Jack Wallace

April 3, 2017

Lucidity Fest’s Blissful Gathering Set for This Weekend

By Jack Wallace

While many will attend Lucidity this year for its renowned workshops on permaculture, sustainability, spirituality and community-building, the music takes precedence over all for a significant portion of festival-goers.

February 23, 2017

Lucidity Fest Coming to SB this Spring

By Jack Wallace

Get ready, Santa Barbara, because in a little over six weeks from now, April 7-9, the Lucidity Festival will return to our very own Live Oak Campground for its sixth and final gathering.

February 16, 2017

Yuja Wang and Company Take Granada By Storm

By Jack Wallace

The audience filed back in and the two virtuosos re-emerged, Kavakos unchanged and Wang now draped in a slinky, subdued green evening dress.

November 10, 2016

Morrissey Lights Santa Barbara Aglow for Dia de Los Muertos

By Jack Wallace

As I passed a group of sequin-clad skeletons savaging a Donald Trump piñata, something occurred to me: Morrissey couldn’t have picked a better event to play.

October 20, 2016

Arlington Laps Up a Case of James Blake

By Jack Wallace

The audience eagerly followed Blake’s every move as he led them through a maze of his works, both old and new. Like Blake’s music, the set was minimal yet incredibly transfixing.

September 22, 2016

SB Bowl Upcoming Picks

By Tracy Smith, Jack Wallace

Artsweek writers preview their most anticipated shows at Nexus voters' favorite venue.

April 7, 2016

Max Goldenstein Serenades Batcave

By Jack Wallace

On the bright Sunday morning of March 6, the Daily Nexus was joined by Isla Vista musician-slash-rugged heartthrob Max Goldenstein for a session in the Batcave. You folks may know him as the front man of local garage roc...

February 9, 2016

“Finest Hours” Interview with Casey Affleck and Ben Pine

By Jack Wallace

“The Finest Hours” premiered in theaters on Friday, Jan. 29. The film tells the story of the rescue of the S.S. Pendleton, one of the most daring rescue missions in the history of the Coast Guard. When the ship is sp...

January 27, 2016

Preview: Lemaitre Coming to SOhO

By Jack Wallace

It may be true to say that electronic music has never been bigger than it is today. Massive festivals like EDC, Tomorrowland and Electric Zoo dominate the festival-scape, and even more traditional events like Coachella a...

January 14, 2016

Kurupt Brings the G-Funk Back to Velvet Jones

By Jack Wallace

“Every single person in this club could beat me up.” This was my first experience with the Velvet Jones. I was immediately greeted with a spotlight glare glinting off of some guy’s grills. The club was packed and t...

January 7, 2016

Kurupt To Come to Velvet Jones

By Jack Wallace

After the release of last year’s “Straight Outta Compton,” public interest in the G-funk era is at its highest in over a decade. Along with industry titans Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre, Kurupt was one of the closest to t...

December 3, 2015

!!! To Come to SOhO

By Jack Wallace

!!! (pronounced “chk chk chk”) is one of those rare bands that seem to be actually doing this because it’s fun for them. The band, whose name is now synonymous with dance-punk, consistently pumps out groovy, goofy,...

November 8, 2015

Dia De Los Muertos at the Bowl

By Jack Wallace

The hottest event of the Halloween shmalloween weekend easily was the Dia de los Muertos celebration at the Santa Barbara Bowl. For one night only, the Bowl became a magical arena, shaped after the traditional Day of the...

October 15, 2015

‘Keep It Neil’

By Jack Wallace

Seeing Neil Young and Promise of the Real at the Bowl was like stepping 50 years back in time to the old days of hardcore musical activism. The crowd was older than that of most Santa Barbara Bowl shows, although it was ...

October 5, 2015

Neil Young to Perform at Santa Barbara Bowl This Saturday

By Jack Wallace

Timeless purveyor of folk wisdom and noted environmental champion Neil Young has launched another world tour following the June release of his latest studio album, The Monsanto Years. As part of this tour, the wind-burnt...