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Electronic
Euphoric Styles have kept the masses satisfied for years by producing some of the best music events in Santa Cruz and beyond. they’re heading into the new year strongly with Santa Cruz Music Festival, happening February 18th and 19th. Names like TroyBoi, G Jones and Louis the Child have us stoked enough already, but for […]
![Miniature Tigers, Big Fun at Barracuda in Austin, TX | February 9th, 2017 [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/tigers-header.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Indie
Miniature Tigers brings just the right mix of 80s spice to the indie rock recipe. Their music moves people on the dance floor and invigorates the soul. Rick Shaier’s sweet synths float like clouds and Algernon Quaishe’s groovy guitar drips like rain, underlying the contradictory nature of their music – making dark and depressing lyrics […]
![Homie Showdown at Empire Control Room 1.28-1.30 STS9 Weekend in Austin, TX [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/RF-WIde.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The weekend before last in Austin, Texas, was quite the homie showdown at Empire Control Room & Garage. He^rd Presents and Road to Euphoria dropped the news last minute that they had schemed together an unofficial Sound Tribe pre party Thursday and two late night after party sets Friday and Saturday. The party did not […]
![ATTN House Lovers: Borussia Gives Joakim’s Latest Single ‘Numb’ A Fresh Remix [Song Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/14141571_1150992171626908_1380996950984249406_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
We’re just over a month out from Joakim’s new album drop, Samurai, scheduled for March 17th, and it’s appropriate more than ever to have a fresh remix thrown our way. The latest single, ‘Numb’ has been given a rinse by Borussia, and it certainly honors the original by giving it a beastly facelift. Borussia meets […]
![Templo’s Latest Track, ‘Impulse’, Is A Glitchy Dub Masterpiece [Song Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Z6iYpRoGhF.jpeg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Producer Templo has once again delivered a sonically tuned and blissed out track for us to dive into, and this time around it comes in the form of ‘Impulse’. Coming in just under 4 minutes, this tune demands to be appreciated with a pristine sound system or a sleek pair of headphones. ‘Impulse’ forges through […]
Funk
Last weekend at the Bluebird Theater in Denver was an absolute heater, as anyone knows album release parties are the place to be. A multitude of artists graced us for Analog Son’s celebration, and we were grateful to have someone amazing to capture it all for us. Huge thanks to photographer Mitch Taylor of Concentrated Images Photography for […]
![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 […]