Jonathan Rado

Jonathan Rado
Jonathan Rado
	Jonathan Rado performing with Foxygen in 2017
Background information
Origin	Westlake Village, California, U.S.
Genres	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Musician, producer, engineer
Instrument(s)	Guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, synthesizers
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Woodsist; Western Vinyl;
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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]

After releasing four albums with Foxygen, Rado began producing albums for other artists, including The Killers,^[4] The Lemon Twigs, Tim Heidecker, Matt Maltese, 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

Law and Order (2013)
Born to Run (2017)^[12]
For Who the Bell Tolls For (2023)^[13]

with Foxygen

Jurrassic Exxplosion Phillipic (2007)
Take the Kids Off Broadway (2011)
We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic (2013)
...And Star Power (2014)
Hang (2017)
Seeing Other People (2019)

Credits

Year	Artist	Album	Credits
2013	Foxygen	We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic	Performer, Songwriter
2014	Foxygen	...And Star Power	Producer, Performer, Songwriter
2014	Dub Thompson	9 Songs	Producer
2015	Dante Elephante	Anglo-Saxon Summer	Producer
2016	Tim Heidecker	In Glendale	Additional Production
	Whitney	Light Upon the Lake	Producer
	The Lemon Twigs	Do Hollywood	Producer
2017	Foxygen	Hang	Producer, Performer, Songwriter
	Los Angeles Police Department	Los Angeles Police Department	Producer
	Beach Fossils	Somersault	Producer
	Trevor Sensor	Andy Warhol's Dream	Producer
	Alex Cameron	Forced Witness	Producer
2018	Cut Worms	Hollow Ground	Producer
	Father John Misty	God's Favorite Customer	Producer
	Matt Maltese	Bad Contestant	Producer
	Jackie Cohen	Tacoma Night Terror, Part 1: I've Got the Blues	Producer
	Houndmouth	Golden Age	Producer
	Jackie Cohen	Tacoma Night Terror, Part 2: Self-Fulfilling Elegy	Producer
2019	Weyes Blood	Titanic Rising	Producer
	Foxygen	Seeing Other People	Producer, Performer, Songwriter
	Houndmouth	"Talk of the Town" from California Voodoo Part II	Producer, Songwriter
	Jackie Cohen	Zagg	Producer, Songwriter
	Tim Heidecker	What the Brokenhearted Do...	Producer
	Cuco	"KeepingTabs" and "Far Away From Home" from Para Mi	Producer
	Whitney	Forever Turned Around	Producer
	Alex Cameron	Miami Memory	Producer
	Jungle Green	Runaway with Jungle Green	Producer
	Adam Green	Engine of Paradise	Producer
2020	Purr	Like New	Producer
	Alex Izenberg	"Caravan Château" from Caravan Château	Producer
	Matt Maltese	"Queen Bee", "Madhouse", "Leather Wearing AA" from Madhouse EP	Producer
	The Lemon Twigs	Songs for the General Public	Additional Production
	The Killers	Imploding the Mirage	Producer, Songwriter
	Tim Heidecker	Fear of Death	Additional Production
2021	Crumb	Ice Melt	Producer
	Silvertwin	Silvertwin	Producer
	The Killers	Pressure Machine	Producer, Performer, Songwriter
	Oberhofer	Smothered	Producer, Performer
2022	Diane Coffee	With People	Producer, Performer
	Jackie Cohen	Pratfall	Producer
	Weyes Blood	And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow	Producer
2023	Whitney	"For a While"	Producer, Performer
	Purr	Who is Afraid of Blue?	Producer
	Whitney	"Kansas"	Producer
2024	Beyonce & Miley Cyrus	"II Most Wanted" from Cowboy Carter	Additional Production, Performer
	Crumb	Amama	Producer
	The Killers	"Bright Lights"	Producer
2025	Miley Cyrus	Something Beautiful	Producer, Songwriter, Performer

References

^ Singh, Sonya; Singh, Puneet (April 21, 2014). "5 Questions for Foxygen, the Little Neo-Psychedelic Duo that Could". Los Angeles. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
^ Silverstein, Jeffrey (September 3, 2013). "Foxygen's Jonathan Rado Uses Downtime To Craft Debut Solo Effort, 'Law And Order'". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ Martin, Michel (February 26, 2017). "On Its Latest Album, Foxygen Keeps A California State Of Mind". All Songs Considered. NPR. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ Dargahi, David (March 22, 2021). "How The Killers producer Jonathan Rado stays creative from home". Spinnup. Archived from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ Hermes, Will (April 5, 2019). "Review: The Unnerving Nostalgia of Weyes Blood's 'Titanic Rising'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ 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.
^ "Weeds (TV Series 2005–2012) - Jonathan Rado as Weiner". IMDb. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ ""Community" Introduction to Film (TV Episode 2009) - Jonathan Rado as Lance". IMDb. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ "A Foxygen magyar származású énekes-gitárosa levelet írt a Recordernek". recorder.blog.hu (in Hungarian). January 8, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ Berke, Ben (January–February 2018). "Jonathan Rado: 21st Century Ambassador". Tape Op. No. 123. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ Wicks, Amanda (April 11, 2017). "Foxygen's Jonathan Rado Covers Bruce Springsteen's Entire Born to Run Album". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
^ "For Who The Bell Tolls For by Jonathan Rado". Bandcamp. Retrieved October 4, 2023.

External links

Jonathan Rado at AllMusic
Jonathan Rado discography at Discogs

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[1] Singh, Sonya; Singh, Puneet (April 21, 2014). "5 Questions for Foxygen, the Little Neo-Psychedelic Duo that Could". Los Angeles. Retrieved November 8, 2023.

[2] Silverstein, Jeffrey (September 3, 2013). "Foxygen's Jonathan Rado Uses Downtime To Craft Debut Solo Effort, 'Law And Order'". MTV News. Archived from the original on August 22, 2021. 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. Archived from the original on August 22, 2021. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

[Billboard-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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Singles	"No Destruction"
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