Articles tagged "fountains of wayne"

Music DVD Review

Fountains of Wayne: No Better Place

by Evan Sawdey

[22.Mar.09] :. When your lead vocalist looks like he has somewhere better to be for half the set, you know you're in trouble.

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Mixed Media

Tinted Windows - “Kind of a Girl” (stream)

by Jer Fairall

[3.Mar.09] :. Tinted Windows is a power-pop supergroup made up of the odd-until-you-really-think-about-it crew of Taylor (the middle one) Hanson, Fountains of Wayne tunesmith Adam Schlesinger, former Smashing...

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Not only humor gushes from Fountains of Wayne

by Len Righi [The Morning Call (Allentown, Pa.) (MCT)]

[30.Apr.07] :. Humor springs eternal in the tunes crafted by Fountains of Wayne, and the 14 tracks on the pop-rock band’s irresistible new album, Traffic and Weather, are no exception. For example, on...

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Music Feature

Fountains of Wayne: Too Smart to Be a Rock Band, Too Smart to Be Anything Else

by Will Layman

[16.Apr.07] :. A self-aware songwriter, Adam Schlesinger still finds a way inside everyone else's head. PopMatters talks to the ingenius popsters about their new album and more.

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Struggling to gear up for Coachella

by Ben Wener [The Orange County Register (MCT)]

[9.Apr.07] :. It’s shameful for any critic, particularly one with a steady writing gig, to admit he’s never been to South by Southwest, the Queen Mother of music conferences, held every March in...

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Music Review

Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather

by Jeff Vrabel

[2.Apr.07] :. A messy, dark, and defiantly askew center exists at the core of the candy-coated pop-sweetness of Fountains of Wayne's songs -- which is what makes them such a recognizable take on American culture at its twisted best.

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Fountains of Pain

by George Reisch

[6.Feb.07] :. Why does a band so gifted at crafting pleasing pop feel the need to lash out at losers and demand we chortle at half-baked stereotypes?

 

Fountains of Wayne: Out of State Plates

by Dave Brecheisen

[30.Jun.05] :. Two CDs worth of Fountains of Wayne that, although you may not need to hear, you probably should. Why wouldn't you want to listen to this band's version of Max Martin's smash hit, '...Baby, One More Time?'"

 

Fountains of Wayne

by David Rothkopf

[29.Jul.03] :. The Chance to Sing Along When Brian Wilson, the legendary pop writer, producer, and Beach Boy, announced that he would perform his 1966 masterpiece, Pet Sounds, live for the first time...

 

Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers

by Brian James

[25.Jul.03] :. Alcohol plays a huge role in Managers, but instead of the adolescent diversion it was only yesteryear, it now appears as a pathetic crutch.

 

Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers

by Gary Glauber

[18.Jun.03] :. Welcome Interstate Managers is the welcome aural equivalent of a great collection of short stories, each song offering a little snippet from a life, and presenting a range of characters to fill this musical spectrum.

 

Fountains of Wayne, Utopia Parkway

by Sarah Zupko

If Juilliard were to offer a course on composing the perfect pop melody, Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood should be the first folks they call for instructors.