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![Fruition plays Jackson Hole for the first time and straight nails it [Show Review + Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_9408.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
Fruition hit Jackson Hole, Wyoming last Wednesday, August 24th, and it could not have been a better show to welcome the band to this uniquely beautiful Teton community for the first time. Once everyone nestled into the cozy Town Square Tavern, the fruitiness and freakiness level soared. Dimly lit green, blues and reds coated the dance […]
![Lydia Violet Premieres Moving Single “Keep Her Safe” Off New Album ‘Already Free’ Out 9/23 [Song Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
“Keep Her Safe,” the debut single from the Berkeley, CA-based singer/songwriter/violinist Lydia Violet, arrives at a cultural tipping point. The moment has never been more ripe nor ready for feminine protest music, and there’s a new artist on the scene to deliver a rallying cry. As the human race struggles with both awakening and regressing, and our […]
![Yonder Mountain String Band Wows Red Rocks with Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Drive-by Truckers August 20th [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/IMG_9221-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
Colorado’s Yonder Mountain String Band brought it back home with a stellar performance on the famous Red Rocks last Saturday, August 20th. Openers Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Drive-by Truckers started the night off proper bringing us a some soulful jazz followed by a dose of solid country rock before YMSB blasted us off into […]
![Chicago’s North Coast Music Festival Brings Musical Diversity and Urban Flavor to Union Park | September 2nd-4th, 2016 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ncmf.png?resize=600%2C341&ssl=1)
Electronic
Calling all Coasties! Chicago’s favorite end of summer blowout is returning to Union Park this Labor Day Weekend. Now in its sixth year, NCMF has become a staple in the Midwest festival arena. Curated by local club promoters React Presents, this year is shaping up to be one of the most fun yet. North Coast […]
![Fruition Announces NYE Portland Dates + New Live Video Of “The Meaning” [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13923580_1053674624719744_1231241625617709094_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
Fruition just announced even more tour dates rolling all the way through November and ending with what’s bound to be the best way to spend NYE in Portland, Oregon, with three nights at the Wonder Ballroom (last time’s fruitiness @ the Wonder). The band will travel extensively this tour and join greats Greensky Bluegrass for a few […]
![Lafa Taylor Releases New Collab with Aabo + Music Video ‘Turn My Music Up’ [New Release + Music Video]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/lafa.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The latest from joker Lafa Taylor has us stepping into the world of his never ending shenanigans, this time involving his incessant desire to make everyone dance. As we jump between jail house scenes to hospital rooms to an airplane flying 30,000 feet in the air, there’s no way to resist the groove when Lafa’s […]
![Taco Bout It: LARICA Micro Taqueria Has the Freshest Tacos in the Festie Game [Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/neumann.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Larica Micro Taqueria strives to rise above the norm in the festival vendor game, and it’s safe to say they’ve done a pretty damn good job of it! Boasting an all-natural, made from scratch and locally sourced menu, the imaginative and delicious creations whipped up by Cristina Farmer are the bee’s knees. After indulging […]
![Three Hip Hop Artists You Cannot Miss at Sound on Sound Fest in Austin, TX || Nov. 4th-6th [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/13568899_1207849162593594_8772532298466585191_o.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Sound on Sound Fest is the new three-day festival taking place November 4th – 6th in Austin, Texas. Taking place at the Sherwood Forest, Sound on Sound Fest features an epically stacked lineup and we are itchin’ to get our booties back to ATX come November. We threw together our three hip hop acts gracing the lineup that you CANNOT miss […]
![Pretty Lights at Red Rocks Ft. Maddy O’Neal, Marvel Years, SuperVision & Chris Karns Aug. 12+13 [Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/4K9A5842-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Last weekend at Red Rocks was one for the history books. A two night run with Colorado’s own Derek Vincent Smith a.k.a. Pretty Lights Music and band donned the rocks for two mind-blowing nights filled with some of the biggest and baddest electronic producers in the game. Joined on August 12th by Colorado stunner Maddy O’Neal and […]
![BangOnNYC’s Elements Music Festival Delivers the Best Party of the Summer Once Again | August 13th, 2016 in Brooklyn, NY [Festival Review + Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
All photos by Kyle Miller of Saucy Monster for Compose Yourself Mag A scorching 96 degree blistering summer day wasn’t stopping anyone from getting down at BangOnNYC’s Elements Music Festival, which once again proved itself to be the hottest party of the summer. Water droplets streamed down the faces of those anxiously waiting to get […]