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LIVE BAND PERFORMANCE by Girl Problems and...
screening of our scandalous new (never before seen) video 'Sancho'
Sat. Dec. 3rd @ 10:30 pm - Rockwood Music Hall 2
196 Allen St, NYC 10002 (btwn Houston & Stanton)

Nick Weber of Girl Problems and Liz Phair in Girl Problems' "Sancho"

coming soon...SANCHO http://fb.me/1hLgxZaez

Liz Phair and Martin Starr in Girl Problems' "Sancho"

hey guys, nick here

we just shot a video with liz phair and martin starr for our song ‘sancho’

coming out in a few weeks, we’ll keep ya posted!!

xoxoxo

November 7-10 will bring the California Travel & Tourism Commission to London for the World Travel Market (WTM) — a vibrant business-to-business event presenting a diverse range of destinations and industry sectors to international travel professionals. An exciting addition to this year’s program will be the presence of the Corporation for Travel Promotion (CTP) and the unveiling of its long awaited branding campaign. CTTC also intends to make a big splash of its own at WTM this year with the industry premiere of the long-anticipated Dreamland documentary, featuring 12 everyday Californians who are in no way ordinary and bringing California to life through those who call it home.

More details regarding Liz and the documentary can be found here (see the November 25, 2010 entry).

The setlist:
• Supernova
• 6'1"
• Divorce Song
• Never Said
• Mesmerizing
• Everything To Me
• Nashville
• Friend Of Mine (played because song was recorded by Aimee Mann's husband, Michael Penn)
• Polyester Bride
• Extraordinary
• Fuck And Run
• Why Can't I?

The band:
• ? (guitar)
• Nick Macri (bass)
• ? (drums)

The setlist:
• 6'1"
• Help Me, Mary
• Divorce Song
• May Queen
• Never Said
• Nashville
• Polyester Bride
• Supernova
• Mesmerizing
• Cinco De Mayo
• Fuck And Run
• Johnny Feelgood

The band:
• Greg Suran (guitar / keyboards)
• Nick Macri (bass)
• Dan Leali (drums)

Liz Phair - South Works Stage - 4:45 p.m.
Representing the ladies on Day 2 of the fest was Liz Phair. She took the stage in a short black dress, leaving her blonde hair to stand out as it flowed in the lake breeze. This turned out to be the best thing about a set that suffered from bad sound mixing and low energy. Phair's vocals could barely be heard over the drum set, and she couldn't work up the enthusiasm to even "yeah" convincingly during her own song. After a few minutes, most of the audience turned their attention to procuring dinner.

Read the rest of the review plus view a photo of Liz taken by Meghan Brosnan here.

...I headed over to the South Works stage to catch sets from Liz Phair and Ben Folds. Liz Phair is an artist I listened to for a brief period in the 90's, but haven't followed her career since. It might have been the exhaustion or the hot sun beating down on me, but I was a bit bored by her set. And I wasn't alone, as my concert-going companions opted to take a nap on the wood chips rather than listen to her play.

Read the rest of the review plus view a photo of Liz taken by Rory O'Connor here.

5:12 p.m.: Liz Phair has devolved into a legacy act, and not a very good one at that. She almost exclusively performs songs ("Mesmerizing", "Supernova", "Cinco de Mayo") from her first two albums, yet even they have lost their bite and appear beholden to the former North Shore resident's rudimentary ability. She's all smiles, waving hands and windswept hair. Is she ignoring the fact that few in the audience pay attention or does she simply not care? Indeed, obliviousness has become her most admirable trait. There's almost no applause or reaction when she finishes a tune. Mainly, indifference. Her Valley Girl banter with band mates doesn't help the awkwardness, further exacerbated by clunky chords and a very faint falsetto range. Interestingly, the volume of Phair's concert is dialed back in comparison to those of the other artists that graced the stage. Intentional or coincidental?

Read the rest of the review here.

Liz Phair, now 44, has mellowed quite a bit from the angry rock chick she appeared to be on 1993's Exile in Guyville. Her fine Saturday performance included "Polyester Bride" and "Never Said", which both had a nice bounce. Phair ended with one of her best and most lyrically deep tunes, "Fuck and Run".

Read the rest of the review here.

[Kid CuDi's] show followed quiet sets from Ben Folds and Chicago-native Liz Phair, who drew comments from the crowd like, "When was the last time she had a hit?" Phair, who looked stunning in a black dress, failed to motivate the early-afternoon crowd, and struggled to connect vocally in the enormous outdoor venue.

Read the rest of the review plus view photos taken by Nicholas Foli here.

Here are some pictures of Liz from the show, courtesy of alphabox, TCD25, and afrobella.

3. Liz Phair, "Stratford-On-Guy"
Chicago is deeply embedded in Liz Phair's storytelling on 1993's Exile in Guyville—which may be part of why many mistakenly presumed that the songs were autobiographical—but none of them address the city as directly as the description of the city as seen from above in "Stratford-on-Guy".

State of Georgia, on the other hand, is about adults who can't stop behaving like teenagers. The mood is cheerful, the colors are bright, the music — composed in part by Liz Phair, of all people — is peppy.

Read the full review at the New York Times.

Catch State of Georgia on ABC Family, Wednesdays at 8:30PM, Eastern and Pacific times / 7:30PM, Central time.

Rolling Stone: Yet you rarely, if ever, swear in your songs.

Dave Matthews: I was thinking the other day if I could write a nice song about the word fuck. It's such a great word, and such an ancient word. Ryan Adams and Liz Phair are good at putting fuck into songs. It's so beautiful and conversational. You need a certain kind of confidence. I don't think I have the cool.

Some artists, though, are not so sure that times have changed as much as they'd like. The industry still pressures female artists to play up their sexuality because that's what sells, says Liz Phair, who is most lauded for her 1993 album, Exile in Guyville. The pressure was so intense, Phair says, that she felt she had been stuffed into a "little typical box" and tried to turn the exploitation on its head.

But she has since learned to coexist with the status quo.

"There was a moment when the cool girls were kicking ass and taking names," Phair says. "And right now it's the hot girl. I'm happy, personally, as long as our numbers are up."

You can read the rest of the article at Billboard.

The Women In Rock: Vision, Passion, Power exhibition runs through February 26, 2012. For more details, click here.