SXSW 2011 came and went — we have the portraits to prove it — but it doesn’t mean those days in Austin aren’t still spitting out worthwhile mementos… Like Fred Armisen before him, Ted Leo interviewed a bunch of folks while he was down in Austin. Unlike Armisen, he takes it fairly seriously, a [...]

Liz Phair has shed light on her recent collaboration with Dave Matthews.

Liz Phair knows something about the Rolling Stones — her Exile In Guyville album matches the songs and pacing of the Stones’s Exile On Main Street — but she doesn’t have much in common lifestyle/habits-wise, it seems, with Keith Richards (with the exception of her recent album Funstyle, she’s a p...

Reuters - Two years ago, singer-songwriter Liz Phair did a round of interviews announcing a new deal with powerhouse indie label ATO and stating that she felt creative for the first time in 15 years. She did rerelease her seminal 1993 album, "Exile in Guyville," on her new label, but fresh songs never seemed to materialize -- until July 4 of thi...

A couple days ago we posted “Bollywood,” the bizarre first taste from her new album Funstyle. I thought it was funny; many others did not. She knows how you feel. In a post on her website titled “How To Like It,” Phair explains how these songs are coming from her without a filter:You were never [...]