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![Rape Culture in the Music Industry and Beyond: A Public Letter [NSFW]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/no-means-no-rape.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Social Culture
TRIGGER WARNING: This article contains a very personal and graphic letter. I was recently told something so unsettling that tears came to my eyes. My heart lodged itself in my throat. My brain felt numb and cold. I had just been informed that two people in my life had sexually assaulted one of the strongest […]
![Goopsteppa graciously ends 2017 with the release of album Wonders [Album Review + Artist Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/wonders1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Goopsteppa graciously ends 2017 with the release of album Wonders Album Review by Marissa Luna The music of Goopsteppa has always made me feel like I’ve traveled through the twists and turns of a narrow tunnel, only to emerge into a vastly beautiful cave. As deep bass mingles with the delicate vibrancies of otherworldly sounds, […]
![A Night of West Coast Bass’s Avant-Garde with Minnesota at the Nectar Lounge | December 29th, 2017 [Event Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/DSC00579.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
I’ve covered many events at the Nectar Lounge, but never have I seen the venue so packed than the night Minnesota came through. A sea of people poured out of the venue into the outdoor patio, and each of the many times I tried to visit the spacious viewing balcony above, a mild-mannered bouncer turned […]