Calamity Magnet Los Angeles-based Calamity Magnet melds the world of indie-pop with girl group harmonies of the sixties, adding a hint of country flavor and the occasional peek at a Beatles influence. The brainchild of Texas-born songwriter/musician Sara Radle (ex-The Rentals), Calamity Magnet picks up where her critically acclaimed solo records left off.
For a band that only started playing together in October 2007, Calamity Magnet already have a lot under their belts. They headed into the studio in January 2008 to work with multiple Grammy Award winning engineer, Dennis Moody, and created their first group of recordings together. Three months later, they released that collection of six songs in the form of a self-titled EP (now available through their MySpace page - myspace.com/calamitymagnet).
In early June, Calamity Magnet shot their first music video for the last track on the EP, Movin' On, and in late June will head out on their first tour together. At a time when not many bands are dealing with rising gas prices and hitting the road, Calamity Magnet will play 20 dates across the United States in 3 weeks, supporting their new release. The band will document their experience through video blogs that will be posted daily to their YouTube page (http://www.youtube.com/calamitymagnet).
