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Telekinesis (band)
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Telekinesis is Michael Benjamin Lerner, an indie rock
er based out of Seattle who is currently signed to Merge Records
. While on tour Lerner is joined by Cody Votolato
from Portland, OR and Jason Narducy from Evanston, IL, as of August 2010. The band was signed to Merge Records
in early 2009, and shortly afterward released the eponymously named debut album Telekinesis!
on April 7, 2009. Recorded in September 2008, the album was produced, mixed, and engineered with the help of Chris Walla
(guitarist for Death Cab For Cutie
), recording one song per day on analog tape.
Telekinesis covered ELO
's "Can't Get It Out of My Head
" for the American Laundromat Records
charity album Sing Me To Sleep–Indie Lullabies, released May 2010.
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
er based out of Seattle who is currently signed to Merge Records
Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...
. While on tour Lerner is joined by Cody Votolato
Cody Votolato
Cody Votolato is a musician from Seattle, Washington, best known for being the guitarist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers. He grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle, attending high school with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed...
from Portland, OR and Jason Narducy from Evanston, IL, as of August 2010. The band was signed to Merge Records
Merge Records
Merge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...
in early 2009, and shortly afterward released the eponymously named debut album Telekinesis!
Telekinesis!
Telekinesis! is the eponymous debut album from the Seattle-based indie rock band Telekinesis. Recorded in September 2008, the album was produced, mixed, and engineered with the help of Chris Walla , recording one song per day on analog tape...
on April 7, 2009. Recorded in September 2008, the album was produced, mixed, and engineered with the help of Chris Walla
Chris Walla
Christopher Walla is an American musician and music producer, most notable for being the guitarist for the band Death Cab for Cutie. He is also a former DJ of KCWU, 88.1 The Burg...
(guitarist for Death Cab For Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie
Death Cab for Cutie is an American alternative rock band formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Ben Gibbard , Chris Walla , Nick Harmer and Jason McGerr ....
), recording one song per day on analog tape.
Telekinesis covered ELO
ELO
- Music :* Electric Light Orchestra, a British rock music group** The Electric Light Orchestra , the group's debut album** ELO 2, the group's second album* ELO Part II, an offshoot band of Electric Light Orchestra- Sports and games :...
's "Can't Get It Out of My Head
Can't Get It Out of My Head
Can't Get It Out of My Head is a song by Electric Light Orchestra.First released on the band's fourth album, Eldorado, in July 1974, the song is the second track on the album and follows "Eldorado Overture." The song was released in November of that same year as a single.The song became the band's...
" for the American Laundromat Records
American Laundromat Records
American Laundromat Records is an indie label based in Mystic, CT.The label has produced several tribute albums, including Dig For Fire - a tribute to PIXIES, Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young, and High School Reunion - A Tribute to Those Great 80's Films...
charity album Sing Me To Sleep–Indie Lullabies, released May 2010.
Touring band
- Jason Narducy (ex-VerbowVerbowVerbow was an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago and active between the mid-1990s and early 2000s. The band's sound was distinguished by emotionally-direct songwriting and their unconventional use of cello.-Early period: Jason & Alison:...
): bass guitar, background vocals - Cody VotolatoCody VotolatoCody Votolato is a musician from Seattle, Washington, best known for being the guitarist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers. He grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle, attending high school with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed...
: electric guitar, background vocals
Albums
- Telekinesis!Telekinesis!Telekinesis! is the eponymous debut album from the Seattle-based indie rock band Telekinesis. Recorded in September 2008, the album was produced, mixed, and engineered with the help of Chris Walla , recording one song per day on analog tape...
– MergeMerge RecordsMerge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...
LP (20092009 in musicThe following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year...
) - 12 Desperate Straight Lines – MergeMerge RecordsMerge Records is an independent record label based in Durham, North Carolina. It was founded in 1989 by Laura Ballance and Mac McCaughan. It began as a way to release music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded to include artists from around the world and records...
LP (2011)
EPs
- Toulouse-Lautrec – self-released EP (20082008 in music2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...
) - Coast of Carolina – self-released EP (20092009 in musicThe following is a list of notable events and releases in 2009 in music. Susan Boyle's album I Dreamed a Dream became the biggest selling album in the world for 2009, selling 8.3 million copies in five weeks; more than any other artist's in the whole year...
) - Parallel Seismic Conspiracies – Merge EP (20102010 in music2010 in music may refer to:*2010 in American music*2010 in Australian music*2010 in British music*2010 in Canadian music*2010 in European music *2010 in Irish music*2010 in Japanese music*2010 in New Zealand music...
)
Singles
- "All of a Sudden" split 7" – ArchitectureArchitecture LabelArchitecture Label is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia.- Artists with releases on Architecture :* Belles Will Ring* Bit By Bats* Death Cab for Cutie* Pedro the Lion* School of Emotional Engineering* So Many Dynamos...
(20082008 in music2008 was a huge year in music history with the emergence of pop superstars Lady Gaga and Katy Perry into the mainstream. Also, this is the year that is widely agreed upon by critics as the start of the fall of hip hop from the mainstream and the rise of Synthpop into the mainstream due to acts such...
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External links
Press
- Luke Burbank. TBTL MyNorthwest.com [Video performance] (December 15, 2009)
- Luke Burbank. TBTL MyNorthwest.com Interview (December 15, 2009)