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Liz Phair photographed at the House of Vans in Brooklyn, NY. (Photo: Laura June Kirsch)

House of Vans: Liz Phair

Singer-songwriter, and overall rock goddess, Liz Phair captured the audience at House of Vans Brooklyn last night.
Liz Phair in 1994.

SPIN 30: Liz Phair Returns to ‘Exile In Guyville’

On March 19, 1985, the first issue of SPIN hit newsstands. To celebrate our 30th anniversary, we’re revisiting a handful of records that the staff has previously awarded “Album of the Year,” a distinction the magazine started giving out in 1990.

Listen to Liz Phair’s ‘Dystopian’ Christmas Song ‘Ho Ho Ho’

Phair says the track, which appears on the forthcoming Amazon holiday music collection All Is Bright, was partially inspired by “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer” and David Sedaris’ “SantaLand Diaries,” which are equal parts cheerful and depressing.
Liz Phair's Exile in Guyville by Gina Arnold

Indie Rock Reflections on a Place and Time

Gina Arnold’s new book takes its name from, and chews over, Liz Phair’s wise, weird, lo-fi, high-concept and flat-out beautiful 1993 album “Exile in Guyville.” This is easily among the best books in the series thus far. It’s the most curious, for sure.