Email Author NATE JACKSON

2012 Stories by NATE JACKSON

• Mike Atta's Battle With Cancer Inspires Action in the OC Punk Community

  published December 27, 2012

  It's a weird thing to walk past Out of Vogue's closed storefront in the middle of the day. With a hand pressed up against your forehead like a... More >>

• Stan Frazier's Punk Rock Culinary Quest Was a Trial By Fire

  published December 13, 2012

  Rarely does a reality cooking show inspire as much hoopla as a howling Super Bowl party. In a tiny clubhouse behind A Restaurant in Newport... More >>

• C4mula Puts a Volatile Past Behind Him

  published December 13, 2012

  C4mula should not be alive right now. The list of near-death experiences he has racked up at the ripe old age of 29 is pretty astounding.... More >>

• Bad Brains Continue Their Righteous Punk Voyage With 'Into the Future'

  published November 29, 2012

  The members of Bad Brains don't record songs. Each track is a mission; every album is a spiritual war fought with axe-shredding, drum-thwacking... More >>

• Max and the Moon Prepare to Step Into the Sun

  published November 15, 2012

  Right now, Max and the Moon are only a silhouette of the band they think they could be. The elements are all there: ear-worm catchiness,... More >>

• Time and Energy Get By on Talent, as Well as a Little Luck

  published November 8, 2012

  Despite the amount of bullshit they endure on a daily basis, working bands know a thing or two about cosmic luck. On their way home from an LA... More >>

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  'We Will Live to Fight Again'

  published November 8, 2012

  COLORS5:30 P.M., Election Eve. The after-school day care at La Veta Elementary School in El Modena is a whirlwind of... More >>

• Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Trades in Stormy Dictatorship for Bosnian Rainbows

  published October 25, 2012

  Most of Omar Rodriguez-Lopez's music is defined by storminess. In the past, his creativity came in whirlwinds, thunderous opinions drenched in... More >>

• Something Horrible Are Bad at Minigolf, Good at Scaring People

  published October 25, 2012

  It takes something special to make a game of mini-golf turn frightening. Right now, that something is the image of Alex Vincent of the band... More >>

• Bill Bennett, President of Sweet Relief

  published October 11, 2012

  At pretty much any local show he goes to, Bill Bennett is the tallest, quietest guy in the room. And while he rarely has a problem finding a... More >>

• Sound Asylum Put Spotlight on the 'New West'

  published October 11, 2012

  At sundown, Aliso Black and his crew meet at a dim back patio at Classic Q's in Newport Beach. Squeezed around a tiny cocktail island, the five... More >>

• The Shrills Produce Psych Punk That Bleeds With Insanity

  This column appeared in print as "Concentrated Chaos."

  published September 20, 2012

  The Shrills sound nothing like an African-American girl group from the '60s. In fact, if the Shirelles—the group that inspired their... More >>

• Pacific Festival: The Dunes Strips Down By the Sea

  published August 30, 2012

  The standard model for a music festival these days is all about one-upsmanship. Each year, archetypes such as Coachella and Electric Daisy... More >>

• Junior Watson Gets High on Jump Blues

  published August 23, 2012

  One of the West Coast's most influential guitarists, OC's senior sage Junior Watson's dexterous delivery of slick, cerebral blues has always... More >>

• Cochinas Know How to Work the Streets

  published August 23, 2012

  When you listen to Cochinas, your mind will go to dirty places. Not like that! We're talking a hot, crowded warehouse show; a beer-swilling... More >>

• The Ballad of Wade Michael Page

  published August 16, 2012

  At night, Jason Stevens lies awake, sweaty and covered in tattoos, next to his girlfriend and 1-year-old son. In the dark silence, he mentally... More >>

• Hopscotch Is Fired Up on Folk Music

  published August 2, 2012

  In the far west corner of Commonwealth Avenue, pounding hammers and buzzing band saws signal the birth of an addition to Fullerton's bar scene.... More >>

• The Flying Hand Keep It in the Pocket

  published August 2, 2012

  Though it might sound like it's a Kung Fu Hustle reference, Flying Hand is actually the name for a Santa Ana duo. But you probably... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Young the Giant Are OC's Next Great Band

  published July 19, 2012

  With each step down the gravelly path of a secluded Malibu Canyon road, Young the Giant look more like a wayward, ragtag tribe than the Next... More >>

• Gavyn Bailey Learns the Value of Being a Slow Grower

  published July 19, 2012

  A guitar in the hands of a talented, doe-eyed middle-schooler can be a dangerous thing. We're not necessarily opponents of musically inclined... More >>

• Highlands Pride Themselves On Keeping It Loud, Weird

  published July 12, 2012

  The opening scene of Highland's music video for "Railroads" centers on singer/guitarist Scott Holmes' slow immersion in a dark beach cave in... More >>

• The Reverend Horton Heat Makes Out a Legacy at Hootenanny

  published July 5, 2012

  The Reverend Horton Heat's memories of headlining the Hootenanny are getting pretty foggy—lost in a sweltering haze of hard living,... More >>

• Mr. Elevator and the Brain Hotel get organ-ized

  published June 21, 2012

  It's always great when a rock band reminds us how unnecessary a guitar can be. Had we declined to mention it, you probably wouldn't have... More >>

• Forty2's Success Counts on the Ladies

  published June 14, 2012

  Say what you will about slick, radio-ready hip-hop hybrids; if you've got the desire to party at a club where ladies run rampant, you ought to... More >>

• Revelation Records' Quarter-Century of DIY Rebellion

  published June 7, 2012

  A quarter century after its inception, the headquarters of Revelation Records feels as though you're in a Reagan-era, DIY time warp. A flotsam... More >>