Email Author Aja Pecknold

2007 Stories by Aja Pecknold

• Barely Three Years Left at the Hideout

  published December 26, 2007

  According to the Hideout's mission statement, there are now less than three years left to enjoy the decadent, dark art-bar.... More >>

• Polar Bear Plunge

  published December 26, 2007

  Ah, the first day of a new year. What to do on the arbitrary, Gregorian calendar-induced excuse to start anew? When bestowed with such an... More >>

• Damien Jurado + Josh Morrison + Josh Ottum

  published December 26, 2007

  In a MySpace bulletin memorializing the Crocodile Cafe, area native Josh Morrison sites some of his most striking moments at the venue, one of... More >>

• NYE! The Lashes + the Trucks + Feral Children

  published December 26, 2007

  Tonight the Lashes have more than just the New Year to celebrate. This NYE bash marks the eve of the band’s second release since Get... More >>

• Noble Destiny

  published December 19, 2007

  Spencer Moody sure knows how to spread some holiday cheer. From the giant illuminated nativity scene window display in his junk/home accoutrements... More >>

• Walking in an Indie Wonderland

  published December 19, 2007

  If indie rock had its own Greek Row, the Doug Fir Lounge would have the highest numbers on the block. Just three hours south... More >>

• Annual X-Mas Show with the Maldives, Grand Hallway, Widower, Devon Williams

  published December 12, 2007

  It was during a meditation-induced dream that the universe imparted to neo-flower child Becky Stark of Lavender Diamond who her touring guitarist... More >>

• David Bazan: Fewer Moving Parts, Fewer Broken Pieces

  published December 12, 2007

  "When Tim [Walsh] quit...that was just it," says David Bazan. That was the tipping point for his decision to dismantle... More >>

• The Program featuring the Blue Scholars

  published December 12, 2007

  "The Program? Why did we do the Program? It's five days of hip-hop in the town. Hella local and regional artists. It's a good idea. Why not do... More >>

• I Feel Pretty

  published December 5, 2007

  Anna “Banana” Lange’s annual “Parlor-Versary” made it onto the pages of an Italian glossy two years back, in an article... More >>

• Kells Is the Jewel of Post Alley

  published December 5, 2007

  Ireland's population weighs in at just over 4 million, but worldwide, more than 25 million people claim to have Irish blood running through... More >>

• Square Dance with the Tallboys

  published December 5, 2007

  Did anyone else have square dancing as mandatory curriculum during elementary-level P.E.? Either I did, or I'm confusing my own life with a... More >>

• Palmer, AK

  published December 5, 2007

  "I am in a wheelchair. Somehow, it hasn't affected my ability to play an acoustic guitar and whine about girls," Palmer, AK mastermind Eric Howk... More >>

• Phinney Neighborhood’s Winter Festival and Craft Fair

  published November 28, 2007

  There’s a soulless feeling that begins to permeate the streets of downtown, the escalators and shiny floors of the malls, during the... More >>

• Throw Me the Statue

  published November 28, 2007

  Fresh off the road with Sweden’s answer to Jonathan Richman, Jens Lekman, Throw Me the Statue return to their hometown well practiced with... More >>

• Sunday Supper

  published November 21, 2007

  To me, it means Nana’s Irish stew, tipsy uncles, cousins and kids running around crazy in the basement putting on skits before conking out in... More >>

• All-Ages Advocate Is After Your Parents' Money

  published November 21, 2007

  Kate Becker might as well be heralded as the mother of Seattle's burgeoning all-ages music scene. She helped both the Old Fire... More >>

• Quinn's: Yuppie Safe House in Hipsterdom

  published November 21, 2007

  Gastropub: a step up from pub and less formal than a white-tablecloth affair. New York and London are inundated with gastropubs, but... More >>

• Aviation Records’ 2021 release

  published November 21, 2007

  While the forthcoming Ben Gibbard–curated Burn to Shine documentary captured a quality cross section of local acts on film, Aviation... More >>

• The Can’t See

  published November 21, 2007

  I’ve mined my recent interview with ever-quotable Feral Children a few times now—but for this, it’s necessary. Frontman Jim Cotton... More >>

• Trash Fashion Bash

  published November 14, 2007

  While watching Fashion Week runway shows or flipping through the pages of Vogue, does the thought “Who in the hell would ever wear... More >>

• Fallout Boy Returns With Tigertail

  published November 14, 2007

  "It was the worst experience of my life," says Tim Hayes. He's seated at a worn, wooden table at Sully's Snowgoose... More >>

• The Walkmen + Visqueen

  published November 14, 2007

  NYC rockers the Walkmen spent a good chunk of this past summer sweltering away in the aptly named Sweet Tea Studio in Oxford, Mississippi taking... More >>

• The Cops

  published November 14, 2007

  Tonight Seattle's smartly dressed rockers The Cops celebrate the release of Free Electricity, a razor-sharp sophomore effort full of... More >>

• People Talking and Singing

  published November 7, 2007

  Sasha Frere Jones’ recent essay in the New Yorker on “How Indie Rock Lost its Soul” caused a bit of a stir with its... More >>