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Art
Miami Art Week continues to be our favorite end of year destination, and not only for the sand, breeze and vitamin sea. Last week was a decadent blur of sights, sound and of course, endless opportunities to see ART, up close and personal. Read along as we recap our favorite installations and activations during this […]
Midwest
The Boredomfighters are back at The Black Box on December 19th for a Not So Silent Auction raising money for The Bob Moog Foundation and funding music workshops for kids in underserved communities. The night will feature music in the main room by special guest headliners, an Instrument Garden Studio in the Lounge, and an […]
Art
Returning to The Fonda Theatre for the second year in a row, London-based producer Max Cooper brought his visionary live 3D audio/visual set back to Los Angeles last month on November 14th. Known for his mind-bending journey sets spanning multiple genres, Max Cooper—a producer, DJ, and visual artist of over 15 years—is truly one of […]
Festival Coverage
Electric Forest returns in 2025 What started as a string of cryptic rhymes containing headliner hints to loyalty members quickly sparked discussion as the Forest Fam went to work sharing their best guesses and possibilities. As theories ranged from underground footwork champions to over-looked artists finally making their way to Electric Forest, most of the […]
![Adventure, Mystery + Surprise: Hulaween 2024 [Highlights + Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HL24-102424143125-jstrausservisuals-arrival-14.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
There is a special feeling when you step into the Spirit of Suwannee Music Park in Live Oak, Florida. Known for its unspoiled forests of 100 year old Spanish moss-covered oak trees, the rushing wild blackwater banks of the Suwannee River and the vast meadows which have served as homebase to numerous festivals of both […]
![The Marías, Blink 182, Dom Dolla, Chappell Roan, Tyler the Creator and More at Austin City Limits 2024 [Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_1636-1-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
As a former Austin resident, Austin City Limits was always more about the week after than the festival itself, but there were oftentimes I could be swayed into attending by visiting friends just to get mixed into the scene. As one of the largest festivals that continues to grow, ACL can be a massive event […]
Art
OPEN CALL FOR PROTEST ART! For the Reclaim MLK 2025 March, Don’t Shoot Portland is holding an open call for a community collection of works that pay homage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Dream while addressing todays’ global fight for human rights & justice. Reclaim MLK is a community focused event that supports our […]
![Psych Rockers Frankie and the Witch Fingers Scorch the Scene in Boulder [Show Review + Video]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_7747.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
[cover photo by Harper King courtesy of the band] Hailing from the glorious gutters of L.A. by way of Bloomington, Indiana, psychedelic garage rockers Frankie and the Witch Fingers brought their full-time frenzy to the likes of The Fox Theatre last Friday, September 27th. Denver’s own Slow Caves heated up the stage with their melodic […]
![The Osees Light Up Salt Lake City with Psychedelic Brilliance [Show Review + Film]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/64350033_1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
On Tuesday night, the quintessential psychedelic band Osees (formerly known as Thee Oh Sees) delivered a performance at Metro Music Hall that will be remembered by Salt Lake City for years to come. Choosing to plunge into the multi-faceted world of psychedelic rock might seem daring, but for a band with such a storied past—tracing […]
![The Osees Conjure the Best of their Wide-Ranging Sound in Denver [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/IMG_6810.jpeg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
Wednesday, September 11th, 2024, will go forever down in my personal live music history as the first day I had the honor to witness the Osees in all of their psychedelic glory. With such a dynamic evolution through the last two plus decades, I had only a sliver of an idea of what would go […]