Liz Phair

Elizabeth Liz Clark Phair born April 17 1967 is an American singersongwriter After graduating from Oberlin College in 1990 she attempted to start a musical career in San Francisco California but returned to her home in Chicago where she began selfreleasing audio cassettes under the name GirlySound The tapes led to a recording contract with the independent record label Matador Records Her 1993 debut studio album Exile in Guyville was released to acclaim it has been ranked by Rolling Stone as one of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time She followed this with her second album WhipSmart 1994 which earned her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and Whitechocolatespaceegg 1998 Ten years after the release of her debut her fourth album Liz Phair 2003 released on Capitol Records moved towards pop rock earning her a mainstream audience but alienating critics In 2009 she began working as a television composer following an invitation by her childhood friend Mike Kelley to score the show he was creating for CBS Swingtown given it was based on the life in their hometown She followed it by creating the theme song for NBCs The Weber Show and working for the CWs The 100 the USA Network show In Plain Sight and the CW reboot of 90210 for which she won the 2009 ASCAP award for Top Television Composer After the release of her fifth album Somebodys Miracle 2005 she left Capitol and released her sixth album Funstyle independently in 2010 In 2018 it was announced that Matador Records would be releasing a retrospective set for her debut album Exile in Guyville which includes remastered recordings from her original Girly Sound demo tapes She released her seventh studio album Soberish in 2021