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Written by: Amy Powell  Tonight is BLVD’s third annual winter showcase at The Independent in San Francisco. Just six days after New Year’s Eve, winter takes a turn for the warmer while locals take the popular venue by storm. All guests are in rare form, including an unwavering party-ready honey badger centered prominently on the show flier- “Honey badger don’t care… honey badger just wants to get down!” House lights dim to dark and three slender silhouettes slip on stage. A methodical pulse hits through the kick drum as the stage is swept over by a rich peach glow that illuminates the members of BLVD– Dylan McIntosh, drums/samples, Curtis Sloane, electric guitar/samples, and Tripp Bains, bass/keyboard. For the next ninety minutes, BLVD takes their audience– both local fans and long-time friends– on an euphoric rollercoaster of synthesized jams, mashed up remixes, electro pop riffs, and energized arrangements that showcase classic BLVD genius; one epic dance party. Their set– built on covered samples from Michael Jackson, Kaskade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ghostland Observatory, Foster the People, Empire of the Sun, LMFAO, Foals and Calvin Harris– is peppered with signature beats and new rhythms ranging from original Cuban Sahara to popular Miami cool. BLVD makes conscious effort to feature melodies that celebrate their initial blend of unique synthesized melodies and unpolluted instrumental technique– eerie X-Files cadence glittered with angelic beats that give way to hardhitting wah-wah bass. Center stage, under sporadic projections of Japanese characters and pulsing heart rate monitors, McIntosh shoots a smirk to Bains at stage right and then looks to Sloane at stage left before announcing the next selection in their set, BLVD’s first-written song, “Again in the Light.” BLVD is nine years deep, three men strong, four albums produced, and thousands of fans deserved. With a reinvented sound full of energy, sophisticated attitude and just enough pop culture to keep critics on their toes, BLVD still holds electronic legacy to make fans– and even a ferocious honey badger– get down.

Written by: Amy Powell 

Tonight is BLVD’s third annual winter showcase at The Independent in San Francisco. Just six days after

New Year’s Eve, winter takes a turn for the warmer while locals take the popular venue by storm. All

guests are in rare form, including an unwavering party-ready honey badger centered prominently on the

show flier- “Honey badger don’t care… honey badger just wants to get down!”

House lights dim to dark and three slender silhouettes slip on stage. A methodical pulse hits through the

kick drum as the stage is swept over by a rich peach glow that illuminates the members of BLVD– Dylan

McIntosh, drums/samples, Curtis Sloane, electric guitar/samples, and Tripp Bains, bass/keyboard. For the

next ninety minutes, BLVD takes their audience– both local fans and long-time friends– on an euphoric

rollercoaster of synthesized jams, mashed up remixes, electro pop riffs, and energized arrangements that

showcase classic BLVD genius; one epic dance party.

Their set– built on covered samples from Michael Jackson, Kaskade, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ghostland

Observatory, Foster the People, Empire of the Sun, LMFAO, Foals and Calvin Harris– is peppered with

signature beats and new rhythms ranging from original Cuban Sahara to popular Miami cool. BLVD makes

conscious effort to feature melodies that celebrate their initial blend of unique synthesized melodies and

unpolluted instrumental technique– eerie X-Files cadence glittered with angelic beats that give way to hardhitting wah-wah bass.

Center stage, under sporadic projections of Japanese characters and pulsing heart rate monitors, McIntosh

shoots a smirk to Bains at stage right and then looks to Sloane at stage left before announcing the next

selection in their set, BLVD’s first-written song, “Again in the Light.”

BLVD is nine years deep, three men strong, four albums produced, and thousands of fans deserved. With a

reinvented sound full of energy, sophisticated attitude and just enough pop culture to keep critics on their

toes, BLVD still holds electronic legacy to make fans– and even a ferocious honey badger– get down.