Jonathan Rado

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
Labels

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]

  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.
  5. ^ 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.
  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.