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Year: 2016

ARISE Music Festival Proves Its Staying Power As a Staple in Colorado’s Live Music Culture | August 5th – 7th, 2016 [Festival Review] Electronic

ARISE Music Festival Proves Its Staying Power As a Staple in Colorado’s Live Music Culture | August 5th – 7th, 2016 [Festival Review]

Colorado grown ARISE Music Festival celebrated its’ fourth anniversary last weekend. A beautiful community of families and friends came together at Loveland’s Sunrise Ranch for three days of healing, laughing, learning, and straight gettin’ down to a supreme lineup. Incredible art installations and interactive theme camps turned the ranch into a giant interactive playground. Seven stages hosted […]

Aug 10, 2016 Read →
Get to know your new favorite Beat Makers, Jaw Gems + Free Downloads from ‘HEATWEAVER’ [Download + Interview] Electronic

Get to know your new favorite Beat Makers, Jaw Gems + Free Downloads from ‘HEATWEAVER’ [Download + Interview]

Jaw Gems, a young collective of exploratory producers from Portland, Maine, have taken the traditional production of beats and transformed it into an enchanting live setting complete with vintage dueling synths, drums and bass. In a world where producers are plentiful and live electronica is flourishing, you may be asking yourself, what makes this tetrad stand so […]

Aug 9, 2016 Read →
Bass Center 2016 Brings The Bass To Unlimited New Heights [Show Review] Electronic

Bass Center 2016 Brings The Bass To Unlimited New Heights [Show Review]

Colorado hosted the first Bass Center in fall 2010 and last weekend, Lorin Ashton aka Bassnectar returned the festival to its’ Rocky Mountain roots. The ninth Bass Center was held July 29 and July 30 at Dick’s Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colorado. Bassheads went wild when the announcement for festival plans were made last […]

Aug 5, 2016 Read →
Why We Come Back, The Newport Folk Festival [Event Review + Artist Interviews] East Coast

Why We Come Back, The Newport Folk Festival [Event Review + Artist Interviews]

Newport Folk Festival This was my third year attending the Newport Folk Festival in Newport, Rhode Island. Out of the many summer music festivals my friends and I have attended together over the years, Newport is the only one we’ve turned into an annual tradition. This isn’t just because of the incredible musical lineup and delicious […]

Aug 4, 2016 Read →
Intimate, Immersive and Down Right Epic: Enchanted Forest Gathering 2016 [Photo Gallery] Electronic

Intimate, Immersive and Down Right Epic: Enchanted Forest Gathering 2016 [Photo Gallery]

Enchanted Forest Gathering – Compose Yourself Mag Recap from Zach Toth on Vimeo. From the top notch production and excellent music, to the immersive workshops and small intimate environment, Enchanted Forest Gathering truly lived up to its claim as the premiere boutique festival on the West Coast. Every detail came together to create a container for limitless self expression. […]

Jul 29, 2016 Read →
GRiZ Announces Fall #GoodWillPrevailTour, Pre-Sales Start Now Electronic

GRiZ Announces Fall #GoodWillPrevailTour, Pre-Sales Start Now

Don’t that sound real funky, y’all? All Good Records funk master GRiZ has declared his next massive move, folks, and we could not be more saxxed up about it. Donning it the Good Will Prevail Tour, GRiZ will hit up most major U.S. cities this fall for what is sure to be his funkiest and dopest tour yet. Joining the funk party on various […]

Jul 28, 2016 Read →