It's easy to feel over-fatigued from award shows right now. They all sort of bump into one another at the same time. Though, given that the Oscars dropped the ball, skipping a handful of solid releases and performances, and that the Grammys still feel like, "one giant industry jerk-off where the ones who pushed the most quantity are rewarded for quality," as Alex Young put it so eloquently last year, who in their right mind cares? Well, America does. If Twitter is any indication, millions of people still tune in and actually gripe about the wins and losses; [...]
With South by Southwest now just a month away, we thought today would be a good day to announce one of our events. As per the above poster, Consequence of Sound will set up shop at the Beauty Bar on Wednesday, March 14th for the first annual CoSigns unofficial day party. (If you don't get it, click here .) Presented by Louisville, Kentucky's Forecastle Festival , the six-hour long event will feature eight bands playing two stages, with the mighty Cloud Nothings and Titus Andronicus serving as headliners. [...]
Looking for a place to write about music? Depending on where you live (and your skills), we might be looking for you . We're currently in search of contributors from the following locations: - Austin, Texas - New England (specifically in or around Boston) - Pacific Northwest (e.g. Seattle, Portland) - Midwest (e.g. Arkansas, Tennessee, Oklahoma) - South Florida - United Kingdom If you're a qualified writer and live in one of these areas, please send an email with your resume and samples [...]
Consequence of Sound 's mobile app is coming soon, and we need your help choosing the design. Click here to vote for your favorite of three possible layouts. The winning design will be unveiled with the rest of our app in March during South by Southwest. Among the features you can expect from our app: - Read all your favorite CoS content, including news, album, and concert reviews in an easy-to-read mobile format - Get push notifications for breaking news, festival announcements, and artist updates - Get access to exclusive [...]
Ever wonder what it takes to keep Consequence of Sound running 24/7 to deliver the best music coverage possible? Well, here's an opportunity to come aboard and find out. Once again, we're looking for creative, dedicated, and enthusiastic talent to take part in our winter, spring, and summer editorial internships. The gig entails a variety of projects, all of which include: working on our weekly newsletter, maintaining our social networks, and completing the occasional writing assignment. Ideal internship candidates should possess the following qualities/skills: - Enrolled in a college or university - [...]
Consequence of Sound has presented its fair share of events in recent years, but they've always been restricted to certain regions of the country. That's about to change. In a CoS first, we've teamed up with Modern Art Records for a nationwide tour featuring three of the label's premiere acts: Miniature Tigers , Geographer , and The Chain Gang of 1974 . Kicking off March 1st, the trek will hit 25 cities across the U.S., including Austin for South by Southwest . Both Brooklyn's Miniature Tigers and San Francisco's Geographer will use [...]
Lucky us! Minneapolis-based quartet Polica were set to release their debut album around Valentine's Day, but they dropped it 2 months early... That's right folks, when you totally dig the song I've included below, you can go out and buy Give You The Ghost to keep! And here's why you should get it (from our good friends over at Consequence Of Sound ): " Gayngs mastermind Ryan Olson co-produced Give You the Ghost with Spoon's Jim Eno, who's widely acknowledged as one of the best drummers today, and the resulting post-prog-rock percussion and mellifluous [...]
Consequence of Sound is excited to announce that we have begun work on our first-ever mobile app. We expect it to be ready in early March, with a big kickoff party in Austin, Texas, during the week of South by Southwest. To ensure that your hopes/dreams/needs are satisfied - after all, you'll be the ones using it - we're asking for your suggestions and ideas as we research and develop this application. We want to know which features you'd like included, whether related to content or technology - even graphics. As an added interactive, the three individuals who supply our favorite ideas [...]
Are you a fan of advent calendars? We hope so because that's how Consequence of Sound will unravel its 2011 annual report. Over the next two weeks - more specifically, the next 10 business days - we'll be listing our top picks of the year on our very own CoS -endorsed advent calendar (for an example, see above; for the real thing, see our homepage). That includes our Stories of the Year, Photos of the Year, Rookie of the Year, Videos of the Year, Songs of the Year, Live Acts of the Year, Artist of the Year, [...]
Consequence of Sound is pleased to announce a live webcast event. In seven days time, on Friday, November 11th, we'll be teaming with Chevy Sonic to bring you a special midday live stream featuring pop rock supergroup fun. As we reported earlier this week, fun. - the New York based trio comprised of ex-The Format frontman Nate Ruess, Steel Train frontman Jack Antonoff, and ex-Anathallo member/multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dorst - is gearing up for the February 21st, 2012 release of their Jeff Bhasker-produced sophomore LP, Some Nights . [...]
The Bees (known in the United States as A Band of Bees) are an English band from Ventnor on the Isle of Wight. Although their sound is generally classified as indie rock or psychedelic rock, the band have a colourful range of styles and influences, such as 1960s garage rock, country, reggae and jazz. Every Step's A Yes is the fourth studio album from British band The Bees, released on October 11, 2010. It is the band's first for their current label Fiction Records. It was preceded by the single "I Really Need Love", out on October [...]
The British psych-folk band A Band Of Bees, known in their homeland simply as the Bees, have already released their new album Every Step's A Yes overseas. In the U.S., it's due tomorrow, and the American version includes bonuses like the Mamas And The Papas' "Go Where You Wanna Go" and a live version of Portishead's "The Rip." And below, we've got the entire album streaming. Read More...
There's nothing quite like a fresh start. After releasing three critically acclaimed albums under the banner of US label Astralwerks (including their Mercury Prize nominated debut, Sunshine Hit Me ), British psych-folk band A Band of Bees (known simply as The Bees abroad) have moved to Fiction/ATO. Now after a year of availability in England, the group's fourth album, Every Step's A Yes , is finally seeing a stateside release on November 8th. Can't wait one more day? Lucky you, we've got a full stream of the album below. The [...]
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Tweet Listen to "Spiders" the new song by Ty Segall below. If there's one thing that can be said for California's Ty Segall it's that he's got an unwavering passion and drive for creating new music. At the age of 24 or so, and having been releasing albums on his own since 2008 he's already dropped 7 albums, 2 EPs, and 6 singles, as well as everything else he's collaborated on [...]
It was just days ago that plans were revealed for a new three-track effort from California's young-yet-prolific garage rocker Ty Segall . With the 7" single, "Spiders", dropping November 8th from Drag City, CoS has an exclusive stream of the effort's title track. As advertised, the cut does indeed "sound like some Finnish funeral," if that funeral was scored with wickedly crunchy guitars and a creeping low end. Oh, and the occasional blood curdling scream. Segall's reverberating sneer of a vocal track rounds out a tight piece of rock from the dark of the garage, [...]
A reminder: Consequence of Sound is presenting two concerts in the New York City metropolitan area over the next 48 hours. The first, Heart Music Group's official CMJ showcase, takes place Friday night at Pianos in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Talent includes Wise Blood, Chrome Sparks, North Highlands, and Supreme Cuts, among others, and non-badge holders pay just $5 for access. Set times are as followed: 8:30 p.m. – Chrome Sparks 9:10 p.m. – R E A L M A G I C 9:50 p.m. – Cities Aviv [...]
Justice's long-awaited sophomore album, Audio, Video, Disco , arrives October 24th via Ed Eanger Records. Here's what it sounds like as a condensed, four-minute medley: Perfect for an ADD person like myself, amirite? However, folks looking for something a little fuller can hear previously unveiled album tracks "Civilization" , "Helix" , and the title track by clicking on their respective links. The titles of the album's other seven tracks are underneath. Audio, Video, Disco Tracklist: [...]
In this business, young bands need to make connections or suffer the fate of falling into obscurity. Multi-instrumentalist Jamie Jackson and writer/visual artist Deborah Stoll, collectively known as LA-based Hot As Sun , understand that concept especially well, even as a band with less than two years experience. By unveiling a remix that features fellow up and comers Freddie Gibbs and The Kickdrums, the duo may very well live up to their name in the coming months. The original version of "Come Come" was featured on an EP the band self-released last year . In it, [...]
Written during the final weeks of 2010 following an unrelenting tour schedule, the debut full-length of Atlanta's O'Brother is an acknowlegement on how that time away from home affected them personally, including the strains on relationships with friends and family, the contradiction of touring versus home life, and the tension of developing as a collective. The outcome is Garden Window , an 11-track LP that blends the band's many influences: the aggression of Deftones and Torche, soaring guitars of Britain's Oceansize, a hopefulness in line with Sigur Rós, and an attempt at the emotional depth possessed by Radiohead and Thom Yorke. To [...]
Our friends over at Consequence of Sound, or rather the guys we wish were our actual friends, premiered this little diddy from Austin, Texas' own electro-pop group SPEAK on Sept. 21st. You may be asking at this point, what took you so long Chuck?! It's been 5 days!... I can explain. SPEAK's debut album, Believe In Everything, is being released tomorrow, and after the band won Best New Band at the
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