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![Dreaming in the Daytime: Arc Music Festival 2023 [Fest Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Credit_-JORDAN-LANDWEHR-@landbear-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
Over Labor Day weekend, Arc Music Festival went above and beyond in proving the hype was not only true, but well deserved. Arc Music Festival is an expertly curated, music forward gathering in the city of House that has officially sealed its status as a mainstay in its third year of life. It’s rare for […]
Electronic
Don’t let the summer heatwave make you hazy – ARC Music Festival is less than 40 days away! Serving up its most expansive weekend over three days and four stages, we have zero doubts that the third installment of this festival will be its best yet. Here are five artists and experiences that have us […]
Hip-Hop
Our favorite Chicago rapper, ProbCause, is back from this summer’s release with Griz (“My Friends And I Pt. 3”) to present a new EP, Moonflower. A monster collaboration featuring Carlile, Cloudchord, Soul Food Horns, and Youngteam, each of these artists deserve their own listens. We encourage you to dive into their discographies and add some […]
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Jamband
Papadosio brings their stripped-down Microdosio Tour to Chicago’s Lincoln Hall for two intimate nights this April. The Microdosio Tour is an opportunity for the experimental quintet to expand their musical boundaries even further. By compacting their gear and shifting focus to synths, samplers and drum machines opens a refreshing approach to the band’s new material […]
![Inaugural Birdhouse Festival Flies into Chicago [Festival Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/598bb2af-thebirdhousefestivalchicago-instagramsquare-2400x2400-v1.jpg?resize=500%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
On September 8th, Chicago welcomes Claude Von Stroke and his band House Music Marauders back to the Midwest for the inaugural Birdhouse Festival. Riding the success of the East and West Coast campouts, the Dirtybird Boss looks to add to his party portfolio by headlining the first major Dirtybird event in the Midwest mecca since […]
![Mamby Returns to Chicago for Beachside Blowout [Festival Preview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/96880380-26173215_2021630874757579_5415012906164838227_o.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
It takes a certain bold brilliance to compile a collection of shining indie rockers, top Hip-Hop artists and an impressive collection of House and Techno DJ’s on a Southside Chicago beach. However, organizers of Mamby on the Beach seized an opportunity to create this completely unique experience. Now, in its 4th year, Mamby continues to be […]
![Chicago drummer Cofresi delivers masterful 5 track EP, Faces [New Music Monday]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/352a5866-facesep.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
There are a lot of artists putting in work to be heard in the music scene, and it’s difficult to stand out amongst the rest. For Cofresi, a Chicago drummer and producer, he’s found a perfect spotlight when he began recording his live drumming remixes. With some of these videos gaining millions of views, it’s […]
Electronic
From releasing new music and touring to writing and illustrating a children’s book, 2018 is gearing up to be a big one for ProbCause. Fresh off his Colorado tour with Break Science, Chicago rapper ProbCause has already kicked off the year with a bang. ProbCause (Colin Grimm) is a lyrically gifted MC repping Evanston, Illinois. […]
![Riot Fest Reaffirms Its Stand As Chicago’s Favorite Rock Festival [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/riot-1.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
Riot Fest stomped its way through Chicago’s Douglas Park on September 15-17th and reaffirmed its stand as one of the country’s most original and sought after music festivals. Bringing Punk, Industrial, Rap and Rock heads together to mosh in one place at one time in a Carnival-style atmosphere with a skylined backdrop certainly made for […]
Festival Coverage
Chicago’s South-Side Douglas Park welcomes back Riot Fest on September 15-17th in what will be its only festival date this summer. Headliners include a much anticipated Chicago return of the industrialist pioneer Nine Inch nails on Friday. Saturday contains high-energy rockers Queens of the Stone Age and Sunday is the reunion of influential underground punk […]