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Telekinesis (band)
Telekinesis is an American indie rock project based in Seattle. Its moniker is a pseudonym for sole member Michael Benjamin Lerner, who single-handedly writes and performs the majority of the outfit's material. Telekinesis is signed to Merge Records. History Michael Benjamin Lerner (born September 1, 1986) grew up in Kenmore, Washington, a suburb of Seattle. He left home at 18 to attend Sir Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, where he studied audio recording. He is the son of the Seattle Radio presenter, Mike West (real name: Vince Lerner), now heard on Sunday mornings at Seattle's 102.5 KZOK-FM as host of ''Breakfast with the Beatles''. Telekinesis was signed to Merge Records in early 2009, and shortly afterward released the 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), who also played on most tracks. Lerner and Walla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seattle
Seattle ( ) is a port, seaport city on the West Coast of the United States. It is the county seat, seat of King County, Washington, King County, Washington (state), Washington. With a 2020 population of 737,015, it is the largest city in both the U.S. state, state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The Seattle metropolitan area's population is 4.02 million, making it the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 15th-largest in the United States. Its growth rate of 21.1% between 2010 and 2020 makes it one of the nation's fastest-growing large cities. Seattle is situated on an isthmus between Puget Sound (an inlet of the Pacific Ocean) and Lake Washington. It is the northernmost major city in the United States, located about south of the Canada–United States border, Canadian border. A major gateway for trade with East Asia, Seattle is the fourth-largest port in North America in terms of container handling . The Seattle area was inhabited by Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Laundromat Records
American Laundromat Records is an independent record label founded in 2004 by Joe Spadaro. ALR specializes in almost annual indie rock compilation albums, which have included tracks by OK Go, The Dresden Dolls, and The Watson Twins. Compilation tributes have been dedicated to the Pixies, The Cure, Kim Deal, Neil Young, The Smiths, and the 1984 film '' Repo Man''. The release of a double-CD tribute album to Wes Anderson, ''I Saved Latin!'', was released in May 2014 and includes covers of David Bowie and The Kinks. History Founding American Laundromat Records was founded in April 2004 by Joe Spadaro in Huntington Village, New York on Long Island. According to Spadaro, he used a small tax-refund to produce the compilation album ''Transistor'', which featured eight indie bands contributing two original songs each. The bands, including The Atomic Hep Cats and AM, were mostly on the East coast. ''Transistor'' had moderate success on college radio. After several more releases, in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indie Rock Musical Groups From Washington (state)
Indie is a short form of "independence" or "independent"; it may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Gaming *Independent video game development, video games created without financial backing from large companies *Indie game, any game (board-based, video, or otherwise) published or produced outside mainstream means; a subset of third party game **Indie Fund, an organization created by several independent game developers to help fund budding indie video game development **Indie Game Jam, an effort to rapidly prototype video game designs and inject new ideas into the game industry **Indie role-playing game, a role-playing game published outside of traditional, "mainstream" means ***Indie RPG Awards, annual, creator-based awards for Indie role-playing game products Music *Independent music, subculture music that is independent of major producers **Indie dance, or alternative dance, a type of dance music rooted in indie rock and indie pop **Indie electronic, a music genre **Indie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Architecture Label
Architecture Label is an independent record label based in Sydney, Australia. It is managed by Stefan Zagorski and is the Australian label for Death Cab for Cutie. 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 * Sounds Like Sunset * Spod See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogie.jpg File:AmMusicBunk78.jpg File:Bingola1011b.jpg Lists of record labels cover record labels, brands or trademarks associated with marketing of music recordings and music videos. The lists are organized alphabetically, b ... References External links * Architecture Label Indie rock record labels Alternative rock record labels Record labels established in 2003 {{Australia-record-label-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effluxion (album)
''Effluxion'' is the fifth studio album by American band Telekinesis. It was released on February 22, 2019 through 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 an outlet for music from their band Superchunk and music created by friends, and has expanded .... Track listing References {{Authority control 2019 albums Merge Records albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Staples
Chris Staples is an American indie rock musician originally from Pensacola, Florida, long based in Seattle, Washington. He released ''Panama, Burned and Blistered'', ''Blackest Hair, Bluest Eyes'', ''Badlands'', and ''American Soft'' independently, before catching the attention of Seattle-based Barsuk Records, who re-released ''American Soft'' in 2014. Staples' second album on Barsuk, ''Golden Age'', was released in 2016. His next album, ''Holy Moly'', was released by Barsuk on June 28, 2019. In addition to his solo career, Staples has performed with Telekinesis (band), Telekinesis, Josh Tillman, Rocky Votolato, Jeremy Enigk, and David Bazan. Previously, Staples wrote and released music as "Discover America". Early in his career, he was the vocalist and guitarist of the indie rock band Twothirtyeight. Discography * ''Panama'' * ''Burned and Blistered'' * ''Merci' Main'' * ''Blackest Hair, Bluest Eyes'' (2004) * ''Badlands'' (2010) * ''Faces'' - EP (2011) * ''American Soft'' ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Narducy
Jason V. Narducy is an American musician from Evanston, Illinois, United States. After receiving his first guitar at the age of nine Narducy started his music career, playing guitar and writing songs for his punk rock band, Verboten. Verboten is credited as inspiring Dave Grohl to pursue music, and Narducy is featured in the Foo Fighters HBO documentary '' Sonic Highways''. After college, he formed an acoustic duo with cellist Alison Chesley called Jason & Alison. They released the full-length album ''Woodshed'' in 1994. Jason & Alison became a four-piece rock band called Verbow in 1996, adding drums and bass. Narducy was lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter on Verbow's two full-length albums released on Epic Records: ''Chronicles'' (1997) and ''White Out'' (2000). In 1999, Narducy sang a duet with jazz singer/pianist Patricia Barber on her Blue Note Records debut, ''Companion''. Verbow went on hiatus in 2002. Narducy formed the band Rockets Over Sweden which released an E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cody Votolato
Cody Votolato (born 20 May 1982) is a musician from Redmond, Washington, best known for being the guitarist in the post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers. He grew up in the eastside suburbs of Seattle. Cody attended Redmond High School with his bandmates in the late 1990s when the band originally formed, graduating Spring of 2000. His accomplished thrashy and discordant style, exhibited in early Blood Brothers albums and in Head Wound City, has evolved into a more melodic and experimental sound in recent year Votolato's older brother Rocky Votolato is a folk musician and solo artist who played in the band Waxwing with his brother, as well as with Rudy Gajadhar, the older brother of The Blood Brothers' drummer Mark Gajadhar. Votolato also contributed artwork to The Blood Brothers' album '' ...Burn, Piano Island, Burn''. On 4 September 2012, it was announced that Cody has joined Cold Cave as touring guitarist. Bands * Cold Cave * Telekinesis * The Blood Brothers * Head ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Say Hi
Say Hi (previously known as Say Hi to Your Mom) is a Seattle-based indie rock band formed in Brooklyn in 2002 by Eric Elbogen. Say Hi's albums are recorded at Elbogen's home, with him playing all of the instruments & providing vocals. Background information Eric Elbogen was born in 1976 and grew up in San Fernando Valley, California. He attended UCLA. He moved to Brooklyn, New York & created Say Hi to Your Mom in 2002. He plays a Fender Jazzmaster guitar. History Elbogen most often tours as a solo act, but occasionally employs friends to accompany him as his backing band. Their fourth release, ''Impeccable Blahs'', was written almost entirely about vampires, though ''Star Trek'' is also mentioned. The song "Angels and Darlas" is a reference to Angel and Darla from the television series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' and its spinoff ''Angel'' both created by Joss Whedon. With the release of their fifth album ''The Wishes and the Glitch'', the band shortened their name to " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Cole (musician)
Rebecca Cole is an American musician who has played the keyboards in Wild Flag and the drums in The Minders. She is currently a touring member of Pavement, playing keyboards during their 2022 reunion tour. Regarding her role in Pavement's 2022 reunion tour, the band's Bob Nastanovich Robert Nastanovich (born August 27, 1967) is an American musician and member of the indie rock band Pavement, as well as a former member of Silver Jews, Ectoslavia, Pale Horse Riders, and Misshapen Lodge. Early life Bob Nastanovich was born ... noted: " hemakes us better than ever, allowing us to play so many songs better than ever and also play 10-12 songs we’ve never played before. She makes us more versatile." References {{DEFAULTSORT:Cole, Rebecca Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American rock keyboardists Wild Flag members The Minders members ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betas
''Betas'' is an American streaming television series that was produced by Amazon Studios. The show starred Joe Dinicol and Karan Soni as "dating app" developers in Silicon Valley who are looking for an investor. Amazon offered the first three episodes of ''Betas'' for free on November 22, 2013, with each subsequent episode released weekly thereafter. In March 2014, Amazon declined to renew for a second season. Cast Series regulars * Joe Dinicol – Trey * Karan Soni – Nash * Jon Daly – Hobbes * Charlie Saxton – Mitchell * Maya Erskine – Mikki * Daivik Dave - Daivik Recurring characters * Ed Begley, Jr. - Murch * Madeline Zima - Jordan Alexis * Tyson Ritter - Dane *Breeda Wool - Victoria * Mark L. Young - Trevor * Margo Harshman - Lisa * Diana Burbano - Hispanic Mother * Paul Walter Hauser - Dashawn Episodes Reception Metacritic gave season 1 an average rating of 69/100 based on reviews from 8 critics. Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
