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Our Most Anticipated Supergroup Performances for this years’ Brooklyn Comes Alive 2016! | October 22nd, 2016 in New York East Coast

Our Most Anticipated Supergroup Performances for this years’ Brooklyn Comes Alive 2016! | October 22nd, 2016 in New York

Brooklyn Comes Alive returns Oct. 22, for another ‘Day of Musical Collaboration Across Williamsburg’. The jam packed lineup features super-group formations from members of Lettuce, Dead & Co., Primus, Break Science, The String Cheese Incident, The Disco Biscuits, Joe Russo’s Almost Dead, Snarky Puppy and many many more. If you have never heard of this […]

Oct 10, 2016 Read →
BangOnNYC’s Elements Music Festival Delivers the Best Party of the Summer Once Again | August 13th, 2016 in Brooklyn, NY [Festival Review + Photo Gallery] East Coast

BangOnNYC’s Elements Music Festival Delivers the Best Party of the Summer Once Again | August 13th, 2016 in Brooklyn, NY [Festival Review + Photo Gallery]

All photos by Kyle Miller of Saucy Monster for Compose Yourself Mag A scorching 96 degree blistering summer day wasn’t stopping anyone from getting down at BangOnNYC’s Elements Music Festival, which once again proved itself to be the hottest party of the summer. Water droplets streamed down the faces of those anxiously waiting to get […]

Aug 19, 2016 Read →
[Show Review + Photo Gallery] Consider the Source in Oneonta, NY | Oct 31st, 2015 East Coast

[Show Review + Photo Gallery] Consider the Source in Oneonta, NY | Oct 31st, 2015

Consider The Source, an American instrumental trio, graced the town of Oneonta on Halloween, where they provided only the weirdest yet beautifully intricate jams for the freaks to get down to. Souls of all shapes and forms joined together in order to transcend through an enlightening realm where imagination is limitless. From swaying to head-banging, […]

Nov 9, 2015 Read →
Exmag Ends Headlining Tour at Bowery Ballroom | Brooklyn, NY May 9th, 2015 East Coast

Exmag Ends Headlining Tour at Bowery Ballroom | Brooklyn, NY May 9th, 2015

After slaying 28 dates on their current headlining tour, there’s no place more fitting to end Exmag’s epic winning streak than good old Brooklyn! Back on their home turf, the one and only SExmag will be throwing the funk down to celebrate their tour’s grand finale. Openers will kick the night off promptly at 8 […]

May 4, 2015 Read →
#DroolMode: A First-Timer’s Guide to Catskill Chill Music Festival East Coast

#DroolMode: A First-Timer’s Guide to Catskill Chill Music Festival

Although this will be my first time at the Chill, I’m no stranger to the jam or music festival scene.  The past four Septembers I’ve watched idly by as  friends carted off in droves to this upstate NY gathering, while I was left in the dust, scrambling to begin yet another school year.  Being a college student […]

Sep 4, 2014 Read →
[Show Review + Photo Gallery] Thievery Corporation Serenades New York City at Pier 97 | August 15, 2014 East Coast

[Show Review + Photo Gallery] Thievery Corporation Serenades New York City at Pier 97 | August 15, 2014

Last Friday, August 15, 2014, the full Thievery Corporation live band gave a memorably enchanting performance at New York City’s Pier 97.  This show was part of their current tour in celebration of the group’s  newest record, Saudade.  Sixties funk brass ensemble, Lee Fields & The Expressions,  got the evening started with a smooth, soulful jazz session as the crowd began entering […]

Aug 25, 2014 Read →
Undersaturated Presents: Phutureprimitive + Govinda + BRANX + Technicolor Lenses in New York 06.12.2014 East Coast

Undersaturated Presents: Phutureprimitive + Govinda + BRANX + Technicolor Lenses in New York 06.12.2014

The launch of Undersaturated Presents blessed NYC this past Thursday, with an impressive lineup including Brooklyn natives Technicolor Lenses, Low Temp label star BRANX, and Austin born violinist Govinda, with headlining psymbient artist Phutureprimitive. Needless to say, Highline Ballroom swayed all night long with captivating beats, and the crowd came together in celebration of such […]

Jun 17, 2014 Read →