Thom Monahan is an American
producer/engineer and musician who is best known for his work with the bands
Pernice Brothers,
Fruit Bats and
Vetiver
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. He has also produced albums by
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Obi Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Texas and raised in Venezuela and California. In 2000, he dropped out of the San Francisco Art Institute to pursue a musical career. ...
,
Wild Nothing,
Beachwood Sparks
Beachwood Sparks are an American alternative country band from Los Angeles. An article in ''The Daily Telegraph'' on America's underground psychedelic pop scene described Beachwood Sparks as "country through a kaleidoscope".
Biography
The band ...
, and the
Chris Robinson Brotherhood.
Biography
Thom Monahan was the bassist and singer of Connecticut indie-rock band Monsterland from 1991 to 1994, the bassist for
Lilys
Lilys are an American indie rock band formed in Washington, D.C in 1988. The only constant member is Kurt Heasley, with the line-up changing regularly. Several of the band's tracks have been used in television advertisements, including the ba ...
from 1995 to 1998, and a member of the
Pernice Brothers from 1998 to 2005. He began his recording career in 1995 with the
Scud Mountain Boys' debut album, ''Dance The Night Away''. When Scuds singer
Joe Pernice formed
Pernice Brothers in 1998, Monahan was enlisted to play bass, provide background vocals and produce the band's debut album, ''
Overcome by Happiness''. He went on to produce additional
Pernice Brothers albums ''
The World Won't End'', ''
Yours, Mine and Ours'' and ''
Discover a Lovelier You''.
Monahan moved from his native
New England
New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York (state), New York to the west and by the ...
to California in 2005 and began working with bands in the San Francisco folk scene, recording many albums in
Sacramento
Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ...
's studio, including
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Obi Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Texas and raised in Venezuela and California. In 2000, he dropped out of the San Francisco Art Institute to pursue a musical career. ...
's ''
Cripple Crow'' and
Vetiver
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Vetiver is most closely related to sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...
's ''
To Find Me Gone'', ''
Thing of the Past'' and ''
Tight Knit''. At his home studio in Los Angeles, he has recorded albums by
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Chris Robinson Brotherhood was an American blues rock band formed in 2011 by Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson while the Crowes were on hiatus. The original lineup consisted of Robinson (vocals, guitar), Neal Casal (lead guitar, backing voca ...
,
Fruit Bats,
Vetiver
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Vetiver is most closely related to sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...
,
Fujiya & Miyagi,
Little Joy
Little Joy is a rock supergroup formed in 2007 by Los Hermanos singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, and Binki Shapiro. They released ''Little Joy'', their only album, in 2008.
History
Formation and beg ...
and
Papercuts. Music from the 2010 film
''Ceremony'' was also recorded at Monahan's space.
As a co-producer, Monahan and
Black Crowes singer
Chris Robinson worked on ''
Vagabonds'', the first solo album by
Jayhawks singer
Gary Louris
Gary Michael Louris (born March 10, 1955) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band the Jayhawks and their principal songwriter and vocalist a ...
, which features vocals by
Jenny Lewis
Jennifer Diane Lewis (born January 8, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actress. She is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and keyboardist for the indie rock band Rilo Kiley.
Lewis gained prominence in the 1980s as a child ...
,
Susanna Hoffs
Susanna Lee Hoffs (born January 17, 1959) is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist, and actress. With Debbi Peterson and Vicki Peterson, she founded the Bangles in 1981. Their debut album, ''All Over the Place (The Bangles album), All Over ...
and
Jonathan Wilson. Monahan also co-produced the
Sarah Lee Guthrie & Johnny Irion album ''
Bright Examples'' with
Andy Cabic.
In 2012, Monahan collaborated with Fujiya & Miyagi on a remix of the
Moebius & Plank
Moebius & Plank was a German electronic music duo consisting of musicians Dieter Moebius (also of the act Cluster) and Conny Plank. They recorded three albums between 1979 and 1986 as well as two additional albums, one a collaboration with Mani ...
track, "Conditionierer," which was featured on ''Who's That Man – A Tribute To Conny Plank''. The same year, he mixed a cover of
Betty Davis
Betty Davis (born Betty Gray Mabry; July 26, 1944 – February 9, 2022) was an American singer, songwriter, and model. She was known for her controversial sexually oriented lyrics and performance style, and was the second wife of trumpeter ...
' "If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up" by
Iggy Pop
James Newell Osterberg Jr. (born April 21, 1947), known professionally as Iggy Pop, is an American singer, musician, songwriter, actor and radio broadcaster. He was the vocalist and lyricist of proto-punk band the Stooges, who were formed in 1 ...
and Zig Zags, which was featured in a series issued by
Light in the Attic Records
Light in the Attic Records is an independent record label that was established in 2002 in Seattle, Washington by Matt Sullivan. The label is known for its roster of reissue projects and for its distribution catalog. Light in the Attic has re-re ...
.
As an engineer and mixer, Monahan is credited on albums by
Neko Case
Neko Richelle Case ( ; born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case's singing voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", "a pow ...
, Bedouine and
Nina Persson
Nina Elisabet Persson (; born 6 September 1974) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish rock band The Cardigans. She also has worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and one under her own name, and has appeared as a guest ...
.
Songs produced by Monahan have appeared on such television shows as
''Weeds'',
''Parenthood'',
''Skins'', ''
Grey's Anatomy
''Grey's Anatomy'' is an American medical drama television series focusing on the personal and professional lives of surgical internship (medicine), interns, residency (medicine), residents, and attending physician, attendings at the fictional ...
'', and
''Entourage''. The
Peter, Bjorn and John song "If I Was A Spy," used in the children's show ''
Yo Gabba Gabba!
''Yo Gabba Gabba!'' is a Children's television series, children's Musical film, musical television series created by Christian Jacobs and Scott Schultz (producer), Scott Schultz and developed by Kay Wilson Stallings. The series is about five cos ...
'', was engineered and mixed by Monahan.
Monahan married journalist and author
Shirley Halperin in 2004.
Selected discography
1995
*
Scud Mountain Boys – ''
Dance the Night Away''
1996
*
The Lilys – ''Better Can't Make Your Life Better''
*
New Radiant Storm King – ''Hurricane Necklace''
*
Scud Mountain Boys – ''Massachusetts''
*
Silver Jews
Silver Jews were an American indie rock band from Hoboken, New Jersey, formed in 1989 by David Berman (musician), David Berman alongside Pavement (band), Pavement members Stephen Malkmus and Bob Nastanovich. Berman was the only constant band me ...
– ''
The Natural Bridge
''The Natural Bridge'' is the second studio album by American indie rock band the Silver Jews. Released in 1996 as an Phonograph record, LP and Compact disc, CD on Drag City (record label), Drag City (DC101) in America and Domino Recording Compa ...
''
1997
*
The Lilys – ''Services (For The Soon To Be Departed)''
1998
*
Pernice Brothers – ''
Overcome by Happiness''
1999
*
Purple Ivy Shadows – ''White Electric''
2000
*
Joe Pernice – ''Big Tobacco''
*
Chappaquiddick Skyline – ''Chappaquiddick Skyline''
*
J Mascis + The Fog
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–
''More Light''
*The
Capitol Years – ''Meet Yr Acres''
*
Lo Fine – ''Nine''
2001
*
The Chamber Strings – ''Month of Sundays''
*
Beachwood Sparks
Beachwood Sparks are an American alternative country band from Los Angeles. An article in ''The Daily Telegraph'' on America's underground psychedelic pop scene described Beachwood Sparks as "country through a kaleidoscope".
Biography
The band ...
– ''
Once We Were Trees''
*
Pernice Brothers – ''
The World Won't End''
2002
*
New Radiant Storm King – ''Winter's Kill''
*
The Bigger Lovers – ''Honey in the Hive''
*
J Mascis + The Fog
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– ''
Free So Free''
2003
*
Pernice Brothers – ''
Yours, Mine and Ours''
*
The Natural History – ''Beat Beat Heartbeat''
*
Dave Derby – ''Even Further Behind''
*The
Capitol Years – ''Jewelry Store''
2004
*
Vetiver
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Vetiver is most closely related to sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...
–
''Vetiver''
*
Tussle – ''Kling Klang''
2005
*
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Obi Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Texas and raised in Venezuela and California. In 2000, he dropped out of the San Francisco Art Institute to pursue a musical career. ...
– ''
Cripple Crow''
*
Pernice Brothers – ''
Discover a Lovelier You''
*The
Capitol Years – ''Let Them Drink''
* National Eye – ''Roomful of Lions''
*
Lori Meyers – ''
Hostal Pimodan''
2006
*
Vetiver
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Vetiver is most closely related to sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...
– ''To Find Me Gone''
*
Brightblack Morning Light – ''Brightblack Morning Light''
*
The Rosewood Thieves – ''From the Decker House''
2007
*
Devendra Banhart
Devendra Obi Banhart (born May 30, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Texas and raised in Venezuela and California. In 2000, he dropped out of the San Francisco Art Institute to pursue a musical career. ...
– ''Love Above All''
*
Lavender Diamond
Lavender Diamond is an American, Los Angeles-based band, fronted by singer Becky Stark.
History
While living in Providence, Rhode Island, Stark began performing as Lavender Diamond in a play that she and puppeteer Xander Marro wrote, created ...
– ''
Imagine Our Love
''Imagine Our Love'' is a studio album by the Los Angeles–based folk band Lavender Diamond. It was released in May 2007 by Matador Records.
Track listing
#"Oh No" – 3:47
#"Garden Rose" – 5:04
#"Open Your Heart" – 3:11
#"Side of the Lord ...
''
*
Matt pond pa – ''If You Want Blood''
*
The Rosewood Thieves – ''Lonesome''
*
Pop Levi
Pop Levi (born Jonathan James Mark Levi, 22 September 1977) is an English singing, singer, multi-instrumentalist and record producer.
Biography
Levi grew up in the suburbs of Birmingham and attended Shrewsbury School, a Public school (UK), pub ...
– ''Return to Form Black Magick Party''
*
Brad Laner
Brad Laner (born November 6, 1966, in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and record producer best known for his work with the shoegaze band Medicine (band), Medicine, which he founded and led.
Prior to Medicine, he was involved i ...
– ''Neighbor Singing''
2008
*
Vetiver
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Vetiver is most closely related to sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...
– ''More of the Past''
*
Gary Louris
Gary Michael Louris (born March 10, 1955) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter of alternative country and pop music. He was a founding member of the Minneapolis-based band the Jayhawks and their principal songwriter and vocalist a ...
– ''
Vagabonds''
*
Chapin Sisters – ''Lake Bottom LP''
*
Little Joy
Little Joy is a rock supergroup formed in 2007 by Los Hermanos singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, and Binki Shapiro. They released ''Little Joy'', their only album, in 2008.
History
Formation and beg ...
– ''
Little Joy
Little Joy is a rock supergroup formed in 2007 by Los Hermanos singer-songwriter Rodrigo Amarante, The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti, and Binki Shapiro. They released ''Little Joy'', their only album, in 2008.
History
Formation and beg ...
''
*
The Broken West – ''Now or Heaven''
*
The Whispertown2000 – ''Swim''
*
The Rosewood Thieves – ''Rise & Shine''
2009
*
Vetiver
''Chrysopogon zizanioides'', commonly known as vetiver and khus, is a perennial bunchgrass of the family Poaceae.
Vetiver is most closely related to sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...
– ''
Tight Knit''
*
Au Revoir Simone
Au Revoir Simone is an American indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard/bass) and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard ...
– ''
Still Night, Still Light''
*
Geva Alon – ''
Get Closer''
*
Jason Lytle
Jason Lytle ( ; born March 26, 1969) is an American musician best known for his work in the indie rock group Grandaddy. The group split in 2005, and Lytle continued to release music as a solo artist and in collaboration with other musicians. Gra ...
– ''
Yours Truly, the Commuter''
2010
*The Brother Kite – ''Isolation''
*
Johnny Irion and Sarah Lee Guthrie – ''
Bright Examples''
*
Brad Laner
Brad Laner (born November 6, 1966, in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and record producer best known for his work with the shoegaze band Medicine (band), Medicine, which he founded and led.
Prior to Medicine, he was involved i ...
– ''Natural Selections''
2011
*
Vetiver
''Chrysopogon zizanioides'', commonly known as vetiver and khus, is a perennial bunchgrass of the family Poaceae.
Vetiver is most closely related to sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...
– ''The Errant Charm''
*
Papercuts – ''
Fading Parade''
*
Ever Isles – ''Cocoon''
*
Geva Alon – ''In the Morning Light''
*
Neal Casal
Neal Graeme Casal (November 2, 1968 – August 26, 2019)[ ...]
– ''
Sweeten the Distance''
*
Jonathan Wilson – ''
Gentle Spirit''
*
Mary Epworth – ''Dream Life''
*
Fujiya & Miyagi – ''
Ventriloquizzing''
*
Fruit Bats –
''Tripper''
2012
*
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Chris Robinson Brotherhood was an American blues rock band formed in 2011 by Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson while the Crowes were on hiatus. The original lineup consisted of Robinson (vocals, guitar), Neal Casal (lead guitar, backing voca ...
– ''
Big Moon Ritual'',
''The Magic Door''
*
Beachwood Sparks
Beachwood Sparks are an American alternative country band from Los Angeles. An article in ''The Daily Telegraph'' on America's underground psychedelic pop scene described Beachwood Sparks as "country through a kaleidoscope".
Biography
The band ...
– ''
The Tarnished Gold''
*Night Moves – ''Colored Emotions''
*
Sera Cahoone – ''
Deer Creek Canyon''
*
He's My Brother She's My Sister – ''Nobody Dances in This Town''
2013
*
Blake Hazard – ''The Eleanor Islands''
*
Medicine
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– ''
To the Happy Few''
2014
*
Chris Robinson Brotherhood
Chris Robinson Brotherhood was an American blues rock band formed in 2011 by Black Crowes singer Chris Robinson while the Crowes were on hiatus. The original lineup consisted of Robinson (vocals, guitar), Neal Casal (lead guitar, backing voca ...
– ''
Phosphorescent Harvest''
*
Nina Persson
Nina Elisabet Persson (; born 6 September 1974) is the lead singer and lyricist for the Swedish rock band The Cardigans. She also has worked as a solo artist, releasing two albums as A Camp and one under her own name, and has appeared as a guest ...
– ''
Animal Heart
''Animal Heart'' is the debut studio album by Nina Persson, singer of The Cardigans, released on February 10, 2014 through Lojinx in Europe and The End Records in North America. A video for the title track of the album was released in November 20 ...
''
*
Geppetto & the Whales – ''Heads of Woe''
*Horse Thief – ''Fear in Bliss''
*
Henry Wolfe
2015
*
Wild Nothing – ''Life of Pause''
*
Vetiver
''Chrysopogon zizanioides'', commonly known as vetiver and khus, is a perennial bunchgrass of the family Poaceae.
Vetiver is most closely related to sorghum while sharing many morphological characteristics with other fragrant grasses, such as ...
– ''Complete Strangers''
*
EDJ – ''EDJ''
*
Astropol – ''The Spin We're In''
*
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regu ...
– ''Half a Native''
*
The Donkeys – ''Midnight Palms''
*
Peter Bjorn and John
Peter Bjorn and John are a Swedish indie pop/ rock band formed in Stockholm in 1999, named after the first names of the band's members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar, harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass, keyboards, vocals) and John Eriksson, known ...
– ''TBD''
*
Psychic Ills
Psychic Ills are an American experimental rock/psychedelic rock band from New York City, consisting of Tres Warren (vocals/guitar; 1978-2020), Elizabeth Hart (vocals/bass), Adam Amram, Jon Catfish Delorme, and Brent Cordero. They formed in 2003, ...
– ''Inner Journey Out''
*
Mary Epworth – ''Elytral''
*
Blake Hazard – ''Possibilities at Sea''
2016
*
Liv – ''Wings of Love''
*
Fruit Bats – ''Absolute Loser''
2017
*
Bedouine – ''Bedouine''
*
Dave Depper
Dave Depper is an American musician and multi-instrumentalist, best known as the guitarist and keyboardist for the indie rock band Death Cab for Cutie.
Music career
Depper began his career playing with various Pacific NW artists, including Men ...
– ''Emotional Freedom Technique''
*
Eyelids
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– ''Or''
2018
*
Neko Case
Neko Richelle Case ( ; born September 8, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and member of the Canadian indie rock group the New Pornographers. Case's singing voice has been described by contemporaries and critics as a "flamethrower", "a pow ...
– ''
Hell-On''
*
Meg Baird
Meg Baird is an American musician based in San Francisco, California, United States, who, in addition to her solo career, is known as a founding member, lead vocalist, and drummer for Heron Oblivion, along with members from Assemble Head in Sunb ...
and
Mary Lattimore
Mary Lattimore (born September 11, 1980) is an American classically trained harpist based in Los Angeles, California. In addition to her solo work and collaborations with fellow Philadelphia musician Jeff Zeigler, she has performed with indie mu ...
– ''Ghost Forests''
*
Buxton
Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regu ...
– ''Stay Out Late''
References
External links
Mix Magazine interview
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Record producers from California
American audio engineers
Lilys members