Jonathan Rado

Jonathan Rado is an American musician, record producer and engineer, best known as a multi-instrumentalist in the indie rock duo Foxygen. Rado is a native of Westlake Village, California, where he formed Foxygen with his classmate Sam France in 2005.[1][2][3]

Jonathan Rado
Jonathan Rado performing with Foxygen in 2017
Jonathan Rado performing with Foxygen in 2017
Background information
OriginWestlake Village, California, U.S.
GenresIndie rock
Occupation(s)Musician, producer, engineer
Instrument(s)Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
Years active2005–present
LabelsWoodsist

After releasing four albums with Foxygen, Rado began producing albums for other artists, including The Killers,[4] The Lemon Twigs, Tim Heidecker, Whitney, Alex Cameron, Father John Misty and Weyes Blood.[5] In 2018, Billboard called Rado "one of indie rock's most in-demand producers".[5] Rolling Stone called him an "analog fetishist who's become a producer of choice for a particular breed of like-minded indie-pop artists."[6]

Rado is married to singer-songwriter Jackie Cohen.[7] He also appeared in a 2008 episode of the television series Weeds[8] and a 2009 episode of the sitcom Community.[9] Rado is of Hungarian descent.[10] He studied screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts in New York.[11]

Discography

Solo

with Foxygen

Credits
YearArtistAlbumCredits
2013FoxygenWe Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & MagicPerformer, Songwriter
2014Foxygen...And Star PowerProducer, Performer, Songwriter
2016Tim HeideckerIn GlendaleAdditional Production
WhitneyLight Upon the LakeProducer
The Lemon TwigsDo HollywoodProducer
2017FoxygenHangProducer, Performer, Songwriter
Los Angeles Police DepartmentLos Angeles Police DepartmentProducer
Beach FossilsSomersaultProducer
Trevor SensorAndy Warhol's DreamProducer
Alex CameronForced WitnessProducer
2018Cut WormsHollow GroundProducer
Father John MistyGod's Favorite CustomerProducer
Matt MalteseBad ContestantProducer
Jackie Cohen Tacoma Night Terror, Part 1: I've Got the Blues Producer
HoundmouthGolden AgeProducer
Jackie Cohen Tacoma Night Terror, Part 2: Self-Fulfilling Elegy Producer
2019Weyes BloodTitanic RisingProducer
FoxygenSeeing Other PeopleProducer, Performer, Songwriter
Houndmouth"Talk of the Town" from California Voodoo Part IIProducer, Songwriter
Jackie CohenZaggProducer, Songwriter
Tim HeideckerWhat the Brokenhearted Do...Producer
Cuco"KeepingTabs" and "Far Away From Home" from Para MiProducer
WhitneyForever Turned AroundProducer
Alex CameronMiami MemoryProducer
Jungle GreenRunaway with Jungle GreenProducer
Adam GreenEngine of ParadiseProducer
2020PurrLike NewProducer
Alex Izenberg"Caravan Château" from Caravan ChâteauProducer
Matt Maltese"Queen Bee", "Madhouse", "Leather Wearing AA" from Madhouse EPProducer
The Lemon TwigsSongs for the General PublicAdditional Production
The KillersImploding the MirageProducer, Songwriter
Tim HeideckerFear of DeathAdditional Production
2021CrumbIce MeltProducer
SilvertwinSilvertwinProducer
The KillersPressure MachineProducer, Performer, Songwriter
OberhoferSmotheredProducer, Performer
2022Diane CoffeeWith PeopleProducer, Performer
Jackie Cohen Pratfall Producer
Weyes Blood And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow Producer
2023 Purr Who is Afraid of Blue? Producer

References
  1. Singh, Sonya; Singh, Puneet (April 21, 2014). "5 Questions for Foxygen, the Little Neo-Psychedelic Duo that Could". Los Angeles. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  2. Silverstein, Jeffrey (September 3, 2013). "Foxygen's Jonathan Rado Uses Downtime To Craft Debut Solo Effort, 'Law And Order'". MTV News. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  3. Martin, Michel (February 26, 2017). "On Its Latest Album, Foxygen Keeps A California State Of Mind". All Songs Considered. NPR. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  4. Dargahi, David (March 22, 2021). "How The Killers producer Jonathan Rado stays creative from home". Spinnup. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  5. Edelstone, Steven (June 19, 2018). "How Foxygen's Jonathan Rado Became One of Indie Rock's Most In-Demand Producers". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  6. Hermes, Will (April 5, 2019). "Review: The Unnerving Nostalgia of Weyes Blood's 'Titanic Rising'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  7. Norris, John (April 26, 2019). "Foxygen Talk Funky, Reflective 'Breakup' Album 'Seeing Other People' -- And Why They're Not Touring". Billboard. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  8. "Weeds (TV Series 2005–2012) - Jonathan Rado as Weiner". IMDb. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  9. ""Community" Introduction to Film (TV Episode 2009) - Jonathan Rado as Lance". IMDb. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  10. "A Foxygen magyar származású énekes-gitárosa levelet írt a Recordernek". recorder.blog.hu (in Hungarian). January 8, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  11. Berke, Ben (January–February 2018). "Jonathan Rado: 21st Century Ambassador". Tape Op. No. 123. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  12. Wicks, Amanda (April 11, 2017). "Foxygen's Jonathan Rado Covers Bruce Springsteen's Entire Born to Run Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  13. "For Who The Bell Tolls For by Jonathan Rado". Bandcamp. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
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