Supersuckers Live in Edmonton June 6th 2026

 

 Yay, a Saturday night show and with the Supersuckers and Scott H. Biram to boot. Not enough weekend shows so far this year. My buddies Buzzard, Cuz, Nazz, A-Bomb and I went to this show together at the Starlite Room. I do like the Supersuckers but the big draw for me at this gig was Scott H. Biram. A great double bill.

 I'd never seen Scott H. Biram before so I was looking forward to seeing this Austin, Texas one man band. His style of music is a mix of punk and blues based rock n' roll. When Scott hit the stage, after his first song he mentioned to the crowd that he was having voice issues but was going to soldier on through, saying that whiskey was gonna help or at the least he'd get drunk. After saying that the next thing you know the crowd is buying him glasses of whiskey. His voice was a little rough but still sounded like I had expected. Scott was ripping it up on the guitar and singing at his best ability. By the end of his set he walked off the stage with still three glasses of whiskey. I really enjoyed his set.

Scott H. Biram.

 Next up was Tuscon, Arizona's self proclaimed greatest rock n' roll band the Supersuckers. This would be my 6th time seeing them in concert. They always put on a fun rocking show and it had been twelve years since I last saw them. I was hoping to hear lots of their older tunes as I haven't bought a Supersuckers album since their 2014 album Get The Hell.

 Nice to see that the three piece Supersuckers have kept the same line up since I last saw them with bassist/vocalist and only original member Eddie Spaghetti leading the way with Metal Marty still ripping it up on guitar and drummer Chris von Streicher keeping the beat.

 The band hit the stage opening with "Born With A Tail" an oldie from their 1995 album The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers, such an awesome album and great song to start the night. Other old songs played were "Coattail Rider" and "Ron's Got the Cocaine" from their debut 1992 album The Smoke Of Hell. Another old one was "Creepy Jackalope Eye". Sometimes it would take half the song to realize what the hell it was that they were playing because the mix was terrible, vocals weren't high enough and the overall sound was very muddy, which is unusual for the Starlite Room as the sound is usually really good. I was hoping to hear some songs from the album Must've Been High but they only played one song from that album "Roadworn And Weary". "Evil Powers Of Rock N' Roll" was also played which made me happy. But there were a shit load of songs played that I just wasn't familiar with. Metal Marty the guitarist played a couple of songs from his solo albums, again songs I wasn't familiar with. But watching him on guitar was a treat, he just makes it look so effortless. Eddie Spaghetti plays the bass more like a guitar than a bass and drummer Chris was an animal.

 All and all it was an okay show, Scott H. Biram stole the show. As for the Supersuckers, they were good, sound was shitty and the song selection could have been a whole lot better. I was surprised by the small turnout for the Saturday show, maybe a couple hundred people. I think I am pretty much done going to see them in concert again, unless of course they come through town and play Must've Been High in it's entirety. Good times!!!

Supersuckers.

 

The Black Keys Live in Edmonton June 3rd 2026

  Last Wednesday my buddies Buzzard, Cuz, Nazz and I went to see The Black Keys at Rogers Place in Edmonton. The Black Keys are currently on the road promoting their newest album Peaches!. We got tickets for $30 on the Ticketmaster summer ticket sale, so we figured at that price, why not!

 Opening the show was Jeremie Albino a musician from Toronto who is a singer/songwriter that plays a roots rock style of music. I had never heard of him before but after learning he was the opening act for this show I checked out some of music on a streaming service. His latest album Our Time In The Sun was actually produced by Dan Auerbach who is the guitarist and singer of The Black Keys, so I can see how Jeremie got the opening slot. I thought his album was alright but nothing overly special. But still wanted to check him out. And have to say that I am glad I got there early to see him. Jeremie Albino and his band were great, they rocked the hell out with a great groove and energy. I'd be very interest in seeing him in a club setting. I see he is actually playing the Edmonton Folk Music Festival this August here in Edmonton. I'd recommend seeing him live.

Jeremie Albino.

 Next up was Akron, Ohio's The Black Keys, this would be my third time seeing them in concert. I was hesitant about seeing them again as I haven't cared for their last few albums. But after listening to their newest album Peaches! their fourteenth album which is an all covers album of old blues songs, which sees the band getting back to their roots, I was in. I really like the new album, and the price of the tickets helped too.

 The Black Keys started as a duo back in 2001 led by Dan Auerbach on guitar and vocals and Patrick Carney on drums who were in good form all evening. They now tour with a full band and have for a while now. Their stage set up was pretty basic with The Black Keys lighting up the back of the stage with a full screen with psychedelics going through out the show. They opened with the song "I Got Mine" from their 2008 album Attack & Release and we were off to a good start. With a vast catalog of music they played songs from their whole discography, with a good selection from their 2010 album Brothers "Howlin' For You", "Next Girl" and "She's Long Gone" and a couple of others I believe. The second song of the night was from what was one of their most popular albums El Camino playing the song "Gold On The Ceiling". I was happy to hear "Just Couldn't Tie Me Down" from the 2004 album Rubber Factory. They did do some old blues covers such as "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire" an old Willie Griffin song, "She Does It Right" an old Dr. Feelgood song and "You Got To Lose" by Earl Hooker all songs from the Peaches! album. I thought they did a great job on all these songs. Cool choices for covers, old blues songs that you don't hear too often.

 For the encore they did two songs from the El Camino album "Little Black Submarines" and their biggest song "Lonely Boy". All and all I thought it was a great show, a small appreciative audience of I'd say around 5-6,000 seemed to enjoy it as well. Good times!!!

The Black Keys.

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June 2nd

  My ticket stub from the Deer Tick show I saw on June 2nd, 2012 at the Starlite Room in Edmonton with opening bands The Novaks and Turbo Fruits. Great show!

June 1st

  The gig poster for the time I saw Misery Signals play Stars here in Edmonton. One of the opening bands was local act Drive By Punch, I don't recall who else was on the bill.

May 28th

  

The ticket stub from the Leeroy Stagger and Mariel Buckley double bill I saw at The Mercury Room in Edmonton on May 28th, 2015.

May 27th

 

On May 27th, 2011 I saw Canadian metal legends Anvil play The Starlite Room in Edmonton.

 In concert news...Anvil will be playing in Edmonton on Thursday July 2nd at Dive Bar. Tickets available by clicking here.

May 25th

  It was on May 25th, 2013 that I went to see a Ween tribute band play the DV8 here in Edmonton. I'm not one for tribute bands, but a band from Calgary called The Jammy Pacs doing Ween, count me in. And fuck ya it was good.