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Fountains of Wayne

Fountains of Wayne with Jon Auer at the Triple Door

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at The Triple Door

Total and unadulterated melancholy pop blissfulness.

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Latest comment by: Jack: "Nice review. Colin needs the Queer Eye guys to take away that shirt, but otherwise the show was enjoyable in LA last night."

Imaginary Interview: Fountains of Wayne

Be sure not to miss the prolific powerpop band when they play at the Triple Door on January 15 with Jon Auer of The Posies.

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Latest comment by: Amie: "Yayyy! Great interview, Chris. You know I loves my Fountains of Wayne, and especially Adam. :) So nice to read about "All Kinds of Time" - it's one of my favorite FoW songs. "

What Christmas songs are you enjoying right now?

If you're not already sick of Christmas music (and who could blame you if you were?), are there any songs this holiday that you are especially enjoying?

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Latest comment by: Al: "About the only one I can stand is the Sarge cover of Last Christmas. If you've never heard it feel free to enjoy it over on my myspace page. http://www.myspace.com/alhong Merry Xmas!!!"

Best of 2007: ChrisB's Top 10 list

Since I have the time and am not terribly anxious to go outside in the rain again but am looking to start an argument or two, here's my list of my top 10 albums of the year, with YouTube-age of my favorite song from each album (where available).

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Latest comment by: gagner au poker: "

Tous vous adversaires veulent aussi gagner au poker, donc il faut bien savoir quand bluffer et quand renoncer à la mise.

That date is wanly subtle. That dull department repaid out of the conservative foot. I upset that group as one gagner au poker. I ...

Are we all doomed?

So I was browsing around the iTunes music store and I stumbled across a section called "Alternative for Adults". Having just turned 30, I was curious what they expect adults who like alternative should be listening to these days. Well, I was slightly mortified. Here is the list:

Brandi Carlisle, Augustana, Ray LaMontagne, Patty Griffin, Bright Eyes, Amy Winehouse, Fountains of Wayne, Martin Sexton, Amos Lee, Angelique Kidjo, John Mayer (?!), Joss Stone (equally ?!), Norah Jones, Ryan Shaw, Son Volt and Tori Amos.

Is this what we're all doomed to turn into or does iTunes have a low opinion of what adults who do not want to listen to mainstream want to hear? Honestly, I would consider maybe 3 of those acts as "alternative," while the rest just seem to be NPR neo-country/neo-jazz. Of course, I suppose that is alternative in its own sense. How do we deal with aging as modern rockers? Should I just give up now and start buying the Ray LaMontagne back catalog and burn my Fugazi and Atari Teenage Riot CDs? *Sigh*

Latest comment by: Maia: "Sounds like they got it confused with the 'Cool as Folk' station on Yahoo radio. However, I'm 24 and most of those artists are in my itunes library; not in heavy rotation on the ipod, but still there no less. On an unrelated note; did anyone else catch Ben Gibbard ...

As Seen On TV: Amy Sedaris, Modest Mouse, BRMC, Arctic Monkeys and more!

For as many listings we've got this week, there's nothing I'm super excited about. Amy Sedaris is always a hoot (she and Letterman have quite the banter). Kaiser Chiefs are all over the place, and Alice Cooper chatting up Carson Daly (or vice versa) could be interesting.

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Latest comment by: imaginary boy embracey: "Tuesday night. Or Wednesday night. What gives?"

Fountains of Wayne — Traffic and Weather

Fountains of Wayne -- Traffic and Weather
But overall the album is very good news for socially awkward power-pop music fans like me.

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Kings of the Hill ... Sort of...

And to show you what a megahit like "Stacy's Mom" buys you, Fountains of Wayne's new album debuted at ... #97. Ouch. Such short memories we Americans can have for bubblegum pop-rock.

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Latest comment by: imaginary boy embracey: "Thanks for throwing in some familiar names for us non-MTV-watchers. :) Oddly, one of Alison Krauss' older albums was being played at The Hideout last evening..."

Fountains of Wayne — Out-of-State Plates

Fountains of Wayne
FOW prove that they still have a knack for capturing mundane life in suburbia.

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