Liz Phair w/ Ali Barter in Sydney



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Oxford Art Factory

38-46 Oxford St, Darlinghurst, Sydney, Australia

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Oxford Art Factory is a popular live music venue in Sydney. It is located in Darlinghurst on Oxford Street, just outside of the bustling CBD. It is known for hosting some of the best music talent around as well as being a great spot to dance. With two stages across two levels, the lower level hosts a bar and dance floor, while the upper level has a licensed balcony and bar which overlooks the main stage. The space is adorned with psychedelic murals and there is a restaurant and bar serving up good food and drinks. Oxford Art Factory is essential for music-loving Sydneysiders and the perfect spot for a wild night out.

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Australian fans will finally hear Liz Phair play from her vast catalogue – including the seminal Exile In Guyville, which was remastered and reissued for its 25th Anniversary earlier this year, on her 2019 East Coast tour. Twenty-five years after Guyville's release during the peak of the grunge movement, Phair's influence in alternative rock – and particularly over female voices in the genre – can still be felt. Upon its recent anniversary, Rolling Stone described the record as “a brash, candid and swaggering album that became a key addition to the alternative-rock canon.” “Phair was ahead of her time with Exile In Guyville … and she knows it. Bringing these songs back isn’t just for nostalgia’s sake. They’ve never been more relevant.” – Stereogum “Ms. Phair was defiant and sexual and unapologetic and vulnerable at once — a kind of girl-next-door casually swinging a sledgehammer at rock ’n’ roll as we knew it, singing about sex, love and power in a direct, unmediated way that few women before her had.” – The Guardian