The Linda Lindas at Fine Line (12 Apr 2025)

The Linda Lindas Setlist No Obligation Resolution/Revolution Too Many Things Once Upon a Time Found a Job (Talking Heads cover) Growing Up Tren al sur (Los Prisioneros cover) Cartographers Yo me estreso Don’t Think Cuántas veces Nothing Would Change Lose Yourself / Excuse Me Nino Stop Oh! Racist, Sexist Boy — Encore — When I Come Around (Green Day cover) All in My Head Rebel Girl (Bikini Kill cover)

 

Pinkshift Setlist ONE NATION i’m gonna tell my therapist on you GET OUT cherry (we’re all gonna die) On Thin Ice to me Evil Eye Burn The Witch nothing (in my head) Dreamer

 

One could tell that there was immense love between the two bands that played the Fine Line, in Minneapolis, on Saturday night. Pinkshift, from Baltimore, started off their colorful set with “One Nation” a plea to “thin lips” for support of the transgender and queer communities. They are proudly a strong voice of the minority and younger generation of today. Lead vocalist Ashrita Kumar mused about how weird life is currently. She had always thought that things were usually okay for a while, then not okay sometimes but then eventually would be okay again, however things seem to have been “not okay” for a long time now.

They also played the quirky named song “I’m Going to Tell my Therapist on You.”

She had the crowd split down the middle, at one point during the show, also requested the crowd to be a circle and at the end, asked us to “hop it out” which is somewhat appropriate since Easter is next week. They ended the set with a song called “Dreamer.” They have been in the studio recording their next album, they swear the release date had not been divulged before that night, so shhhh, this is a secret between you and the sold-out venue, it will be out in August!

There was a surprising number of kids around the preteen age group in the audience. When The Linda Lindas came out to the stage with videos of girls reading books with cats on the cover, all of the dresses and shirts in the crowd with cats on them made absolute sense. Their sound is very punky, with a dash of riot grrrls, comfortably loud and catchy. The set started off with “No Obligation.”

Although we would have been happy to hear Lucia de la Garza’s every thought, she would quietly say “I don’t know why I keep trying to talk, we have so many songs to play” then launch into the next few songs before speaking again. Somewhere along the lines, it was stated that the band had only gotten three and a half hours of sleep although both were appreciative of all the faces looking up at them. We were asked to hold up our phones with the lights turned on so that they could see us. I felt like a sardine which was reflected in the video behind them that had fish with teeth running across periodically, otherwise known as Piranhas.

About mid-way through the show, the entirety of the group was asked “Is there something you would like to get off your chest?” Someone replied “I love friends!”

The drummer Mila de la Garza said something not mic’ed to which the reply was that My Little Pony was taken off Netflix, that was disappointing to hear. Everyone loves a cover and the 20-song set had a few including “Found a Job” by the Talking Heads and “Tren al Sur” by Los Prisoneros. Ended in their popular hit “Racist/Sexist Boy.”

The encore was definitely recognizable as well starting with Green Day’s “When I Come Around” with the second song their melodic hit “All in My Head” and finally a cover of “Rebel Girl” by Bikini Kill.

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ALL PHOTOS COURTESY OF JOE OHOTTO