{{short description|American singer-songwriter (born 1979)}} {{hatnote|"Plastic soul (album)" redirects here; for the genre/term, see Plastic soul. "Laguardia (band)" redirects here; for the Spanish band, see La Guardia (band)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Josh Ostrander | image = Mondo Cozmo 09 01 2018 -10 (46440555052).jpg | caption = Ostrander in 2016 | Size = | birth_name = Joshua Keith Ostrander | alias = Mondo Cozmo | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|04|08}} <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KFIg_R9v7E |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/1KFIg_R9v7E |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Two Handsome Guys and a Mondo Cozmo Full of Hope|website=YouTube |date=April 27, 2021 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> | birth_place = | origin = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | instrument = {{flatlist| *Vocals *guitar *piano }} | genre = {{flatlist| <!-- add only sourced genres. the following genres are cited below. --> *Folk rock }} | occupation = {{flatlist| *Singer *songwriter }} | years_active = 2000–present<ref name="aquarian" /> | label = {{flatlist| *Republic *Universal Republic *Universal }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| *Laguardia *Eastern Conference Champions }} | website = {{URL|http://mondocozmo.com/}} }}
'''Joshua Keith Ostrander'''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#ace/writer/451083676/OSTRANDER%20JOSHUA%20KEITH|title=ASCAP Ace Search – Joshua Keith Ostrander|publisher=American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP)|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}</ref> (born April 8, 1979),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eccmusic/status/585867498462937089|title=ECC on Twitter|work=Eastern Conference Champions|date=April 8, 2015|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}</ref> also known as '''Mondo Cozmo''', is an American singer-songwriter and record producer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is now based in Los Angeles, California.<ref name="aquarian" /> His solo music has been described as "chorus-heavy folk-rock."<ref name="aquarian">{{cite web|url=http://www.theaquarian.com/2017/02/22/everynight-charleys-manhattan-beat-greensky-bluegrass-mondo-cozmo-andrew-bird-and-more/|title=Everynight Charley's Manhattan Beat: Greensky Bluegrass, Mondo Cozmo, Andrew Bird, and more|publisher=The Aquarian|author=Crespo, Everynight Charley|date=February 22, 2017|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}</ref>
==Biography and career== === Laguardia (2000–2005) === Ostrander fronted the alt-rock band Laguardia from 2000 to 2005. It included Joshua Ostrander, Greg Lyons, Lee Bernstein and Michael Morpurgo and was signed to Universal Records and Republic Records released the album ''Welcome to the Middle'' in 2003 with "Holy Ghost" from the album released as a single. Ostrander's band, Laguardia, should not be confused with the famous Spanish Pop rock band La Guardia active 1983–1997 and relaunched in 2003.
===Eastern Conference Champions (2005–2015)=== Ostrander later became the front man of Eastern Conference Champions (ECC), which he started with his friend and collaborator Greg Lyons from Laguardia and Vern Zaborowski from CKY. The band also included Melissa Dougherty. The band came about when Ostrander and Lyons signed with Geffen Records and released the EP called ''The Southampton Collection'' under the ECC moniker. Three studio albums followed: ''Ameritown'' in 2007, ''Santa Fe'' in 2009 and ''SPEAK-AHH'' in 2010, and a number of EPs as Eastern Conference Champions. ECC disbanded in August 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/eccmusic/posts/10153120887682081|title=ECC on Facebook|work=Eastern Conference Champions|date=August 25, 2015|accessdate=March 4, 2017}}</ref>
===Other collaborations=== Along with producing their own releases, Ostrander produced for such bands as Voxhaul Broadcast and worked on projects with such producers as Brendan O'Brien, Owen Morris, Brad Wood, Thom Panunzio, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Ostrander works out of his downtown LA studio called Santa Fe Studios.
=== Mondo Cozmo (2015–present) === Ostrander began recording under the name Mondo Cozmo in 2016, and his single "Shine" hit No. 1 on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart in January 2017.<ref>[https://www.billboard.com/pro/mondo-cozmo-shine-adult-alternative-songs/ Mondo Cozmo's 'Shine' Crowns Adult Alternative Songs]. Billboard, January 20, 2017.</ref> His name comes from a combination of his dog's name, Cozmo, and the 1969 John Waters comedy "Mondo Trasho."<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview: Mondo Cozmo's Josh Ostrander on getting 'Higher,' Anna Faris and old band, ECC|author=Celine Teo-Blockey |date=April 2, 2017|url=https://www.axs.com/interview-mondo-cozmo-s-josh-ostrander-on-getting-higher-anna-faris-an-117570}}</ref> His debut album "Plastic Soul" was released on August 4, 2017.
Ostrander's debut headlining tour as Mondo Cozmo began on July 12, 2017 at the Exit/In in Nashville, Tennessee. The tour ran nineteen shows and concluded on October 28, 2017. The touring band was composed of Drew "The Kid" Beck on electric guitar, Chris Null on acoustic guitar and bass, James Gordon on synth and keys, and Andrew Tolman on drums. Mondo Cozmo continues to tour and opened for Vance Joy in summer 2018.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Soul Shine of Mondo Cozmo @ SXSW|author=Trina N. Green|date=March 2, 2017|url=http://iamhighvoltage.com/2017/03/22/the-soul-shine-of-mondo-cozmo-sxsw/}}</ref>
==Discography== ===Albums=== ;with Laguardia *2004: ''Welcome to the Middle'', Universal Republic – Singer/Songwriter Co-Production
;with Eastern Conference Champions *2005: ''The Southampton Collection'', Geffen Records – Singer/Songwriter-Producer *2007: ''Ameritown'', Interscope Records – Singer/Songwriter – Co-Production *2009: ''Santa Fe'', RockHampton Records – Singer/Songwriter- Production *2010: ''Akustiks'', RockHampton Records - Singer/Songwriter - Production *2010: ''SPEAK-AHH'', RockHampton Records – Singer/Songwriter – Production *2015: ''Love in Wartime'', RockHampton Records - Singer/Songwriter - Production
;as Producer *2009: "Blaggers and Liars", KAV – 2009 – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2009: "Fact, Fiction and Turquoise", Voxhaul Broadcast – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2009: "Mios", Corband – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2009: "Untitled", Two Years Before The Mast – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2009: "Lay Alone" single, The Brothers Movement – Mixer *2010: "Untitled", KAV – 2010 – Producer/Engineer/Mixer *2017: "Plastic Soul", Republic Records - Producer *2020: “New Medicine”, Last Gang Records - Executive Producer *2022: "This Is For The Barbarians", Last Gang Records - Executive Producer *2024: "It's PRINCIPLE!", Last Gang Records - Executive producer
===Singles=== ;as Mondo Cozmo {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:10em;"| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Year ! scope="col" colspan="6"| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album |- ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US<br>AAA<br><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mondo-cozmo/chart-history/aaa/|title=Mondo Cozmo – Chart History – Adult Alternative Songs |accessdate=August 13, 2018}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US<br>Alt.<br><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mondo-cozmo/chart-history/mrt/|title=Mondo Cozmo – Chart History – Alternative Songs |accessdate=March 21, 2017}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US<br>Rock<br><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mondo-cozmo/chart-history/ark/|title=Mondo Cozmo – Chart History – Hot Rock Songs |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS<br />Digi.<br /><ref>{{Cite magazine|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 7 April 2025|magazine=The ARIA Report|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1831|date=April 7, 2025}}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |CAN<br>Rock<br /><ref name="CANrock">{{cite web| title = Mondo Cozmo – Chart History: Canada Rock | url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mondo-cozmo/chart-history/car/ | publisher = billboard.com |accessdate=August 13, 2018 }}</ref> ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" |UK<br />Sales<br /><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/mondo-cozmo/ |title=Mondo Cozmo songs and albums - full Official Charts history|work=Official Charts Company |access-date=March 31, 2025}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"|"Hold On to Me"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://buzzbands.la/2016/04/28/video-mondo-cozmo-hold/|title=Video: Mondo Cozmo, 'Hold On to Me'|website=Buzz Bands LA|date=April 28, 2016 |accessdate=April 20, 2022}}</ref> | rowspan=2|2016 | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan=4|''Plastic Soul'' |- ! scope="row"|"Shine"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/shine-acoustic-single/1445059043|title=Shine – Single by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref> | 1 | 17 | 40 | 35 | 31 | 87 |- ! scope="row"|"Automatic"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/automatic-shampagne-socialists-remix-single/1444270787|title=Automatic – Single by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref> | rowspan=2|2017 | 13 | — | —{{efn|group=upper-alpha|"Automatic" did not enter the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, but peaked at number 49 on the Rock & Alternative Airplay chart.<ref name="US-Rock-Airplay-singles">{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/mondo-cozmo/chart-history/rka/|title=Mondo Cozmo – Chart History – Rock & Alternative Airplay |accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref>}} | — | 49 | — |- ! scope="row"|"Plastic Soul" | 29 | — | — | — | — | — |- ! scope="row"|"Tonight Tonight"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/music-video/tonight-tonight-lyric-video/1468537091|title=Tonight Tonight by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref> |2018 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — |''Your Motherfucker'' EP |- ! scope="row"|"Black Cadillac"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/black-cadillac-single/1473822090|title=Black Cadillac – Single by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref> | rowspan=3|2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan=4| ''New Medicine'' |- ! scope="row"|"Come On"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/come-on-single/1481903756|title=Come On – Single by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref> | — | — | — | — | — | — |- ! scope="row"|"Generator"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/generator-single/1484554603|title=Generator – Single by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref> | — | — | — | — | — | — |- ! scope="row"|"Upside Down"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/upside-down-single/1502966702|title=Upside Down – Single by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=July 6, 2020}}</ref> |2020 | 31 | — | — | — | — | — |- ! scope="row"|"Feel Good"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/feel-good-single/1585443807|title=Feel Good – Single by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref> |2021 | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan=3| ''This Is for the Barbarians'' |- ! scope="row"|"Meant for Livin'"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/meant-for-livin-single/1600663727|title=Meant for Livin' – Single by Mondo Cozmo on Apple Music|website=Apple Music|accessdate=April 19, 2022}}</ref> | rowspan=2|2022 | — | — | — | — | — | — |- ! scope="row"|"Electrify My Love"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmusic/article/Mondo-Cozmo-Shares-New-Single-Electrify-My-Love-20220316|title=Mondo Cozmo Shares New Single 'Electrify My Love'|website=Broadway World|accessdate=April 20, 2022}}</ref> | — | — | — | — | — | — |- ! scope="row"| "Wild Horses"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://happens.vip/passes/mondo-cozmo-wild-horses/ | title=Mondo Cozmo "Wild Horses" }}</ref> |2024 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ''It's PRINCIPLE!'' |- | colspan="12" style="font-size:85%"| "—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |}
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