The Witzard

Adam Schlesinger was a prolific musician, songwriter, composer, record producer, and co-owner of Stratosphere Sound . Unfortunately, Schelsinger passed away this past April due to complications from COVID-19 at 52 years of age. Adam Schlesinger was most notably, a founding member of Fountains of Wayne , as well as Fever High , Ivy, Rogue Oliphant , and Tinted Windows. Additionally, Schlesinger contributed to a number of soundtracks, including Crazy Ex-Girlfriend , Tom Hank's That Thing You Do! There's Something About Mary , Me, Myself & Irene, Josie & The Pussycats , Scary Movie, Fever Pitch , Orange County, and Two Weeks Notice . Adam Schlesinger even produced and mixed records for America , Dashboard Confessional, Fastball , Ben Lee, The Monkees , Motion City Soundtrack, Led Zeppelin 's Robert Plant , They Might Be Giants, The Verve Pipe , and more. Saving for a Custom Van by Rachel Bloom Since his passing, Fountains of Wayne reunited to perform "Stac...

I'm pretty sure myself, like many like-minded Indie Rock devotees, first heard Cults frontwoman Madeline Follin 's sultry whispery wail was on "Queen of Hearts" from Toronto Hardcore band F__ked Up 's sprawling 2011 Punk Rock Opera , David Comes to Life . While then nine-year-old Follin's first true "solo" work, Dee Dee Ramone -assembled Youth Gone Mad 's Touching Cloth (2000) pre-dates Cults by about 11 years, her latest set of recordings would appear to be her first legitimate outer-band side project; " Follin is the musical project of brother-sister duo Madeline and Richie James Follin . In the down time between record cycles of their respective bands [ Cults and Guards/Willowz ], they decided to finally record and release something together," San Francisco and Miami -based Father/Daughter Records wrote within a recent press release. It was an idea that they had hoped to turn into a reality for years, but time never pe...