Silversun Pickups - Tenterhooks Tour

Silversun Pickups bring the Tenterhooks Tour to Edmonton on March 3, 2026, at Midway Music Hall. Formed in Silver Lake, Los Angeles, the quartet has carved out an alternative rock sound where saturated guitars meet gauzy textures and clear, melodic lines. Brian Aubert’s airy vocals lead the charge, while Nikki Monninger’s bass grounds the songs, Christopher Guanlao drives the arrangements with precise, restless drumming, and Joe Lester shapes the atmosphere with keys and synths that slip between grit and dreamier states.

From the early Pikul EP and breakout debut Carnavas, the band kept refining that balance on Swoon and Neck of the Woods. With Better Nature, they opened the door to more electronic colors and a looser rhythmic feel, a direction pursued on Widow’s Weeds with producer Butch Vig, then on Physical Thrills alongside Jacknife Lee. On stage, these tracks expand and contract, moving from fuzzed-out riffs to quieter, suspended passages, always centered on interplay and dynamics. Edmonton gets a focused set that cuts across their catalog without losing the thread that ties it all together.