Sunday, April 17, 2022

Punk: The Linda Lindas are back (NPR)

Viral punks The Linda Lindas (NPR, 4/17/22); Crystal Q., Seth Auberon (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
We're an all-Asian group made up of three Latinas and a cat girl (Zen Sekizawa/NPR)

Racist sexist boy calls them punk rock dolls
Last year's performance at the Los Angeles Public Library propelled The Linda Lindas' anthem "Racist, Sexist Boy" into the international spotlight.

The video of the California-based punk band playing at the library's AAPI Heritage Month celebration in May racked up hundreds of thousands of views.

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me! (npr.org)
But the group — made up of sisters Lucia and Mila de la Garza, their cousin Eloise Wong, and their friend Bela Salazar — has staying power in the Riot Grrrl scene. 

The band's recently released album, Growing Up, finds its members attempting to make sense of adolescence in a global pandemic, demanding to be heard and paying homage to a savage pet cat. More

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