Tim Darcy of Ought performs at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on March 19, 2018. Photo: Kyle J. Kohner. We’ve almost arrived, everyone! However, if you are just joining us, do not spoil the surprise for yourself and just go back to parts one, two and three to catch up before…

Photos: Kyle Kohner LOS ANGELES — With the wave of a finger and the strike of a pose, the Tim Darcy-led Ought brought its eclectic style to the Teragram Ballroom for what would end up being a somber and frenetic set. With the Montreal outfit fresh off releasing Room…

  Courtesy: Jenna Ledger A number of musicians continue to reap the benefits of Mark E. Smith‘s politically charged and disillusioned post-punk, borrowing The Fall frontman’s themes  of alienation in the digital age. But Ought takes the influence of Smith, who died in January at 60, to new lyrical and sonic heights. Ought…

Over the course of seven years, the Tim Darcy-led Montreal quartet Ought cemented itself within the top tier of the recent wave of contemporary post-punk. It succeeded in unearthing beauty and comfort with a suburban lifestyle and all of its mundanities with its first two albums, More Than Any Other Day and Sun Coming…

Tim Darcy, the lead singer of Ought, has struck out on his own. Darcy decided that he has a wealth of music inside of him that must be released and it must not be within the confines of his post-punk band. Saturday Night could have been a great album, but…