Liz Phair - ‘Soberish’

[MyLastView]

I love the woman, so I am going to make this thread.

In the latest Liz news...

She no longer has a record label. When Virgin and Capitol merged, Liz was one of the artists dropped.
That makes me so mad.
She is still on Capitol Records.

Anyway, discuss.

[SHOOTER]

So they did drop artists? My connection over there left right before the merger so I don't know what's going down over there.

I am so in love with Liz. How do you know she got dropped? I feel so bad for her.

[MyLastView]

She's not listed under the 'artists' section on capitolrecords.com and her official message board is gone.

[MusicMan88]

:( I hope she gets a new label that gives her total artistic freedom so she isn't forced to make these slick, polished records.

[SHOOTER]

This is so sad. I love Liz. She's a critic darling, too. I'm sure somebody will be smart enough to pick her up.

[Damage]

bastages!

[MyLastView]

LIZ ISN'T DROPPED!!!!

She was just under the artist section by her LAST name.

[SHOOTER]

WHEW! Don't scare us like that!!

[MyLastView]

Sorry It wasn't on purpose I swear.

But Liz needed a new thread anyway!

[Damage]

LOL

[Love Plastic Love]

I hope she makes a better cd than the crappy last one.

[areyoureadytojump]

LOL

[SHOOTER]

I agree. Somebody's Miracle was subpar. I love Liz but that album didn't match up to her other stuff. I want a sequel to LP myself. Call her a sell-out if you must but that album had some of her best material ever!!

[Love Plastic Love]

ohshooter said:

I agree. Somebody's Miracle was subpar. I love Liz but that album didn't match up to her other stuff. I want a sequel to LP myself. Call her a sell-out if you must but that album had some of her best material ever!!

Loads of really catchy songs on that. I honestly wouldnt mind another LP...or some mixture between LP and her indie stuff!

[MyLastView]

I loved her self titled album...the first album I ever bought =D

[MyLastView]

Liz will appear on Minnie Driver's forthcoming album Sea Stories, due out in early summer.

[oscillations.]

A lot of artists got dropped from Capitol. If your last album didn't hit 500k or show promise of upward commercial mobility, you basically are fucked. (See Vines thread).

You really need to buy EXILE IN GUYVILLE! It's classic, and as I am sure you are aware, nothing at all like her current material. It's a filthy, sex-obsessed lo-fi feminist agenda. And probably one of the most important albums of the past 20 years.

[britneyrules]

I Love EIG.

Now only if she would've recorded H.W.C. for that album it woulda been awesome.

[MyLastView]

cherrycrush said:

A lot of artists got dropped from Capitol. If your last album didn't hit 500k or show promise of upward commercial mobility, you basically are f**ked. (See Vines thread).

You really need to buy EXILE IN GUYVILLE! It's classic, and as I am sure you are aware, nothing at all like her current material. It's a filthy, sex-obsessed lo-fi feminist agenda. And probably one of the most important albums of the past 20 years.

I actually have been thinking about buying EIG, Whip-Smart, and Whitechocolatespaceegg when I get the money.
I've heard a lot of her older songs (and like them), so yes, I'm aware...haha.

[itsaboutart]

Yeah I'm loving Liz Phair. I've only started listening to her music over the past year. Have had Exile in Guysville for awhile and it took awhile to catch on but now its a favourite. What else of hers should i get???

[SHOOTER]

I can't wait until we get a new album from her! I hope she's working on one!

[MyLastView]

itsaboutart said:

Yeah I'm loving Liz Phair. I've only started listening to her music over the past year. Have had Exile in Guysville for awhile and it took awhile to catch on but now its a favourite. What else of hers should i get???

It depends on what you like.
If you like straight-up indie rock, get Whip-Smart.
If you like indie rock with a bit of a pop twist, get Whitechocolatespaceegg.
If you like adult pop/rock, get Liz Phair.
If you like adult alternative-style pop/rock, get Somebody's Miracle.

[MyLastView]

ohshooter said:

I can't wait until we get a new album from her! I hope she's working on one!

Me too.
"Extraordinary" is being used in commercials for Propel flavored water, so maybe she'll reap some royalties from that and put it towards a new record.

Then again, she has said she is considering taking another long break (she's done it twice...one lasted 4 years, the other 5 years)

[MyLastView]

From the lizphair.com forums:

Everyone already knows that Liz is appearing in an episode of Starz' new comedy series "Head Case", well that episode begins airing on Wed., 5/16, at 11 PM EST. For those of you that aren't familiar with the premise of this show, it involves a Hollywood shrink and her interactions with Hollywood celebrities, ie... Liz as well as many others. Liz with her wry, dry, and sarcastic humor should be perfect this type of comedic role. Should be fun. The episode is being shown several more times during the week. For all the other times it's airing go to this link: www.vh1.com/artists/az/phair_liz/motv.jhtml

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underneathobsidian said:

I hope she makes a better cd than the crappy last one.

.. or the one before.
The self-title wasn't awful (except H.W.C. - that was a disaster), but it seems she's lost a big part of her edge.

[MyLastView]

A brand new song called "Perfect Misfit" will be on the 'Nancy Drew' movie soundtrack.
You can go to nancydrewsoundtrack.com to hear a clip of it.

Good to know Liz is still in the game.

[busyboy]

Liz Phair Reissues Exile in Guyville, Signs to ATO
Phair interviews John Cusack, Ira Glass, Steve Albini, Matador dudes for accompanying DVD

Yes, everything you've heard about Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville being one of the greatest albums of all time is true. The songs really do hit that hard. The lyrics really are that good. And the perspective of a smart woman navigating her way through the indie rock scene really is that necessary, even today.

Fifteen years after its Matador Records release in 1993, Exile in Guyville is getting the reissue celebration it deserves. On June 24, ATO Records will beef up the album with four bonus tracks from the original Guyville sessions as well as an accompanying DVD.

The bonus tracks: the solo cut "Ant in Alaska", a song inspired by the Troggs' "Wild Thing", the full band cut "Say You", and an untitled solo instrumental. "Ant in Alaska" and "Wild Thing" have both been previously attributed to Phair's notorious pre-Guyville "Girly Sound" demos.

The DVD: Guyville Redux, a documentary about the making of the album, with a focus on the indie scene in the Wicker Park neighborhood of Chicago, out of which Phair sprung in the early 90s. In the documentary, Phair herself interviews a series of luminaries connected to the scene, including radio/TV personality Ira Glass, actor John Cusack (whose role in High Fidelity pretty much epitomized the kind of guy Phair disses on Exile in Guyville), Steve Albini, Matador's Gerard Cosloy and Chris Lombardi, Guyville producer Brad Wood, members of Urge Overkill, and John Henderson of Chicago label Feel Good All Over.

And who do we have to thank for all of this Liz Phair goodness? Why, Dave Matthews, of course! Matthews is one of the co-founders of ATO Records, which in addition to putting out the reissue has signed Phair for a new studio album due in the fall. (Yes, she is no longer on Capitol Records.) AND Dave introduces the Guyville Redux DVD.

So between this, My Morning Jacket, and Radiohead, is it finally time to stop hating Dave Matthews?

Exile in Guyville reissue:

Original tracklist:

01 6'1"
02 Help Me Mary
03 Glory
04 Dance of the Seven Veils
05 Never Said
06 Soap Star Joe
07 Explain It to Me
08 Canary
09 Mesmerizing
10 f**k and Run
11 Girls! Girls! Girls!
12 Divorce Song
13 Shatter
14 Flower
15 Johnny Sunshine
16 Gunshy
17 Stratford-on-Guy
18 Strange Loop
Bonus tracks:

19 Ant in Alaska
20 Wild Thing
21 Say You
22 [Untitled instrumental]

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If you don't have Exile, BUY this version! It's for your own good! ;)

[SHOOTER]

YES! A new record deal and a new album! C'mon Liz!

[MyLastView]

YES! Best news all day! Get it, Liz!

[Mic Technique]

"I like it. I-I-I-I-I-I like it."

That re-issue is mine.