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Reconnecting with Liz Phair—and Franz Ferdinand take our writer out... bowling

She’s Phair Game

Rocker rolls with the punches after accusations of selling out When Liz Phair’s Exile In Guyville came out in 1993,…

Somebody’s Miracle, just not Phair’s

Liz Phair's pop-flavoured, self-titled last album landed her on the cover of Hour two years ago, and I wanted to know what she thought of our take on her. But Phair, it turns out, is one of those rock stars who can't read her own press.

Still Liz, dammit

Liz Phair is a good example of the bad things that can happen when everyone believes you just might be her best friend.

Ms. Liz to You

She's still got her own thing.

Playing Against Type

When Liz Phair was penning songs for her self-titled 2003 album, her first in five years, she was not intending to alienate her core audience. "When I write, I don't think about the fans at all," she said via cellphone last month. "I think about songwriting."

Phair stays true to self

Now touring in support of her fall release, Somebody's Miracle, Phair, who publicly voiced her surprise at how venomous the reaction to the last record was, is making no apologies.