Liz Phair

Better change your status now

Well at least she's correct  

She's what I call a minor Slayer not many people know her but she slays, her and Rachel should duo already. 

Even Rachel has more YT views than her

Honestly, Exile in Guyville is one of the best albums ever released. I found out about Liz (aside from already knowing Why Can't I?) from Explain It to Me which was featured in the film Thirteen. Hearing it made me curious and I checked out some songs like Fuck and Run and Never Said which helped me get even more into her music.
Music-wise I've been really wondering what she's been up to these days since aside from a Christmas song and a soundtrack song she's been gone for half a decade. I'm really hoping for a new album this year even if it's a Funstyle-esque release since she usually does take five year breaks.

Apparently, Liz is almost getting back to music. And she's also writing a book, yay!  She worked with Ryan Adams but we might not hear that :\



The idea of “control” reminds me of your opinion piece on Lana Del Rey in the Wall Street Journal. It seems like that’s what you were saying there, too: that men are writing the rule book for how women should be, even today.
I completely responded to Lana Del Rey’s persona. Why do women have to be perfect to get this honor [of performing on SNL]? Think of how many thousands of bands flew through SNL. I can think of tons of times I’ve seen an SNL performance where the music was kind of lackluster. Lana was really crucified. They literally acted like she had to deserve it. That’s so offensive. When Bright Eyes first got onstage, he wasn’t nervous? I’m sure he was, and yet everyone would just be like, “Oh, well.” It’s such a double standard.

Does it rankle you when people just want to focus on one specific time in your life, i.e., the Exile years?
No, I don’t mind bad reviews, especially if they’re smart and funny. I like a piece of art in any form. What rankles me is when I see someone’s issues — their own issues — getting dumped on me. Again, that’s probably the feminist in me. If it’s poorly written, and it’s clearly their issues coming through, that will really get me hot under the collar. I’d rather get a bad review by a great writer who’s intelligent and understands what they’re doing. Like, the zero out of tens are kind of funny. I don’t think I’m a misanthrope. It’s hard for me to deal with people who judge or have an impact who don’t understand what they’re talking about.

Are you working on any new material?
I am, and I had started one with Ryan Adams, but it never got off the ground. We had different ideas about how to record it, so that just kind of went unlogged. I’m very excited because my son is about to graduate high school. I’ve spent the last couple years just being the mom and took a day job doing television composing. I recorded a lot when he was young, and it wasn’t great for him. The minute you have your child doesn’t make you a great mom. You have to learn how to be a great mom. He flourished when I was around more, when I was mom-ing, so that’s what I’ve been doing.

I’m totally about getting back on tour. I feel like we’re both launching, because he’s excited too. We’re both able to lift up and decide where we are going to go and what we’re going to do. I can travel, I can tour, I can go back to being an artist. Everyone’s like, “Hurry get it done,” and I get that, but at the same time I’m finishing something that’s very me, and it’s on a natural time scale.

Is it fiction?
It’s fiction — not a memoir. Most music people do memoirs, but I decided my time was better spent writing fiction.

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