The Los Angeles punk band The Linda Lindas (made up of sisters Mila and Lucia de la Garza, their cousin Eloise Wong and their friend Bela Salazar) shot to fame in 2021 when their youngest member was just 10 years old. The heavy bass and righteous energy of their song “Racist, Sexist Boy” — performed, thrillingly, among library stacks — was a cathartic release of pent-up anxiety in the midst of the pandemic’s rise in anti-AAPI rhetoric and violence.
In the years since, they’ve proven themselves to be so much more than a viral hit. The Linda Lindas have since signed to Epitaph, toured with Green Day, appeared on movie soundtracks, played Coachella (and the Scripps National Spelling Bee) and put out two albums. No Obligation, their latest, was released Oct. 11, 2024.
All four members contributed to writing the album’s songs. They trade off on lead vocals, swinging from screamed anthems to sweet harmonies and catchy pop-punk. “We’re so small / but we stand tall / Right the wrongs / and sing along,” they sing on “Resolution/Revoution.”
Now they’re no longer the supporting act: The Linda Lindas’ first headlining tour kicks off March 20 with a show at the UC Theatre, followed by a night at the Fillmore on March 21. Be Your Own Pet — a punk/garage rock band from Nashville that formed when its members were in high school, back in 2003 — opens for them at both shows.
