Austin: The Linda Lindas at Mohawk
The Linda Lindas bring their fast, hook-driven punk to Mohawk on Sunday, November 1. Doors are at 7:30 PM, with tickets starting around $96 for one of punk’s most exciting young bands working today.
Formed in Los Angeles in 2018 by four Filipina and Latina teenagers — sisters Mila and Lucia de la Garza, cousin Eloise Wong, and Bela Salazar — The Linda Lindas went from local curiosity to viral sensation in May 2021, when a clip of them performing their original song “Racist, Sexist Boy” at the Los Angeles Public Library spread rapidly online. The performance led directly to a deal with legendary punk label Epitaph Records and their 2022 debut album Growing Up, which channeled their obvious Bikini Kill and Go-Go’s influences into something unmistakably their own, full of short, sharp songs about friendship, crushes, and growing up online.
Mohawk has a long history of booking young, buzzy punk and garage acts early in their careers, and The Linda Lindas — still teenagers, still writing with the kind of unfiltered directness that made their breakout song resonate — fit squarely into that tradition. Expect a short, high-energy set and a crowd spanning generations of punk fans, from longtime scene veterans to kids discovering the band through social media and streaming playlists.
The band appeared as a fictional group in Amy Poehler’s 2021 film Moxie and has continued touring and recording since, balancing the band with school and growing up in the public eye while building one of the more devoted young fanbases in rock music. Fans looking to make a night of Red River can also check out Emo’s, a short walk from Mohawk.
Doors are at 7:30 PM for this all-ages show. Expect it to sell out quickly given the band’s growing following, so grab tickets early.