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![Digging into Euphoria Music Festival: Why We Keep Coming Back [Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/euphoria1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
As we inch closer to the 6th installment of the season’s best festival, Euphoria, it’s become a beautiful experience to watch this gathering grow exponentially in the past few years. With the countdown underway, we felt there was no better time than to get the lowdown from the man himself, EMF executive producer Mitch Morales. […]
![Bob Weir and The Campfire Band Annouce Austin Dates [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/unnamed-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
As if three nights of String Cheese Incident (find details here) was just not enough, Austin will also be hosting Grateful Dead godfather Bob Weir for two nights at The Moody Theatre that same weekend – from April 15 to April 16. The Austin dates are additions to Weir’s Campfire Tour, in support of his new […]
![Future Moon Music: Dimond Saints Release Long Awaited LP ‘Prism in the Dark’ [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/PITD.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Descending on heartsick terrain in demoralizing and disconsolate times, here come the Dimond Saints, demonic duo comprised of Oakland producers an-ten-nae and Releece. From a faraway universe of secrets and shadows, the enigmatic masked avengers finally have unveiled ‘Prism in the Dark’, their long awaited full-length LP of original music. Eighteen maniacal and meticulous months in the making, the narrative is […]
Electronic
If you are in Austin, Texas, this weekend–you are in for one delicious THREE day treat. If you are not in Austin, Texas, this weekend– get ready for a raw case of FOMO delivered straight to your door…or get your ass here asap. This weekend marks two nights of Sound Tribe at the ACL Live […]
![Hear ye, Hear ye! Fresh ‘Spring Cheese’ Tour Dates Announced [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/16265268_10154510428616645_2232730107498559826_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
There’s really nothing like fresh tour announcements. And when you find THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT in your backyard with a three-night run at Stubb’s in Austin, TX – April 13 to April 15 – that is cause to celebrate with cartwheels and backflips! SCI announced spring tour dates for Texas and the Midwest earlier today. […]
![CRSSD Fest Spring Edition Invites Flume, Duke Dumont, Claude Von Stroke to Ocean Side Party | March 4th + 5th, 2017 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/CRSSD1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
California has been the hub for many musical explosions; the counter-culture rock movement in the 60’s that began out of the Bay Area is one example. Move forward a couple decades and you’ll find a new attitude blossoming with the rise of gangster rap and hip-hop that stemmed from the LA and surrounding areas. […]
![All I Need: Badfish at The Aztec Theatre 1.19.17 [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170119_195954.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
Blocks away from the Aztec Theatre, was quiet. A trio paid for parking and checked for tickets. “You going to Sublime?” Three grins. “Yea, man!” Never mind that Sublime hasn’t been around for some twenty years. Badfish is in town. And where Badfish go, Sublime lives. It was about 7:30 and the Aztec lobby was already […]
![Getting sloped on The Floozies ‘Powder Rangers’ Tour: Frisco to Aspen [Show Review] | January 14th + 15th, 2017](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/floozies.jpg?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Electronic
Once you know me, you’ll soon find out that there are very few things I will drop everything for to pursue, and they all involve food and music. So it might have seemed spontaneous to some, but it made perfect sense to me – The Floozies were in the midst of a Colorado run, and […]
![deM atlaS, The Grungy Rapper You’ve Been Praying For [Artist Spotlights]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/dematlascover.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Hip-Hop
For everyone complaining about trash rappers these days, deM atlaS is here to bring some saving grace. His dark and haunting melodies will echo down a dim street in your mind. Hailing from St. Paul, Minnesota he is among the freshman class of new rappers on my favorite label – Rhymesayers. His sound is a rap revival of Seattle grunge – at some […]
East Coast
Forget the winter and start thinking about grilling – BangOn! just announced their first ever camping festival for Memorial Day weekend. Elements Music & Art Festival – Lakewood seems like the best way to kick off the 2017 festival season. With a stacked phase one announcement and just a short 2.5-hour drive from NYC this […]