MNDR Career Timeline Amanda Warner’s career runs from Bay Area noise in the early 2000s, through the 2009 New York blog era and “Bang Bang Bang,” to co-writing hyperpop’s “Vroom Vroom” and records for Kylie Minogue, Flume, Stray Kids and Martin Solveig. Each row links the page or source behind it.
Date Milestone 1998 to 2009 Co-founds the band Triangle in Minneapolis while at Macalester College; the band is active until 2009 2003 to 2009 East Bay years: experimental shows in Oakland warehouse spaces including Otherworld, Liminal and Grandma’s House 2009 Tours as bassist for Yeah Yeah Yeahs on It’s Blitz! Mar 24, 2009 MNDR’s first single, “C.L.U.B.”; MNDR launches online with producer Peter Wade Oct 2009 Plays the Levi’s/FADER Fort at CMJ, New York Feb to Mar 2010 Opens for YACHT and These Are Powers across North America; six showcases at SXSW Apr 6, 2010 Debut EP E.P.E. on WonderSound Records Jun 10, 2010 Pitchfork names “I Go Away” from E.P.E. a Best New Track Jul 2010 Mark Ronson’s “Bang Bang Bang” with MNDR and Q-Tip; No. 6 in the UK, Platinum in Australia Sep 2010 to 2011 Tours with Mark Ronson & The Business Intl in the UK, US and Australia Oct 11, 2010 Late Show with David Letterman with Mark Ronson and Q-Tip Dec 4, 2010 Caligula EP Jan to Feb 2011 Opens Chromeo’s Business Casual tour across North America Mar to Apr 2012 Opens The Ting Tings’ 26-date Show Us Yours tour Aug 2012 Opens for Duran Duran on five US dates Aug 14, 2012 Debut album Feed Me Diamonds on Ultra and WonderSound; No. 8 on Spin’s 20 Best Pop Albums of 2012 Dec 17, 2012 Performs “Feed Me Diamonds” on the Late Show with David Letterman Apr 9, 2013 TOKiMONSTA “Go With It” feat. MNDR Mar 14, 2014 Co-writes “Les Sex” on Kylie Minogue’s Kiss Me Once (No. 1 in Australia) 2014 RAC “Let Go” feat. MNDR and Kele, heard in a Super Bowl ad for Citibank Oct 2015 Co-writes Charli XCX’s “Vroom Vroom” with SOPHIE and Noonie Bao; the EP follows Feb 26, 2016 May 27, 2016 Flume’s Skin, with MNDR’s “Like Water”; wins the GRAMMY for Best Dance/Electronic Album Jul 2016 Fills in for Nick Rhodes on Duran Duran’s Paper Gods tour Jun 9, 2017 SWERLK with Scissor Sisters, a benefit for the Contigo Fund that raises over $100,000 Jun 16, 2017 Co-writes Martin Solveig’s “All Stars” feat. ALMA Jun 17, 2020 Co-produces and writes music for Stray Kids’ “Go Live,” No. 1 in South Korea 2020 Louis The Child “Big Love” feat. EarthGang and MNDR Spring 2021 Co-writes Kungs’ “Never Going Home,” certified Diamond in France Jun 25, 2021 Second album, Hell To Be You Baby, on WonderSound Oct 20, 2023 Sings “After Midnight” on Martin Solveig’s Back to Life 2024 Club Azur and What So Not features: “DISKO,” “Slow Motion,” “Tower In The Woods” Feb 21, 2025 Co-writes The Midnight’s “Love Is an Ocean”