Bilmuri, Louder Than Life 2026 LIVE REVIEW: There’s something about seeing Bilmuri in the sort of humidity ingrained so deeply in their music that hits a little sweeter. Just about 250 miles south of Ohio, the late-afternoon Kentucky sun is cultivating a pitch-perfect atmosphere for Johnny Franck’s country-fried offerings to blossom and boom even more than they already do, and you can tell just how at home he feels here. That’s not just in the heat, but on a stage of this size as well. Considering this started as a bedroom project to help him exorcise necessary demons, seeing what this has all become still feels exceptional. And for him to still be finding ways for it to even more fun, thrilling and euphorically bold is the real cherry on top. ‘THE END’ is still one of the catchiest choruses the scene has provided this decade, with ‘ALWAYS LET YOU DOWN’ coming in a close second, whilst the added splashes of banjo that bolster ‘EMPTYHANDED’ are inspired and catchy as sin. Oh, and Gabi ...