Thirty years ago, Liz Phair released her indie-rock masterpiece Exile in Guyville, on June 22, 1993. It’s a massive moment in the history of the Weird Girl canon. Liz was just an ordinary twenty-something geek in the Chicago indie scene of Wicker Park, going out every night to see hipster bands, hanging out in dive bars, and getting her heart broken. It was a Guyville, where she was just another girl. But she had a secret that nobody knew: she was writing songs about the whole experience. And she was singing...
- 6/22/2023
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
When Liz Phair released Soberish this June, it ended an 11-year hiatus between studio albums. “It’s weird to come back and participate in the promotional cycle, and have the business changed so much,” says the songwriter, 54. “And then adding Covid to that has been . . . the word ‘zany’ just came to mind.”
She’d hardly been vacationing in the decade since 2010’s Funstyle, though. In just the past few years, she’s put out a massive box-set reissue of her classic 1993 debut, Exile in Guyville; published her memoir, Horror Stories...
She’d hardly been vacationing in the decade since 2010’s Funstyle, though. In just the past few years, she’s put out a massive box-set reissue of her classic 1993 debut, Exile in Guyville; published her memoir, Horror Stories...
- 6/11/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
The timing has never been better for a good Liz Phair record. The full-disclosure lyrics and painterly songcraft she perfected on her classic 1993 debut, Exile In Guyville, can be heard these days in any number of excellent young artists across the indie-pop map — Soccer Mommy, Snail Mail, Jay Som, Adult Mom, Lucy Dacus, Stella Donnelly, just to name a few — making Phair easily one of the most resonant songwriters of the last 30 years. That’s truer than ever, even though her musical output since the Nineties has been intermittent, kind of noncommittal,...
- 6/4/2021
- by Jon Dolan
- Rollingstone.com
Liz Phair has released the new video for “The Game.” She dropped her latest Soberish single at midnight on Thursday, just before the album’s official Friday release via Chrysalis. It’s her first studio LP in 11 years following 2010’s Funstyle.
In the confessional-styled clip, Phair addresses the camera as she sings about a relationship that isn’t meeting needs. “By this time tomorrow/You’re gonna be so far away,” she sings. “And every time I think we’re solid/You change the game.”
Soberish was produced by longtime collaborator Brad Wood,...
In the confessional-styled clip, Phair addresses the camera as she sings about a relationship that isn’t meeting needs. “By this time tomorrow/You’re gonna be so far away,” she sings. “And every time I think we’re solid/You change the game.”
Soberish was produced by longtime collaborator Brad Wood,...
- 6/4/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
Liz Phair has released “In There,” the latest track from her upcoming seventh studio album, Soberish.
The simmering track, released with an animated lyric video, sees Phair contemplating her own vulnerability in the shadow of a new relationship. “Like smoke under the door/Like cold comes through the floor/You got in there,” she sings.
Along with the tracks on Soberish, “In There” was co-written and co-produced by Phair and Brad Wood, who previously worked with her on her critically-acclaimed Nineties albums Exile in Guyville, Whip-Smart, and whitechocolatespaceegg. Phair previously...
The simmering track, released with an animated lyric video, sees Phair contemplating her own vulnerability in the shadow of a new relationship. “Like smoke under the door/Like cold comes through the floor/You got in there,” she sings.
Along with the tracks on Soberish, “In There” was co-written and co-produced by Phair and Brad Wood, who previously worked with her on her critically-acclaimed Nineties albums Exile in Guyville, Whip-Smart, and whitechocolatespaceegg. Phair previously...
- 5/12/2021
- by Claire Shaffer
- Rollingstone.com
Liz Phair has announced the release date for Soberish, her first album of original material in 11 years and shared new song, “Spanish Doors.” The follow-up LP to 2010’s Funstyle arrives on June 4th via Chrysalis Records and is available for preorder.
“I found my inspiration for Soberish by delving into an early era of my music development, my art school years spent listening to Art Rock and New Wave music non-stop on my Walkman,” she said in a statement. “The English Beat, The Specials, Madness, R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People,...
“I found my inspiration for Soberish by delving into an early era of my music development, my art school years spent listening to Art Rock and New Wave music non-stop on my Walkman,” she said in a statement. “The English Beat, The Specials, Madness, R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People,...
- 4/14/2021
- by Althea Legaspi
- Rollingstone.com
The Walker Roaders — the supergroup featuring ex-members of the Pogues, Flogging Molly, and Dropkick Murphys — have released a new cover of Howlin’ Wolf’s “Smokestack Lightning.”
The cover finds the Walker Roaders using a banjo to deliver the song’s iconic blues riff, while later bits of acoustic guitar and accordion float over the clattering percussion. The track arrives with a music video that blends archival footage — including some of Howlin’ Wolf — with shots of frontman James Fearnley singing “Smokestack Lightning” in his resonant baritone.
Walker Roaders’ cover of “Smokestack...
The cover finds the Walker Roaders using a banjo to deliver the song’s iconic blues riff, while later bits of acoustic guitar and accordion float over the clattering percussion. The track arrives with a music video that blends archival footage — including some of Howlin’ Wolf — with shots of frontman James Fearnley singing “Smokestack Lightning” in his resonant baritone.
Walker Roaders’ cover of “Smokestack...
- 2/2/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Exclusive: Facebook has hired Comedy Central UK executive Brad Wood as it continues to make an aggressive move into the entertainment world.
Wood, who is Director of Acquisitions, Talent and Development at Viacom’s London base, will move to the social media platform’s international deal team. He will report to Bjoern Finkenberger, International Deal Team Lead, who joined just over a year ago, with the team overseen by Scott Hershkowitz, Deal Team Director, Media Partnerships, based in New York.
Wood will be responsible for content deals in Europe, Middle East and Africa and will cover a range of programming agreements. The deal team has historically been based out of the U.S. but given the increasing international reach of its Watch and Video teams, it is also expanding globally.
Deadline understands that he will leave the broadcaster later this month and start at Facebook in early March.
The deal...
Wood, who is Director of Acquisitions, Talent and Development at Viacom’s London base, will move to the social media platform’s international deal team. He will report to Bjoern Finkenberger, International Deal Team Lead, who joined just over a year ago, with the team overseen by Scott Hershkowitz, Deal Team Director, Media Partnerships, based in New York.
Wood will be responsible for content deals in Europe, Middle East and Africa and will cover a range of programming agreements. The deal team has historically been based out of the U.S. but given the increasing international reach of its Watch and Video teams, it is also expanding globally.
Deadline understands that he will leave the broadcaster later this month and start at Facebook in early March.
The deal...
- 2/15/2019
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Comedy Central UK has acquired the rights to new Us sitcom Friends with Better Lives.
James Van Der Beek leads the cast of the CBS comedy, which also stars Brooklyn Decker and Entourage actor Kevin Connolly.
Friends with Better Lives follows six friends, all at different stages of their lives - married, divorced, engaged and single - and all thinking that that their pals have it better.
Comedy Central UK director of acquisitions Brad Wood said: "Friends with Better Lives looks set to be one of the funniest new series to come out of the Us this spring.
"It's a great fit with our audience and a fantastic addition to the exciting line-up we have planned over the coming months."
Friends with Better Lives will premiere in the Us on CBS (Monday, March 31 at 9/8c) with a UK air-date yet to be confirmed.
The Middle season 5 moves from Sky1 to...
James Van Der Beek leads the cast of the CBS comedy, which also stars Brooklyn Decker and Entourage actor Kevin Connolly.
Friends with Better Lives follows six friends, all at different stages of their lives - married, divorced, engaged and single - and all thinking that that their pals have it better.
Comedy Central UK director of acquisitions Brad Wood said: "Friends with Better Lives looks set to be one of the funniest new series to come out of the Us this spring.
"It's a great fit with our audience and a fantastic addition to the exciting line-up we have planned over the coming months."
Friends with Better Lives will premiere in the Us on CBS (Monday, March 31 at 9/8c) with a UK air-date yet to be confirmed.
The Middle season 5 moves from Sky1 to...
- 3/26/2014
- Digital Spy
Alt-rock band Veruca Salt has reunited. The '90s darlings tweeted that they will be recording new songs in the near future with Brad Wood, who produced the band’s 1994 hit record, American Thighs. Wood’s fingerprints were all over a number of other seminal '90s LPs, like Liz Phair’s Exile In Guyville and Whip-Smart, Ben Lee’s Grandpa Would, Sunny Day Real Estate’s Diary, and Seam’s The Problem With Me. According to another tweet from Veruca Salt’s page, Nina Gordon and Louise Post have been “writing/rehearsing like mad,” and both bassist Steve Lack and ...
- 9/23/2013
- avclub.com
Comedy Central UK is to air new Us sitcoms The Millers and We Are Men.
The channel has struck a multi-season deal with CBS Studios International for the exclusive broadcast rights to both shows.
The Millers stars Will Arnett (Arrested Development) as a newly-divorced man who is looking forward to single life, until his parent's own marital problems derail his plans.
Jerry O'Connell (Scream 2), Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Kal Penn (House) star in We Are Men as three single men who help their friend (Chris Smith) get over being jilted at the altar.
Watch the trailer for The Millers below:
"The Millers was the stand-out comedy at this year's La Screenings," said Brad Wood, Head of Acquisitions at Comedy Central UK.
"It's a great fit with our current crop of Us and UK sitcoms. And it has the best Dirty Dancing scene we've seen since the original movie!"
Comedy Central...
The channel has struck a multi-season deal with CBS Studios International for the exclusive broadcast rights to both shows.
The Millers stars Will Arnett (Arrested Development) as a newly-divorced man who is looking forward to single life, until his parent's own marital problems derail his plans.
Jerry O'Connell (Scream 2), Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Kal Penn (House) star in We Are Men as three single men who help their friend (Chris Smith) get over being jilted at the altar.
Watch the trailer for The Millers below:
"The Millers was the stand-out comedy at this year's La Screenings," said Brad Wood, Head of Acquisitions at Comedy Central UK.
"It's a great fit with our current crop of Us and UK sitcoms. And it has the best Dirty Dancing scene we've seen since the original movie!"
Comedy Central...
- 9/17/2013
- Digital Spy
Sydney breakfast presenters have dominated in the best on-air team Metro category for the forthcoming Australian Commercial Radio Awards.
The awards will be held in Sydney on October 13.
The finalists for the Best On Air Team Metro, announced today, include Wsfm’s Jonesy & Amanda, Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa, 2Day’s The Kyle & Jackie O Show and Triple M’s The Grill Team Sydney with Gus Worland, Mark Geyer and Matty Johns.
The Kyle and Jackie O Show won the award last year.
Johns was also nominated among the best newcomers, along with Yumi Stynes of Mix Network and former Killing Hiedi singer, Ella Hooper for Melbourne’s Fox FM.
Among those nominated for Best Show Producer – entertainment/music are Kyle & Jackie O’s Gemma O’Neil, Kerri Jones for the Fifi & Jules Show, Fitzy and Wippa’s Tom Ivey and Jaimi Robinson of Holmsey & Flan of the Gold Coast’s Hot Tomato.
The awards will be held in Sydney on October 13.
The finalists for the Best On Air Team Metro, announced today, include Wsfm’s Jonesy & Amanda, Nova’s Fitzy & Wippa, 2Day’s The Kyle & Jackie O Show and Triple M’s The Grill Team Sydney with Gus Worland, Mark Geyer and Matty Johns.
The Kyle and Jackie O Show won the award last year.
Johns was also nominated among the best newcomers, along with Yumi Stynes of Mix Network and former Killing Hiedi singer, Ella Hooper for Melbourne’s Fox FM.
Among those nominated for Best Show Producer – entertainment/music are Kyle & Jackie O’s Gemma O’Neil, Kerri Jones for the Fifi & Jules Show, Fitzy and Wippa’s Tom Ivey and Jaimi Robinson of Holmsey & Flan of the Gold Coast’s Hot Tomato.
- 8/8/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Louisville, Kentucky boasts a notable indie-rock legacy, but the city has a deep history in hardcore and metal, too, with several unironically true-blue metal acts (Kinghorse, Coliseum) having cut their teeth there. Dead Child—which finds guitarists David Pajo (Slint, Papa M) and Michael McMahan (The For Carnation, Slint's touring lineup), bassist Todd Cook (Shipping News), and drummer Tony Bailey (Lords) backing surname-free vocalist Dahm—is Louisville's latest metal export, and in spite of recording for an indie-friendly label with producer Brad Wood (Liz Phair, Say Anything), the band approaches metal without the expected indie-dude detachment or dilettantism. Unfortunately, Dead Child also approaches metal without the songs that made its influences—early Metallica and Judas Priest—legendary. Attack signifies classic thrash and power-metal well enough: The galloping riffs, dueling leads, and upper-register vocals are all where they need to be. But Dead Child can't deliver a memorable melody to save its life,...
- 4/22/2008
- by Aaron Burgess
- avclub.com
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