Smile! You're on the Fountains of Wayne DVD

If you were at the last big (indoor) Fountains of Wayne show in Chicago, here’s hoping your hair looked fantastic because the DVD of the show goes on sale next week. “Fountains of Wayne: Live in Chicago” is available March 3 from Shout! Factory. Here’s a sneak peek …

In other Fountains of Wayne-related, Chicago-band and generally awesome power-pop news: Get this there’s a new band called Tinted Windows, and its four members are … singer Taylor Hanson of Hanson, guitarist James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins, bassist Adam Schlesinger of Ivy and Fountains of Wayne and drummer Bun E. Carlos from Cheap Trick. They’ll unveil themselves at the South by Southwest fest/conference down in Austin in a coupla weeks. Check out the news and a video sample here.

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