Rivals Sons brought their bluesy rock sound to the 2023 Louder Than Life Music Festival.
The Long Beach, California rockers played the Space Zebra Stage during the afternoon on the final day of the Louisville, Kentucky event on Sunday, September 24, 2023.
“Thank-you for supporting live music, in particular rock music,” frontman Jay Buchanan told the crowd.
“Without you, it all dies, you know. Keeping it alive, I want to thank Danny Wimmer for always inviting us out, these are great, thank-you so much.”
Buchanan added: “We play rock n’ roll music. No trickery, no backing tracks.”
The band ripped through a seven-song set during their performance.
Here is the full setlist:
1. Mirrors
2. Do Your Worst
3. Back in the Woods
4. Sweet Life
5. Pressure and Time
6. Keep On Swinging
7. Secret
Here are some photos of their performance by Steve Thrasher:
Rival Sons released a new album DARKFIGHTER, back in June and they will be releasing its companion LP, LIGHTBRINGER, on October 20, 2023.
Both produced by longtime collaborator and 8x GRAMMY® Award-winner Dave Cobb (Chris Stapleton, Jason Isbell), the two new LPs marks the first new music from Rival Sons in more than four years, following 2019’s critically acclaimed, GRAMMY® Award-nominated sixth studio album, FERAL ROOTS.
Rival Sons play rock ‘n’ roll in its purest form without apology or pretense.
Instead, they simply plug in, turn up, and rip on a path of their own.
Along the way, they’ve architected a critically acclaimed catalog, including PRESSURE & TIME (2011), HEAD DOWN (2012), GREAT WESTERN VALKYRIE (2014), HOLLOW BONES (2016), and FERAL ROOTS (2019).
Highlighted by the chart-topping lead single, “Do Your Worst,” the latter album stands tall as a creative and critical high watermark for Rival Sons, scoring a GRAMMY® Award nomination for “Best Rock Album,” with the standout track, “Too Bad” receiving a nod in the “Best Rock Performance” category.
In addition, the album’s lead single, “Do Your Worst,” proved the band’s biggest hit to date, ascending to #1 at Rock radio outlets nationwide while tallying north of 60M streams and counting.
Hailed as an electrifying, well-honed live act, Rival Sons have played countless headline shows, shared stages with everyone from Black Sabbath, The Rolling Stones, and AC/DC to Guns N’ Roses and Lenny Kravitz, and made high profile late night TV appearances including CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden.
In 2021, the band launched their own label, Sacred Tongue Recordings distributed by Thirty Tigers.
That same year saw Rival Sons celebrate the 10th anniversary of 2011’s PRESSURE AND TIME, by performing the landmark LP live in its entirety for the first time ever on the sold out “Pressure and Time Tour.”
The band also presented a very special two-night livestream event, Pair Of Aces, which saw them performing 2009’s debut album, BEFORE THE FIRE, and 2010’s self-titled RIVAL SONS EP in their entirety live from the historic Catalina Casino on Santa Catalina Island off the coast of California.
Rival Sons is: Jay Buchanan (vocals, harmonica, rhythm guitar), Scott Holiday (lead guitar), Mike Miley (drums), and Dave Beste (bass).
The band is currently on tour in Europe.
For more details about the band visit their officials website www.rivalsons.com.