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![[Photo Gallery] Umphrey’s McGee in Dallas, TX at the House of Blues | April 16, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DSC_0842.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Indie
Umphrey’s McGee gave an amazing performance at the House of Blues in Dallas, TX last week! All photos by Mary Jo Sparks for Compose Yourself Magazine.
![[Festie Friday Spotlight] The Funk Hunters at Sonic Bloom 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/funkhunters.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Lauren Pinkney Funk has been making quite the comeback in recent years, but 2015 is the true revival as proved by The Funk Hunters. The Canadian duo creates a truly unique blend of funk, soul, and booty movin’ bass lines, making the dance floor erupt at every venue they cross. The group’s original mixes […]
Festival Coverage
Thank You MixMag, for your most recent article entitled, “We Need to Talk About Sexual Harassment in Nightclubs”, which has shed a much-needed spotlight on a serious ongoing issue afflicting our music/dance community. I saw a lot of male artists particularly sharing the piece on social media almost immediately, which was surprisingly refreshing (i.e. Flufftronix, […]
Electronic
Dallas, Texas is gearing up for something exciting, something riveting, and something enthralling, to take place this Saturday, April 18th, at the Cotton Bowl. While many of us are gearing up to party our faces off and fist pump for hours to top EDM headliners, you should consider saving some of that precious plur […]
![[Photo Gallery] Euphoria Music + Camping Festival | April 10-12th, 2015 in Austin,TX](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/euphoria.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Held at the stunning Carson Creek Ranch down in Austin, Texas, Euphoria Music + Camping Festival was everything we hoped it would be! Beautiful weather, incredible music and friendly vibes. Contributing photographer Lauren Pinkney of Lo Motion Photography took these awesome shots during our weekend! All photos by Lauren Pinkney for Compose Yourself Mag. April […]
Festival Coverage
As California’s premiere transformational festival, Lightning in a Bottle, gears up for their tenth year, they proudly present The Village and its theme for this year. “Home is Where Our Stories Live.” The Village is a place where festival-goers can gather to learn about traditional earth-based knowledge and skills and how to honor and integrate […]
Festival Coverage
Get ready for your world to be rocked, rolled and THUNDERED by our #WomanCrushWednesday feature of the week, Thunderpussy. Yes, the name says it all. At least, that’s what we hear, and we sure as hell can’t wait to see what the fuss is all about Memorial Day weekend at Sasquatch Music Festival in Quincy, […]
Festival Coverage
The Do LaB has hooked it up with a killer playlist featuring artists performing this year at The Woogie Stage. The Woogie Stage is one of three main stages at Lightning in a Bottle that brings you acts from all over the world featuring the finest, dirtiest, most ass-shaking house music available on the festie […]
![[New Music Monday] Pre Re:Vision Party: Random Rab at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL | April 10th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/random-rab.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Last week in Chicago, I had the chance of catching Random Rab on his spring tour here in Chicago at the Bottom Lounge. The views from the patio were spectacular, and you could see the entire city of Chicago with a gorgeous view of the iconic Sears Tower and all. Not only were the […]
![[Photo Series] Paris Street Artist Invader](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/space-invader_image2.jpg?resize=450%2C300&ssl=1)
Art
An artist with a clear affinity for video games, Invader is an artist who definitely wins when it comes to the playful aspect of graffiti. His famous use of mosaics can be found hidden all over the world, and not just because he makes his way around. One of the reasons behind his solid fan base lie […]