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Live events
Chalked up to be one of the best weekends of the year by past attendees, Psychs Peak is an intimate music and camping festival taking place in the beautiful forests of Pine, Colorado, just an hour from the Mile High City. Happening August 27-29 over the Sturgeon full moon and a partial lunar eclipse, this […]
Midwest
The Boredomfighters are back at The Black Box on December 19th for a Not So Silent Auction raising money for The Bob Moog Foundation and funding music workshops for kids in underserved communities. The night will feature music in the main room by special guest headliners, an Instrument Garden Studio in the Lounge, and an […]
![Funky Friday Reigned in Denver with Giacomo Turra & Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio at Cervantes [Show Review + Photos]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/IMG_5134-Enhanced-NR-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Funk
The coveted Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom in Denver, Colorado, was blessed with a full force of funky goodness on Friday, November 3rd. Denver act The Elegant Plums kicked the evening off with their 10-piece band of musicians delivering a fun-loving blend of Funk, Soul, Rock, and Disco (to name a few). Their undeniable and huge stage […]
Live Music Coverage
This weekend we had a chance to catch up with Austin, Texas’ Holy Wave on their tour stop at the beloved Hi-Dive in Denver. The mesmerizing psychedelic rock band was greeted by a fully packed house, setting the energy for what was in store. Consisting of Ryan Fusion, Kyle Hagar, Joseph Cook and Julian Ruiz, […]
Live Music Coverage
When you’re heading to Denver, Colorado for a psychedelic convention hosted by the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), chances are you’re planning on having a pretty great time. But what about a psychedelic convention who are simultaneously hosting a music benefit concert with The Flaming Lips? Top it off with a world class lineup […]
Funk
East coast funk-hop aficionados Lettuce are blowing plumes of smoke through every stop on the current leg of their US tour. Fresh off the tracks of their 2022 release Unify, the six piece future funk band headlined Denver Comes Alive earlier this month at the Mission Ballroom. As one of the most vibrant music scenes […]
![Denver’s Freshest New Band Midnight.Blue Soothes Souls with Debut Album “Breathe” [Review + Interview]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/midnight.bluepromo.jpeg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Album Review
Music has always been about that feeling for me. You know, that undeniable, unshakeable, and unbreakable vibration of sound – specifically the ones curated to connect and express. The type of sound that shatters all egos and ignites that palpable harmony of kindness and unison. Those compilations and works of audible art that truly touch […]
![Shift Thursday at Cervantes The Other Side: From Behind the Lens with Jessica Dnea Imagery [Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/tripzyleary-5-scaled.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Electronic
I brought my camera out to Denver’s Cervantes Masterpiece Ballroom Shift Thursday on August 18th to check out The Galactic Effect, Tripzy Leary, Pheuzen (Treavor from Desert Dwellers), and Mystic Grizzly. First, to cool down a warm August evening, I caught Neptvn and Dimethyldreamz in the first rotation of the classic dual DJ Silent Disco on […]
![RADO brings Groovy Jam-Rock to Colorado Mountain Towns [Tour Update]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/270332503_307208008080429_5296409572491057288_n.jpeg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Funk
Based in Denver, RADO synchronistically fuses Jam, Groove, Rock, Funk, and a little bit of everything in between to create a genre-mashing conglomerate of styles that gift something for everyone. Whether it’s a high-speed four-to-the-floor psychedelic jam, or a low bpm groovy, funk section, RADO is sure to keep the bodies moving. Cultivated from the […]
Art
Berk Visual boasts a big personality that can be felt through every extension of his work. The authenticity even rings true on social media, where Berk and his friends throw flea market pop-ups, immersive art installations and are constantly twisting up new ideas. As has been proven through the captivation of his following, Berk seems […]