Win Tickets: Thurston Moore & Kurt Vile @ Aladdin Theater | Acoustic Pop Rock, Lo-Fi Indie
July 15, 2011 — PDXPIPELINEPipeline is giving away a pair of tickets to see Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and Kurt Vile on Saturday, July 23 at the Aladdin Theater. To win, comment on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed on Friday, July 22.
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From our sponsors at Aladdin Theater:
Thurston Moore & Kurt Vile and The Violaters w/ The Hush Arbors
Saturday, July 23
8 p.m. doors | 9 p.m. show
$20 | 21+
Purchase Tickets from TicketMaster
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Avenue
www.aladdin-theater.com
Matador has released ¬ËœDemolished Thoughts', the 4th solo album from Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore (5th if you count 1998¬Â²s ¬ËœRoot') and the first to be produced by Beck Hansen. Recorded in Los Angeles and Northampton, MA this past autumn & winter, with a title culled from The Faith's ¬Å“It's Time¬Â, ¬ËœDemolished Thoughts' is an equally beautiful and brooding work ; while there's more than a few tonal similarities to some of your favorite Moore compositions from years past, the execution this time around is nothing short of staggering.
Philadelphia singer/songwriter KURT VILE returns with his second proper album (2008's Childish Prodigy was a compendium of sorts). Smoke Ring For My Halo is a gorgeously layered record. Ranging from the tender breezy folk in ¬Å“Jesus Fever¬Â to the tuff urban guitar riff of ¬Å“Puppet To The Man,¬Â Vile's distinctive Philly-accented vocal ties together a sweeping & evocative project – a true American psychedelic folk album.
July 15, 2011 at 10:03
I’d like to win tickets because last time I saw Thurston Moore he played with Yoko Ono in NYC and… well, enough said… I think I need a better introduction to his live performances.
July 15, 2011 at 10:04
C’mon please pick me for this…sounds awesome!!!!!!
July 15, 2011 at 10:15
oooh, I wanna go. Free tix even better!
July 15, 2011 at 10:40
Big big fan of Moore and I miss the Los Angeles element in my life :( I think if could score some tickets I could relive some of my memories living in southern CA and could finally convince my bf that Sonic Youth is a fucking BADASS band. :D
July 15, 2011 at 11:08
I am the chosen one…pick me
July 15, 2011 at 11:09
This is a pretty awesome bill. I’ve seen Sonic Youth live many times, but I’ve never had a chance to catch Moore solo. Would love to have the opportunity!
July 15, 2011 at 11:25
pick me!
July 15, 2011 at 14:57
Everyone wants to see Thurston, including me,
but i thought I’d write a cheesy poem so you could see,
that rhyming takes effort and no shame,
but who’s to mother f-ing blame?
I was just got laid off from my lame ass job,
am now am just a broke, ugly blob.
maybe getting into the show will also get me laid,
and ultimately get a job so i can get paid.
July 15, 2011 at 16:20
Let your ever-lovin’, ticket-givin’ light shine down upon me.
July 15, 2011 at 18:03
I love both these guys!
July 15, 2011 at 18:15
Because I’m going through a miserable divorce and would love to spend the evening ogling two gorgeous guys.
July 15, 2011 at 19:11
Because my ears are still ringing from the Washing Machine tour and I will give up the groupie love
July 16, 2011 at 00:15
I just had a dream I drove across country during the apocalypse to find my girl and while I was seeing off my travel buddies on the other coast she found me and we went into a field in the middle of the city where she flashed a bunch a kids and everyone was real sweaty. I like free things. Dreams are free. Hook me up and I’ll think I have luck….look at all these entries!!!
July 16, 2011 at 22:10
It’s my last week in Portland and I would love to see this show before I go.
July 17, 2011 at 06:58
Thurston Moore is, was and will always be an iconic figure of sound to me. Since the day I dicided to buy a used copy of Experimental Jet Set Trash and No Star I could simply not get enough. Needless to say, I couldn’t. When Sonic Youth wasn’t releasing albums, Lee or Thurston was. As both a band and as individual artists they have kept me on my toes, ever-evolving. If I win these tickets, I promise I will “Fuck Shit Up.”
July 17, 2011 at 10:56
Let’s just make this clear: Kurt Vile’s ‘smoke ring for my halo’
is my favorite album of 2011. i missed him at bunk bar on his last journey through pdx. SO, i really would melt to see this!! And to see Mr. Moore, you know, Sonic Youth is the jams but i think this would be the opportunity to see if he’s still got it without the undeniably raw and sexy mrs. gordon to wooooooaaaa us.
July 17, 2011 at 10:57
I haven’t seen Thurston Moore since 1993. It would be amazing. Kurt Vile is pretty awesome, too!
July 19, 2011 at 11:03
this sounds great! please pick me!
July 19, 2011 at 12:55
I would like to win because my boyfriend loves Kurt Vile almost more than me and I owe him because I dragged him to a drum and bugle corps show against his will!
July 19, 2011 at 14:08
my grandfather’s birthday is on july 22nd. he will be 75! i want to give him the GIFT of letting his granddaughter see some of her favorite music. he is always happy if she is happy. please, pdxpipeline, help satisfy the generations.
July 20, 2011 at 19:43
Might as well try.
July 21, 2011 at 11:25
I don’t want to miss this!
July 21, 2011 at 11:25
I’d love to win! I love Thurston Moore, have since I was 13. He’s absolutely one of the “icons” that helped shape my tastes and preferences in music and opened doors to a world of fantastic bands and artists.
July 21, 2011 at 13:44
Big Kurt Vile fan. Would love some tix.
July 21, 2011 at 16:27
I want those tickets!!! I’ve never seen them live and I need to see my first good show in Portland!! THANKS!
July 22, 2011 at 09:58
Been a fan of Thurston for around 25 years (evol) and have never seen him live…sad!
Equally great is that Kurt Vile is opening. Listened to ‘Smoke ring for my Halo’ non-stop this winter on Mt. Hood while skiing.
July 22, 2011 at 10:00
because I need to get out more often! :)
July 22, 2011 at 10:12
Just got dumped.
I would like to go to meet my own girl named goo.
July 22, 2011 at 10:20
sounds like a sound i would like to be around.
July 22, 2011 at 12:39
I love both of these guys and I’ve never been to the Aladdin theater! Also, I have no plans on sat as of yet… ;)
July 22, 2011 at 13:00
just picked up thurston moore’s new record. amazing! that’s all…
July 22, 2011 at 13:04
I am a big Kurt Vile fan, and have always adored Thurston. I live a few blocks from the Aladdin but hardly ever get to go to shows there!
July 22, 2011 at 13:51
I have always loved Thurston Moore, but I’ve never seen him live. Now he’s in town and I’m unemployed because my government job got cut. Help a local lady out with some free tix.
July 22, 2011 at 13:53
Sounds like a good time.
July 22, 2011 at 15:44
Sounds like some great tunes! Would love to take the wife on a concert date!
July 22, 2011 at 16:22
Kurt vile is the reason that I make music! I have never seen him live and I cant even pretend like I have $40 to go see him. I would love love to be there!