Sara I. Radle is an American filmmaker/musician and former member of the band The Rentals. Radle was a member of the Rentals for three years, starting in 2005.
Radle’s music career began in San Antonio, Texas, fronting the punk/pop band Lucy Loves Schroeder, at the age of 17. After a self-released LP and a 7-inch single on Grade Nine Records, LLS signed to Chicago’s Beatville Records and released another LP and EP. The band toured heavily. In 2003, Lucy Loves Schroeder disbanded.
In December 2000, Radle's Jellybeans With Belly Buttons, under the name Fred Savage Fanclub on Denton-based She’s Gone Records, was released. In December 2002, Radle began working on her next solo record with the pAper chAse’s John Congleton. The record, You Can’t Make Everybody Like You, [1] was the first release from Sara’s own Dallas-based Jeez Louise Records in January 2004. She released a five-song EP, People You’ve Been Before, [2] on Jeez Louise Records in March 2004.
In June 2005, Radle to Los Angeles, California, to join The Rentals. In July 2008, The Rentals announced her departure via their MySpace blog. Radle went on to form Los Angeles–based band, Calamity Magnet. [3] Calamity Magnet released a self-titled 5-song EP in 2008.
In 2009, Radle joined Los Angeles, California based indie pop group Walking Sleep (formerly The Flying Tourbillon Orchestra [3] ). She played with the band until their break-up in 2011, appearing on the full-length albums Measures and Tarp Sessions.
In September 2010, Radle released her fourth solo record, entitled Four. Her fifth solo album, Same Sun Shines, marked the first time she engineered and mixed her own album in addition to playing all of the instruments. In September 2014, Radle wrote and directed a short film, "First Shift Back", which screened at the Women's Independent Music Festival in November 2014.
The Rentals are an American rock band fronted by vocalist Matt Sharp. Sharp has been the only consistent member since the group's inception. The band's best selling single is "Friends of P." (1995). The Rentals released two albums, Return of the Rentals (1995) and Seven More Minutes (1999) on Maverick Records before quietly splitting in 1999 following a world tour. The group reformed in 2005 and have since released several EPs and two more full-length albums, Lost in Alphaville and Q36. Lost in Alphaville released August 26, 2014, on Polyvinyl Records. Q36 was released June 26, 2020. Numerous musicians have appeared with the group on recordings and in live shows. The group's most recent iteration consists of Sharp, Nick Zinner, and Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Matthew Kelly Sharp is an American songwriter and musician. Until 1998, he was the bassist for the rock band Weezer, which he co-founded in 1992. He appears on their first two albums, the Blue Album (1994) and Pinkerton (1996). In 1994, Sharp founded Rentals, who have released five albums. Sharp has also released an EP and an album as a solo artist.
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Hannah Georgas is a Canadian pop/rock singer-songwriter, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She was nominated in the categories of "Best New Artist of the Year" and "Songwriter of the Year" at the 2011 Juno Awards, and again at the 2013 Juno Awards for "Songwriter of the Year" and "Best Alternative Album".
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