Telekinesis Announces New Album and Tour Coming Through Triangle

On Sunday, Telekinesis' Michael Lerner posted a mustache-clad selfie superimposed by, "1/08/2013 IMMA BE ALL UP IN YOUR INTERNET. STAY TUNED." And it's not like fans of Telekinesis have been waiting for word of a new Telekinesis album for 692 days or anything.

Yesterday, fans of Telekinesis were given a lot to get excited about. In store this spring are a new album and a full length tour from the band. Telekinesis' Michael Lerner announced the upcoming release of the band's third full-length album, entitled Dormarion. The album is slated for release on April 2, 2013 by the triangle's own Merge Records. Lerner previously worked with Chris Walla of Death Cab for Cutie on the recording of the 2009 debut album, fittingly titled Telekinesis!, and 2013's Domarion will feature production work by Spoon's Jim Eno.

The tour following the album's release will stop in the Triangle on May 5 at The Local 506. As the album will feature talented musicians borrowed from other acts, it is no surprise that the tour will showcase some as well. You can look foward to seeing Say Hi’s Erik Elbogen, The Globes' Eric Walters, and Wild Flag's Rebecca Cole trotting across the continent with Lerner as Telekinesis.

You can check out a single from the upcoming Domarion, "Ghosts and Creatures," here.

Telekinesis, Surfer Blood and More Record Nirvana Tribute Album

In commemoration of the 20-year anniversary of Nirvana's famous album Nevermind, artists including Telekinesis, Surfer Blood, and Jeff the Brotherhood have each recorded an individual song off of the classic album. Starting Tuesday, July 19 Newermind will be available for free download on SPIN magazine's Facebook page.

The track listing is

1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Meat Puppets
2. "In Bloom" by Butch Walker
3. "Come As You Are" by Midnight Juggernauts
4. "Breed" by Titus Andronicus
5. "Lithium" by The Vaselines
6. "Polly" by Amanda Palmer
7. "Territorial Pissings"  by Surfer Blood
8. "Drain You" by Foxy Shazam
9. "Lounge Act" Jessica Lea Mayfield
10. "Stay Away" by Charles Bradley and the Menahan Street Band
11. "On A Plain" by Telekinesis
12. "Something In The Way" by Jeff the Brotherhood
13. "Endless, Nameless" by EMA

An interview with Michael Lerner of Telekinesis

"Four weeks ago, if you were to ask me if I would be here, at Tir Na Nog, playing with Ivan Howard of the Rosebuds, and watching football, I would have said, 'No way,' but here I am," Michael Lerner said as he smiled at the crowd. His glance, the thick black rimmed glasses absent from his face, shifted from the football game on the TV in the back of the bar, across the crowd, and back to his music. He adjusted a tuner at the head of his three-fourths, formica guitar and went into the next song, "I Saw Lightning."

Four weeks ago, if you were to ask me if I would be posting an interview with Michael Lerner of Telekinesis a day after watching the Monday night performance from the newly formed Telekinesis lineup at Tir Na Nog, I would have said, "Well, maybe." I've learned to never eliminate fanciful ideas from the list of maybes.

A day after Michael Lerner arrived in Raleigh from Seattle, we snagged him for an interview in our WKNC studio. He is a young musician who has found love for music in his journey as a record store employee, student at the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, recording studio employee and now full time musician. We sat down and talked about how the release of his self-titled debut has kept him busy, where the inspiration for those quirky fresh pop songs come from and what in the months ahead.

WKNC Interview with Michael Lerner of Telekinesis

Telekinesis Interview to Air Monday Evening at 6:20pm

Aside from playing a slam-down awesome show at Bug-Fest in downtown Raleigh this weekend, Michael Lerner of Telekinesis dropped by the WKNC studio for a one-on-one interview with our very own Mz Kelly.  The interview can be heard tonight on 88.1fm, or online, around 6:20.  Sharing insights about the band's beginnings, inspirations, and plans for the months ahead (including their upcoming European tour), Lerner also performed two tracks from the band's April release.  The newly modified outfit (a "power trio" comprised of Lerner, the Rosebuds' Ivan Howard, and BJ Burton of Flying Tiger Sound) will be playing another show tonight at Tir Na Nog Irish Pub in downtown Raleigh.