MYSTERIOUS: Fountains of wayne - You Need To See This

The fake hit song we could all agree on

Tom Hanks' directorial debut produced a fake song that was undeniable

Salon · Oct 4

“I tried to talk him out of it... He was too good a writer to have that be his calling card”: The band's guitarist felt the song was beneath its writer, but it became one of the biggest singalong guitar-pop hits of the 2000s

Though critically beloved, Fountains of Wayne are known to most only as the band behind Stacy's Mom, the cheeky and irrepressible smash hit that remains a staple of 2000s nostalgia playlists – and that's exactly what guitarist Chris Collingwood was afraid of

Guitar World · Feb 21

Theater award created in honor of Philip Seymour Hoffman and Adam Schlesinger turns 10

Playwright David Bar Katz is helping artists facing financial stress through The Relentless Award, the largest annual cash prize in American theater

The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025