Psychedelic Horseshit

Psychedelic Horseshit is an American band from Columbus, Ohio, that plays a genre of lo-fi noise pop that they christened shitgaze.

History

The group was founded by Matt Whitehurst in 2005; he claims the band's name was coined off-the-cuff by Sarah Asher when he and a few musician friends landed a slot playing a jam band festival.^[1] The group's lo-fi sound, recorded with inexpensive equipment, was solidified over the recording of several CD-R releases in 2006 and 2007.^[1] The group's first 7" arrived in 2007 on Columbus Discount, followed by an EP; Siltbreeze picked the band up for a full-length, Magic Flowers Droned, in 2007. In 2009 the group re-released some of the old CD-R material as Golden Oldies, along with new songs as Shitgaze Anthems.^[2] They Also released the double seven inch EP Too Many Hits as the final installment of the Columbus Discount Records Year One Singles Club in 2009. They have influenced bands in Brooklyn such as Vivian Girls and Total Slacker according to the New Yorker Magazine in 2010.^[3]

Members

• Matt Whitehurst - guitar, keyboards, vocals
• Rich Johnston - percussion
• Jason Roxas - bass

Discography

• Blown Speaker Standards (CD-R, 2006)
• King Tubby's Badness Dub (CD-R, 2006)
• "Who Let the Dogs Out?" (Columbus Discount Records, 2007)
• New Wave Hippies EP (Half Machine Records) (2007)
• Magic Flowers Droned (Siltbreeze, 2007)
• Golden Oldies (LP, 2009)
• Shitgaze Anthems (Woodsist Records, 2009)
• "Magic Flowers Dubbed" (EP, 2009)
• "Live At Pompeii" (EP, 2009)
• Too Many Hits (2x7" Columbus Discount Records, 2009)
• Acid Tape (Fan Death Records, 2010)
• Laced (Fatcat Records, 2011)

References

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b} Mark Deming, Psychedelic Horseshit at Allmusic
2. ^ Review, Pitchfork Media
3. ^ http://www.newyorker.com/arts/events/nightlife/2010/01/11/100111goni_GOAT_nightlife

Further reading

• SXSW Live Review, About.com
• SXSW Live Review, Washington Post
• Live Review, Chicago Reader
• Review, Isthmus