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Hanson + 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
Found in: Music, FeaturesFountains of Wayne - Traffic and Weather
2004’s Best New Artist Grammy nominees start coasting read more
Found in: Music, ReviewsUnder the Cover with Fountains of Wayne
Following their most successful album to date, 2003’s Welcome Interstate Managers, Fountains of Wayne are cleaning out their closet. read more
Found in: Music, FeaturesFountains Of Wayne To Release Double-Disc Rarities Collection
Fountains of Wayne will release a two-CD collection of unreleased material, Out of State Plates, on June 28. The collection of non-album tracks were recorded over the span of the band’s career. Also included are two new songs “The Girl I Can't Forget" and the album's first single, "Maureen." Track Listing: Disc One: 1. Number 45 Sunblock 2. Maureen 3. California Sex Lawyer 4. Janice's Party 5. Karpet King 6. Baby I've Changed 7. I Know You Well 8. You're Just never Satisfied 9. I'll Do The Driving 10. Nightlight 11. I Want You Around 12. Trains And Boats And... read more
Found in: Music, News20 Signs of Life From 2003
Fountains of Wayne make superb power-pop music, and in spite of a few stylistic embellishments—a pedal-steel-guitar-driven country weeper here, a Simon and Garfunkel impersonation there—Welcome Interstate Managers isn’t a radical departure from previous albums. But when more of the same includes the infectious hooks, ringing guitar anthems and beautiful power ballads for which the band is justly famous, it’s hard to grouse about stagnation. Playing to their obvious strengths, Fountain heads Chris Collingwood and Adam Schlesinger graft impossibly ingratiating melodies and sing-along choruses to witty tales of lost, disenfranchised souls. With the exception of the leering hit single “Stacy’s Mom”... read more
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