Email Author Aja Pecknold

2008 Stories by Aja Pecknold

• Your Neighborhood Doggy Daycare

  published April 30, 2008

  The Barking Dog Tavern on a Friday night is packed like afterhours at Neighbours, only with babies, dogs, and fleece-wearing outdoorsy types... More >>

• Vetiver

  published April 30, 2008

  Gentle San Fran folkers Vetiver love to pay homage by way of the cover. When the dusty troupe rolled through the Tractor Tavern a while back, they... More >>

• David Karsten Daniels: From Texas, With Love

  published April 23, 2008

  "I'll just take every opportunity I can to look at mountains," says David Karsten Daniels. The... More >>

• Tyler Ramsey

  published April 23, 2008

  North Carolina is like one big potluck for musicians it seems. Last week, while walking around Greenlake with songwriter David Karsten Daniels (a... More >>

• Havana Mastermind Takes Over Wing Dome

  published April 16, 2008

  Seattle resident Gabe Morgan was once in a constant mental, physical, and psychological battle with an inanimate object. That object was the... More >>

• The Handsome Furs

  published April 16, 2008

  “I’d like to thank [Sub Pop founder] Jon Poneman for this lovely physique- all that foi gras is making me fat!” joked shirtless... More >>

• Daniel Johnston

  published April 16, 2008

  There are few entities in this world who can inspire muliple phone calls to a McDonalds, a documentary film, a book and a live rock opera and... More >>

• Monkey Bar Is a Break From the Ave.

  published April 9, 2008

  On a Sunday spring night, the Monkey Pub is like the solace the ground above affords following an April shower. After all the... More >>

• Tiny Vipers + Amy Blaschke + Husbands Love Your Wives

  published April 9, 2008

  Georgetown-based Luckyhorse Industries helps create and sling merch online for everyone from Modest Mouse to the Cave Singers, and one half of the... More >>

• Whalebones + Feral Children

  published April 9, 2008

  James Bertram isn’t the only one benefiting from Amy Blaschke’s brief return home—local psych rockers Whalebones get their... More >>

• Black Whales + Fences + Bird Language

  published April 2, 2008

  Despite the fact that the South Eastern quadrant of Capitol Hill is now home to four of the cities best rock clubs, there’ve been a handful... More >>

• 4 Week Residency with David Karsten Daniels

  published April 2, 2008

  After Chop Suey’s month long residency with Throw Me the Statue, Nectar seems to have picked up where they left off—and this month they... More >>

• Long Live the King

  published March 26, 2008

  "Slats is in here almost every night," notes King Cobra booker Jason Rothman, "which I guess is a badge of honor." And why... More >>

• Comeback's 4 Year Anniversary Bash with Tronik Youth

  published March 26, 2008

  What's the craziest thing that's happened during one of Seattle's filthiest, sweatiest, most innovative queer dance nights since its inception at... More >>

• Bon Iver

  published March 26, 2008

  Retreating to a log cabin in the wintry Northwestern woods to hibernate, and emerging with a nine-track, self-recorded—betwixt trips with an... More >>

• Helio Sequence's Brandon Summers Lost His Voice and Went Looking for It

  published March 5, 2008

  "Oh yeah, we forgot to mention . . . it's going to be loud," Helio Sequence vocalist/guitarist... More >>

• I Heart Rummage

  published February 27, 2008

  “We're really excited about the REturn of IHR at Chop Suey! We have lots of REmarkable new vendors, as well as many of everyone's REknown... More >>

• Jeppa Hall's Kingdom Lies Between Vaudeville and Psychedelia

  published February 27, 2008

  "You know, you're nothing but a wild mountain goat girl!" snapped an acquaintance of Seattle musician/performance... More >>

• The Sea Navy’s Holiday Sweet Potatoes

  published February 20, 2008

  The Sea Navy sent us this Sound Bite candidate way back in December, hence the word"holiday" in the recipe name. But as sometimes happens in... More >>

• Martin’s Piano Bar and Bistro: Nothing Like Chopstix

  published February 20, 2008

  Just past Chop Suey's back entrance, where bands load in and out, smoke, and pass the time before they hit the stage, a dark-colored awning... More >>

• Short Stack

  published February 20, 2008

  Pippilotta Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim’s Daughter Longstocking is what the fiery and mischievous heroine of the Swedish... More >>

• Grand Archives

  published February 20, 2008

  Mat Brooke's latest labor of love has gone from just plain Archives, with one live show under their belts, to the very Grand Archives, who've... More >>

• Palmer, AK + Strong Killings

  published February 20, 2008

  At Palmer, AK's initial show at the Crocodile back in early December, band mastermind Eric Howk blew his audience—of friends, family,... More >>

• Sia + Har Mar Superstar

  published February 20, 2008

  Joan Rivers and Miss Piggy do it at the makeup counter in The Muppets Take Manhattan. Crazy Betty does it in the French film Betty... More >>

• Make Your Own Valentine’s Box

  published February 13, 2008

  Valentine’s Day before puberty: Generally it’s bunches of stale, hard candy hearts whose messages will be decoded using forensic-like... More >>