Liz Phair

  • The album that made me a feminist

    A remembrance of Liz Phair's "Exile in Guyville," which is being rereleased for its 15th anniversary.
  • Mothers who rock

    Liz Phair, Kelly Willis, Linda Thompson and Corin Tucker talk about washing bottles after shows, writing songs that won't freak out their kids, and how ambition changes once you become a parent.
  • Exile gone mainstream

    With her fourth album, titled simply "Liz Phair," the erstwhile queen of nasty indie rock grows up (sort of) and plays radio-friendly pop (mostly). She says that's always where she was headed.
  • The Fix

    GOP pranksters plan a "Gilligan" attack on Kerry, Bono gives Turlington away, and Beckham is batted about like a football. Plus: Who will play Ronald Reagan in the miniseries?
  • Sharps & flats

    On the most coherent Pretenders album in a decade, Chrissie Hynde proves that she does Chrissie Hynde better than anyone.
  • Beck

    Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
  • "Is This Desire" -- or just bad performance art?

    In her first release in three years, Polly Jean Harvey offers sops to a self-consciously hip underground.
  • The original regular

    Cynthia Joyce reviews Liz Phair's new album, 'whitechocolatespaceegg'
  • Cursed Words

    The FCC just made cussing less costly -- did it fuck up?

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