Josh Pearson

Violinist Petra Kelly Is Everywhere

Since 2007, violinist Petra Kelly has been adding her strings to outstanding bands like Hares on the Mountain, Spooky Folk, The Fox and the Bird and The Angelus. She moved up to Denton in 2003 from a suburb just outside of Houston to attend the illustrative music school at UNT, but quickly dropped o ... More >>

Penny in the Fountain: Five Texas Bands We Wish Would "Reunite" This Year

As it goes with many reunions these days, the news of At the Drive-in's reformation neatly coincided with the release of the Coachella lineup on Monday. And yes, people are excited. "One Armed Scissor" doesn't sound especially dated these days, and The Mars Volta's 26-minute solo weed jam revue was ... More >>

Staff Picks: Top Ten Local and National Albums of 2011

​I'm not one for New Year resolutions, but at the beginning of 2011, I made one I was actually pretty excited about keeping. My goal was to listen to more music this year than any other year before. Thanks to the help of some generous publicists, Spotify and some solid purchases over at Good Recor ... More >>

Josh T. Pearson

Rough Trade Christmas Bonus "Rough Trade"

Local Holiday Music Roundup: Seryn, Folk Angel, Josh T. Pearson & More

I think yule really enjoy this list.​We're full-blown into December, which means the holiday season surrounds us. And good lord, there are a lot of holiday albums being released this year. Seems like everyone from Lady Gaga to My Morning Jacket have the tour bus television on the Yule Log channel. ... More >>

Listen to School of Seven Bell's New Single, Between Notes Film Earns Release & More

​Just a few weeks ago, shoegaze duo with local ties, School of Seven Bells, announced that their third full- length record, Ghostory, would be released at the beginning of 2012. Today, Pitchfork reports that the album's official release date will be February 28, 2012.With the news, the band went a ... More >>

Seryn's This Is Where We Are Makes Paste Magazine's Top 50

Seryn​Yesterday, we posted a piece about the new video for Bon Iver's "Hinnom, TX," in which we predicted that his 2011 self titled sophomore album would end up toward the top of year-end lists. But really, it's a no-brainer. The album is brilliant.And, just like that, Paste, the first major publi ... More >>

News And Notes: Josh T. Pearson's Christmas EP, School of Seven Bells' Forthcoming Album and More

​This news from former Lift To Experience frontman Josh T. Pearson comes as a bit of a shock. In our story about the painful release of his record Last Of The Country Gentlemen earlier this year, he told us, "I called it Last Of The Country Gentlemen because I didn't know if it would be my last or ... More >>

The Angelus

On A Dark & Barren Land "Gutterth Records"

O'Death's David Rogers-Berry Drove Hours To See The Violent Femmes For His First Concert

O'Death​Back in March, our own Kelly Dearmore was among the many who caught New York band O'Death's stunning set at the 35 Conferette (now 35 Denton). He loved it, as you can see form what he wrote:As Josh T. Pearson and his beard watched on, New York's O' Death began their set and immediately im ... More >>

Will Johnson Releases Solo EP, Josh T. Pearon Gets Daytrotted and Robert Gomez Gets Smart.

​Three dudes who were once local but aren't any longer -- Will Johnson (Austin), Josh T. Pearson (Paris) and Robert Gomez (Seattle) -- are up to some cool things of late. One just released a new EP. Another gets some lingering post-SXSW. And the third needs your help in putting out a whole bunch o ... More >>

How Pitchfork Missed The Mark In Its Take On Josh Pearson's Last Of The Country Gentlemen

​During South By Southwest Music Festival in Austin a few weeks ago, I ran into Josh T. Pearson's manager Peter Sasala at one of Pearson's many performances. We spoke briefly about all the rave reviews that Pearson's new album Last Of The Country Gentlemen had received, including one we recently r ... More >>

Josh T. Pearson and His Painful Masterpiece.

140-Character SXSW 2011 Show Reviews: Yuck, James Blake, Josh T. Pearson, John Vanderslive, Sun Airway, The Cave Singers, Small Black and Okkervil River

​Because nothing is more happening at SXSW than Twitter right now -- or so we can only assume by all the people we're seeing with eyes fixated on their cameras instead of their phones -- we present to you reviews of the shows we caught last night, in standard, 140-character form. In all, we caught ... More >>

Watch: Josh T. Pearson Performs "Thou Art Loosed / Rivers Of Babylon" in French Church

​Yesterday, Josh T. Pearson's new record Last Of The Country Gentlemen saw it's release in Europe on Mute Records -- kind of odd, though, that he's not anywhere in the continent. He was actually spotted a few times at 35 Conferette in Denton this weekend -- a quick visit to his hometown before he ... More >>

Night Three of 35 Conferette: A Joyous Night of Rump-Shaking, Art Rocking and Flute-Playing Performances Brings The Fest To Its Highest Point Yet

​After a bumpy start on Thursday, with things then smoothing out a bit on Friday, it shouldn't have been terribly shocking that Saturday made for some clear sailing. Seemingly everything went off without much trouble. Of course, any night of concerts that starts with a stage full of rap video-st ... More >>

Five Locals to Watch at SXSW 2011

Watch: Josh T. Pearson -- "Sweetheart, I Ain't Your Christ (Acoustic in a French Church)"

Josh T. Pearson​In the coming weeks, you can expect a piece in the dead tree version of DC9 in which we'll catch up with Josh T. Pearson and find out what the hell he's exactly been up to since the days when he kept a permanent residence in North Texas, back when he was fronting Lift to Experience ... More >>

When Are The 37 Confirmed North Texas Acts Performing During SXSW ?

​Not too long ago, we shared with you the list of area acts set to perform at this year's annual South by Southwest Music Conference. Now we not only know the "who," but also the "when." Last week, the folks at SXSW released their preliminary show scheduled. And, for North Texas, this very much ge ... More >>

This Week In Dallas Music History: Lift to Experience Finds Its Way Along The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads

The album artwork for Pearson's upcoming solo debut.​In this edition of This Week In Dallas Music History, we turn the page back to 2001, when former Observer writer Russell Lyday chronicled the rise of Lift To Experience. When the story was written, the band was about a year removed from its care ... More >>

Video: Josh T. Pearson Performs "Country Dumb" From His Upcoming Solo Debut

Scott HartzlerJosh T. Pearson​A few weeks ago, our ears perked up when we first heard that former Lift To Experience frontman Josh T. Pearson is planning to release his long awaited solo debut Last Of The Country Gentlemen on Mute Records in March of 2011.Sure, it's been years since Pearson lived ... More >>

Josh Pearson Announces Spring Release For Solo Debut, Last Of The Country Gentlemen

Steve GullickJosh T. Pearson​It's been years since Josh T. Pearson's so-called heyday, when Lift To Experience's blistering guitar assault overwhelmed the eardrums of concert-goers and his scarecrow-like frame stood nearly as tall as the ceilings of area clubs.There are many tall tales of what he' ... More >>

Josh Pearson To Open For My Bloody Valentine

Josh T. Pearson will open for My Bloody Valentine in Austin tomorrow and in Dallas Wednesday.Austin Music Hall's web site listed former Denton outfit Lift To Experience on the bill as an opening act for My Bloody Valentine tomorrow night, but the set will actually feature frontman Josh T. Pearson's ... More >>

North of the Dial

He Got the Boot...

And then he sold it on eBay

Off Our Soapbox

Let SXSW stay in Austin. We're OK with that.

Safe at Home

Don’t forget the local boys...and girl

Chamy's Eleven

You might have heard these, and definitely should have

Lift To Experience

The Texas-Jerusalem Experience (Bella Union)

Scene, Heard

Check out the, uh, interesting artwork on Lift to Experience's debut album

Scene, Heard

Local bands release a few more albums this week -- though not necessarily in the U.S.

Waiting to Hit

Lift to Experience finds its way at The Texas Jerusalem Crossroads

Rock on

Chris Weber comes back to Denton to try his luck with Rock Lottery