Win Tickets ($110): The Wallflowers @ Aladdin Theater | Rock
We are giving away a pair of tickets to The Wallflowers @ Aladdin Theater on September 28. To win, comment below on this post why you’d like to attend. Winner will be drawn and emailed September 19.
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From our sponsors:
The Wallflowers
September 28, 2022
Doors 7PM, Show 8PM | $55 | All Ages
More info: event.etix.com
Aladdin Theater
3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR 97202
Rock ‘n’ roll is often hard to define, or even to find, in these fractured musical times. But to paraphrase an old saying, you know it when you hear it.
And you always hear it with the Wallflowers. For the past 30 years, the Jakob Dylan-led act has stood as one of rock’s most dynamic and purposeful bands – a unit dedicated to and continually honing a sound that meshes timeless songwriting and storytelling with a hard-hitting and decidedly modern musical attack. That signature style has been present through the decades, baked into the grooves of smash hits like 1996’s Bringing Down the Horse as well as more recent and exploratory fare like 2012’s Glad All Over.
Even so, in recent years, Dylan – the Wallflowers’ founding singer, songwriter and guitarist – has repeatedly stepped outside of his band, first with a pair of more acoustic and rootsy records, 2008’s Seeing Things and 2010’s Women + Country , and then with the 2018 film Echo in the Canyon and the accompanying soundtrack, which saw him collaborate with a host of artists classic and contemporary, from Neil Young and Eric Clapton to Beck and Fiona Apple.
But while it’s been nine long years since we’ve heard from the group with whom he first made his mark, the Wallflowers are silent no more. And Dylan always knew they’d return. “The Wallflowers is much of my life’s work,” he says simply.
Plus, he adds with a laugh, “It’s pretty hard to get a good band name, so if you have one, keep it.”
Good band name aside, that life’s work continues with Exit Wounds, the brand-new Wallflowers studio offering. The collection marks the first new Wallflowers material since Glad All Over. And while the wait has been long, the much-anticipated record finds the band’s signature sound – lean, potent and eminently entrancing – intact, even as Dylan surrounds himself with a fresh cast of musicians.
Which, the front man is quick to point out, is not all that unusual. “The Wallflowers has always been a vehicle for me to make great rock ‘n’ roll records,” he says. “And sometimes the lineup that makes the record transfers over into touring, and sometimes it doesn’t. But my intention is always to make the Wallflowers record I want to make, using the musicians I have beside me.”
Dylan’s vision has always been the core of the Wallflower’s music. How he chooses to express that vision, however, is what makes a song a Wallflowers song. “I usually just let the songs tell me what kind of arrangements they need,” he says. “And if they’re asking for full-band electric arrangements, then that’s what the Wallflowers provide. And I knew I wanted to make a full-band electric record this time out.”
For Dylan, Exit Wounds is the next chapter in a career devoted to chasing – and capturing – that magic. “I came up in an era of great rock ‘n’ roll bands making great music, and it’s the way I always imagined I would do it one day,” he says. “So that’s always been my vision with the Wallflowers – to be a great rock ‘n’ roll band. And I’ve worked on it for 30 years now and I still have a lot to say. It’s something I started a long time ago, and it’s far from finished.”
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I have not seen the Wallflowers since their very first tour. I would sure love to see them again in an intimate venue as the first time was at The Rose Garden Arena (Now Moda Center) plus getting free tickets leaves me some cash for food and drinks at the concert.
I’d love to make this my first post-pandemic concert!
I would love to attend this concert as Breach (2000) is one of my favorite albums of all time. I have never had the opportunity to see them perform before, and getting free tickets would absolutely make my 2022.
as a wallflower myself, the music always spoke to me.
Sounds like a great night of music in my future(?)!
Love there last show
LOVE THEM!
I love the Wallflowers. That lead singer Jakob Dylan is pretty good, and I think his dad has a possibility to make it to the big time one day too.
Awesome!!!!
wouldn’t want to miss this!
Yeah, baby
I’m not going to lie, I lost my virginity to this band 🙃
Having midlife reboot and retracing my steps…
I’d love to see the show!
and now I have ONE HEADLIGHT screaming in my head 🙂 would love to take my friend Travis to the show…
I would love to see them, it’s been so long!
My dad put me on to Jakob Dylan and The Wallflowers when I was a kid. Their music always puts me in a good headspace. My partner would be so excited for this show too!
I want to go!!!
3 Marlenas and a single headlight
Saw them once years ago in Austin, TX! Great show would love to go again
I haven’t seen them since they first started out. Would love to check this out!
Pick me please! This sounds so fun.
Let’s do it!
I saw these guys last century (?!?!) and they were awesome. With Rami iff w/the Foos love to see Jacob’s latest lineup
I would love to surprise my sweetie with tickets to see aThe Wallflowers!!!
So impressed with all their albums…and I have them all! I’ve never seen them before but I will drive 180 miles from Bend just to see them. Pick me ! Pick me!
This would be a lot of fun! Happy they are still making good music.
I always thought these guys were underrated… I’d love to check this out!
Saw them on the first album tour- uh, last century! Time for a repeat.
I would be fun to see Jakob and the band. I’ve never seen them and love their music 🙂
Would love to attend..
Hey, I just got 90 days clean after being homeless and could use a bit of good old fashioned fun. Thanks!
🌼 Goodtimes about to gO dowN 🌈
Oh man! This takes me back to a time of far less responsibility. Take me there. Lol
Yes, please! 🙂
It would be incredible to see the Wallflowers! I have loved them for ages, and the new album is amazing!
Love the Wallflowers Rock’n! Luck and I win!