“The Beast” ““ the centerpiece of Marling’s gorgeous third album, “A Creature I Don’t Know” ““ finds the singer grappling with a monster and perfectly represents the new direction of Marling’s music.

The Head and the Heart drummer Tyler Williams spoke with Daily Bruin’s Madeleine Flynn about the festival, the band’s successful year and the group’s democratic songwriting process.

Rooney is performing on Aug. 28 at the Sunset Junction music festival. Lead singer Robert Schwartzman spoke with Daily Bruin’s Madeleine Flynn about the festival, the band’s new album and acting in “The Princess Diaries.”

Adele, with Wanda Jackson
Greek Theatre
Aug. 15
4.5 paws

Adele’s entrance onto the stage at her sold out show at the Greek Theatre Monday night was fittingly without spectacle or any visuals at all.

Last Friday night’s concert at the Greek Theatre featuring The Decemberists and opener Wye Oak may well have been themed “Revenge of the Nerds” night, and that is not meant as a jab at either band.

Since her album “Lights” debuted at number one in the U.K., Ellie Goulding has performed at festivals across the U.S., appeared on “Saturday Night Live” and performed at Prince William and Kate Middleton’s wedding reception.

After 14 years, seven books and eight full-length movies, the moment that many have awaited and dreaded has finally arrived: the end has come for the world of Hogwarts, Harry Potter and his friends.

Before the “Twilight” movie sound track collaboration, before being sampled by Kanye West and before appearing on stage with the same rapper at Coachella earlier this year, Bon Iver was just a one-man band that made a single beautiful album alone in an isolated cabin in snowy Wisconsin.

Fourth-year music media and management student Gabrielle Wortman hears music in her head all day, even during finals.

Peter Bjorn and John
_May 14, 8 p.m.
El Rey Theatre_

Pop-rockers Peter Bjorn and John may be most well-known for the whistled hook of their 2006 hit “Young Folks,” but at a sold out show at the El Rey Theater on Saturday night, the Swedish trio showed that it knew how to do much more than make a catchy single; it also knows how to put on a terrific live show.