Field Music “Tones of Town” Memphis Industries Call it post-post-punk. In the wake of second-generation bands such as Bloc Party and Interpol, there’s been renewed interest in post-punk’s founding fathers: Gang of Four, Mission of Burma and Wire, who have all recently either made comebacks or at least reissued classic albums. Read more...

Musicians and beards ““ they just go together. Not all musicians need beards to be great, but the way I see it, it’s like Cap’n Crunch cereal: If you’re given the choice to have them with or without Crunchberries, why would you choose without? Read more...

The little white boxes popping out of students’ messenger bags and backpacks, keeping them company between classes and at the gym, prove that the iPod has revolutionized music as we know it. Read more...

Following a year in which “Fishscale” somehow snowballed into New York rapper Ghostface Killah’s most acclaimed album, one would think the aptly titled “More Fish” could only be an afterthought. Read more...

The term “haute couture” has filtered its way into the common fashionista’s vocabulary. It can mean anything from an allusion to so-called “high fashion” to custom-made garments from France. Read more...

Less than 10 percent of film directors are women. Xochitl Dorsey is one of them. Although saddened by the statistic, her passion for filmmaking is fueled by the hope that more women and Latinos will pursue the career in years to come. Read more...

Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks The El Rey Saturday, Jan. 6 Stephen Malkmus sporting facial hair was on the list of things I never thought I’d see. Read more...