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![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 […]
![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 […]
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 […]
![Hear ye, Hear ye! Fresh ‘Spring Cheese’ Tour Dates Announced [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/16265268_10154510428616645_2232730107498559826_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Jamband
There’s really nothing like fresh tour announcements. And when you find THE STRING CHEESE INCIDENT in your backyard with a three-night run at Stubb’s in Austin, TX – April 13 to April 15 – that is cause to celebrate with cartwheels and backflips! SCI announced spring tour dates for Texas and the Midwest earlier today. […]
![All I Need: Badfish at The Aztec Theatre 1.19.17 [Show Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/20170119_195954.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
Blocks away from the Aztec Theatre, was quiet. A trio paid for parking and checked for tickets. “You going to Sublime?” Three grins. “Yea, man!” Never mind that Sublime hasn’t been around for some twenty years. Badfish is in town. And where Badfish go, Sublime lives. It was about 7:30 and the Aztec lobby was already […]
![Look at the Love We Found: January 2017 Badfish Dates in Texas [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/badfish_newgraphic.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
Sometimes, you just feel lucky. Like when you find out that Badfish, the world’s greatest tribute to Sublime, is touring through your city this month. For me, that’s January 19 at the Aztec Theatre in San Antonio, Texas. For you, it is probably January 22nd at Empire Control Room in Austin, Texas. Maybe it is the […]
![Head for the Hills Music and Arts Festival Releases 2nd Wave Lineup, New Location [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/15578321_725328650966263_8383212843086390101_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Head for the Hills is a gathering in the beautiful Texas Hill Country featuring a wide variety of live musical goodness and an overflow of artists coming together to create one big, loving co-creative community for three blissful days. Happening March 23rd-25th, 2017, Heady Hills aims to bridge the gap between a burn and a music festival. […]
![The 3 ‘Berry’s’ you want to be a part of in 2017 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/kyler-brown-drone-shot.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
If you have not had the pleasure of attending a festival curated by Deadhead Productions yet, your festival game has a lil’ work to do. Deadhead Productions is a music festival and artist promotion company in the business of throwing small, Grateful Dead Centric events, featuring the best regional and national Grateful Dead tribute bands […]