Pete and the Pirates

This week in the Indie Basement: Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Tunng, Teleman, Frog Eyes, Melody's Echo Chamber and more.

Teleman, the band formed from the ashes of Pete & the Pirates, have announced their second album, titled Brilliant Sanity, which will be out April 8 via Moshi Moshi...

Teleman, which is the remnants of Pete & the Pirates, released their debut album last month on Moshi Moshi. If you dug P&tP you're going to like this, it's pretty similar with maybe more of an emphasis on keyboards...

UK group Pete & the Pirates quietly dissolved a couple years ago with three of the members, including frontman Thomas Sanders, regrouping as Teleman. Th...

today in NYC * Whiplash @ UCB * Snoop Dogg @ Webster Hall * Chicha Libre @ Barbes * Ellie Goulding @ All Saints SOHO * Kamikaze Ground Crew @ Barbes * Lil Wayne, Nikci Minaj @ Nassau Coliseum * JEFF the Brotherhood @ the Meatlocker (NJ) * Hot Tub with Kristen @ LIttlefield * Jeff Beck, Imelda May @ Beacon Theatre * LCD Soundsystem, Liquid Liquid @ Terminal 5 * Ron Sexsmith, Caitlin Rose @ Highline Ballroom * The Felice Brothers, Diamond Doves @ Maxwell's * Melanie Moser & The 11th Hour Band @ Zebulon * The Mountain Goats, Megafaun @ Bowery Ballroom * Art vs Science, Future Relative @ Mercury Lounge * Hey Rosetta...

Pete & the Pirates @ SXSW Convention Center Wednedsay, Thursday, Friday, and now Saturday... "This is the weirdest gig we've ever played...

and Timothy Griffin After 14 hours of BrooklynVegan shows on Wednesday with barely a break (Emo's and then Swan Dive), and while BBG was holding down a stage at Emo's again, we returned to Swan Dive on Thursday, but this time with the addition of the two connecting stages at Barbarella for another full day BrooklynVegan Day Party...

"It is what it is." I must've heard that phrase 30 times during SXSW -- be it in reference to alloted set times, equipment, sound or the free food at whatever day party I was at...

We've lost our mind and are doing nine BrooklynVegan shows at SXSW this year. It all starts Wednesday during the day on two stages at Emo's, and continues Wednesday night at Swan Dive where we might as well stay overnight because Thursday at noon is when we start the first of three day parties in a row at the same place (Swan Dive) and Barbarella (they connect)...

Happy Holidays! I take on more than I can handle. That results in a lot of unposted content. In the name of catching up, while also taking it easy during this final week of the year, here's some of that lost material...