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![Analog Son + Recess team up for funkadelic remix of ‘Ugly Mug’ [Track Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/baa1a2cc-analog.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The debut single from the newest Analog Son album, ‘Ugly Mug’ has already been in constant rotation, but it’s just been given the remix treatment courtesy of Recess. Delivering yet another polished production gleaming with future soul, Recess definitely raises the track to a whole other level. Ashley Niven lends her gracious vocals to ‘Ugly […]
New Music
Born in New York, IamFleekLord is a new age artist with musical elements tracing to his roots growing up in NY and his migration to North Carolina. His style blends elements of Southern artistry and New York-based rap acts, while introducing his comedic personality to social platforms. Fleek Lord’s creative journey started as a videographer […]
![NoName’s ‘Room 25’ is a space for raw, unwavering honesty [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/63481f96-room25.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Hip-Hop
I always have high expectations for an artist’s second album. After the success of Telefone and all the times I have listened to that album on repeat, I was almost nervous to press play on Room 25. But as soon as the title track “Self” began, the first sounds soothed my soul with their whimsy-tinged […]
![Virtual Self is single-handedly bringing back video game nostalgia | Denver, CO at Ogden Theater 9/10/2018 [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/1d8f7d0e-img_6365.jpeg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
It was nearly ten years ago when I initially recall hearing Porter Robinson for the first time. I was in the midst of a ‘rave’ style phase, and one of the ways my friends and I would pass the time till the weekend was to make mix CD’s to blast while we partied. I’d be […]
New Music
Turning a new page in his production style, Wisconsin-born Garret Meyer, better known by his stage name Artifakts, dropped a new project titled Glow Up on Thursday, September 6th. In Meyer’s own words, “Glow Up is a project I’ve created stemming from traveling around the US over the past year. Typically, in creating music, I’ve […]
Electronic
One of Denver’s funkiest electronic hip-hop trios, The Party People, are setting up for a big one this Friday at Cervantes’ Masterpiece Ballroom. The group is made up of producers Mikey Thunder and Mr. Bugatti as well as MC Benjamin’s Vibe. It’s safe to say these three are on the same wavelength; whether it’s their […]
Electronic
Kicking off one of the biggest weekends of the year for music in Colorado, Pretty Lights’ ten year anniversary at Red Rocks, Philos Records producers Daily Bread and Artifakts are headlining a sold-out preparty at Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom with a back-to-back set. The bill leaves little to be desired; featuring a three piece collective made […]
![The Internet prove that they can pretty much do anything with new release ‘Hive Mind’ [Album Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/985b7dd2-hive-mind-stream-album-the-internet.png?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Hip-Hop
“From Ego Death to their latest release Hive Mind, The Internet prove that they can pretty much do anything.” It’s their first album in three years and yet it feels like The Internet have stepped back in time. The cover of 2018’s Hive Mind looks like an 80’s hip-hop record and each track is bursting […]
Electronic
Umphrey’s McGee released “It’s Not Us” January 12th of this year. Truly a progressive band, their face and mind melting rock has been going for two decades now. Umphrey’s does not disappoint in this year’s albums when it comes to freshness and innovation. And as an extra exciting update, much to the surprise of fans, […]
![Mobley launches ‘Fresh Lies, Vol. I’ as first in series of conceptual releases [New Music Monday]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/fd31aa11-mobley.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Called ‘the swiss army knife of musical talent’, Austin’s one-man band, Mobley, is just a few days into releasing his new song cycle, Fresh Lies, Vol I. Newly released on April 27th, Fresh Lies is an ambitious, conceptual piece and the first volume of an anticipated series. This smooth-sailing, pop infused work falls gracefully on […]