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![Not for the faint of (Desert) Heart(s) | March 31st – April 3, 2017 [Photo Gallery + Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/DSC03041-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
As the sun went down on Friday, my crew and I approached Los Coyotes Indian Reservation and the night started to show its cold, brisk smile. Traffic had been hellish getting out of San Diego and LA—which is where our two cars had respectively left from—but by the time we reached the gate, the […]
![Missy Elliott, Frank Ocean, Nine Inch Nails, Flying Lotus, Anderson .Paak and more head to Los Angeles for FYF Fest | July 21st – 23rd, 2017 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/17362434_10158336425965099_5404020136791544706_n.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
When we first peeped the lineup for FYF Fest in L.A., to say we were blown away is a bit of an understatement. Eclectic headliners Missy Elliott, Frank Ocean, Nine Inch Nails and Little Dragon launched our hearts into our throats and rarely touring artists like MGMT, King Krule and The Faint had us mentally checking our bucket […]
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 […]
![CRSSD Fest Spring Edition Invites Flume, Duke Dumont, Claude Von Stroke to Ocean Side Party | March 4th + 5th, 2017 [Event Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/CRSSD1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
California has been the hub for many musical explosions; the counter-culture rock movement in the 60’s that began out of the Bay Area is one example. Move forward a couple decades and you’ll find a new attitude blossoming with the rise of gangster rap and hip-hop that stemmed from the LA and surrounding areas. […]
![One Love Cali Reggae Fest Playlist, Day Lineups + More! [Festival Playlist]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/one-love-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
One Love Cali Reggae Fest, California’s biggest reggae festival, has announced its final lineup additions and created quite the anticipation for the beloved fest taking place on The Queen Mary in Long Beach, February 10th-12th. The 2017 lineup boasts so many amazing names, we cannot even list them all. For the first time for three days, […]
![T-E-E-D, Kidnap Kid, Tiga, and more give standout performances at Minimal Effort Halloween 2016 | Los Angeles, California [Live Music Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/halloween.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Minimal Effort Halloween was maximum fun (I wonder how many mediocre bloggers have used that one already)! But actually, Minimal Effort last Saturday was a great event. It is clear that they did not sell as many tickets as they wanted because LA Center Studios was practically empty, but this allowed the people who did […]
![Beach Goth 2016 met with festival obstacles, still won us over with sets by Justice, Nicolas Jaar, Patti Smith, The Growlers, and more [Live Music Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/DSC01050.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
The highly anticipated Beach Goth 2016 was fun, but that’s not saying much since its a music festival after all. The Beach Goth production team failed in many ways which took away from the music and everyone’s overall enjoyment of the festival. Beach Goth, the yearly festival put on by The Growlers in Southern […]
![Dirtybird Campout 2016 – “This is NOT a Transformative Festival” [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/image-1.jpeg?resize=600%2C315&ssl=1)
Electronic
The term “transformative festival” has been used and abused for far too long. “Transformative festival” has basically become a calling card for hippies, crystals, psytrance, etc. Now, I’m a big fan of all of these things – except psytrance – but at the end of the day, for a majority of festival goers a […]
![Symbiosis 2016 Family Tree ~ Coming Together to Collaborate and Co-Create [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Symbiosis2016_0923_1444-JLB.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
~~Note: For this article Dino Durkin and Santiago Burelli have come together to give two very different yet very awesome, authentic accounts of what they both experienced at Symbiosis~~ It’s all too often that I go to festivals and find a few people having an amazing time and a lot of people standing around waiting […]
![Splash House Just Became Our New Favorite End of Summer Party | August 12th-14th, 2016 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/AV6-IMG_6363.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
.The sixth year of California’s Splash House took place this last weekend, and we’re still dreaming of our epic poolside getaway. Taking on new festival producers Goldenvoice, Splash House’s August edition of day shows and afterparties sold out to a crowd of 5,000 each day. The celebratory vibes were in full swing from morning […]