Musical artist
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]
^ 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 .