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Liz Phair
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United States (1993 – present)
Liz Phair (born Elizabeth Clark Phair on April 17, 1967 in New Haven, Connecticut) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. She was a cornerstone in the underground early ’90s indie rock movement for her songcraft and DIY ethics. Her sound developed at the turn of the century into something more akin to pop or adult contemporary.
Phair’s entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw was visiting her San Francisco loft-mate Nora Maccoby when he heard Phair’s songs, and encouraged her to record them.
After moving back to Chicago, Phair began writing songs and recording homemade tapes under the name Girly Sound, and supported herself by selling her drawings on the streets of Chicago. She soon became a part of the alternative music scene in Chicago and became friends with Material Issue and Urge Overkill, two of Chicago’s upstart bands to go national in the early 1990s, as well as Brad Wood and John Henderson, head of Feel Good All Over, an independent label in Chicago. (A later attempt at re-recording the Girly Sound tapes failed after arguments between Henderson and Phair.)
After asking Wood who the “coolest” indie label was, Phair called up Gerard Cosloy, co-president of Matador Records, in 1992 and asked him if he would put out her record. Coincidentally, Cosloy had just read a review of Girly Sound in Chemical Imbalance that very day and told Phair to send him a tape.
Phair’s entry into the music industry began when she met guitarist Chris Brokaw, a member of the band Come. Brokaw was visiting her San Francisco loft-mate Nora Maccoby when he heard Phair’s songs, and encouraged her to record them.
After moving back to Chicago, Phair began writing songs and recording homemade tapes under the name Girly Sound, and supported herself by selling her drawings on the streets of Chicago. She soon became a part of the alternative music scene in Chicago and became friends with Material Issue and Urge Overkill, two of Chicago’s upstart bands to go national in the early 1990s, as well as Brad Wood and John Henderson, head of Feel Good All Over, an independent label in Chicago. (A later attempt at re-recording the Girly Sound tapes failed after arguments between Henderson and Phair.)
After asking Wood who the “coolest” indie label was, Phair called up Gerard Cosloy, co-president of Matador Records, in 1992 and asked him if he would put out her record. Coincidentally, Cosloy had just read a review of Girly Sound in Chemical Imbalance that very day and told Phair to send him a tape.
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Liz Phair - Table For One
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Liz Phair - Got My Own Thing
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Liz Phair - Everything To Me
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Liz Phair "Jealousy"
Top Albums
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Fuck and Run
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Never Said
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Flower
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Why Can't I
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Divorce Song
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Extraordinary
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Glory
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Help Me Mary
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Explain It to Me
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Dance of the Seven Veils
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6'1"
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Soap Star Joe
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Canary
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Stratford-On-Guy
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Shoutbox
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Whip-Smart wrote:
I hope this picture stays for a while
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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
actually i kind of like this current one.
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Denitz wrote:
Who the hell is voting for this kind of picture???
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0mgz0rz wrote:
Fugliest picture of Liz i've ever seen: http://www.last.fm/music/Liz+Phair/+images/253231
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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
yeah the quality of the picture itself is pretty meh, and so is the picture of her in question. why does she always get bad photographers? xD
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Whip-Smart wrote:
haha awful picture
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Whip-Smart wrote:
I agree HeWhoSmellsBad it means nothing time wise this last quarter could take the next 5 years and then it could be delyed till we loose intrest. But it is nice to have a tiny bit of info at what stange the album is esp as some people reported it was out next month and we where promised by the en of the year.
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WonderPat wrote:
She wants my hot wet cum.
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booters298 wrote:
Smoking Hot!
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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
that could mean anything though. also, who knows when they'll actually release it once it's finished. D:
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Whip-Smart wrote:
New album "three quarters finished" acroding to an interview with Seattle Weekly.
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TheAcidQueen_x wrote:
sluttiest lyrics ever? yes.
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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
a drama queen, you say? do i really look the part? wow, that's very flattering. thank you. :D
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Whip-Smart wrote:
Seems that way glamking It seems if they were releasing this album this year we would have a few more details by now. It was said to be in its final stages back in aug,,,maybe ATO where not happy with what she turned in.
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jenzabar wrote:
Mesmerizing is my favorite Liz Phair song. Its just so.... well mesmerizing. lol : )
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glamking wrote:
So she was signed to a new label and releasing an album "late this year", right? As in "late this year 2011"?
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Whip-Smart wrote:
EIG>WS>White>Girlysound>SM>LP
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Whip-Smart wrote:
you are such a drama queen HeWhoSmellsBad seriously take somthing
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HeWhoSmellsBad wrote:
i like it too. should i exile myself from the presence of these intellectuals? D:
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absolia wrote:
i like it. hahaha.
Events
- Oct 6 Liz Phair Performs Exile in Guyville Troubadour, Los Angeles, United States
- Oct 7 Liz Phair The Showbox, Seattle, United States
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Recent Activity
- hofeizai, KZA638AA, likeelectric and 1 other person added Liz Phair to their libraries. 1 hour ago
- palgia tagged Liz Phair with ‘indie’, ‘rock’ and ‘alternative’. 8 hours ago
- convicted_punk, justaskphil, EKE-jp and 68 other people added Liz Phair to their libraries. 9 hours ago
- absolia updated the wiki page for Exile in Guyville. (diff) 12 days ago
- absolia created the wiki page for Exile in Guyville. last month
- shanterusan tagged Liz Phair with ‘indie rock’, ‘90s’, ‘american’, ‘rock’ and ‘female vocalists’. August 2008
- happyphantom8 added Liz Phair to happyphantom8’s library. August 2008
- aethucyn11 added Liz Phair to the lineup of Liz Phair at Paradise Rock Club. August 2008
- Minmorton, Tangatraeger and squidkid added Liz Phair to their libraries. August 2008
- princess-charl tagged Liz Phair with ‘rock’ and ‘female vocalists’. August 2008
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