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.
After releasing four albums with Foxygen, Rado began producing albums for other artists, including the Killers, the Lemon Twigs, Tim Heidecker, Matt Maltese, Whitney, Alex Cameron, Father John Misty and Weyes Blood. In 2018, Billboard called Rado "one of indie rock's most in-demand producers". Rolling Stone called him an "analog fetishist who's become a producer of choice for a particular breed of like-minded indie-pop artists."
Rado is married to singer-songwriter Jackie Cohen. He also appeared in a 2008 episode of the television series Weeds and a 2009 episode of the sitcom Community. Rado is of Hungarian descent. He studied screenwriting at the School of Visual Arts in New York.
Discography Solo Law and Order (2013) Born to Run (2017) For Who the Bell Tolls For (2023)
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 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" Producer2025Miley CyrusSomething BeautifulProducer, Songwriter, Performer2026Brandon FlowersThrasherPerformer, Producer
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