Psychedelic Horseshit

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

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. 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."^[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. 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.^[3]

• 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

• 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 (2×7" Columbus Discount Records, 2009)
• Acid Tape (Fan Death Records, 2010)
• Laced (Fatcat Records, 2011)

Footnotes

Further reading

• SXSW Live Review Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine, About.com
• Interview (archived), Washington Post
• Review, Isthmus