Ought

This week in Indie Basement: reviews of new albums by Porridge Radio, Weird Nightmare (METZ's Alex Edkins), Cola (ex-Ought) and Poster Paints (Frightened Rabbit), plus a lost Clash/Ranking Roger collab

Cola is the new trio from Ought's Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy and U.S. Girls drummer Evan Cartwright. Their debut album is out today, and they'll be on tour starting in June.

Cola, the Montreal trio featuring former Ought members Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy, and drummer Evan Cartwright (U.S. Girls, The Weather Station), have announced their debt album, ‘Deep in View‘...

Cola features Ought's Tim Darcy and Ben Stidworthy along with US Girls drummer Evan Cartwright. They make their live debut in Brooklyn this month.

The lineup also includes Prince's backing band The Revolution, Thundercat, dvsn, Liz Phair, Waxahatchee, Gang Gang Dance, Body/Head, Grouper, U.S. Girls, Haliu Mergia, and more.

After announcing its initial schedule earlier this month, many more shows have been revealed for Brooklyn's 10th annual Northside Festival...

Montreal indie pop outfit Men I Trust just wrapped up a March tour, and the band has just announced they'll soon be taking their light, dreamy grooves on another North American tour, with many shows opening for Belle and Sebastian...

The intitial Northside Festival 2018 lineup includes Protomartyr and Deerhoof (who play BrooklynVegan's official Northside Showcase at Elsewhere), plus Ought, Flasher, Soccer Mommy, Dear Nora, Liz Phair, La Luz, Kississippi, Snail Mail, weaves, Caspian, Men I Trust, Common Holly, Empath, and more.

The anthology series adaptation of the classic 1988 pitch-black comedy premieres March 7. If you're going to SXSW, Pitchfork is throwing a Heathers day party with Kelela, Kevin Morby, Shamir, Andrew W.K., Porches, Ought, Snail Mail, Lucy Dacus and more.

The 2018 edition of SXSW will be here before we know it (March 9-18 in Austin, TX) and they've just announced a whole bunch more artists, including Hinds, Girl Ray, La Luz, A Place to Bury Strangers, Common Holly, Corridor, Flasher, Lali Puna, Lomelda, Low, Max Richter, Ought, The Shacks, Sloppy Jane, Smokepurpp, Spinning Coin, U.S. Girls, Wyclef Jean, and tons more.