MUSIC NEWS - Clear Channel Radio today unveils NYC’s newest performance space: the P.C. Richard & Son Theater. A 5,500 square-foot, street-level performance space will serve as the live performance home for Clear Channel Radio’s New York-based radio stations – Z100, Q104.3, 106.7 Lite-fm, Power 105.1 and WKTU and their east-coast home for iheartradio original productions, including
OK, when we first heard that there was a band where former-Pumpkin James Iha rails on the guitar, Bun E. Carlos of Cheap Trick hits the drums, and there's a Hanson singing, we kind of laughed. After much fact checking, our minds were blown. Didn't nostradamos warn us about this kind of thing? Oh, and [...]
Jim DeRogatis talks to former Smashing Pumpkin James Iha about Tinted Windows, his new band that features members of Hanson, Cheap Trick, and Fountains of Wayne: Well, Adam [Schlesinger] and I are friends, and we have these various businesses together:...
Tinted Windows is a new pop-rock supergroup that spans musical generations, comprised of Taylor Hanson (yes, THAT Hanson), James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne), and Bun E. Carlos (Cheap Trick). An odd collection of artistic personalities to be sure, but one that's gotten more than a few people very excited. Their live unveiling at SXSW must have...
Tinted Windows has just announced a handful of shows coming up later this month and early May for US fans. The band's debut album hits stores on April 21, and fans will get a triple shot of TW, as the band will play Letterman on April 21 and Fallon on April 23.Comprised of Taylor Hanson (Hanson), James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy) and Bun...
What do you get when you take members of Cheap Trick, the Smashing Pumpkins, Fountains of Wayne, and Hanson and blend them into a slushie of bold, fuzzy love songs?Super group Tinted Windows may sound weird on paper, but their self-titled debut record sounds pretty damn good through a decent set of headphones.Let's do the math:Singer Taylor Hanson of Hanson, a band famous for catchy, arena-fill...
Members of Cheap Trick, Fountains of Wayne, the Smashing Pumpkins, and Hanson form a Power Pop Supergroup only to craft an early contender for the Worst Album of 2009.
Some albums are a real slog to get through. I mean you really have to TRY hard to sit through them. That's certainly not the case with the debut self-titled album from Tinted Windows.I'm not sure if Tinted Windows can be described as a traditional "super group". But it is the bizarre, at least on paper, combination of Fountains Of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger, Smashing Pumpkins' James Iha, Bun E
A new band called Tinted Windows is reportedly putting out an album this spring. Not news, right? What if we told you that the band features former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Fountains of Wayne's Adam Schlesinger on bass, Cheap Trick's... There's more on this story at the following link...
Tinted Windows -- Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Hanson's keyboardist Taylor Hanson, Fountain of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos -- released their debut eponymous album a couple weeks back. Opening on the Billboard 200 at Number 59 the thing screams pop music, the type of music you'd find in a tween flick. Here's the second track from the album, ...
Um, wow. So this IS really happening. Last week we fell privvy to what we could call the weirdest supergroup to ever hit the stage - Tinted Windows. Forging together former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Hanson's keyboardist Taylor Hanson, Fountain of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger, and Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, Tinted Windows is indeed as real as the first promo shot above. Mo...
I first heard this during their SXSW set and it's the song that stuck with me the most. Although the concert was kind of ragged, I could tell this would be good on the studio release.Now that the CD is out and I've listened to the polished version, I can't get the catchy chorus out of my head! It's bugging me. So, I had to post it, so it's stuck in your head too . And, now I don't have to keep ...
Tinted Windows is Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick, James Iha from Smashing Pumpkins, Taylor Hanson from Hanson and finally Adam Schlesinger from Fountains of Wayne. What? I wonder how the ever found their way to each other. Two members are from prominent power pop groups one from a teen sensation and one from Smashing Pumpkins. Interesting combo, to say the least. let's see how they do.Debut CD ...
Tinted Windows has just announced a handful of shows coming up later this month and early May for US fans. The band's debut album hits stores on April 21, and fans will get a triple shot of TW, as the band will play Letterman on April 21 and Fallon on April 23.Comprised of Taylor Hanson (Hanson), James Iha (Smashing Pumpkins, A Perfect Circle), Adam Schlesinger (Fountains of Wayne, Ivy) and Bun...