In a moment of punk synergy, Hayley Williams joined young rockers the Linda Lindas for a performance of their breakout smash “Racist, Sexist Boy” at London’s O2 Academy Islington on Thursday night. Williams has made a lot of music over the years — both as the front-woman of Paramore and …
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Iggy Pop and Jack White will headline CBGB Festival, which will take place at Under the K Bridge Park in Brooklyn on Sept. 27 and features 21 bands performing on three stages. The event marks Iggy Pop’s first New York show in more than a decade, per the organizers. Other …
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The Linda Lindas have released a music video for “Don’t Think,” a technicolor-tinged video with lyrics that critique the pressure of conforming to societal norms. The Kiki Banta and Marlowe Taylor-directed clip was filmed over two weekends in the backyard and home of one of the bandmates. “This video was …
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The Linda Lindas are bringing their second studio album No Obligation on the road with a headlining tour kicking off in 2025. The band will be joined by Be Your Own Pet and Pinkshift on the 18-date run beginning March 21. The tour will open in San Francisco and make …
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The Linda Lindas broke out in 2021, four teenage/pre-teen rockers making the world a less fallen place with every buzzsaw riff they struck. The band went viral that year with their song “Racist, Sexist Boy,” a grunge-punk scorcher inspired by anti-Asian taunts their drummer had been subjected to on the …
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The Linda Lindas are in music for their love of the craft. On Tuesday, the girl band released their new single “No Obligation,” the title track for their upcoming album written by vocalist Eloise Wong, about not conforming to the norm. “Eloise wrote this ripper because we won’t adhere to …
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The Linda Lindas brought the circus to town in the music video for their latest single, “Yo Me Estreso.” Among the quirky characters that appear in the video — the popcorn-eating audience members, white-faced clowns, and possibly haunted ventriloquist dummies — appears “Weird Al” Yankovic, the accordion-playing man in the …
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In the waning days of the Nineties’ alt-rock revolution, just before major record labels turned forever away from left-of-center acts and toward more mainstream fare (coughBushcough) that forever made the world a duller place, Green Day and Smashing Pumpkins were two of the hottest young rock bands on the planet. …
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A new album from the Linda Lindas is on the way. On Tuesday, the girl band announced their sophomore LP No Obligation, out Oct. 11, and released its single “All in My Head.” A press release teases the group experimenting with post-punk, garage rock, power-pop, new wave, and rock en …
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Saviors of summer touring, Green Day are promising to bring the heat (or at least add to it) with concerts that celebrate two big anniversaries — their 1994 breakout album, Dookie, and Grammy-winning 2004 album, American Idiot — alongside songs from their upcoming 14th album, Saviors. They’re previewing that record, …
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