Blvck Hippie

Blvck Hippie is a Sad Boy Indie Rock Band named after a nickname Josh Shaw got from his mom as a child. Classically trained in piano, Shaw didn’t pick up a guitar until his junior year of college when he started to write and record Lofi music out of his dorm room. Post college Shaw worked on solo projects under St, John until 2018 when he met current Blvck Hippie drummer, Casey Rittinger - the band’s sound took a different direction as the duo penned new music under the name Blvck Hippie. Blvck Hippie’s current line up is composed of Lead Guitarist and Vocalist Josh Shaw, with Casey Rittinger on Drums, and Tyler “Chaucer” Marberry on Bass. An unlikely group, the three form the core of a band with recent addition, Matt Turner, on Rhythm Guitar. Blvck Hippie’s sound draws inspiration from The Antlers along with the work of The Strokes and The Voids. Shaw credits Kanye West and Kid Cudi for inspiring him as a Black artist by pushing him to always make something different. Shaw’s overdriven shimmery guitars, Rittinger’s tight and polyrhythmic drums, and Marberry’s booming and melodic bass lines come together to create an unexpectedly delightful “VHS” inspired rock. Shaw’s dark brooding lyrics about escapism, loneliness, and grief work with the instrumentals to create the Sad Boy Indie Rock songs of your dreams.