It's time for the third annual Pygmalion Music Festival! A&E senior editor Sindha Agha has researched every all-ages concert that Pygmalion has to offer this year and created this schedule highlighting what she believes will be the best shows of 2009's festival. While she recommends all of the concerts listed inside, she also gave them a rating out of four stars. Be sure to check them out!

Jake Hertzog, a 2003 Uni grad, brings his dazzling skills as a guitarist back home this weekend when he performs as part of the Ellnora Guitar Festival at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. Hertzog is just one of dozens of virtuosos who will be playing at Krannert this weekend.

Shoompie, known at Uni and in the community for winning third place at the Battle of the Bands last March, is coming to back to school during lunch Friday to promote their debut album. Check inside for band members' comments on what Shoompie has been doing since their Battle and since five out of six members graduated from Uni in the spring, plus future plans, photos, and album covers.

Owl City (aka Adam Young) breaks away from the generic in his exquisite new adventure in synthpop, "Ocean Eyes." Singing about everything from love to dental care, he's managed to create a beautiful, upbeat album with very few sticky spots, according to reviewer Katy Metcalf. Check inside to listen to the album yourself.

The Eels have done it again, with an outstanding new concept album on par with any recent alternative rock to date. Following the life of a young werewolf, "Hombre Lobo" displays an almost unimaginable depth and range of emotion layered over beautifully written melodies. Read on for the rest of Katy Metcalf's review.

This summer was jam-packed for Sindha Agha; with trip after trip, it's a miracle she had time to stop and look for new music. But she did, and to get you pumped up for school she's selected 14 of her favorite tracks from this summer. Hopefully this cheerful mix will help erase any of the dread you might still be feeling. Welcome back!

1968 Uni alum David Goldwasser is an accomplished veterinarian. He is also the proud father of two sons, Ben and Jacob. If the last name sounds familiar, that's because Ben Goldwasser is one curly-headed half of the indie-rock duo MGMT. Check inside for more about Uni's connection to one of the most successful bands of 2008.

Amid a frenzied week of class projects and AP exams, Uni students had the chance to relax last Thursday evening with a full hour of music performed by their peers. Eleven student musicians took the stage for Music Club's year-end recital as their classmates, parents, and teachers listened in the South Attic. Jason He was there and brought back these pictures.

On May 13 during lunch, local klezmer band Don't Ask played for Music Club in the South Attic. Invited by Uni librarian Frances Harris, the band performed and spoke about the history and styles of klezmer music. Check inside for a photo essay of the event, plus video of the group playing at Krannert Uncorked.

Some of Uni's finest musicians will gather in the South Attic Thursday evening for a Music Club recital. As club president Katherine Floess says: "It's really important to give [Uni musicians] a chance to play. It should be fun!" Join them beginning at 7. Check inside for a list of musicians and the pieces they will perform.

Prom is coming up this Saturday, and "The Mixtape" is back just in time for the big dance. A&E co-editor Sindha Agha has compiled some of her favorite dance tunes for the ultimate prom mix. Whether you need a little something to keep you awake after the 5K as you get ready, music to get the dance floor going, or tunes to keep you going at post prom, Sindha's got the mix for you.

You didn't see them on center stage during "West Side Story," but they went far from unnoticed. Uni's spring production would have been nothing without the musicians who made up the pit orchestra. Read on to find out what induced them to play, and what was really going on behind that big black flat.

Say hello to one of the most original albums of the year — a concept piece about a girl named Margaret who falls in love with the shape-shifting William in a magical forest. In the hands of a lesser band, this could be unbearably precious. But indie/folk darlings The Decemberists are at the top of their game, and the result is pure genius, according to Katy Metcalf.

This Saturday night, juniors Loic Hostetter and Sindha Agha are hosting a concert at the Independent Media Center in Urbana to benefit the victims of the genocide in Darfur. Every dollar earned from this benefit will go directly to Africare, a relief organization that runs the Gaga Refugee Camp in Ouaddai, in eastern Chad.

In 2006, singer/songwriter Lily Allen's debut "Alright, Still" hit stores in the United Kingdom, and a slightly dysfunctional star was born. So what's changed with her since then? As Laura Dripps discovers, the answer turns out to be not a whole lot, but that's not always such a bad thing.