Linnea’s Garden plays glam punk rock you can dance to. Imagine the angular guitars of Television, primal bass lines of The Clash, danceworthy grooves of Blondie, and otherworldly songwriting and stage show of David Bowie, fronted by a queer singer/songwriter/scientist. Loud, shiny and full of distortion: they do it cuz they like to do it. They say the things people are afraid to say. The Boston-based trio comprised of Linnea Herzog on guitar/vocals, Hands on bass/backing vocals and Super Tough Ray Clough on drums first met as competing finalists in the 2019 Rock ‘n’ Roll Rumble.
Linnea’s Garden’s debut EP “Nowhere Friday Nights,” released in March 2021, was born out of late night jam sessions that salvaged a pandemic summer. Drawing inspiration from ‘60s girl groups and ‘70s glam rock, the EP challenges listeners’ expectations with “consistently catchy and subversive takes on power pop and punk” (Allston Pudding).
In April 2022, Linnea’s Garden released their full-length album “Fashion Show” on Red on Red Records. It’s 13 “honest and electrifying” (Rock n’ Heavy) tracks of “disco dressed down in gutter glam (Boston Herald), a “classic in the making” (WoNoBlog) “just waiting to erupt on a dance floor” (If It’s Too Loud). The single “Cut & Paste” was one of Bill Kelly’s Personal Picks on Little Steven’s Coolest Songs in the World on SiriusXM, and Linnea’s Garden received Boston and New England Music Awards nominations for Punk Act of the Year in 2022.
Linnea’s Garden released their “Mirrors” EP in November 2023. The lead single “Comeback” celebrates a joyous return to live shows and the music video directed by Natalie Peracchio was an official selection of Grrl Haus Cinema 2023. “Pathological Liar,” the second single, is a pop-punk banger about how sometimes the right relationship - and your best life - is hiding in plain sight. The queer joy-filled video was the band’s second collaboration with Carissa Johnson, who contributed bass and vocals on “In The City,” a dance-rock song that explores the freedom of finding yourself in a new place.
Linnea’s Garden will release their new EP, Looking forward to the moment, on November 14, 2024. Its singles so far touch on burgeoning sexuality and pride (“Chaotic Bisexual Summer”), the beauty of things we know won’t last (“Cherry”), the search for meaning amongst patterns that keep repeating (“No Vision”), and the uselessness of defining your own success through others’ benchmarks (“210”).
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Past Shows
October 31, 2024: “Welcome to the Haunted Jungle” Drag & Burlesque Show hosted by Celia Smokin Butts with special guest Linnea’s Garden at The Jungle (Somerville, MA)
October 30, 2024: Soraia, The Idiot Kids, Linnea’s Garden at Myrtle (Providence, RI)
October 12, 2024: Hardcar (album release), Linnea’s Garden, Half Dizzy, The Mighty Suicide Squirrels, Carson Daly City Train at The Nook at Hutghi’s (Westfield, MA)
October 11, 2024: Linnea’s Garden, Frogs, Battlemode at The Jungle (Somerville, MA) - 210 single release
October 10, 2024: Randy Black, Robin Lane, Danielle Miraglia & Erica Mantone, Linnea’s Garden (solo acoustic), Jac Mestel, Girl With a Hawk at Crystal Ballroom (Somerville, MA)
October 4, 2024: Kooked Out, Linnea’s Garden, blindspot, The Only Humans at Koto Lowell (Lowell, MA)
September 28, 2024: Typhoid Rosie, Linnea’s Garden, Violet Crimes, Chodus at ArtsRiot (Burlington, VT)
September 23, 2024: Linnea’s Garden, Sweetie, The Noise Noise - Great Scott at O’Brien’s (Allston, MA)
September 6, 2024: Lover of Eve, Linnea’s Garden, TIFFY, Lipsmear at the Middle East Upstairs (Cambridge, MA) - No Vision single release
August 11, 2024: Galaxy Cake, Ben Shooter, Linnea’s Garden (solo), Dank The Poet at the Cantab Lounge (Cambridge, MA)
July 27, 2024: theWorst, Linnea’s Garden, Mattias, CJ Honey at State Park (Cambridge, MA) - Cherry single release
July 13, 2024: Linnea’s Garden at ArtBeat (Somerville, MA)
July 8, 2024: Ben Shooter, Linnea’s Garden, Wifey, Big Head at Heaven Can Wait (New York, NY)
July 7, 2024: Squonks and Linnea’s Garden at Cloud 10 (Reading, PA)
July 6, 2024: Pantomime, Linnea’s Garden, Laugh, Clown at Dirty Dungarees (Columbus, OH)
July 5, 2024: Oddysseys, Linnea’s Garden, Hell Trash at Cole’s (Chicago, IL)
July 3, 2024: Mortiholics, Jackie Rae Daniels, Railroad Island Music, Buckaroux Bancheese, Linnea’s Garden at Mortimer’s (Minneapolis, MN)
July 1, 2024: Cindy Lawson and Linnea’s Garden at Palmer’s (Minneapolis, MN)
June 30, 2024: Linnea’s Garden, Orange Drink, Adorner at Bremen Cafe (Milwaukee, WI)
June 29, 2024: Stranger Danger, Linnea’s Garden, Superfyne at The Polish Ostrich (Toledo, OH)
June 28, 2024: Fowls, Linnea’s Garden, Safety Break, Jaynie Crash and the Tall Men at Bar Bad Ending (Rochester, NY)
June 14, 2024: Lovewhip, Linnea’s Garden, Cindy Lawson, Ruby Grove at The Jungle (Somerville, MA) - Chaotic Bisexual Summer single release
June 8, 2024: Sorry Mister, Linnea’s Garden, Wired For Sound at Thirsty First (Lowell, MA)
May 26, 2024: Milahroy, Django James, Linnea’s Garden, Dank The Poet at Warehouse XI (Somerville, MA) - Pride Pre-Game
May 17, 2024: Galaxy Cake, Linnea’s Garden, Ruby Grove at The Loft (Somerville, MA) - Sapphic Pride Show
May 11, 2024: Galaxy Cake, Happy Little Clouds, Linnea’s Garden, Jeanphilip, Jim D at Unicorn Sound Cave (Somerville, MA)
May 11, 2024: Linnea’s Garden and Happy Little Clouds at Somerville Porchfest (Somerville, MA)
April 26, 2024: Cuidado, Linnea’s Garden, Muck and the Mires, The Only Things at Smokehouse Tavern (Lowell, MA) - The Town and the City Festival
April 19, 2024: Sorry Mister, Church and Puppets, Linnea’s Garden at Koto (Salem, MA)
April 13, 2024: Subpunch, Cat TV, Linnea’s Garden (duo) at Thirsty First (Lowell, MA)
April 5, 2024: Novakoi, Linnea’s Garden, House Lights at Auspicious Brew (Dover, NH)
March 30, 2024: Linnea’s Garden and Always Morning at Three Sheets (New Haven, CT)
March 1, 2024: Padded Waltz, Linnea’s Garden, Cars Go West at JJ’s Tavern (Florence, MA)
February 17, 2024: Linnea’s Garden, Happy Little Clouds, Honey Cassette, Girl With A Hawk at Unicorn Sound Cave (Somerville, MA)
February 10, 2024: Thrust Club, Linnea’s Garden, Miss Geo, Audrey Ryan at The Loft (Somerville, MA)
February 9, 2024: The Faith Ann Band, Linnea’s Garden at Penuches (Concord, NH)
November 17, 2023: Lovewhip, Linnea’s Garden, CATWOLF, Cyber at O’Brien’s Pub (Allston, MA) - Mirrors EP release
October 21, 2023: CATWOLF, Linnea’s Garden, The Grand Mals at Charlie O’s (Montpelier, VT)
October 20, 2023: CATWOLF, Burly Girlies, Linnea’s Garden at Nectar’s (Burlington, VT)
October 19, 2023: Linnea’s Garden, Talk Chalk, God’s Furniture, OrangePeelMystic at Middle East Upstairs (Cambridge, MA) - Pathological Liar single release
October 13, 2023: Qween Kong, Linnea’s Garden, Falconeer at Three Sheets (New Haven, CT)
September 23, 2023: Slut Magic, Linnea’s Garden, April Gloom at Hart Bar (Brooklyn, NY)
September 22, 2023: The Endorphins, Linnea’s Garden, When Particles Collide, Ruby Grove at The Jungle (Somerville, MA) - Comeback single release
September 21, 2023: Corinne Southern and the Constellations, Linnea’s Garden, The Cynz at News Cafe (Pawtucket, RI)
September 8, 2023: Girl With a Hawk, Linnea’s Garden, Galaxy Cake at Sally O’Brien’s (Somerville, MA)
September 7, 2023: Trashton and the Bandits, God’s Furniture, Linnea’s Garden, The Telegrams at The Apohadion Theater (Portland, ME)
August 14, 2023: Hammered Saint, Drama Dolls, Linnea’s Garden at O’Brien’s (Allston, MA)
July 28, 2023: 123 Astronaut, Linnea’s Garden, Beauquet, The Glare at Mayday (Providence, RI)
July 22, 2023: Linnea’s Garden, Captain Vampire, Connor Storms and His Bouquet at The Grove (Waltham, MA)
July 21, 2023: Oddysseys, Linnea’s Garden, The Vallee at Lilypad (Cambridge, MA)
July 15, 2023: Linnea’s Garden at Waydowntown Provincetown (Provincetown, MA)
July 14, 2023: Linnea’s Garden, Ghost Kitchen, Dumps, Aliens, Bad Faces at Rockaway Brewing Company (Queens, NY) - ROCK! AWAY! Music Festival
July 14, 2023: TV Moms, Linnea’s Garden, Black Widows, Push!, Trash Catties, Voice Me Bass T at Rockaway Bazaar 97th (Queens, NY) - ROCK! AWAY! Music Festival
July 8, 2023: Cindy Lawson, Linnea’s Garden at Aster Cafe (Minneapolis, MN)
July 5, 2023: K.O. Luv, Mortoholics, Linnea’s Garden, Michael Moore at Mortimer’s (Minneapolis, MN)
June 30, 2023: Bonestown, Linnea’s Garden, Carissa Johnson, God’s Furniture at Freddy’s Backroom (Brooklyn, NY) - “In The City” single release
June 25, 2023: Jill McCracken, Linnea’s Garden at Medford Pride (Medford, MA)
June 24, 2023: Linnea’s Garden, Artist Jackie and The Wizard, Sourpunch, Corinne Southern and The Constellations, Jake Wasson MD and The Malpractice, Ken and The Plastics, Ghosts in The Snow - Pride at The Parlour (Providence, RI)
June 12, 2023: LOVECOLOR, Linnea’s Garden at Faces (Malden, MA)
June 9, 2023: Hot Fire, Friday Night Pizza Party, Linnea’s Garden at Koto (Salem, MA)
May 21, 2023: Linnea’s Garden, Lake Over Fire, AndroQueen at State Park (Cambridge, MA)
May 13, 2023: The Lights Out, Happy Little Clouds, Ruby Grove, Linnea’s Garden, Lonely Leesa, Rob Potylo at Unicorn Sound Cave (Somerville, MA)
May 13, 2023: Happy Little Clouds, Linnea’s Garden, Crow Follow at Somerville Porchfest (Somerville, MA)
April 29, 2023: Trophy Wife, Trash Rabbit, Main Era, Soup Activists, Linnea’s Garden at The Democracy Center (Cambridge, MA) - Record Hospital Fest Spring 23
April 15, 2023: Hedgewitch, Linnea’s Garden, Pocket Vinyl, Cheap City, Chris Goudreau at Hawks and Reed (Greenfield, MA)
April 5, 2023: Lobohombre, Time and Place, Linnea’s Garden, Matt Charette at The Silhouette Lounge (Allston, MA)
April 2, 2023: Friendly Company, Linnea’s Garden, Carissa Johnson, Battlemode at Bar Freda (Queens, NY)
April 1, 2023: The Anderson Council, Linnea’s Garden, Julia Kirk, The Make Three at John and Peter’s Place (New Hope, PA)
March 30, 2023: Elephant Jake, Battlemode, The Red Hand, Linnea’s Garden at The Fire (Philadelphia, PA)
March 29, 2023: Jesse The Tree, Linnea’s Garden, Battlemode at Mayday (Providence, RI)
March 25, 2023: Linnea’s Garden, Baabes, Happy Little Clouds at Sally O’Brien’s (Somerville, MA)
March 23, 2023: Linnea’s Garden (solo acoustic), Heather Scott, Zoe Rose dePaz at The Rockwell (Somerville, MA)
March 19, 2023: Linnea’s Garden (solo acoustic), The Angel Martins, Justine’s Black Threads, Tom Baker, Jay Allen at the Plough and Stars (Cambridge, MA)
March 11, 2023: Linnea’s Garden, Soraia, Justine and the Unclean, The Idiot Kids at The Jungle (Somerville, MA)
February 19, 2023: Bonestown, Linnea’s Garden, Friendly Company, Bri Frei + MiLL ft. CULT at Cobra Club (Brooklyn, NY)
February 10, 2023: Linnea’s Garden, Orca Bones, TIFFY, Galaxy Cake at Unicorn Sound Cave (Somerville, MA)
February 9, 2023: Lover of Eve, Linnea’s Garden, Alyssum at the Middle East Upstairs (Cambridge, MA)
January 7, 2023: Linnea’s Garden (acoustic), Randy Black and the Heathcroppers at the Plough and Stars (Cambridge, MA)
December 18, 2022: Linnea’s Garden (acoustic), Evan Shore, Justine’s Black Threads, Jay Allen, Tom Baker at the Plough and Stars (Cambridge, MA)
December 8, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Lonely Leesa and the Lost Cowboys, Girl With a Hawk at Sally O’Brien’s (Somerville, MA)
November 19, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, The Lights Out, Emily Grogan Band, Crow Follow at The Jungle (Somerville, MA)
October 31, 2022: Soraia, Stupidity, Linnea’s Garden, The Glare at Dusk (Providence, RI)
October 18, 2022: Ski Club, Skylar Symone and the Local Enigma, Dooms, Linnea’s Garden at O’Brien’s Pub (Allston, MA)
October 1, 2022: Whistlestop Rock, Linnea’s Garden, Justine and the Unclean, Kid Gulliver, The Chelsea Curve at The Jungle (Somerville, MA)
September 9, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Dee Tension and the Secrets, Charlie Farren at Warp & Weft (Lowell, MA)
September 6, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Best Bear, Daphne Blue Underworld at O’Brien’s Pub (Allston, MA)
September 4, 2022: Shalom (single release), Corner Soul, Linnea’s Garden, Golder at Hart Bar (Brooklyn, NY)
September 2, 2022: Corner Soul, Heather Rose in Clover, Linnea’s Garden, Corinne Southern & the Constellations at News Cafe (Pawtucket, RI)
August 13, 2022: Julie Rhodes, Kitty & the Pom-Poms, Linnea’s Garden, Gene Dante & the Future Starlets, Sapling, blindspot, The Jacklights, Happy Little Clouds at ONCE Boynton Yards (Somerville, MA) - Summer Shimmer Festival
August 3, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Junior Classics, Daphne Blue Underworld at O’Brien’s Pub (Allston, MA)
July 16, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Drama Dolls at Waydowntown Provincetown (Provincetown, MA)
July 15, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Nervous Eaters (single release), Robin Lane at Brighton Music Hall (Allston, MA)
July 13, 2022: Linnea’s Garden live performance - WMFO at Tufts University (Medford, MA)
July 6, 2022: Catfish Troy, Tang & the Tabs, Linnea’s Garden, Chandler, Druzy Rose at Mortimer’s (Minneapolis, MN)
June 26, 2022: Full Color, Linnea’s Garden at Medford Pride (Medford, MA)
June 13, 2022: The Down & Outs, AD Blanco, Linnea’s Garden at Rubulad (Brooklyn, NY)
June 12, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, TIFFY, Girl with a Hawk at The Parlour (Providence, RI)
June 11, 2022: The Down & Outs, Linnea’s Garden, TIFFY, Brook Pridemore at Bar Freda (Queens, NY)
June 8, 2022: Linnea’s Garden at Aeronaut Allston (Allston, MA)
June 4, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Brandie Blaze, Evan Greer at Sedgwick Studios (Jamaica Plain, MA) - Pride Kickoff Party
June 3, 2022: Linnea’s Garden at the Boston Public Library (Boston, MA) - Concerts in the Courtyard series
May 23, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, The Lights Out, Unit One at Charlie’s Kitchen (Cambridge, MA)
May 21, 2022: The Skirts, Hyber, Linnea’s Garden, Secret Squirrels, Thrust Club at Unicorn Sound Cave (Somerville, MA)
April 24, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Orca Bones, Moni Grace at Dusk (Providence, RI)
April 22, 2022: Stormstress (album release), Linnea’s Garden, Key of Caustic, The Teezers at The Jungle (Somerville, MA)
April 17, 2022: Pidge, Linnea’s Garden, Rue Snider, Carissa Johnson at Gold Sounds (Brooklyn, NY)
April 9, 2022: Screaming Females, Linnea’s Garden, TVO at Taffeta (Lowell, MA) - The Town and City Festival
April 2, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Stars Like Ours, Pageant Girls, Carissa Johnson at O’Brien’s (Allston, MA) - Fashion Show album release party
February 10, 2022: Pidge, Linnea’s Garden, Baabes, Adi Sun at The Jungle (Somerville, MA) - “Looking” single release party
January 27, 2022: Linnea’s Garden, Battlemode, Bubblegum Punk at The Parlour (Providence, RI)
December 22, 2021: Scroogebusters Christmas at the Plough and Stars (Cambridge, MA)
December 17, 2021: Red on Red Records’ Rock n’ Soul Holiday Concert (A Benefit for New Beginnings Reentry Services) featuring The Dogmatics with Barrence Whitfield, Melissa Ferrick, Linnea’s Garden with Carissa Johnson, The Daylilies with Hugo Burnham, Cold Expectations with Adam Sherman & Lauren Parks, Devil Love with Andrea Gillis & Abbie Barrett, Kid Gulliver with Corin Ashley, Simone Berk & Jerry Lehane, Gretchen Shae & The Middle Eight at the Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theater (Somerville, MA)
December 11, 2021: Charmed & Strange, Linnea’s Garden, Phantom Ocean, Pitstain at The Midway Cafe (Boston, MA)
November 20, 2021: Linnea’s Garden, Tysk Tysk Tysk, The PA’s at The Worthen Attic (Lowell, MA)
November 12, 2021: Linnea’s Garden, Golder, Pidge at Bar Freda (Queens, NY)
October 16, 2021: Trans Community of New England First Event Fall Festival at Lilac House Farm w/Adi Sun, Linnea’s Garden, The Skirts (Weston, MA)
October 2, 2021: Linnea’s Garden, Random Ideas, The Jacklights, Hyber at The Jungle (Somerville, MA)
October 2, 2021: Somerville Porchfest with Linnea’s Garden and Zoe Rose Depaz and Chris O’Grady of Troll 2 (Somerville, MA)
October 1, 2021: Gene Dante and the Future Starlets, Linnea’s Garden, State of the Union at Koto (Salem, MA)
September 17, 2021: Corner Soul, Linnea’s Garden, Connor Bracken & the Mother Leeds Band, TIFFY at O’Brien’s Pub (Allston, MA)
September 10, 2021: Patio Punk Party w/Troll 2, Linnea’s Garden, Out of System Transfer at Goodrich House (Jamaica Plain, MA)
August 20, 2021: Kameelah featuring Cruel Miracle, Linnea’s Garden, The Chelsea Curve, Cold Expectations, DJ Stacy Thornton & DJ Fuzz at ONCE @ Boynton Yards (Somerville, MA)
August 13, 2021: Freezepop, Brandie Blaze, Linnea’s Garden, The Glitter Boys at The Sinclair (Cambridge, MA)
July 30, 2021: Typhoid Rosie, Linnea’s Garden, A.P.E. at Bar Freda (Queens, NY)
July 24, 2021: The Skirts, Linnea’s Garden, Out of System Transfer at Neitherworld (Brighton, MA)
June 26, 2021: First Annual Craft Food Halls Music Festival in Partnership with Red on Red Records, featuring Whistlestop Rock, Cold Expectations, Linnea’s Garden, Lee Harrington & Lynda Mandolyn, Andread Gillis, Kid Gulliver, Justine & the Unclean, Devil Love, The Chelsea Curve, The Jacklights, The Daylilies, Justine’s Black Threads (Lexington, MA)
June 13, 2021: Outdoor show at Dusk in Providence! Presented by Options Magazine, featuring Linnea’s Garden, Heather Rose in Clover, Phantom Ocean (Providence, RI)
June 11, 2021: Somewhere Friday Night: Linnea’s Garden & Home Despot, Live at The Jungle (Somerville, MA)