Song Premiere: James Iha - "Speed of Love"
The track’s synth parts and hooky choruses showcases a poppier side of Iha, but the wiry, effect-soaked guitar solo prove it’s very much the same songwriter behind many ‘90s favorites. read more
Found in: Featured AudioSong Premiere: Fountains of Wayne - "The Story In Your Eyes"
To celebrate Yep Roc's 15th anniversary, power-pop group Fountains of Wayne are releasing a cover of the Moody Blues' 1971 hit, "The Story in Your Eyes." read more
Found in: Featured AudioThis Week in Album Covers
In our newest weekly feature, Paste takes a look at the lost art of the album cover.... read more
Found in: Music, ColumnsThis Week's New Album Releases (8/2/11)
An eclectic mix of albums dropped this week. Fruit Bats and Fountains of Wayne have come back with records after their respective recording breaks, and Merge's Richard Buckner drops his latest effort. read more
Found in: Music, NewsFountains of Wayne: Ironic No More
A couple of years back, the prolific New York rock sophisticates Fountains of Wayne officially outlived the Wayne, N.J., lawn-ornament shop from whence they got their name. But as Chris Collingwood, who co-founded the band in 1996 with former college buddy Adam Schlesinger, tells us, they almost didn’t make it to their just released fifth official album, Sky Full Of Holes. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesFountains of Wayne Announce Fall Tour
If you still can’t get the power-pop goodness of “Stacy’s Mom” out of your head seven years after the fact, you’re in luck: Fountains of Wayne is hitting the road for a fall tour.... read more
Found in: Music, News50 New State Songs For the 21st Century
I live in a state blessed with one of the greatest official state songs in our venerable republic—"Georgia On My Mind." But most states are stuck with outdated, cheesy themes. We thought it was time to see what the official state songs might look like if we limited ourselves to those written in the 21st century. read more
Found in: Blogs, List of the DayHanson + Cheap Trick + Smashing Pumpkins + Fountains of Wayne = Tinted Windows
In one of the strangest bits of supergroup news in, well, a good while, former Smashing Pumpkins member James Iha, a grown-up Taylor Hanson, Cheap Trick's Bun E. Carlos and Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger are set to release their debut album on April 21 as new band called Tinted Windows. ... read more
Found in: Music, NewsAdam Schlesinger pens for Colbert, works on albums
When Paste recently caught up with Adam Schlesinger, he said that he's an early riser... read more
Found in: Music, NewsCatching Up With... Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger
With a hefty resume that includes film credits, production work, Broadway scores and two critically lauded bands, Adam Schlesinger is power pop’s own Renaissance Man. The songwriter first rose to prominence in the mid-‘90s... read more
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