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

By Will Layman

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. [16 April 2007]

Fountains of Pain

By George Reisch

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? [6 February 2007]

Fountains of Wayne: No Better Place

By Evan Sawdey

When your lead vocalist looks like he has somewhere better to be for half the set, you know you're in trouble. [22 March 2009]

Fountains of Wayne: Traffic and Weather

By Jeff Vrabel

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. [2 April 2007]

Fountains of Wayne: Out of State Plates

By Dave Brecheisen

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?'" [30 June 2005]

Fountains of Wayne

By David Rothkopf

Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers

By Brian James

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

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.

Not only humor gushes from Fountains of Wayne [30 April 2007]