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On Jimmy Kimmel Live!the group were able to further explain what inspired them to make the song. Citing their frustrations over various injustices around the world, Wong says, “There’s also a lot of sexism around boys our age and unfortunately a lot of people, every age. So we were really angry and we decided to write a song about it.” They kick off their performance on Jimmy Kimmel Live! with “Racist, Sexist Boy.” The screens that normally show the city skyline appear to shatter, e...

Liz Phair’s walls are charcoal grey, with mirrors, and doors leading to intriguing passageways, but it is difficult to have a proper snoop over Zoom, because Phair makes powerful eye contact. To her right, the light cuts in through a floaty curtain and there’s a noise from down on the street that sounds like a protest. Anti-maskers, she thinks. She lives in south LA, by the beach, and spent the lockdown there with her adult son, spraying their groceries. In the summer, Phair is touring wi...

This list brings together 11 well-known, indie and new record labels from women and LGBTQIA+ individuals who are fostering a more inclusive music community.

Primavera Sound 2022 tickets have gone on sale today, Tuesday, June 1st - heres their cost revealed and how to get them.

In Our Headphones: Jai Paul, Horsegirl, Muqata’a, Minyo Crusaders, Emily’s Sassy Lime, Dirty Beaches Each month with  In Our Headphones, members of KEXPs Digital Content team share the music thats resonating with them right now. For this installment, in conjunction with  Pushing Boundaries, the team shares reflections on music from Asian and Pasifika artists in their personal rotations. Jai Paul - Leak 04-13 (Bait Ones) (XL Recordings, 2013) Some people strive their whole lives to create...

The Linda Lindas Viral Los Angeles teen sensation The Linda Lindas have officially signed to iconic punk label Epitaph Records, and have also booked their first late-night TV gig.  The independent label -- home to 1-2-3-4 stalwarts such as Bad Religion, Rancid, The Offspring, Pennywise and dozens of others -- announced the news on Thursday (May 27), a week after a video of  the bands raging original about confronting high school xenophobia and sexism, "Racist, Sexist Boy," exploded on YouTube...

The youngest member of the Linda Lindas is only 10, and yet the band has already opened for feminist rock trailblazers Bikini Kill and Alice Bag, cameoed in a Netflix movie directed by Amy Poehler, and signed to legendary punk label Epitaph Records. Last week, a clip of the quartet performing their snarling original track “Racist, Sexist Boy” at a Los Angeles library as part of an AAPI Heritage Month event exploded online, collecting nearly 4 million views on Twitter so far. In the video, M...

 —For the second year running, Barcelona's Primavera Sound had cancelled its event due to the coronavirus pandemic. But after skipping 2020...

LA's hottest new band, the Linda Lindas, features Asian and Latina teens sticking it to their “racist, sexist” classmates — and people love it.

The punk-rock all-female band whose Los Angeles Public Library performance went viral has now signed with Epitaph Records, according to a report.