Shitgaze

Shitgaze is a microgenre of rock music and scene coined in 2005 by Kevin DeBroux of Pink Reason to describe the music of Midwestern rock band Psychedelic Horseshit from Columbus, Ohio. Lead singer Matt Whitehurst added the term to the band's Myspace page, where it became the tag for a "Columbus-centric genre". It was then adopted by the music press and used to describe bands with a similar aesthetic from other locations, such as Los Angeles. The independent record label Siltbreeze was a central hub for the scene, along with the Columbus music venue Cafe Bourbon Street. Whitehurst cites the NME's feature on shitgaze as what "made it into a scene". The style is characterized by its use of lo-fi production, guitar feedback, fuzz pedals, audio clipping and distorted sounds in general. Notable acts include Psychedelic Horseshit, the Hospitals, No Age, Times New Viking, Wavves, Grave Babies, Sic Alps, Vivian Girls, Sealings, Best Coast, Meth Teeth, Pink Reason, the Bitters, Eat Skull, the Intelligence, Gang Wizard, Ty Segall, and P.H.F.