"This I can tell you: all my sloppiness is in there," she tells Billboard of her ATO debut, due this fall. "I fought all the way through, and I'm not letting anyone take it to a perfected style.

"It's not going to be '[Exile in] Guyville' again, but I'm using all my tools," she continues. "I keep pulling it out of producers' hands, before they can do anything."

Phair concedes that so far she's confident in about "half of it," but will be busy with the album all through August. The best way I can describe it is 'natural,'" she says. "It has mistakes in it. It has layered background vocals of mine that just make an overall slop, but it's perfect slop."

Fifteen years after the fact, Phair knows how to play those Exile songs perfectly. She might be kinda rusty on the material outside of that, but last night at the Fillmore she nailed those singular songs better than she nails the blowjob in “Flower.” She gave the sold out house of 30 and 40-somethings the show they’d all dreamed about when they first got their meaty paws on Guyville’s songs for the sexually-aggressive romantic. And hey, if it came a decade and change late, that’s cool with me. I never saw her the first round, and her voice now has a strength and confidence that the recording couldn’t touch. [Read More]

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."