Former indie babe Liz Phair is the source of much talk lately concerning her new album and the accompanying image change.
Like it or not, Phair is getting much more promotion than it seems like she’s received in the past. Chances are it’ll die away soon. But for now, she is touring in support of her new album (the one with the sexy pose and the guitar on the front). Yeah, that one.
Both Billboard and Rolling Stone have articles about Phair on their websites today, and now, so does Donewaiting.
Sondre Lerche and Jason Mraz are opening all shows except the last two concerts in Chicago (zzzzz). Phair is also playing on the Jimmy Kimmel show and at Atlanta’s Centennial Olympic Park as a part of Aquafina’s On the Bricks summer concert series, which will feature Hootie & the Blowfish, Tonic, and the Clarks.
Who?
Anyway, the new album’s first single, “Why Can’t I?,” was co-produced and co-written with the Matrix (who made Avril Lavigne’s career) and is No. 20 on Billboard’s Adult Top 40 chart this week.
Phair told Billboard: “This album represents me trying to get the voice of an authentic woman where young girls will hear it. I feel very frustrated with music and women and their role. I hope to God I can take my name at the end of this and make my own little recordings, but nobody made me do anything. If you hate this, point at me.”
I am sure many fingers are cranked in her direction.
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