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Float Fest 2018 Heats Up San Marcos

Float Festival 2018 was, by most estimates, one of the hottest summer festivals one could have possibly attended. Sleeping in the back of a jeep likely didn’t make the experience easier, either, but any journey worth trekking to is worth baking in the sun for. What Float Fest lacked in environmental stability (not that they […]

The Best Things About Float Fest 2018

“Float Fest brings Coachella level talent to a boutique music festival” Float Fest takes place in San Marcos, Texas next week. The festival began as a boutique music festival on the San Marcos River. Attendees can float all day long with beverages of their choosing and stumble their way to headlining performances after baking in […]

Summertime Dance-Floor Heat: Volume I

June is exhausting. The hot, sultry air sticks to your clothing like glue. And, while late-night dancing doesn’t necessarily provide relief from the month’s brazen heat, it certainly counts as exercise. June is for romantics, star-crossed lovers, devils. June is hot. You may find yourself locked in an embrace with an unlikely partner, sweat dripping and flying […]

Coachella Weekend 2: Fleeting Moments In Brazen Heat

Coachella‘s prominence goes untested. The ultimate spectacle. Critiqued by many and understood by few. The festival has built a reputation around the flash and allure of larger than life bookings, prime-time selfie moments and fleeting moments of shock and awe (Tupac hologram, anyone?) Ask any of the festival’s attendees and they’ll tell you it’s the […]

Primavera Sound Festival Unveils Extensive ‘Primavera Bits’ Electronic Programming

Barcelona massive — Primavera Sound Festival — recently unveiled one of the most impressive lineups of 2018. Featuring such gargantuan headliners as Arctic Monkeys, Björk, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, A$AP Rocky and Lorde, the festival offers up some of the biggest critical pop stars of the current musical zeitgeist. Other acts announced within […]