Consequence of Sound

Consequence of Sound

Type of site	Music and film news and reviews
Website	consequenceofsound.net
Alexa rank	4,859 globally, 1,295 in US[1]
Launched	2007
Current status	Active

Consequence of Sound (CoS) is a Chicago-based online magazine^[2] featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music and movies. In addition, the website also features the Festival Outlook micro-site, which serves as an on-line database for music festival news and rumors.

The site was founded in September 2007 by Alex Young—who now has the role of the site's CEO and publisher—and it has a combined staff of over 50 writers, editors, graphic designers, and photographers. Michael Roffman is the President and Editor in Chief, Matt Melis is the Editorial Director, Adam Kivel is the Executive Editor, Philip Cosores is the Deputy Editor, Collin Brennan, Nina Corcoran, and Lior Phillips are Associate Editors, Dominick Suzanne-Mayer is the Film Editor, and Ben Kaye is the News Editor.

Consequence of Sound is listed as one of the most influential music websites by Technorati.^[3] In 2010, About.com ranked Consequence of Sound the year's best music blog, based on "Technorati rankings and the online buzz throughout the year".^[4] In the Spring of 2014, Style of Sound calculated that Consequence of Sound charted as the No. 2 Most Influential Music Blog.^[5]

A popular feature of Consequence of Sound is the Festival Outlook, posting rumors regarding bands playing music festivals. However, it has caused some controversy. In 2009, CoS reported that Paul McCartney and The Killers would headline the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival prior to its lineup announcement.^[6] In 2010, CoS reported that Muse, Jay-Z, and Gorillaz would headline the 2010 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival prior to its lineup announcement. In October 2015, Consequence of Sound broke the news of LCD Soundsystem's impending reunion, and also was the first publication to report on LCD Soundsystem and Guns N' Roses headlining performances at Coachella 2016.

In February 2012, the website launched a long form writing section, Aux.Out. In March 2012, the website launched its first-ever mobile app at South by Southwest.

The website takes its name from the Regina Spektor song, "Consequence of Sounds".^[7]

Annual Report

Top 50 Albums

Year	Artist	Album	Top 5 Albums	Ref.
2008	TV on the Radio	Dear Science	2nd: Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend 3rd: The Hold Steady – Stay Positive 4th: Portishead – Third 5th: Okkervil River – The Stand Ins	[8]
2009	Animal Collective	Merriweather Post Pavilion (album)	2nd: Passion Pit – Manners 3rd: The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You 4th: The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love 5th: Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix	[9]
2010	Vampire Weekend	Contra	2nd: Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy 3rd: Arcade Fire – The Suburbs 4th: Gorillaz – Plastic Beach 5th: Titus Andronicus – The Monitor	[10]
2011	St. Vincent	Strange Mercy	2nd: Bon Iver – Bon Iver 3rd: Shabazz Palaces – Black Up 4th: PJ Harvey – Let England Shake 5th: Foo Fighters – Wasting Light	[11]
2012	Frank Ocean	Channel Orange	2nd: Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel… 3rd: Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city 4th: Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory 5th: Swans – The Seer	[12]
2013	Kanye West	Yeezus	2nd: Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City 3rd: My Bloody Valentine – m b v 4th: CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe 5th: Kurt Vile – Wakin on a Pretty Daze	[13]
2014	The War On Drugs	Lost in the Dream	2nd: Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2 3rd: Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness 4th: Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else 5th: Caribou – Our Love	[14]
2015	Kendrick Lamar	To Pimp a Butterfly	2nd: Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell 3rd: Grimes – Art Angels 4th: Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete 5th: Tame Impala – Currents	[15]
2016	Beyoncé	Lemonade	2nd: Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book 3rd: David Bowie – Blackstar 4th: Frank Ocean – Blonde 5th: Anohni – Hopelessness	[16]

Artist and Band of the Year

Year	Artist	Ref.	Band	Ref.
2010	Kanye West	[17]	The Roots	[18]
2011	James Blake	[19]	Foo Fighters	[20]
2012	Frank Ocean	[21]	Death Grips	[22]
2013	Kanye West	[23]	Arcade Fire	[24]
2014	Run the Jewels	[25]	The War on Drugs	[26]
2015	Kendrick Lamar	[27]	Tame Impala	[28]

Top 25 Films

Year	Film	Top 5 Films	Ref.
2014	Under the Skin	2nd: Nightcrawler 3rd: Boyhood 4th: Whiplash 5th: The Grand Budapest Hotel	[29]
2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	2nd: The Look of Silence 3rd: Inside Out 4th: Sicario 5th: The Revenant	[30]

Performance, Filmmaker and Composer of the Year

Year	Performance	Ref.	Filmmaker	Ref.	Composer	Ref.
2014	Jenny Slate	[31]	Dan Gilroy	[32]	Mica Levi	[33]
2015	Michael Shannon	[34]	George Miller	[35]	Disasterpeace	[36]

Top 100 Ever

Category	Artist	Album/Song	Top 10	Ref.
Album	The Beatles	Abbey Road	2nd: The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds 3rd: The Clash – London Calling 4th: Michael Jackson – Thriller 5th: The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico 6th: Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run 7th: Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon 8th: The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 9th: Talking Heads – Remain in Light 10th: Radiohead – OK Computer	[37]
Song	The Beach Boys	"God Only Knows"	2nd: Talking Heads – "Once In a Lifetime" 3rd: Bob Dylan – "Like a Rolling Stone" 4th: Michael Jackson – "Man in the Mirror" 5th: The Beatles – "A Day in the Life" 6th: The Velvet Underground – "Sister Ray" 7th: The Rolling Stones – "Sympathy for the Devil" 8th: Aretha Franklin – "Respect" 9th: The Notorious B.I.G. – "Juicy" 10th: Radiohead – "Idioteque"	[38]
Singers	Michael Jackson		2nd: Billie Holiday 3rd: Freddie Mercury 4th: Aretha Franklin 5th: James Brown 6th: Whitney Houston 7th: Roy Orbison 8th: Amy Winehouse 9th: Robert Plant 10th: Björk	[39]

References

1. "Site Information for consequenceofsound.net". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
2. Ulaby, Neda (December 29, 2014). "Mary Timony Brings 'Understated Swagger' To Ex Hex". NPR. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
3. "Technorati". Technorati. 2011-10-19. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
4. "Best Blogs 2010 - Top 10 Best Blogs of 2010". Weblogs.about.com. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
5. "Top 100 Most Influential Music Blogs". Style of Sound. Retrieved 2014-12-19.
6. Ching, Albert (2009-01-23). "Coachella 2009". Blogs.ocweekly.com. OC Weekly. Retrieved 2011-10-26.
7. "Regina Spektor premieres stirring new song "Black and White " — listen". Consequence Of Sound. 2016-09-08. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
8. "The Top 100 Albums of 2008". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 Dec 2013.
9. "The Top 100 Albums of 2009". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 Dec 2013.
10. "The Top 100 Albums of 2010". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 Dec 2013.
11. "Top 50 Albums of 2011". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 Dec 2013.
12. "Top 50 Albums of 2012". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 Dec 2013.
13. "Top 50 Albums of 2013". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 Dec 2013.
14. "Top 50 Albums of 2014". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 Dec 2014.
15. "Top 50 Albums of 2015". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 Dec 2015.
16. "Top 50 Albums of 2016". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 28 Nov 2016.
17. "Artist of the Year: Kanye West". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
18. "Artist of the Year: The Roots". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
19. "Artist of the Year: James Blake". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
20. "Artist of the Year: Foo Fighters". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
21. "Artist of the Year: Frank Ocean". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
22. "Artist of the Year: Death Grips". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
23. "Artist of the Year: Kanye West". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
24. "Artist of the Year: Arcade Fire". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
25. "Artist of the Year: Run the Jewels". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
26. "Artist of the Year: The War on Drugs". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
27. "Artist of the Year: Kendrick Lamar". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
28. "Artist of the Year: Tame Impala". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 12 December 2015.
29. "Top 25 Films of 2014". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 19 Dec 2014.
30. "Top 25 Films of 2014". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 21 Dec 2015.
31. "Performance of the Year: Jenny Slate". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
32. "Filmmaker of the Year: Dan Gilroy". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
33. "Composer of the Year: Mica Levi". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 19 December 2014.
34. "Performance of the Year: Michael Shannon". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
35. "Filmmaker of the Year: George Miller". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
36. "Composer of the Year: Disasterpeace". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
37. "Top 100 Albums Ever". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 Dec 2013.
38. "Top 50 Songs Ever". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 29 Dec 2013.
39. "The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 13 Nov 2016.

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