Author Penelope Leggett

On the thin line separating grunge and polished rock, there stands Bully: a band that manages to blur, tear, and ultimately distort this distinction. While they render well-produced tracks, the Nashvi...

CHICAGO -- Music enthusiasts gathered for the 10th annual Pitchfork Music Festival that took place July 17-19. The festival lineup's fusion of up-and-coming acts with those already influential and establish...

At first, it was unusual to see a veteran band such as Built to Spill opening in an arena setting; but we later found out the connection was chronological and fitting when Death Cab for Cutie frontman Be...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edpYl_3p6O8 Upon haphazardly encountering Flesh World’s music while browsing bandcamp, we were welcomely surprised to find that they were far more local than our internet di...

London-based three-piece Happyness embark on their first US tour beginning in Los Angeles this week, having just released Weird Little Birthday with Bar/None Records this past Tuesday. The newer band h...

On March 5, Viet Cong performed at Rickshaw Stop with supporting group Freak Heat Waves. The unrelenting rhythms and grungy lyricism in Viet Cong's self-titled (2015) encourage the idea that their live pe...

Hillary Chillton isn't your typical southern California band. The independent music scene in the southern portion of the state has been pretty duo-directional, streamlined either towards emulating the tw...

Capable of capturing the bitter realities of heartbreak and internal struggles of morality, Two Gallants also know how to (simply) create great Americana-style rock music; Adam Stephens and Tyson Vogel cont...

Whether you like it or not, the semester is upon us and that means The B-Side is hiring for spring 2015. We are seeking individuals, serious about music journalism, who would like to be apart of a close-k...

Embodying a sound both foreign and familiar, nostalgic and futuristic, Delicate Steve's music is like running through a field saturated in Technicolor to reach some triumphant, yet humble achievement. Th...

"Burger Kids," a term floating around the Southern California music scene as of late, refers to the youthful, cassette-wielding crowd that religiously follows Fullerton-based label Burger Records, which was fo...

Continuing their extensive touring -  by October they will have spent the last eight months relentlessly on the road in both Europe and North America - Glasgow-based punk band PAWS stopped by Rickshaw S...

UK-based band, Joanna Gruesome -- yes, it is a play on Joanna Newsom -- have finally made it over to the United States, starting their US tour off with a sold-out show. The band played Oakland's premier punk v...

Copenhagen, Denmark* -- Attended by over 130,000 concert-goers, Roskilde is one of Europe's largest festivals; yet, few in the States have caught wind of this amazing nordic event. Located in the town ...

Need music to accompany the dwindling days of summer? Self-proclaimed jangle pop band Literature's upbeat and catchy new album, Chorus, is a perfect soundtrack for these last few weeks before the new semeste...