Hellogoodbye is preparing to hit the road headlining their "End of Summer West Coast Tour!" along with Fun before joining Hanson and others

Tinted Windows, the acclaimed new band comprised of Taylor Hanson, James Iha, Adam Schlesinger, and Bun E. Carlos, will celebrate the April 21st release of their debut album with a flurry of activity

New Line is developing Straight Outta Compton, a movie about controversial rap group N.W.A. EW reports that the film's producers (among them Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E's widow Tomica Wright) are "actively searching for a director along the lines of Curtis Hanson (8 Mile)." Which is exciting news, but whatever happened to Welcome Back, Biatch?...

What can you say about Tinted Windows, the totally real quasi-supergroup of former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha, Cheap Trick drummer Bun E. Carlos, Taylor the cute Hanson, and Fountains of Wayne bassist Adam Schlesinger? Their future's so bright, they gotta wear shades. "Kind of a Girl", the first song from the new foursome, is straight...

The debut, self-titled album by Tinted Windows will be released April 21st on S-Curve Records.