Email Author Aja Pecknold

2008 Stories by Aja Pecknold

• Sunday Bloody Sunset

  published February 13, 2008

  Sunday Bloody Sunset marks the triumphant return of former booking agent Kwab Copeland to the cozy Ballard club. Copeland has taken over the... More >>

• Or, the Whale

  published February 13, 2008

  There are those bands that fall easily and comfortably, but unremarkably, onto the vast plains of the alt-country genre. Add the bend of a pedal... More >>

• Man Plus

  published February 13, 2008

  If you haven’t already, now’s the time to get in at the ground level with underappreciated Seattle band Man Plus. With Hungarian... More >>

• Venik Allows You to Bathe in Vodka

  published February 6, 2008

  "Nectar of the gods" was what danced into my mind the moment the chilled combination of honey- and fig-infused vodkas, shaken and served ice... More >>

• Yes, Art

  published February 6, 2008

  Globalism has its well-publicized dark side, which no one illustrates better than anti- corporate activist pranksters the Yes Men, who infiltrate... More >>

• Night Canopy

  published February 6, 2008

  Though Seattle warbler Amy Blaschke’s been busy shining her love light on psychedelic blues-rock project Whalebones (on keyboards and... More >>

• Matt Costa

  published February 6, 2008

  What is it about skaters, surfers, and songwriters that makes those with the double X chromosomes swoon? Kelly Slater might be able to offer some... More >>

• 78s Weren't Just an American Thing

  published January 30, 2008

  "When I listen to old music, that's one of the few times I actually have a kind of a love for humanity," sighs... More >>

• Mayor’s Office of Film and Music Happy Hour

  published January 30, 2008

  In the industries of music and film (and pretty much every other realm), deals are generally done while boozing it up. Throw some people in a... More >>

• Aphonia Recordings Showcase with Problems + Painting Like Animals + the Precambrian

  published January 30, 2008

  On the first Friday of each month, local experimental/avant-garde label Aphonia Recordings hosts a showcase at (surprise!) Gallery 1412.... More >>

• Buttrock Suites

  published January 30, 2008

  Can you think of any venue in town that’s less buttrock than the Triple Door, where live shows are often accompanied by the clinking of... More >>

• 206 Stand up II

  published January 30, 2008

  Solid local hip-hop bills dominate the clubs calendars around town week after week, and this one is no exception. Tonight’s round two of 206... More >>

• At Home at the Beacon Pub

  published January 23, 2008

  It's a Wednesday night, and the Beacon Pub is packed. It's not because the Hawks are on or because of the karaoke machine,... More >>

• The Can’t See + See Me River and the Dead Horse Creek

  published January 23, 2008

  The only regrettable thing about this show is that it doesn’t fall on a Tuesday. There’s not much better in this life than the... More >>

• The Round 32

  published January 16, 2008

  My initial experience with the intimate “In the Round” performances included a rotating showcase of musicians, live painting and... More >>

• An Evening with Jesse Sykes and Phil Wandscher

  published January 16, 2008

  Though tonight’s bill is missing the previously scheduled headliner, Gerald Collier, Seattle comes out ahead, for it’s the mystical,... More >>

• The Hands

  published January 16, 2008

  In case you’ve been skipping out on the driving, fist-pumping force that is Seattle’s the Hands over the last year, now’s your... More >>

• Long Live Croc Suey

  published January 9, 2008

  At the recent Unscrew the Crocodile Employees benefit at Chop Suey, along with Jim Anderson–signed Crocodile Cafe floor... More >>

• Steam Cleaning

  published January 9, 2008

  If last winter was the wettest we’ve had in a good long while, this one feels like the coldest. A bona fide snow day and a (nearly) white... More >>

• Finally, Seattle's Own School of Rock

  published January 2, 2008

  "I walked in, was there for about five minutes, walked out, called my boss, and quit my job," Ben Barnett says. He... More >>

• Wizard Prison

  published January 2, 2008

  “Wizard Prison is no charm school, no rose garden, no [Harry] Potter tribute band and, no, it's not a brand of deodorant. What is it? It is... More >>

• KEXP Audioasis Benefit for Arts Corps with Grayskul

  published January 2, 2008

  Each quarter, eager volunteers flood the KEXP studios to stuff their face with donated vegan doughnuts and locally roasted, fair-trade coffee, in... More >>

• 2nd Annual Freestyle Championships with Devin the Dude

  published January 2, 2008

  Be warned. Devin the Dude—a rapper himself, but perhaps best known to most as Snoop Dogg’s “hype man”—has no-showed at... More >>