Psychedelic Horseshit is an American band from

Columbus Columbus is a Latinized version of the Italian surname "''Colombo''". It most commonly refers to: * Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), the Italian explorer * Columbus, Ohio, capital of the U.S. state of Ohio Columbus may also refer to: Places ...

, Ohio, that plays a

microgenre A microgenre is a specialized or niche genre. The term has been used since at least the 1970s to describe highly specific subgenres of music, literature, film, and art. In music, examples include the myriad sub-subgenres of heavy metal and electr ...

lo-fi Lo-fi (also typeset as lofi or low-fi; short for low fidelity) is a music or production quality in which elements usually regarded as imperfections in the context of a recording or performance are present, sometimes as a deliberate choice. The ...

noise pop Noise pop is a subgenre of alternative and indie rock that developed in the mid-1980s in the United Kingdom and United States. It is defined by its mixture of dissonant noise or feedback with the songcraft more often found in pop music. Shoegazi ...

that they named "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 A jam band is a musical group whose concerts (and live albums) are characterized by lengthy improvisational "jams." These include extended musical improvisation over rhythmic grooves and chord patterns, and long sets of music which often cr ...

festival.Mark Deming, Psychedelic Horseshitat

Allmusic AllMusic (previously known as All Music Guide and AMG) is an American online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on musicians and bands. Initiated in 1991, the databas ...

The group's

sound, recorded with inexpensive equipment, was solidified over the recording of several CD-R releases in 2006 and 2007. The group's first 7" arrived in 2007 on Columbus Discount, followed by an EP;

Siltbreeze Siltbreeze is an American independent record label based in Philadelphia. It is known for its eclectic roster of artists and releases of experimental, noise, folk, and rock-based music. Founded in 1989 by Ohio native Tom Lax, the label evolved out ...

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''. ''Golden Oldies'' received a 5.2/10 rating on Pitchfork, and was called "tough to recommend", though Pitchfork says of ''Shitgaze Anthems'', "never before have so many of their good ideas worked out quite so well." 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. In 2011 the group released the album ''Laced'', which received a 7.3/10 rating on Pitchfork. The album was called "more immediately enjoyable" than its prior releases.Review

Pitchfork Media ''Pitchfork'' (formerly ''Pitchfork Media'') is an American online music publication (currently owned by Condé Nast) that was launched in 1995 by writer Ryan Schreiber as an independent music blog. Schreiber started Pitchfork while working ...

Members

*Matt Whitehurst – guitar, keyboards, vocals *Rich Johnston – percussion *Ryan Jewell – keyboards, percussion *David Radosevic – bass, guitar Former *Jason Roxas – bass, keyboards *Justin Burkett – bass *Laura Bernazzoli - bass *Jesse Baker - bass *Andrew Graham - bass *Kevin DeBroux - bass *Ross Maddox - 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'' (

, 2007) *''Golden Oldies'' (LP, 2009) *''Shitgaze Anthems'' (

Woodsist Records Woodsist is an American independent record label founded in 2006 by Jeremy Earl of the band Woods and based in Stone Ridge, New York. Artists * Alex Bleeker and the Freaks * Art Museums * The Babies * Blank Dogs * Blues Control * The Christia ...

, 2009) *"Magic Flowers Dubbed" (EP, 2009) *"Live At Pompeii" (EP, 2009) *''Too Many Hits'' (2x7" Columbus Discount Records, 2009) *''Acid Tape'' (

Fan Death Records Fan Death Records is an independent record label based in Baltimore, Maryland, and Montreal, Quebec. The label is operated by Sean Gray, Chris Berry, and Tracy Soo-Ming. Fan Death is affiliated with DNA Test Fest, a noise rock and experimental m ...

, 2010) *''Laced'' (Fatcat Records, 2011)

References

;Footnotes ;Further reading
SXSW Live Review

About.com Dotdash Meredith (formerly About.com) is an American digital media company based in New York City. The company publishes online articles and videos about various subjects across categories including health, home, food, finance, tech, beauty, l ...

SXSW Live Review

Washington Post ''The Washington Post'' (also known as the ''Post'' and, informally, ''WaPo'') is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It is the most widely circulated newspaper within the Washington metropolitan area and has a large nati ...

Live Review

Chicago Reader The ''Chicago Reader'', or ''Reader'' (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater. It was founded by a ...

Review

Isthmus An isthmus (; ; ) is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. A tombolo is an isthmus that consists of a spit or bar, and a strait is the sea counterpart of an isthmu ...

{{Authority control Indie rock musical groups from Ohio Musical groups from Columbus, Ohio Noise pop musical groups Siltbreeze Records artists