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Electronic
If you are headed to Serenity Gathering you really need to check out our contributor Sarah Hoffman’s curated SoundCloud playlist, featuring all of our favorite artists from this year’s lineup. On a reservation in California Serenity Gathering offers an escape from the winter blues that is taking over right now! Prepare yourselves for Serenity with […]
![[Photo Gallery] We Were Promised Jetpacks Perform at Trees | November 12, 2014](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IMG_9725.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Indie
From the tides of the Atlantic came the sounds of Scotland, blessing our weary souls with We Were Promised Jetpacks’ first Dallas performance in years. Setting Dallas ablaze with dreamy Scottish accents, classic guitar-heavy rhythms, and virtuously danceable, yet staggeringly straightforward percussions – this show did not disappoint. Let me start by saying that if […]
Electronic
Rising Appalachia, comprised of sisters Leah and Chloe, do more than make incredibly beautiful world-folk soul music; the duo also utilizes their platform to create social awareness. Their latest release “Medicine” is a call-to-action to support the voices and work of healers, herbalists and teachers who use plant-based medicine as a tool for enlightenment and […]
![[Festival Review] Lightning In A Bottle | More Than Just A Music Festival](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/lib1.jpg?resize=560%2C245&ssl=1)
Electronic
The emergence and growing popularity of transformational music festivals in the past several years offers a poignant outlet for creating a more conscious foundation of human community based on self expression, collective collaboration, and a combination of numerous mediums to climb to a higher order of creativity. Lightning in a Bottle (LIB) is a […]
Indie
Royal Canoe is like a dessert, but on that special occasion when you get to eat it before your dinner. If Canada can send more goodness over like Royal Canoe, we just may forgive them for Justin Bieber. Royal Canoe is pretty much the summation of all your favorite indie-pop bands with a gracious amount of versatility. […]
Festival Coverage
As the first of its kind, this two day music festival set in the suburbs of north Dallas offers up a fresh musical environment. For music lovers that don’t mind switching things around now and then, let us introduce you to Suburbia Music Festival. Taking place in middle-of-America headquarters, Plano, TX, Suburbia is shaping up to […]
![[Show Review] Mogwai at the Granada Theater in Dallas,TX | 4.23.2014](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mogwaaaai.jpg?resize=600%2C375&ssl=1)
Indie
As I walked up to the front of The Granada, a line of anxious patrons wrapped the entire sidewalk as they waited for the doors to open. The atmosphere was lively and filled with energy, as it had been some time since Glastonbury based Mogwai had last graced the states, much less Dallas alone. I knew […]
![Who Needs A Badge? CYM’s Favorite Unofficial Moments of SXSW 2014 [Festival Review]](https://i0.wp.com/composeyourselfmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/SXXXSW.jpg?resize=551%2C290&ssl=1)
Festival Coverage
The craziness that is South By South West took the city of Austin by storm last week. The festival has grown exponentially, now in its 28th year, and although it is experiencing some growing pains, it continues to be a staple in Austin’s creative community. SXSW is a unique event in many aspects; much like […]