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![[Festival Review] Euphoria Music + Camping Festival 2015: A Blazing Success](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/thiever.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Article by Andy Beyer. Arriving at Carson Creek Ranch on Thursday night before Euphoria Music Festival, I knew it would be a great weekend when one of the festival partners serendipitously found me and golf-carted me to our own special VIP camping area. For my second year at Euphoria, I took hiatus from musical performance […]
![[Photo Gallery] Umphrey’s McGee in Dallas, TX at the House of Blues | April 16, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DSC_0842.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Indie
Umphrey’s McGee gave an amazing performance at the House of Blues in Dallas, TX last week! All photos by Mary Jo Sparks for Compose Yourself Magazine.
![[Festie Friday Spotlight] The Funk Hunters at Sonic Bloom 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/funkhunters.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Lauren Pinkney Funk has been making quite the comeback in recent years, but 2015 is the true revival as proved by The Funk Hunters. The Canadian duo creates a truly unique blend of funk, soul, and booty movin’ bass lines, making the dance floor erupt at every venue they cross. The group’s original mixes […]
Electronic
Dallas, Texas is gearing up for something exciting, something riveting, and something enthralling, to take place this Saturday, April 18th, at the Cotton Bowl. While many of us are gearing up to party our faces off and fist pump for hours to top EDM headliners, you should consider saving some of that precious plur […]
Festival Coverage
Get ready for your world to be rocked, rolled and THUNDERED by our #WomanCrushWednesday feature of the week, Thunderpussy. Yes, the name says it all. At least, that’s what we hear, and we sure as hell can’t wait to see what the fuss is all about Memorial Day weekend at Sasquatch Music Festival in Quincy, […]
![[New Music Monday] Pre Re:Vision Party: Random Rab at the Bottom Lounge in Chicago, IL | April 10th, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/random-rab.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Last week in Chicago, I had the chance of catching Random Rab on his spring tour here in Chicago at the Bottom Lounge. The views from the patio were spectacular, and you could see the entire city of Chicago with a gorgeous view of the iconic Sears Tower and all. Not only were the […]
![[Festie Friday Spotlight] SNBRN at Lightning in a Bottle 2015 | Bradley, CA | May 21-25th](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/10624985_345435718963114_9069576166157786611_n.jpg?resize=555%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Fast rising indie dance producer SNBRN is making waves across the west coast. Some may catch similarities in sounds with fellow LiB artist Thomas Jack, but don’t be fooled. SNBRN is blazing his own path with what he likes to call “Sunset House” – a blend of deep house, indie dance and nu disco. With catchy remixes […]
Electronic
A producer who defies categorization, Mija, aka Amber Giles, is one of the freshest artists we’ve had the pleasure of discovering in recent weeks, and we’re stoked to see her crush it at Spring Awakening this summer. After being signed to Skrillex’s infamously good OWSLA label, Mija has been pushing out special guest mixes such […]
![[Show Review + Photo Gallery] Shlohmo Live Band at Trees Dallas | April 05, 2015](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DSC_0764.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
A red and glowing ’13’ hangs above opener Nick Melon‘s head, as deep bass audioscapes mingle with his bone-chilling ambient vocals and consumes the room. He not once glances down at the crowd, yet still maintains a commanding and dramatically awe-inspiring presence. Occasionally with a distant gaze, Melons lifts his face above and into the […]
Electronic
This weeks’ #NewMusicMonday goes out to Alixir, real name Aaron Bordas, hailing from Colorado originally. This producer has branched out and is now bringing hot beats straight out of Los Angeles, California. Alixir has been producing music for about six years now, and has played several shows in Denver’s music hubs, such as the 1Up […]