Selikow
on
Sep 14, 2021
|
Haunting like a desolate theatre; delicately beautiful like an ancient chandelier; and modern like the echoing spaces of a minimalist mansion. This is what comes to mind when listening to Wallners' "Dracula."The fi...
read more →
Save (124)
2

Sounds like:
Nicolás Jaar,
Amo Amo,
Weval
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Jan 12, 2021
|
DARKSIDE are Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington. Many have already grown to love Nicolás, and more of us should start sending Dave some good vibrations as well. The duo's first album, Psychic, was something to behold...
read more →
Save (177)
3

Sounds like:
James Blake,
Bon Iver,
BLVTH
By
Donna Arendse
on
Feb 6, 2020
|
I know Valentin Hansen as a videographer and graphic artist who works with a bunch of my Berlin friends. Then he dropped a music project, slowly teasing out singles, each one better than the last.But his most recen...
read more →
Save (4)
4

By
Reina Shinohara
on
Jun 15, 2019
|
Earlier this year, Lyrah released her debut EP, Chemicals,and caught the attention of many. Several months and 130,000 plays later, the San Francisco based singer-songwriter and producer graces us with a stripped d...
read more →
Save (36)
5

Sounds like:
Oh Wonder,
WIt Blue,
Milk & Bone
By
Jason Grishkoff
on
Feb 9, 2019
|
Portuguese trio Vaarwell first crossed our path in March of 2018 when we picked up their single "Stay." I can't say I've kept up with them since then, but perhaps that's my loss, because this new single "Money" demonstrates that they're definitely wo...
read more →
Save (20)
6

Sounds like:
Moses Sumney,
Michael Kiwanuka
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Sep 18, 2018
|
This could be a James Bond theme song, no doubt. It's some of Adele's "Skyfall," with a hint of Jack White & Alicia Key's "Another Way To Die." To be honest, I'd be sold that this is the next theme song, but it's unlikely the title of the next fe...
read more →
Save (309)
7

Sounds like:
Cigarettes After Sex,
The xx,
Widowspeak
By
Jennifer Buchanan
on
Sep 10, 2018
|
I'm not sure how many times I have already said this in the summer of 2018, but as it is now September I'll say it just once more: this is one of my songs of the summer. Dark synth-pop, underrated indie band, dreamy female vocalist? Now, this is spea...
read more →
Save (47)
8

Sounds like:
Arca,
James Blake
By
Almond Ivan
on
Jul 3, 2018
|
I first discovered Grammy nominated producer Andrew Bayer through his work with Above & Beyond's album Common Ground, and now Anjunabeats is bringing him out for some dark, discordant pop with their newest release.
This left-field pop was a bit ...
read more →
Save (242)