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![Dirtwire return with Showdown, a delectable swamptronic album for your ears [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/dirtwire1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Beats Antique’s Dave Satori is back with a new wave of nu-gypsy with his project Dirtwire; comprised of himself, Evan Fraser of Dogon Lights, and Mark Revely of Jed and Lucia. Their latest album is titled Showdown, and with it they will be hosting a string of tour dates to accompany the release, which you […]
![Austin, Texas Flocks Strong For Pigeons Playing Ping Pong 2.24.17 [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/16649366_10155037174323336_8896144016128011327_n.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
The excitement levels soared at an all time high as the day finally came to catch Pigeons Playing Ping Pong for the second time. After seeing them at Resonance Festival last October, we could not wait to get another heavy dose of the high-energy Psychedelic Funk these Baltimore musicians bring to the playing field. These four […]
![Yonder Mountain String Band Wows Austin, Texas with Help From G. Love & Special Sauce [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/yonder-222222.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
It was a huge night in Austin, Texas, last Friday, February 17th, as Yonder Mountain String Band made their highly anticipated return to the music capital of the world. The string group from Nederland, Colorado, is always a pleasure to watch perform and the energy and talent was thickly palpable as the lively qunitet shredded and sang the […]
![One Love Cali Reggae Fest brought all the good vibes to Long Beach, Cali, for 3 days of amazing music 2.10.17-2.12.17 [Event Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DSCN3564.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
To say the least, One Love Cali Reggae Fest was quite the successful weekend. A first trip to Long Beach to see a wickedly stacked weekend filled with the best in reggae and a lot of my personal favorite bands. Orange County Observatory transformed The Queen Mary’s luscious lawn into a playground of only good […]
![STRFKR Bringing the Heat in Columbia, MO, TONIGHT [Show Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/14917188_10154766076946424_6069309500170806590_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
TONIGHT, STRFKR will be bringing their infectious dance pop to the Blue Note in Columbia Missouri! Hailing from the motherland of all things indie, Portland, STRFKR are touring in support of their new album, Being Nobody, Going Nowhere. I’ve given this album a couple of spins and it really grows on you! I love the […]
![Relive Raindance Presents’ Massive Chinese New Year Throwdown with Dimond Saints in San Fran 1.28.17 [Event Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DSC1564.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
In Chinese astrology, each zodiac year is not just associated with an animal sign, but also one of five elements: Gold (Metal), Wood, Water, Fire, or Earth. Both the zodiac sign and the element shape the astrology of the year. For example, 2017 is a Fire Rooster year. Element-sign combinations recur every 60 years. Bob Marley (born 6 […]
![Groove-Rock Group Aqueous Brings the Heat to Rose Music Hall in Columbia, Missouri 2.16.17 [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/15068480_10155508246087729_8194960807767638876_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
Let’s go back to February 20, 2016: I was headed to The Blue Note in Columbia, Missouri, ready to check out a new band I hadn’t seen before. The band was Papadosio and now they are one of my favorite jam bands who I have seen a handful of times since. Who really surprised me that night, however, […]
![Basslantic City: Another Bassnectar Family Gathering comes to the Northeast [DroolMode]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/16797771_10155129364309301_7926555430856572186_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
East Coast
Article by Lily Shoulberg The Bassnectar team is back at it with their latest reincarnation of the underground warehouse parties of the 90s, and this time they are finally blessing the Northeast with a specially curated event for the first time since Basscenter 2014 at Madison Square Garden! Basslantic City: Another Bassnectar Family Gathering is […]
![Why Gem and Jam is the Psychedelic Melting Pot of a Fest Everyone Should Attend [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IMG_9569.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
What can I say? Gem and Jam 2017 kicked off festival season for me in ways I never expected and only dreamed of. Last year’s G&J harnessed the same effect and ever since my first trip to the desert oasis, I had been patiently waiting for February to roll around again. Well, the time was […]
![Calling to the Wolfpack: What The Fest just delivered their first lineup tease of 2017 [DroolMode]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/wtf2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
It may only be February but we’ve already got June planned out – we’re heading back to Dufur, Oregon for the year’s best kept festival, and this is your official invitation. A typical day at What the Festival will see you roaming over 200 lush acres that run through an Illuminated Forest, a giant disco […]