
With her latest album, the eclectic, unpredictable Funstyle , it seems like indie-rock iconoclast Liz Phair has come full circle after nearly two decades of music-making. The sonic provocateur started out with the lo-fi, homemade GirlySound recordings in 1991, ascended to cult-heroine status with Exile In Guyville , and eventually made her major-label pop move on two albums for Capitol in the 2000s. But Funstyle reveals an artist burned by her experience running with the big dogs of the music industry; an artist back in the indie world that spawned her, revelling in freedom [...]