About a month ago teenage punkettesTHE LINDA LINDAS released their pithy
debut album Growing Up, singing/screaming about their (young) generation.
Aged 11 to 17, these strong-minded juveniles put all money-greedy megastar bands
in the shadow when it comes to throwing a get-up-and-go party with spiky power-pop fireworks
Last weekend the señoritas got wild on the American Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon playing racy single OH!.
Band: THE LINDA LINDAS (Los Angeles) Who: Awesome female teen band Half Asian/Half Latinx
featuring Mila (11), Eloise (14), Lucia (15) and Bela (17) who
play together since 2018 and already opened as support
act for punk icons like Bikini Kill and Best Coast.
Pitchfork says: “The Linda Lindas were destined for greatness, one way or another.
The Los Angeles quartet—whose members range between 11 and 17 years of age and
are Asian American, Latin American, or both—began as part of a kid cover band organized by Dum Dum Girls’ Kristin Kontrol. The musicians, a mixture of sisters, cousins, and chosen family, then formed their own band. Within a year, they were opening up for Bikini Kill… The teen (and pre-teen) punk rockers turn adolescent angst and razor-sharp hooks into heartwarming pop-punk with ample charm.” Score: 8/10.
Turn Up The Volume: Power to the youth. Power to The Linda Lindas!
Certainly when they talk about their generation the way these young riot grrls do,
with pop-punk gems flying all over the place. All delivered with panache, flamboyance,
and swagger. These Los Angeles-based punkettes already know how to kick out the
jams. Think The Bangles teaming up with Weezer. Don’t grow up too fast, teenagers.
Singles/clips: Racist, Sexist Boy / Oh! / Growing Up
