[ATTENDED: October 4, 2026] The Linda Lindas
Four years ago i got tickets to see The Linda Lindas with my daughter. The show was postponed for a week and she was unable to go the following week. So I went by myself and really enjoyed it. I figured I’d either see them before they broke huge or before the broke up. Well, I don’t know if they broke huge, but they have played some pretty big shows (they opened for Green Day after all).
The foursome are great musicians, they write rocking punk songs, and most important, they have a ton of fun. When I saw them last time, drummer Mila de la Garza, was possibly 12 (she is 16 now). The oldest member, Bela Salazar turned 21 last year. Guitarist Lucia de la Garza is now 18 and bassist Eloise Wong is now 19.
In four years, the band has grown more sophisticated in their song writing and in their musical chops. But they still have a lot of fun onstage. Eloisa and Lucia jump on their gear boxes to get close to the crowd.
Last time they tried their best to get the young kids in the audience as close to the front as possible. It wasn’t possible this time, I guess. I felt bad for the little kids who arrived early but weren’t allowed to get near the barricade. I couldn’t help but think they could have asked the parents to back off and let the kids up front.
When I saw them last time, they had just released their debut album, which is full of young punk songs. I didn’t like the album enough to get it, but it was fun–and Racist Sexist Boy is a great song for young girls to hear.
Here it was four years later and they’ve all grown up. They also had a fifth member on stage Adan Diaz, their friend, who played synth and percussion as needed (there’s some songs we can’t play by ourselves).
When the show first stared, their voices were too quiet, but that was fixed fairly quickly. I hadn’t listened to the new album yet, but I was so impressed by these new songs. They have added all kinds of sounds to their basket. They opened with the first song from the new album which has cool synths, percussion and a funky bass line.
They followed it up with Oh, from their debut. It was one of the few songs from that album that they played, and it sounded bigger. By the end of Growing Up all four members had sung lead. (more…)
