April 20, 2020: On Wednesday, April 22 at 7pm ET, as part of the New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund’s JERSEY 4 JERSEY benefit show raising funds to fight the impact of COVID-19, the remaining members of Fountains of Wayne will reunite for their first live performance in 7 years to pay tribute to songwriter, …
Power pop is the cruelest genre, mixing memory and desire. It promises so much—sparkling hooks, winsome harmonies, echoes of the songs we loved first and love best—yet so rarely delivers. Turns out hooks are a dime a dozen, harmonies can be bought off the rack, and anyone can borrow that extra chord from a Beatles …
So we sell “Stacy’s Mom” weed as a tribute to the Fountains Of Wayne tune about that attainable and somewhat available Red Hot Momma. The thing is, the songwriter and bassist Adam Schlesinger just died at the age of 52 from Covid 19. Everyone who sees this strain starts singing the song. A nurse came …