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Jonathan Rado

Jonathan Rado

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]

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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

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References

  1. [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. [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.
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    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. [4]
    Dargahi, David (March 22, 2021). "How The Killers producer Jonathan Rado stays creative from home". Spinnup. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
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    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.
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    Hermes, Will (April 5, 2019). "Review: The Unnerving Nostalgia of Weyes Blood's 'Titanic Rising'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  7. [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. [8]
    "Weeds (TV Series 2005–2012) - Jonathan Rado as Weiner". IMDb. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  9. [9]
    ""Community" Introduction to Film (TV Episode 2009) - Jonathan Rado as Lance". IMDb. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  10. [10]
    "A Foxygen magyar származású énekes-gitárosa levelet írt a Recordernek". recorder.blog.hu (in Hungarian). January 8, 2014. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  11. [11]
    Berke, Ben (January–February 2018). "Jonathan Rado: 21st Century Ambassador". Tape Op. No. 123. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
  12. [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. [13]
    "For Who The Bell Tolls For by Jonathan Rado". Bandcamp. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
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