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February 2013

C O V E R S T O RY F E B R U A RY 2 0 1 3 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 6

You’d never guess the Virgin Wolves got their start as a folk act. As it is today, the Virgin Wolves is a feral, feline Denton five-piece. The band’s first full-length release, Pretty Evil Thing, is all piss, vinegar and predation. As an album, Pretty Evil Thing brings that whiff of danger that makes rock ’n’ roll that thing that’s here to stay. But the whole thing started as Willow and the Virgin Wolves. Airy-fairy, right? “Well, we went to Renaissance festivals,” cracks Jaimeson Robbins. Story by Lucinda Breeding

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death becomes him Since he

moved to Denton to attend the University of North Texas, Robert Gomez has been a fixture in the city’s music scene while simultaneously maintaining a busy schedule as a

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hired gun for other musicians worldwide. Gomez’s latest release is a five-track EP,

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Severance Songs, based on a collection of

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poems by author Robert Olen Butler.

the beast within When Wreckamic

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FEBRUARY 2013 MUSIC at Denton venues STAGE & SCREEN

SUNDAY 3

MONDAY 4

10 You and Me, Animal Spirit, Billy Ratcliff, 9 p.m. Free$5. Hailey’s Club.

Bertha Coolidge, 10 p.m. $10-$14. Lola’s.

11 Women Helping Women fundraiser: Cherie Ami Lingerie Show, 8 p.m. Hailey’s Club.

TUESDAY 5

Skyline Luxury, Flee the Scene, the Wake of Man, the Gypsy Bravado, 7 p.m. $5$10. Hailey’s Club. Atomic Tanlines, Vulgar Fashion, Bummer Sticker, Endless Thoughts, 8 p.m. $5-$7. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. The Future Eyes, 8 p.m. Free. Banter. Hares on the Mountain, Boxcar Bandits, AM Ramblers, 10 p.m. $7. Dan’s Silverleaf. Fungi Girls, 10 p.m. $8-$12. Lola’s.

Baloney Moon, Seth Weaver, 6 p.m. Free. Banter. Warren Jackson Hearne & Le Leek Electrique, McMercy Family Band, Foreign Fires, 9 p.m. $7. Dan’s Silverleaf. The Virgin Wolves (CD release), Oil Boom, We’rewolves, Them Hounds, 9 p.m. $7-$11. Lola’s. The Grenades, Lady Rock, Mary Walker, Stormy Durant, Nova-Leigh, 9 p.m. $3-$8. Hailey’s Club.

Thin Line Film Fest, through Feb. 18. 2013.thinline filmfest.com. UNT Baroque Orchestra, UNT Collegium Singers, 8 p.m. Free-$10. Winspear Performance Hall. Mean Jeans, Long Knife, the Novice, Wild//Tribe, 9 p.m. $8-$10. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. Balmorhea, Summer of Glaciers, 10 p.m. $10-$13. Dan’s Silverleaf. Shaolin Death Squad, 10 p.m. The Abbey Underground.

Lumberjack Fest: Possessed by Paul James, Spooky Folk, PVC Street Gang, Satans of Soft Rock, Pinebox Serenade, Old Warhorse, Strange Towers, 6:30 p.m. $10. Dan’s Silverleaf. A Hard Night’s Day, Run for Your Life, 7 p.m. $11-$20. Granada Theater. Acoustic Distortion, 8 p.m. Free. Banter. Flashpoint, Backwater Opera, Whiskey Jar, 9 p.m. $6-$8. Hailey’s Club.

MUSIC elsewhere

MUSIC at UNT

Mister Joe & Friends, Le Not Quite So Hot Klub du Denton, 8 p.m. Free. Banter. Mike’s Big Box of Rock, 10 p.m. $2. Lola’s.

12 Cowboy Mouth, Derek

Evans, Back to Blue, 8 p.m. $15-$35. House of Blues. Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears, 8 p.m. $13-$15. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios.

Mardi Gras

WEDNESDAY 6

Earl Bates, 7 p.m. Free. Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub. UNT Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m. Free$10. Winspear Performance Hall. Lead Pipes, Old City Lights, Telemegasounds, 9 p.m. Free-$5. Hailey’s Club. Bomb Atomic, The Ones You Loved, Lindby, 10 p.m. $5$9. Lola’s.

13 The Ruby Jane Show, 8 p.m. $10. Dan’s Silverleaf. Dirty Heads, Shiny Toy Guns, Midi Matilda, Oh No Fiasco, 8 p.m. $22-$29.50. House of Blues. The XX, Austra, 8 p.m. Sold out. Granada Theater. Nonpoint, Candlight Red, Digital Summer, 8 p.m. Rockin’ Rodeo. Meryll, Canines, 9 p.m. $5-$7. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios.

SATURDAY

THURSDAY 7

Link Chalon, 6 p.m. Free. Banter. UNT Symphonic Band, 7:30 p.m. Free-$10. Winspear Performance Hall. G. Love & Special Sauce, Swear and Shake, 8 p.m. $20. Granada Theater. Roger Creager, Rob Baird, 8 p.m. Rockin’ Rodeo. Chambers, Air Review (CD release), Robert Gomez, 9 p.m. $7. Dan’s Silverleaf. Air DJ, Shooknite, Ynfynyt Scroll, 10 p.m. Free-$5. Hailey’s Club.

14 The XX, Austra, 8 p.m. Sold

out. Granada Theater. The Mother Hips, the Charlie Shafter Band, 8 p.m. $10. Dan’s Silverleaf.

Valentine’s Day

15 Uver, Oui Bis, 6 p.m. Free.

16 Joe City Reunion Tour,

22 Fortune Falling, 8 p.m.

23 Rebelution, J Boog,

Banter. The Paramedic, It Lies Within, Aspire, I Am Man I Am Monster, Citadel, Fist Meets Face, 7 p.m. $10-$15. Hailey’s Club. Eleven Hundred Springs, Mike and the Moonpies, Convoy and the Cattlemen, 7 p.m. $13-$20. Granada Theater. Good Shive Low, 8 p.m. The Abbey Underground. Trebuchet, Descender, Bad Design, 9 p.m. $5. Dan’s Silverleaf.

4 p.m. Dan’s Silverleaf. The Virgin Wolves, the Red Death, Sol Tax, Classy San Diego, Stormy Durant, 8 p.m. $5-$7. Hailey’s Club. Medicinal Bourbon, 8 p.m. Free. Banter. Deep Throat, Bitch Teeth, Bukkake Moms, 9 p.m. $5-$7. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios.

Ash Wednesday 18 Morissey, Kristeen Young,

8 p.m. $39.50-$45. Palladium Ballroom.

Presidents Day

24 Pirates of Penzance, 3 p.m. $15-$35. UNT’s Lyric Theater.

19 In Defence, Primitive

20 Earl Bates, 7 p.m. Free.

21 Anberlin, 7 p.m. $20-$35.

26 Dropkick Murphys, 8 p.m.

27 Tame Impala, 7 p.m. Sold

28 Gomez Endowment Concert

Orgasm, Pissed Grave, 9 p.m. $7-$9. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios.

$27.50-$37.50. House of Blues.

Abbey Inn Restaurant & Pub. Dave Mason, 7 p.m. $25-$51. Granada Theater. UNT Concert Band, 7:30 p.m. Free-$10. Winspear Performance Hall.

out. Granada Theater. UNT Concert Orchestra, 8 p.m. Free-$10. Winspear Performance Hall. Foreign Mothers, Atomic Tanlines, 9 p.m. $5-$7. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios.

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House of Blues. Old 97’s, Salim Nourallah, Rhett Miller, 7 p.m. $28. Granada Theater. UNT Wind Symphony, 7:30 p.m. Free-$10. Winspear Performance Hall. Cody Canada and the Departed, the Cadillac Black, 8 p.m. Rockin’ Rodeo.

Free. Banter. Pirates of Penzance, 8 p.m. $15-$35. UNT’s Lyric Theater. Graveyard, 8 p.m. $15$29. Granada Theater. The Forever Fabulous Chickenhawks, 9 p.m. $12. Dan’s Silverleaf. Psychedelephant, Eden’s Moon, Cerebral Chauffeurs, 9 p.m. $5-$7. Hailey’s Club. Samothrace, Akkolyte, 9 p.m. $7-$9. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. Pepper Theft, 10 p.m. $8-$10. Lola’s.

Hot Rain, 8:30 p.m. $22.50$25. Palladium Ballroom. “Discipline” two-year anniversary celebration: Future Blondes, Steel Hook Prostheses, Versus, 9 p.m. Free. Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. Cotton Jones, Treelines, 9 p.m. $7-$10. Dan’s Silverleaf. The Me-Thinks, the Phuss, Oddlot, 10 p.m. $8-$10. Lola’s.

with the One O’clock Lab Band, 8 p.m. $10-$15. Winspear Performance Hall. Bart Crow, Matt Dunn, 8 p.m. Rockin’ Rodeo.

February 2013

One hell of an appetizer

eady, set — sit! Thin Line Film Fest is here. The Denton Record-Chronicle is the presenting sponsor of Thin Line, the sole documentary film festival in Texas. But you can think of it as an appetizer for 35 Denton, and if you’re really athletic in your festing, Austin’s South by Southwest. In a nutshell, you have your pick of 75 short and feature-length documentaries playing at the Campus Theatre and other spots in downtown Denton. You can talk to filmmakers. You can discover people, issues and stories that will get your brain waves jumping, and maybe even remind you that the human race isn’t entirely made up of ruthless bastards. But Thin Line can also give you a new window into the Denton music scene.

Andy LaViolette, who won the Denton Documentary Award at last year’s fest with a film about the inaugural International Double Bass Solo Competition, returns with a documentary about Snarky Puppy, a jazz band that formed in Denton. Now, they’re enjoying serious national limelight. Another filmmaker with Denton ties,

Runway, there is the Docu-Denton 7K, the fest’s documentary film race. Contestants have 7,000 minutes to make a short film about a Denton person, group, place or phenomenon. Oh, and for documentary geeks who need a different bait to spend 11 days downtown (the fest starts Feb. 8 and ends Feb. 18), there is a Sundance Film Festival winner, Blood Brother, and the Disney doc Chimpanzee. Dive into Thin Line. It’ll warm you up for 35 Denton, SXSW and the Denton Arts & Jazz Festival. And it will give you moments — and movies — to remember. For tickets and a full festival schedule, visit thinlinefilmfest.com.

You can discover people, issues and stories that will get your brain waves jumping. Dallas resident Patrick Flaherty, will screen his documentary about Denton postmodern rock band Trebuchet. And for the fans of reality television contest shows like Top Chef or Project

Contributors WILL MILNE teaches commercial photography in the Denton school district. In his spare time he plays drums, blogs for We Denton Do It, debates the outcomes of various superhero battles with his son, Charlie, and awaits the death of their horrible cat. Seriously, does anybody want a cat? NIC BAGHERPOUR is a soon-to-be-married freelance writer in Denton. He was (unfortunately) born and raised in Wichita Falls, but moved to Denton as soon as he could and calls it his hometown. Nic and his fiancee have three dogs — Radha, Annie and Sir Digby Chicken Caesar (“Digby” for short). In addition to writing, Nic is also an avid collector and smoker of antique pipes. When he has time, he likes to ride one of his bicycles.

— Lucinda Breeding

February 2013

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cherub’s cup

by rachel mcreynolds and lucinda breeding

The drink 1 part St. Germain elderflower liqueur 2 parts vodka, citrus vodka or Hendrick’s Gin 3/4 part fresh lemon juice 1/4 shot simple syrup 1 part muddled strawberry ice rosé sparkling wine sliced strawberries Combine St. Germain, vodka or gin, lemon juice, simple syrup and muddled strawberry in cocktail shaker. Shake and strain over fresh ice in a collins glass. Top with rosé sparkling wine. Garnish with strawberry slices. — recipe via cocktails.about.com Yes, that’s right: Everyone’s favorite diapered matchmaker has come a-calling, as he tends to do around mid-February, for your hearts, your souls, your guilt. Best to go quietly. We hear he has weapons. But before you’re dragged, willingly or otherwise, to those nearly-impossible-to-get dinner reservations, break out the cocktail shaker and mix up this concoction. It’s pink! It’s got strawberries! And elderflower liqueur, which is apparently a thing! Is there no end to the preciousness? You are going to love it. Under threat of an arrow to the ass.

The tunes While you’re sipping, listen to these duos: Karmin (this ubercute, totally poppy soon-to-be married duo should warm the cockles of happy, traditional lovers’ hearts, with silent keyboard man Nick Noonan backing up cheerful, chirpy vocalist Amy Heidemann), Steve and Eydie (this husband-and-wife duo’s “This Could Be the Start of Something Big” is an oldie but a goodie), Novaak (check out “You Pressed the Crash Button” by this nowdefunct electronic-pop pair).

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robert gomez

by nic bagherpour

Courtesy photo

The moment before the end Robert Gomez on ‘Severance Songs’: ‘It was the hardest record I ever made’

ince he moved to Denton to attend the University of North Texas, Robert Gomez has been a fixture in the city’s music scene while simultaneously maintaining a busy schedule as a hired gun for other musicians worldwide. When he has time outside of this busy schedule, Gomez records solo projects February 2013

that represent his varied tastes and talents with lush, layered, inspired multi-instrumental soundscapes. Gomez’s latest release is a five-track EP, Severance Songs, based on a collection of poems by author Robert Olen Butler. The subject of each of Butler’s pieces is a beheading as narrated by the victim. Because Butler estimates that the victim would have only enough consciousness left to think 240 words, he uses that number in each poem.

Gomez visited the author at his Florida home. He says Butler was warm and agreeable, and was excited about Gomez using the book as inspiration. The musician expressed an interest in collaborating on some live events or recordings in the future in which he could provide musical accompaniment while Butler read from his work. The lyrics for Gomez’s songs are directly taken from Butler’s stories and are not amended or abridged.

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“It was the hardest record I ever made,” Gomez says. The record started with a simple idea. “I thought ‘Man, wouldn’t it be great to take a literary work and put it to song?’” he says. Meanwhile, he stumbled upon Butler’s book. And once he started reading it, he knew it would be his foundation for the next album. “The concept just kind of drew me in,” >>

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advice, possibly ill-advised

by will milne

Booking shows: a user’s guide Before you rock, better learn to roll with the punches Hey Wiseguy, I just moved to Denton from Norman, Okla., with a couple of my bandmates. Love the town so far, but we’re having trouble booking shows here. We moved here in part because of the “legendary music scene” Denton is supposed to have, and yet I’ve written countless unanswered e-mails to booking agents, etc. Please help us before we get needless carpal tunnel syndrome. Sincerely, Newbie from Norman

Dear Noob, Put your e-mails and dollars away. Denton basically runs on karma.

One thing that’s true throughout Denton is that you get out of it what you put into it. If you want to book your shows for your band, go to other people’s shows. Talk, buy people drinks, make friends, pretend you like crappy bands. The number of shows I’ve played with crappy bands full of people I consider friends or acquaintances easily outnumbers the shows I’ve played with good bands. The more you’re out, the more you’ll get recognized and learn all the secret handshakes. There’s even one that will put you inside the Tron game at Rubber Gloves (lesser known still is the shake that lets you play a gong at a Shiny Around the Edges show). Heck, talking to baristas at Jupiter House might even get you a show sometime.

Patience isn’t the most helpful piece of advice to send you off with, though, so here’s some more specific knowledge for you, Newbie: Go to J&J’s Pizza on the Square. Tell one of the nice people at the front counter that you’d like to book a show, look through the calendar, pick a day, show up and drink some cheap Schlitz while playing music with your friends. Maybe some random person will walk in the basement expecting something else and dig your “sound.” Play house shows. House shows are a key to the Denton music scene. This is especially true for younger bands. I once sat in on the Baptist Generals, arguably one of the larger bands out of >>

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Continued from 8 >> town, playing a house show to a crowd of ecstatic Dentonites. House shows are normally full, since they’re free and the booze flows freely. They are also notoriously easy to book. Find out where the house venues are (they pop up and disappear like a Whac-A-Mole game). Then, send the

utes of That Thing You Do! over and over, but everybody has been there. Believe me, girlfriends love to watch you play. Even better if you have them work the merch table at a show where no one shows up. You’re gonna spend some time listening to your friend’s band playing Jimmy Eat World covers, and you’ll learn that you can’t play covers at Rubber Gloves. But it’s OK, everybody has to spend time working toward bigger things (unless they’re named Alan Palomo). Lastly, we thought it’d be a good idea to reach out to a few of the more prominent booking people in town to ask them what they had to say about both good and bad practices when it comes to booking shows. Unfortunately, neither of them returned my e-mails.

Just look at someone like Jeremy Buller. He stopped aging at about 25 — and he’s in like six bands! venue a message through its Facebook page expressing your interest in playing. More often than not, you won’t be turned down. Don’t age. The older you get in Denton, the more difficult it is to play shows. This may sound like a difficult thing to do, but it’s really not! Just look at someone like Jeremy Buller. He’s probably in his mid30s, but he stopped aging at about 25 — and he’s in like six bands! Pay your dues and work your way up. There will be plenty of shows in which you feel like you’re just living the first 10 min-

Have a question about navigating the Denton scene? Having an affair with the bassist’s girlfriend and need advice? Send your inquiries to the resident Wiseguy at heeeywiseguy@gmail.com.

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ou’d never guess the Virgin Wolves got their start as a folk act. As it is today, the Virgin Wolves is a feral, feline Denton five-piece. The band’s first full-length release, Pretty Evil Thing, is all piss, vinegar and predation. As an album, Pretty Evil Thing brings that whiff of danger that makes rock ’n’ roll that thing that’s here to stay. But the whole thing started as Willow and the Virgin Wolves. Airy-fairy, right? “Well, we went to Renaissance festivals,” cracks Jaimeson Robbins, who joined the act when it was a duo with founder Chase Robbins. “It was a folk project because I was teaching myself to play guitar,” Chase says. “I wanted to have a project while I was learning.” Jaimeson says she got recruited in a snap. “While Chase was learning to play guitar, we were talking about the project and he was like, ‘You’re gonna sing,’ and I was like, ‘OK, let’s do it.’” They added drums via Macbook, and did their first show as Willow and the Virgin Wolves in Oklahoma City. Then drummer Steve Phillips joined them. Phillips eventually brought ax man Carson Coldiron to rehearsals, just to watch and hang out. “We were in another band together, and we lived together,” Phillips says. “We’re like best friends. I was having a good time in rehearsals — that’s something about the band, we have fun — and I thought he’d like it and would fit in. Later, we’d talk about the band and the music. We kept coming back to how we both thought rock ’n’ roll bands have to have a big guitar sound.” Coldiron said the Wolves could use another guitar — a little blood for Chase Robbins’ rare-steak licks to marinate in, so to speak. “It really just happened organically. I was hanging out at rehearsals and suddenly I was playing guitar,” Coldiron says. “That sounds kind of pathetic when you put it that way. It’s like they just let me start playing. Thanks, guys!” But the album doesn’t try to cover any sorry pity-invite, here. Chase and Coldiron have an easy chemistry, one man strumming sneaking, fuzzy rhythms while the other yips and yelps in that almost-metal soprano siren. Bassist Kristin Leigh joined when Jaimeson talked up the band where the two women work, School of Rock. For all the bluster of Coldiron and Chase’s guitar work, Leigh has a subtle touch. Where Chase and Coldiron make up the pounding heart and throbbing pelvis of the Wolves, Leigh is that essential vessel tapping away around the temples. (What? The biggest sex organ is the >> Continued on 13

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Song by song, our protagonist explains — not confesses — that we’re in a season of reason. The album pulls the curtain back and shows that appetites, synapses and ids are the stuff that makes life move.

Chase Robbins. Photo by Ed Steele

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Track for track: Pretty Evil Thing

END OF THE LINE It’s only a matter of time before this bloodthirsty, sex-starved song is lifted from the record for a Fangtasia fight scene in True Blood. Carson Coldiron and Chase Robbins give their guitars a drunken, bluesy, stalking feel. Steve Phillips’ drums bob along until the song picks up that certain scent, and then the percussion throttles us into quick-prowl mode. Robbins’ vocals are soaked in a cocktail of androgens and carnal certainty. (Jaimeson Robbins meets him note for note and an octave higher, so you get an idea that the target here could be willing.) As the song says, we’re at the end of the line, and you’ll wake up from this one-night stand with bruises. Not that you’ll mind them.

CROOKED SMILE Not only is the track an example of the Wolves’ ability to move seamlessly from twangy, sexy blues into punky, driving rock, but the song itself is the theme to bar nights in a college town. You know that person your mom warned you about? Well, if you have one more shot of bourbon with this stranger, you’re leaving together. You’ll slap your forehead in the morning, but won’t regret the good time. Hey, what Mom doesn’t know won’t disappoint her.

VIRTUE AND VICE It all starts with Phillips’ clackety-clacketyboom-diddy-boom rim-to-skins beats. Then the Wolves tear the valve open, Phillips heaves into it like a heavyweight champ, and my God, you just gotta mosh like it’s the last thing you’ll ever do.

THE VIRGIN WOLVES IN DENTON “Denton Babe Bash” with the Red Death, Sol Tax, Classy San Diego, Stormy Durant. 8 p.m. Feb. 16 at Hailey’s Club, 122 W. Mulberry St. Cover is $5 for ages 21 and older, $7 for ages 18 to 20.

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Continued from 11 >> brain.) Leigh also gives Phillips’ primal beats the gravitas that keeps the Wolves from being that one-note goth gig, where it’s all black lipstick and chipped nail polish and not much atmosphere. And that’s the thing about the Virgin Wolves: The band isn’t just brawn and costume. The album has a suggested narrative thrust. It opens with “Black Sheep,” announcing that what we see is what we get. No promises, no regrets. Song by song, our protagonist explains — not confesses — that we’re in a season of reason. The album pulls the curtain back and shows that appetites, synapses and ids are the stuff that makes life move. In “End of the Line,” Jaimeson and Chase put it this way: “I don’t wanna take my precious time. I don’t wanna talk about it till the end of the line, ’cause I can’t sleep, I can’t breathe, I can’t find the door.” “What You Want to Hear” lets the Wolves’ influences show. “We all listen to different kinds of music, and we all appreciate a lot of different music,” Coldiron says. “But Jaimeson is the big blues fan in the group,” Chase says. “I do listen to a lot of Delta blues,” Jaimeson agrees. “We’re all huge fans of the blues, but I probably listen to the most Delta blues of any of us. That does come through. But I think that blues sound also has a lot to do with Carson and Chase’s guitars.” Leigh mentions another rock band that has left its mark on the Virgin Wolves. “We all like the Rolling Stones,” she says. The Virgin Wolves do pay tribute to the electricity of the Delta blues, which is ultimately an art born of the howling relief of deep suffering. The band also does right by the likes of the Stones — or even the Dallas outfit the Red 100’s — thanks to Jaimeson’s allegiance to her “theater-kid roots” and Phillips’ big-picture thinking. The album lives up to the dual nature suggested by the band’s name. It has a savage musical bite and the sophistication of a higher thing. “We do have a good, dynamic spectrum,” Phillips says. “We do have a flow. I listen to music as a musician, and I think we all bring breathers to what we do, some really tasteful elements to our music.” When it came time to follow up the 2010 EP V, the band had to commit to a plan. “Our live show is so much fun. We might have more fun than our fans,” Leigh says. They lovingly refer to their fans as the “Wolf Pack.” “We just weren’t sure how to make that translate into a record.” Phillips says there’s a temptation to spend studio time tinkering or experimenting.

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“I like the art of recording; it’s just expensive,” Phillips says. “You don’t have all the time in the world to make a record when you’re paying for it. You have to make decisions and then do the best you can.” The band didn’t overwork the songs. Pretty Evil Thing keeps its songs compact and high-performance. It’s not a one-take, one-and-done ethos. But by the end of the record, it’s not hard to picture a hardworking band that works together with a single-

minded purpose — and perhaps a cooler full of sports drinks. Pretty Evil Thing is a sweaty affair. You’re well spent by the fadeout of the final strains of “Bad.” Well spent, yes. And also satisfied. LUCINDA BREEDING can be reached by calling 940-566-6877 or e-mailing cbreeding@dentonrc.com.

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wreckamic

by lucinda breeding

The beast within Wreckamic’s ‘Return of the Grizzly’ traces artist’s transformation

hen Wreckamic comes at you as Grizzly Bear Adams, you can be sure you’re getting the sound the Denton native wants to make. “I came up with the concept two years ago,” says Wreckamic, born Steven Mullen. “A lot of people think I’m called ‘Grizzly’ because of the beard. And that’s fine. But in hip-hop, when you say you’re on your grizzly, you’re saying you’re on your grind. You’re working hard.” Mullen, 26, graduated from Denton’s Ryan High School and hopped from Richland College to the University of North Texas before packing it in and, as he puts it, going “AWOL from academia.” The concept was to produce his God of Flow projects, which have more partyvibes and a more commercial appeal, in the summer. In the winter, he produces Grizzly Bear projects. “The first record, Wreckamic Is ... Grizzly Bear Adams, was an album of music that was more what I wanted to do,” the artist says. “It did well critically and with my friends and some of my fans. But it was more of a collection of B-sides and bootlegs.” Wreckamic has just released Return of the Grizzly, the follow-up to the 2010 project. “Even though I was raised in the golden age of hip-hop, my influences are vast,” Mullen says. Those influences bleed through his latest album. The 19 tracks are stitched together with musical phrases that hearken back to doo-wop or Motown, hooky little riffs lifted from hip-hop of the 1980s, like Public Enemy. Socially conscious lyrics are heightened by neck-jerking beats and confident flow. There are moment of musical chutzpah, the kind of line tricking that made the Beastie Boys an alternative rock act instead of pure hip-hop. (Though at the risk of pissing off the legion of Beastie Boys disciples, Wreckamic has a much better voice. The Boys specialized in loud, shrill rapping that, after a while, had all the appeal of a tornado siren. Wreckamic has a purring, sexy baritone.) 14

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“As far as the beat selection and the production, that’s me picking what I like,” he says. “On the track ‘Thank You,’ I was listening to it and I was thinking about how I’m still embracing the staples of popular American music. ” Denton artist Big Tra produced 12 of the 19 tracks, and made beats for seven of them, and Wreckamic enlisted production talent from Arkutec and the Necksnappers, among others. As collaborative as hip-hop is, and as many producers logged time on Return of the Grizzly, it’s a coherent record for the most part. Wreckamic is a strong writer who spills what he feels into Grizzly Bear projects. On this record, he cops to his former immaturity (with the partying and promiscuity that happened back then). But he also raps about his faith and frustrations. “In Love With Hip-Hop” is an open letter to the craft, and how his highs — like working with icon Paul Wall on “It Goes Down,” a song licensed to EA Sports for its MMA video game, or doing some featured verses on DJ Fletch’s “Ziploc Fresh” — feel fleeting when he has to grind to score attention on the very next project. “‘The Road to Fame’ is an indictment of cheap plastic celebrity,” he says. “The only way you can retain creative control is to tour. There are underground hip-hop artists who will do over 250 shows a year, but being able to get 300 people in a room at the same time is hard. A promoter wants to get a guarantee. If you get $1,000? If you’re flying to your shows, that’s going to airfare. “I work 40 hours a week, and I have benefits. But I make music because I enjoy it.” As for his literary bent and his way with words, Wreckamic has a reading habit. He was born at Flow Memorial Hospital, a hop and a skip from UNT and its braininess, books and hyper-creativity. By the time he was 13, he’d finished an intermediate-level biblical research class. He’d go Dumpster diving for newspapers and copies of National Geographic. Wreckamic knows how to face up to touchy subjects by following the writer’s axiom: Write what you know. This >>

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Continued from 14 >> philosophy comes in handy when answering the criticisms that sometimes come to white rappers. In “Pressure,” he remembers an absentee father who chose drinking and drugs over fatherhood. But he also remembers the constancy of his mother’s love. He talks about race being an unreliable predictor of culture. He might be a white guy, but he lived the hardscrabble childhood that many a black or Hispanic rapper has: The best single mom can never replace an absent dad. Nor can she teach a son everything he might need to become a man. As it happens, Wreckamic says, hip-hop and writing were just the medium for him to work out some open-ended questions. If that makes someone (even the privileged and probably white kid who accuses him of misappropriating black culture) uncomfortable, well, that’s on them. There might be some regret on Return of the Grizzly, but don’t go searching for apologies the artist isn’t obliged to give.

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“I used to have a chip on my shoulder and felt like I had something to prove. I can say that no one where I’m from has done what I’ve done,” Wreckamic says. “There are a lot of people who are from where I’m from who have done things I haven’t done, I’m not pretending like that’s not true. But you either get hip-hop or you don’t.” LUCINDA BREEDING can be reached by calling 940-566-6877 or e-mailing cbreeding@dentonrc.com.

Wreckamic’s rapid-fire flow astonishes in two contexts. For one thing, the writing is tight and creative. Typical creative insults are doubly impressive for double meanings and the fact that, on this track, Wreckamic spits like an alpha male and a straight-up boss. “Cover me. I’m goin’ in,” Wreckamic says before letting fly with his lyrical Uzi. “Doin’ you bastards in with a flask of gin and a glass of hen. I drink ’em both, yeah, and then I still spit the sickest shit you ever heard. My regurgitated words, slurred, will still deserve a Pulitzer for sure.” The song is not so much about ADHD as it is about annihilating the competition before a battle even gets warmed up. Nothing to see here, folks, just a delectable warning of a verbal ass-kicking, should you step to Wreckamic.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND? Most of the songs on the album are socially conscious, and this song is a monologue about the love of Wreckamic’s life. He makes an accounting of his sins — storming off when things got rough and bringing inherited dysfunction into the present. Gratitude and love win out, with the artist pledging to learn from the past and making the present count.

LIFE OR DEATH Wreckamic saw this in a tweet before going to bed: “Life’s a bitch, and then you die.” He fell asleep and in a dream, a story rolled out like a movie. He woke up, and without the benefit of a beat, Wreckamic wrote a short mythological rap about life and death being women he’s interested in. Life’s a bitch, death is a bitter, experienced woman. So Wreckamic flirts with Death’s cousin — Sleep, who is good for him and supports his dreams. The piece reads like solid spoken-word poetry, and neither needs nor is improved by the film-score-style music the artist asked for from his producer.

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robert gomez guitar and drums. Echo and reverb on the vocals lend a disembodied quality to the narrator’s exasperated final thoughts. The infectious melody and rhythm here are every bit as worthy of appreciation as something one might expect from indie rock darlings Guided by Voices. “Claude Messner, Homeless Man, Decapitated by Amtrak Train After Laying His Neck on the Track, 2000” wraps up the EP nicely, with the music effectively accompanying the story of a man who finds no more reason to stick around. The rhythm suggests the train approaching and the synth-loop-laden outro gives the impression of the train rushing over and away as consciousness slips away with it. The listener is hard-pressed to pick a favorite from these five delicately crafted tunes. Likewise, placing any of them in any conventional category is a tall order.

Continued from 7 >> he says. Gomez says the album made him grow as a musician, because there was no malleability if he were to remain true to the words. He had hoped it would make him write music differently. Instead of creating the music and then writing lyrics to accompany the music, Gomez used what he calls “the music of the words” to guide him melodically. He also says that the 240-word count of each poem ended up being a lot more work than he’d thought it would be. “You don’t really realize how many words that is until you start singing them,” he says. “And that’s why each song ends up being five minutes or six minutes long.” When he started writing the songs, Gomez first had to choose poems that would best lend themselves to music. “They’re sort of my favorites,” he says, “but they also work lyrically.” “Robert Durand, Commuter, Beheaded in Crash of Staten Island Ferry, 2003” is the EP’s opening track and a fitting introduction. Simple drumbeats and occasional fills drive the rhythmic base of the song. Guitars — at times muddy, bell-like and tinny — interplay with one another and are accompanied by ethereal keys and ghostly vocals. It’s a haunting effect — apropos given the subject matter. Then comes “Charles H. Stuart, Texas Farmer, Beheaded by His Two Teenage Daughters, 1904.” Much more melody-oriented than its predecessor, it is layered and lush, almost atmospheric. A somewhat light musical feel carries through much of the song. This lightness gradually lapses into a more somber tone as the song approaches its denouement. “Chicken, Americauna Pullet, Beheaded in Alabama for Sunday Dinner, 1958” is the only song not told from a human perspective. Gomez says this song was problematic at first, as he tried to find the right guitar sounds for it. Bowed, stringed

Instead of creating the music and then writing lyrics to accompany the music, Gomez used what he calls “the music of the words” to guide him melodically. instruments accompany somewhat frantic and dissonant guitars, making a mood that comes in waves. The feeling is sometimes anxious and sometimes calm. Next up is “Robert Kornbluth, Senior Partner in Advertising Firm, Decapitated by Elevator, 1984.” A metered and methodical bass line blends with sparse

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by alyssa jarrell

Treat your loved one to a delicious Valentine’s meal that won’t take forever — so you have time for the good stuff later

days of dropping a card with a cat on it and a heart-shaped lollipop in a box? I want those back. So let’s take the pressure off of ourselves; let’s simplify. The real point is to just share the moment with someone, right? A few candles, some music and good wine is really all it takes to make the night a little more romantic. So instead of serving up dry chicken slathered in wine sauce and overcooked mushrooms — or trying for reservations in an overcrowded restaurant — make a simple dish. A salad. A salad would be hard for anyone to mess up. As a matter of fact, I’m going to call this the

h Valentine’s Day, the most stressful of all holidays. It’s all hyped up to be this super romantic day or evening, with expectations of giant displays of affection. Admit it — even the people who claim they aren’t into Valentine’s Day love it when someone surprises them a cheesy card and candy. It really is the thought that counts, right? I feel like the hype has increased in recent years (thanks a lot, Martha Stewart and relationship bloggers). Now, people make their own candy bars and print their own labels with cute sayings on them. Good grief! What happened to the good ol’ February 2013

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Continued from 17 >> easiest dish I have ever given you. Even if you burn water making mac and cheese, you’ll still have a tough time messing up this salad. Besides the dressing, the base of the salad has only three ingredients. Three. That’s it. But they’re three pretty amazing ingredients, including one unexpected ingredient: chocolate. That’s right — deep, dark chocolate right there on your salad. See, I’m taking care of it all with this one dish — no need for dessert — so you can

get to the good stuff faster. And by good stuff, I obviously mean watching whatever Nicholas Sparks movie your partner wants to watch on this most romantic night of the year. (What were you thinking? Oh, get your mind out of the gutter. C’mon. This is a classy holiday, people.) ALYSSA JARRELL is an adventurer in the kitchen who enjoys giving her culinary creations to family and friends. Her website is thepinkantler.com.

Arugula Salad With Pistachios and Chocolate 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 3 tablespoons Champagne vinegar 1 teaspoon coarse sea salt 5 tablespoons olive oil About 16 ounces of arugula

1/4 cup dry-roasted pistachios, finely chopped 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate (I use 72 percent cacao), finely chopped

For the vinaigrette, combine the mustard, vinegar and salt in a medium mixing bowl and whisk to blend. Add the olive oil and whisk vigorously to emulsify. Taste and adjust as needed. Put the arugula in a large bowl and add a modest spoonful or two of the dressing. It’s best to err on the side of under-dressing first, since arugula is delicate and needs less dressing than other greens. Using your hands, toss the arugula carefully making sure it’s coated evenly. Divide the arugula between two plates and sprinkle each with the pistachios and chocolate. — adapted from A Homemade Life by Molly Wizenberg

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THE ABBEY INN RESTAURANT & PUB 101 W. Hickory St. 940-566-5483. THE ABBEY UNDERGROUND 100 W. Walnut St. 940-565-5478. facebook.com/ theabbeyunderground AMITEA 708 N. Locust St. 940-382-8898. amitea.org ANDAMAN THAI RESTAURANT 221 E. Hickory St. 940-591-8790. andamanthai restaurant.com ANDY’S BAR 122 N. Locust St. 940-5655400. reverbnation.com/venue/andysbar BANTER 219 W. Oak St. 940-5651638. dentonbanter.com BETH MARIE’S OLD-FASHIONED ICE CREAM AND SODA FOUNTAIN 117 W. Hickory St. 940-384-1818. (second location at Unicorn Lake, 2900 Wind River Lane) bethmaries.com BURGUESA BURGER 214 E. Hickory St. 940-442-6113. burguesa.com CARTWRIGHT’S RANCH HOUSE 111 N. Elm St. 940-387-7706. cartwrightsranch house.com CASA GALAVIZ 508 S. Elm St. 940-3872675. CELLAR 22 219 E. Hickory St. 940-4350149. thecellar22.com THE CHESTNUT TREE 107 W. Hickory St. 940-591-9475. chestnuttearoom. com THE CUPBOARD 200 W. Congress St. 940-387-5386. cupboardnaturalfoods .com DAN’S SILVERLEAF 103 Industrial St. 940-320-2000. danssilverleaf.com DENTON SQUARE DONUTS 208 W Oak St. 940-220-9447. dentonsquaredonuts. com EL CHAPARRAL GRILLE 324 E. McKinney St., Suite 102. 940-243-1313. EL GUAPO’S 419 S. Elm St. 940-5665575. elguapos.com GERHARD’S GERMAN RESTAURANT 222 W. Hickory St. 940-381-6723. gvrestaurants.com THE GREENHOUSE 600 N. Locust St. 940-484-1349. greenhouserestaurant denton.com HAILEY’S CLUB 122 W. Mulberry St. 940-323-1160. haileysclub.com HANNAH’S OFF THE SQUARE 111 W. Mulberry St. 940-566-1110. HOOCHIE’S OYSTER HOUSE 207 S. Bell Ave. 940-383-0104. hoochiesoyster house.com J&J’S PIZZA 118 W. Oak St. 940-3827769. jandjpizzadenton.com JUPITER HOUSE 106 N. Locust St. 940-387-7100. jupiterhousecoffee.net KEIICHI SUSHI 500 N. Elm St. 940-3827505. THE LABB 218 W. Oak St. 940-2934240. thelabbdenton.com

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LA MEXICANA 619 S. Locust St. 940483-8019. LOCO CAFE 603 N. Locust St. 940387-1413. locodenton.com THE LOOPHOLE 119 W. Hickory St. 940-565-0770. loopholepub.com MAD WORLD RECORDS 115 W. Hickory St. 940-591-3001. MELLOW MUSHROOM 217 E. Hickory St. 940-323-1100. mellowmushroom.com MI CASITA 110 N. Carroll Blvd. 940-8911932. (Mi Casita Express at 905 W. University Drive) RAVELIN BAKERY 416 S. Elm St. 940-382-8561. ROOSTER’S ROADHOUSE 113 Industrial St. 940-382-4227. roostersroadhouse.com RUBBER GLOVES REHEARSAL STUDIOS 411 E. Sycamore St. 940-3877781. rubberglovesdentontx.com SEVEN MILE CAFE 311 W. Congress St. 940-808-0200. sevenmilecafe.com SEVEN MILE COFFEE 529 Bolivar St. sevenmilecoffee.com SIAM OFF THE SQUARE 209 W. Hickory St., Suite 104. 940-382-5118. siamoffthesquare.com SWEETWATER GRILL & TAVERN 115 S. Elm St. 940-484-2888. VERONICA’S CAFE 803 E. McKinney St. 940-565-9809. VIGNE 222 W. Hickory St., Suite 103. 940566-1010. WEINBERGER’S DELI 311 E. Hickory St., Suite 110. 940-566-5900. weinbergers denton.com WINE SQUARED 110 W. Oak St. 940384-9463. winetimeswine.com YOGURT FUSION 209 W. Hickory St. 940-597-6367. yofusion.com ZERA COFFEE CO. 420 E. McKinney St., Suite 106. 940-239-8002.

BAGHERI’S 1125 E. University Drive, Suite A. 940-382-4442. BOCHY’S BISTRO 2430 I-35E, Suite 136. 940-387-3354. bochys.com BURGER TIME MACHINE 301 W. University Drive. 940-384-1133. CAFE GARIBALDI 1813 N. Elm St. 940591-1131. cafegaribaldi.com CHINATOWN CAFE 2317 W. University Drive. 940-382-8797. FREEBIRDS WORLD BURRITO 2700 W. University Drive. 940-565-5400. freebirds. com GOLDEN CHINA 717 I-35E, Suite 100. 940-566-5588. GREEN ZATAR 609 Sunset St. 940-3832051. internationalfoodofdenton.com I LOVE SUSHI 917 Sunset St. 940-8916060. ilovesushidenton.com LA MILPA MEXICAN RESTAURANT 820 S. I-35E, Suite 101. 940-382-8470. LUIGI’S PIZZA ITALIAN RESTAURANT 2317 W. University Drive. 940-591-1988. MAZATLAN MEXICAN RESTAURANT 1928 N. Ruddell St. 940-566-1718.

METZLER’S BAR-B-Q 628 Londonderry Lane. 940-591-1652. MR. FROSTY 1002 Fort Worth Drive. 940-387-5449. NEW YORK SUB-WAY 305 W. University Drive. 940-566-1823. POURHOUSE SPORTS GRILL 3350 Unicorn Lake Blvd. 940-484-7455. ROCKY’S SPORTS BAR 2000 W. University Drive. 940-382-6090. ROYAL EAST 1622A W. University Drive. 940-383-7633. ROMAN’S PIZZA 3001 N. Elm St., Suite 200. 940-566-3000. romanspizzadenton.com RT’S NEIGHBORHOOD BAR 1100 Dallas Drive, Suite 124. 940-381-2277. THE SMOKEHOUSE 1123 Fort Worth Drive. 940-566-3073. smokehousedentontx.com SWEET BASIL THAI BISTRO 1800 S. Loop 288, Suite 224. 940-484-6080. thesweetbasil.com SWEET Y CAFE 511 Robertson St. 940323-2301. sweet-y-cafe.com THAI OCHA 1509 Malone St. 940-566-6018. II CHARLIES BAR & GRILL 809 Sunset St. 940-891-1100. YUMMY’S GREEK RESTAURANT 210 W. University Drive. 940-383-2441.

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Around UNT ART SIX COFFEE HOUSE 424 Bryan St. 940-484-2786. facebook.com/art sixcoffeehouse BAWARCHI BIRYANI POINT 909 Ave. C. 940-898-8889. bawarchibiryanipoint.com BIG MIKE’S COFFEE HOUSE 1306 W. Hickory St. 940-383-7478. bigmikescoffee shop.com THE BOWLLERY 901 Ave. C, Suite 101. 940-383-2695. thebowllery.com CENTRAL GRILL 1005 Ave. C. 940-3239464. COOL BEANS 1210 W. Hickory St. 940-382-7025. facebook.com/coolbeans dentontx CROOKED CRUST 101 Ave. A. 940565-5999. crookedcrust.com CUPS AND CREPES 309 Fry St. 940387-1696. FERA’S 1407 W. Oak St. 940-382-9577. FRY STREET PUBLIC HOUSE 125 Ave. A. 940-323-9800. publichousedenton.com FRY STREET TAVERN 121 Ave. A. 940-383-2337. THE GARAGE 113 Ave. A. 940-3830045. thedentongarage.com JIMMY JOHN’S 107 Ave. A. 940-4845466. LUCKY LOU’S 1207 W. Hickory St. 940484-5550. luckylousdenton.com

MACDADDY’S MACARONI & CHEESE BAR 1206 W. Hickory St. 940808-1003. macdaddyrestaurants.com MR. CHOPSTICKS 1633 Scripture St. 940-382-5437. NARANJA CAFE 906 Ave. C. Suite 100. 940-483-0800. NEW YORK SUB-HUB 906 Ave. C. 940383-3213. OLD HOUSE BBQ 1007 Ave. C. 940383-3536. oldhousebbq.com ORIENTAL GARDEN RESTAURANT 114 Ave. B. 940-387-3317. theogdenton.com RASOI, THE INDIAN KITCHEN 1002 Ave. C. 940-566-6125. dentonindianfood.com RIPROCKS 1211 W. Hickory St. 940-382 3231. ROCKIN’ RODEO 1009 Ave. C. 940565-6611. rockinrodeodenton.com SUKHOTHAI II RESTAURANT 1502 W. Hickory St. 940-382-2888. SUSHI CAFE 1401 W. Oak St. 940-3801030. TJ’S PIZZA WINGS & THINGS 420 S. Carroll Blvd., Suite 102. 940-383-3333. tjspizzadenton.com TREEHOUSE BAR & GRILL 1512 W. Hickory St. 940-484-7900. thetreehouse denton.com 299 ORIENTAL EXPRESS 1000 Ave. C. 940-383-2098.

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