📍 Location: The Courtyard ATX, 208 W 4th Street, Austin, Texas

📅 Date: Saturday, June 21st, 2024

⌚ Time: Doors open at 8:00 pm

🎟️ Tickets: General admission at $10!

📲 For table reservations, text/call us at 512-878-9233

🔞This is a 21+ event.

About the band:

Rival Waves is a band from Austin, Texas, fusing elements of alternative, hardcore and classic rock to craft powerful anthems wrapped in a vibrant, driving punk intensity. With a unique

aesthetic marrying the musical snarl of early Foo Fighters, the earnest, politically-charged lyricism of The Clash, and the distortion-soaked, indie sensibilities of Cloud Nothings, the band’s

cathartic energy and lyrical volition serve to bridge the emotional connection between art and audience.

Rival Waves was formed out of a studio project by singer/songwriter Joel De La Garza that yielded 2018’s EP TRANSDUCER. De La Garza soon joined forces with guitarist duo Marc Schulz and Erik Salinas to create a more collaborative and prolific band dynamic. The addition of Paul Piñon on drums and David McLeod on bass has seen Rival Waves continue to evolve their sound into a melodic, heartfelt, and dangerous sonic electricity that has become their trademark.

The band has been organically fostering its fanbase and refining its sound on some of the premiere stages across Austin’s live music scene - including venues like Stubb’s, Mohawk, Empire Control Room and 3TEN at ACL Live. They’ve performed alongside international touring acts like Blue October, Bush, Okilly Dokilly, Jawbox and King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and have shared stages with a host of Austin’s marquee artists.

Rival Waves teamed up with Grammy-nominated producer Chris “Frenchie” Smith (Jet, ...Trail of Dead, Gary Clark Jr.) to record its debut LP, A Meaningless Chaos. Tracked and mixed at The Bubble

Recording Studios in Austin, the album is an 11-track manifesto on overcoming the madness engulfing the world over the last few years. The songs serve to capture a live, raw immediacy

that the times, and the album’s larger theme, reflect.

The result is a powerfully purposeful collection of songs touching on the universal themes of love, loss, anger, fear and, ultimately, release. While a worldwide pandemic altered plans for the

album’s initial release, much of the “meaningless chaos” has only intensified. As a result, the album serves as a touchpoint of these modern days.