Liz Phair will play an acoustic version of her famed 1992 album "Exile in Guyville" on June 25 at New York's Hiro Ballroom. As previously reported, Phair will reissue the album in expanded form the day prior via ATO Records. Additional "Guyville" shows are in the works for San Francisco and Chicago, with dates to be announced.

Phair is also currently in the studio working on a new record for ATO, which is slated for a fall release. In an interview last month, Phair told Billboard that, "for the first time in 15 years, I feel creative. I don't have to start with a mindset that thinks about how to sell the record and works backward."

Although I have a lot of excellent help, I’m producing my own record here, from microphone placement to deciding when to break for lunch. There’s a reason for the division of labor that was once the norm in the recording industry, where the producer took care of the details and delegation — even song choice — so that the musicians could just focus on performing. I’d love to be coddled and just walk on to a soundstage and do my job, but I’m afraid that relinquishing control would ultimately result in a limiting of imagination. [Read More]

Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don't know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.