"Do what you love, and share it with the world" — Independent Music & Festival Journal Since 2013
![An Honest Look at Texas Eclipse 2024: The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/IMG_2676.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
An Honest Look at Texas Eclipse: The Good, The Bad and The Beautiful It is hard to wrap my mind around where to begin with the Texas Eclipse Festival. Before the festival even ended there had been so much press about it that attempting to address you, the reader, on a blank and un-biased slate […]
![Dazed in the City of Roses: Melody’s Echo Chamber in Portland, OR [Photos]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/DSC01785.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
Psychedelic pop songstress Melody’s Echo Chamber brought her celestial production to Portlands’ Revolution Hall on Monday evening, flanked with a band of talented musicians to bring her songs to the stage. The Parisian artist recently made two announcements, one being the recovery of a previously lost album called Unfold, and the other being an official album […]
![Hollywood In Lights: Four Tet + Squidsoup [Photos]](https://composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/IMG_6649.heic)
Art
Four Tet, aka Kieran Hebden, is a world builder. The producer has collaborated with everyone from Skrillex to Bloc Party to Thom Yorke and Madlib, yet remains enigmatic enough that categorizing the musician is an impossible feat. His penchant for sampling vintage, beloved records from around the globe and bringing them into the contemporary mainstream […]
Hip-Hop
As a fan long before her official studio debut (‘See.SZA.Run’ anyone?), I’ve witnessed the dizzying rise of fame for the songstress known as SZA, real name Solána Imani Rowe. Her honest and emotionally charged lyrics strike a chord with listeners from around the world, but especially those in the throes of adulthood, young love and […]
![Frankie and the Witch Fingers at the Doug Fir Lounge in Portland, OR | January 31, 2023 [Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Photo-Jan-31-2023-10-02-18-PM-2.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
To the average Portlander strolling past the Doug Fir Lounge last Tuesday night, it would’ve been hard to believe a sold out show was raging on inside – but to die hard Frankie and the Witch Fingers fans, it was a night of epic proportions. It only takes one show to become a ‘die hard’ […]
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 […]
Electronic
Life’s a trip, so tie your shoes – Or don’t, and come to Lightning in a Bottle where you don’t need laces at all… LiB, laugh, lake ;) Coming from humble beginnings in 2003, Lightning in a Bottle festival is a transformational experience that takes place in Northern California. Bringing its wildest lineup yet, LiB is […]
Art
One of the most wonderous times of the year will soon be smiling upon us – Miami Art Week! Anchored by the worlds’ largest international art fair, Art Basel, that happens from December 1st – 3rd, festivities can occur for weeks leading up to, as well as after, the fair arrives in town. The ‘unofficial’ […]
![Particle Kid + the Flaming Lips at the Crystal Ballroom in Portland, OR | November 15, 2022 [Photo Gallery]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Photo-Nov-15-2022-9-26-38-PM.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Live Music Coverage
The rest of the evening rolled on in a dream-like state, with the band playing fan favorited tracks like ‘Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots, Pt. 1’, ‘At the Movies on Ludes’, ‘She Don’t Use Jelly’, ‘Race For The Prize’ and more. The Flaming Lips will always remain forever high on our list of recommendations for a […]
![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 […]