Chiodos: It’s Not You, It’s Me Tour

Chiodos bring their It’s Not You, It’s Me Tour to Pawn Shop Live in Edmonton on August 11, 2026. Formed in Michigan in 2001, the band grew out of the mid-2000s post-hardcore wave with songs that pivot between tense screamo surges and clear, melodic hooks. Early records All’s Well That Ends Well (2005) and Bone Palace Ballet (2007) set the blueprint: jagged riffs, dynamic shifts, and piano lines that sharpen the contrasts. Through line-up changes — Craig Owens stepping away in 2009, Illuminaudio in 2010 with Brandon Bolmer, then Owens’ return for Devil in 2014 — Chiodos kept a taste for volatility without tipping into full-on metal.

On stage, that language turns physical: abrasive guitars snapping into melodic breaks, off-kilter rhythms opening into big choruses, the dramatic thread carried by keys as much as vocals. The set digs across eras, balancing aggression and clarity, with the tour title nodding to the band’s knack for sharp turns and bittersweet themes. A chance to hear the catalogue reframed live, tight and restless, in a room built for it.