Psychedelic Horseshit
Encyclopedia
Psychedelic Horseshit is an American band from Columbus, Ohio
, that plays a genre of lo-fi
noise pop
that they christened shitgaze.
festival. The group's lo-fi 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
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. 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.
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
, that plays a genre of lo-fi
Lo-fi music
Lo-fi is lower quality of sound recordings than the usual standard for music. The qualities of lo-fi are usually achieved by either degrading the quality of the recorded audio, or using certain equipment. Recent uses of the phrase have led to it becoming a genre, although it still remains as an...
noise pop
Noise pop
Noise pop is a subgenre of alternative rock developed in the mid 1980s in the UK and US, that mixes atonal noise or feedback, or both, with the melodic instrumentation and production elements more often found in pop music, making it more melodic and angst-free than noise rock.-History:Noise pop has...
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 bandJam band
-Ambiguity:By the late 1990s use of the term jam band also became ambiguous. An editorial at jamband.com suggested that any band of which a primary band such as Phish has done a cover of be included as jam band. The example was including New York post-punk band Talking Heads after Phish performed...
festival. The group's lo-fi 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
Siltbreeze is an American independent record label based out of Philadelphia.-Roster:*1929*A Band*Above Ground*A Handful of Dust*Alan Licht*Alasehir*Alastair Galbraith*Angus Maclise*Ashtabula*Ashtray Navigations*Axemen*Bardo Pond*Blues Control...
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. 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
Vivian Girls
Vivian Girls are an American band from Brooklyn, New York.- History :Vivian Girls, named after the magnum opus of outsider author Henry Darger, started in Brooklyn, NY in March 2007 as the trio of Cassie Ramone ; Katy "Kickball Katy" Goodman; and Frankie Rose...
and Total Slacker
Total Slacker
Total Slacker is an American band from Brooklyn, New York.In one year as a group, they have released two singles on independent record labels both in the U.S. and Europe, and have played over 100 shows in New York,...
according to the New Yorker Magazine in 2010.
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 RecordsHalf Machine RecordsHalf Machine Records is an independent record label based in London, England. They have released 7" singles by Neils Children , MIT , Theoretical Girl and MIT's second single 'Good Book' ....
) (2007) - Magic Flowers Droned (SiltbreezeSiltbreezeSiltbreeze is an American independent record label based out of Philadelphia.-Roster:*1929*A Band*Above Ground*A Handful of Dust*Alan Licht*Alasehir*Alastair Galbraith*Angus Maclise*Ashtabula*Ashtray Navigations*Axemen*Bardo Pond*Blues Control...
, 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 RecordsFan Death RecordsFan Death Records is an independent record label currently based out of Baltimore, Maryland, and Montreal, Quebec. The label is operated by Sean Gray, Chris Berry and Tracy Soo-Ming....
, 2010) - Laced (Fatcat Records, 2011)