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Radical Something is an independent trio composed of Alex Lagemann (Loggy), Josh Hallbauer (Josh Cocktail) and Michael Costanzo (Big Red). According to Billboard.com the trio “blends hip-hop and rock with a decidedly Californian vibe.”

Lagemann and Costanzo met while attending UC Berkeley on football scholarships and began their music careers recording hip-hop songs in their college apartments. In February 2011, Lagemann and Costanzo met Josh Hallbauer at a New York City recording studio. In their first session together, they wrote the song “Be Easy” (Feat. Kinetics), and uploaded an acoustic video of the record to Lagemann’s YouTube page. The video was seen by photographer, Bruce Weber, who immediately hired the trio to act in and produce a short soundtrack for his short, “Don’t Steal The Jacket,” a 24 minute film for Moncler Jacket’s 2012 Winter campaign. When filming wrapped, Lagemann, Costanzo and Hallbauer chose to cancel their flights home in favor of recording more songs together. The trio spent two weeks at a home studio in Boca Raton, Florida, finishing seven songs, and ultimately deciding to form the band, Radical Something.

The newly formed group finished eight more songs in the following months and released their debut album “We Are Nothing” on September 20, 2011. Led by singles “Be Easy,” “California,” “Escape” and “Long Hair Don’t Care,” We Are Nothing, was downloaded over 50,000 times and reached No. 9 on the iTunes Alternative Albums chart.

On February 26, 2012, Radical Something released their second project No Sweat, a six song EP. No Sweat reached No. 6 on the iTunes overall album chart and No. 33 on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. In Spring 2012, Radical Something’s first national headlining tour brought the trio to 25 major cities and college towns in the US. Following the No Sweat Tour, the band had supporting performances for Slightly Stoopid, Capital Cities Asher Roth and SOJA.

In Summer 2012, Radical Something announced “The Summer Of Rad,” a weekly release series spanning 13 weeks from June through August. The Summer Of Rad was deemed a viral success garnering over 500,000 song downloads and millions of online streams.

On May 5, 2013 they released “We Were Just Kids,” the lead single from their upcoming album Ride It Out entering the top 100 on iTunes Alternative single charts and reaching No. 1 on the Twitter Music Emerging Artist Chart, holding this position for a full week. Ride It Out, was released on September 2, 2013, debuting at No. 3 on the iTunes Alternative Album Charts.

In support of the album, the group took their Ride It Out Tour to 30 U.S. cities. The tour featured opening acts Outasight and Down With Webster. In September they then joined Timeflies and Sammy Adams on the Warning Signs Tour for 8 concerts across Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Florida and North Carolina.

Since February 2012, Radical Something’s “California,” “You Feel Amazing” and “Say Yes” have been included on Hollister Co’s worldwide in-store playlist.

In Spring 2013, department store Lord & Taylor selected Radical Something’s “You Feel Amazing” for Spring/Summer and TV/Radio campaign. In July, 2013 the band’s popular song “California” aired on three consecutive episodes of ESPN’s First Take TV show.