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Title:	Nick Hakim at Aladdin Theater
Date:	10/3/2026 (Saturday)
Address:	3017 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR, United States, Oregon 97202
Location:	Portland, OR
Hours:	Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 8:00PM PDT
Cost/Cover:	See Details
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Nick Hakim sits somewhere between an analytical philosopher, mystic poet, and abstract painter. To hear him speak of music is to encounter someone who fully understands its power, who has been moved by its magic and seen its miracles. Hes devoted to music as both an ancient artform and eternal medicine. To hear him play music is to feel these truisms in live time. Its a spirit that the New York-based songwriter has carried in his musicboth as composer and collaborator. From early LPs like 2017s Green Twins and 2020s Will This Make Me Good, to his new album, I Can See, Hakim has pursued the truth in every note hes written, every lyric hes sung. His truth, though, is more akin to the abstract and intangible than the factualmore Borges than George Washington. It's a cosmic assuredness that manifests throughout I Can See; a belief that the good in the universe is good for a reason.

Though these songs are older and they represent an uncertain period in Hakims lifewhen he was finishing up a record deal, forming the world of Cometa, and getting out of an extended relationshipI Can See is defined by its clarity. Its a sharpness alluded to in the title, like feeling a car rattle as it amplifies potent low end or sitting in a hot tub in zero degree weather. This record felt very cohesive from the beginning. It felt very precious to me and the tricky thing was figuring out what songs to put on the record, he explains. He arrived at Sonic Ranch with about 40 demos and began picking out which ideas would make it onto the LP. Some of the songs on the album, like Real Here Now, are presented as faithful iterations of those first sketches. It lends the album a tactileness, an emphasis on dynamics that is enhanced by this duality.

I Can See is a defining stateme