Consequence (publication)

Consequence

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Web address	consequence.net
Commercial?	Yes
Type of site	Music and film and television news and reviews
Registration	Optional
Available in	English
Owner	Consequence Media
Created by	Alex Young (Founder & Publisher) Michael Roffman (Co-Founder)
Editor	Gab Ginsberg (Managing Editor)
Launched	2007
Current status	Active

Consequence (previously Consequence of Sound) is an independently owned New York-based online magazine featuring news, editorials, and reviews of music, movies, and television. In addition, the website also features the Festival Outlook micro-site, which serves as an online database for music festival news and rumors. In 2018, Consequence of Sound launched Consequence Podcast Network.

The website took its original name from the Regina Spektor song "Consequence of Sounds".

History

Consequence of Sound was founded in September 2007 by Alex Young, then a student at Fordham University in The Bronx, New York. In January 2008, Michael Roffman became Editor-in-Chief. In October 2014, Consequence of Sound began covering film and became a part of the Chicago Film Critics Association. In 2016, Consequence of Sound was reorganized under the umbrella of Consequence Media, a digital media, advertising, and marketing firm. In 2018, Consequence of Sound launched the Consequence Podcast Network, averaging over 100,000 downloads in its first month. In 2019, Consequence of Sound partnered with Sony Music for the launch of a music documentary podcast series called The Opus. Also in 2019, Consequence of Sound partnered with StubHub to launch a live content hub and events series. In 2021, Consequence of Sound launched a redesign of their website, and rebranded to Consequence.

Influence

Consequence is listed as one of the most influential music websites by Technorati. In 2010, About.com ranked Consequence the year's best music blog, based on "Technorati rankings and the online buzz throughout the year". In the Spring of 2014, Style of Sound calculated that Consequence charted as the second most influential music blog. In 2019, Consequence ranked among the top 10 most influential music blogs by Hypebot.

In 2009, Consequence reported that Paul McCartney and The Killers would headline the 2009 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival prior to its lineup announcement.

In 2015, Consequence was the first to break news of LCD Soundsystem's reunion tour.

In 2018, Consequence documented alleged abuse allegations against Dave Matthews Band violinist Boyd Tinsley. Boyd was later fired from the band.

Annual Report

Top 50 Albums

Year	Artist	Album	Top 5 Albums	Ref.
2008	TV on the Radio	Dear Science	Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend The Hold Steady – Stay Positive Portishead – Third Okkervil River – The Stand Ins
2009	Animal Collective	Merriweather Post Pavilion	Passion Pit – Manners The Avett Brothers – I and Love and You The Decemberists – The Hazards of Love Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
2010	Vampire Weekend	Contra	Kanye West – My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy Arcade Fire – The Suburbs Gorillaz – Plastic Beach Titus Andronicus – The Monitor
2011	St. Vincent	Strange Mercy	Bon Iver – Bon Iver Shabazz Palaces – Black Up PJ Harvey – Let England Shake Foo Fighters – Wasting Light
2012	Frank Ocean	Channel Orange	Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel… Kendrick Lamar – good kid, m.A.A.d city Cloud Nothings – Attack on Memory Swans – The Seer
2013	Kanye West	Yeezus	Vampire Weekend – Modern Vampires of the City My Bloody Valentine – m b v CHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe Kurt Vile – Wakin on a Pretty Daze
2014	The War On Drugs	Lost in the Dream	Run the Jewels – Run the Jewels 2 Angel Olsen – Burn Your Fire for No Witness Cloud Nothings – Here and Nowhere Else Caribou – Our Love
2015	Kendrick Lamar	To Pimp a Butterfly	Sufjan Stevens – Carrie & Lowell Grimes – Art Angels Oneohtrix Point Never – Garden of Delete Tame Impala – Currents
2016	Beyoncé	Lemonade	Chance the Rapper – Coloring Book David Bowie – Blackstar Frank Ocean – Blonde Anohni – Hopelessness
2017	Lorde	Melodrama	Kendrick Lamar – DAMN. Ryan Adams – Prisoner Vince Staples – Big Fish Theory Slowdive – Slowdive
2018	Mitski	Be the Cowboy	Janelle Monáe – Dirty Computer Saba – Care for Me Kamasi Washington – Heaven and Earth Pusha T – Daytona
2019	Billie Eilish	When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?	Sharon Van Etten – Remind Me Tomorrow Jamila Woods – Legacy! Legacy! Angel Olsen – All Mirrors Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next
2020	Fiona Apple	Fetch the Bolt Cutters	Run the Jewels – RTJ4 Phoebe Bridgers – Punisher Perfume Genius – Set My Heart on Fire Immediately Dua Lipa – Future Nostalgia
2021	Tyler, the Creator	Call Me If You Get Lost	Japanese Breakfast – Jubilee Arlo Parks – Collapsed in Sunbeams Turnstile – Glow On Little Simz – Sometimes I Might Be Introvert

Top 50 Songs

Year	Artist	Song	Top 5 Songs	Ref.
2009	Phoenix	"1901"	Animal Collective – "Summertime Clothes" Passion Pit – "Sleepyhead" Grizzly Bear – "Two Weeks" Phoenix – "Lisztomania"
2010	Kanye West	"Power'"	LCD Soundsystem – "Dance Yrself Clean" The Black Keys – "Tighten Up" Vampire Weekend – "Cousins" Katy Perry – "Teenage Dream'"
2011	Bon Iver	"Holocene'"	Tyler, the Creator – "Yonkers" M83 – "Midnight City" Beyoncé – "Countdown" Tune-Yards – "Bizness"
2012	Frank Ocean	"Thinkin Bout You"	Japandroids – "The House That Heaven Built" Passion Pit – "I'll Be Alright" Grimes – "Genesis" Usher – "Climax"
2013	Lorde	"Royals"	Kurt Vile – "Wakin on a Pretty Day" Kanye West – "New Slaves" Daft Punk – "Get Lucky" Phosphorescent – "Song for Zula"
2014	Future Islands	"Seasons (Waiting on You)"	Cloud Nothings – "I'm Not Part of Me" Against Me! – "Transgender Dysphoria Blues" Flying Lotus – "Never Catch Me" Sia – "Chandelier"
2015	Kendrick Lamar	"Alright"	Tame Impala – "Let It Happen" Jamie xx – "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)" Kurt Vile – "Pretty Pimpin" Grimes – "Realiti"
2016	Beyoncé	"Freedom"	Kanye West – "Ultralight Beam" Car Seat Headrest – "Drunk Drivers / Killer Whales" ANOHNI – "4 Degrees" David Bowie – "I Can't Give Everything Away"
2017	Kendrick Lamar	"HUMBLE."	Lorde – "Green Light" Portugal. The Man – "Feel It Still" SZA – "Love Galore" Migos – "T-Shirt"
2018	Kendrick Lamar	"All the Stars"	Ariana Grande – "God Is a Woman" Janelle Monáe – "Make Me Feel" Cardi B – "I Like It" Kanye West – "Ghost Town"
2019	Sharon Van Etten	"Seventeen"	Billie Eilish – "Bad Guy" Lizzo – "Juice" Tyler, the Creator – "Earfquake" Strand of Oaks – "Weird Ways"
2020	The Weeknd	"Blinding Lights"	Phoebe Bridgers – "I Know the End" BTS – "Dynamite" Run the Jewels – "Ooh La La" Waxahatchee – "Fire"
2021	BTS	"Butter"	Lucy Dacus – "Thumbs" Lil Nas X – "Montero (Call Me by Your Name)" Japanese Breakfast – "Be Sweet" Tyler, the Creator – "Lumberjack"

Artist, Band and Rookie of the Year

Year	Artist	Ref.	Band	Ref.	Rookie	Ref.
2010	Kanye West		The Roots		Not Awarded
2011	James Blake		Foo Fighters		The Weeknd
2012	Frank Ocean		Death Grips		Angel Haze
2013	Kanye West		Arcade Fire		HAIM
2014	Run the Jewels		The War on Drugs		FKA twigs
2015	Kendrick Lamar		Tame Impala		Vince Staples
2016	Chance the Rapper		Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band		Car Seat Headrest
2017	Lorde		King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard		BROCKHAMPTON
2018	Janelle Monáe		Pearl Jam		Billie Eilish
2019	Billie Eilish		Tool		King Princess
2020	Phoebe Bridgers		BTS		Beabadoobee
2021	Lil Nas X		CHVRCHES		Nandi Bushell

Top 25 Films

Year	Film	Top 5 Films	Ref.
2014	Under the Skin	Nightcrawler Boyhood Whiplash The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015	Mad Max: Fury Road	The Look of Silence Inside Out Sicario The Revenant
2016	Moonlight	Green Room Manchester by the Sea The Handmaiden La La Land
2017	Blade Runner 2049	The Florida Project Dunkirk Call Me by Your Name Lady Bird
2018	Hereditary	Eighth Grade BlacKkKlansman Paddington 2 If Beale Street Could Talk
2019	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood	Midsommar Parasite Her Smell 1917
2020	Lovers Rock	The Invisible Man Minari Da 5 Bloods Palm Springs
2021	Zola	The Green Knight Annette Dune The French Dispatch

Performance, Filmmaker and Composer of the Year

Year	Performance	Ref.	Filmmaker	Ref.	Composer	Ref.
2014	Jenny Slate		Dan Gilroy		Mica Levi
2015	Michael Shannon		George Miller		Disasterpeace
2016	Alex R. Hibbert, Ashton Sanders, Trevante Rhodes		Kenneth Lonergan		Cliff Martinez
2017	Vicky Krieps		Denis Villeneuve		Hans Zimmer
2018	Toni Collette		Spike Lee		John Carpenter
2019	Elisabeth Moss		Quentin Tarantino		Daniel Lopatin
2020	Steven Yeun		Steve McQueen		Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
2021	Dev Patel		Janicza Bravo		Aaron Dessner and Bryce Dessner

Top 25 TV Shows

Year	TV Show	Top 5 TV Shows	Ref.
2016	Stranger Things	Broad City Atlanta Halt and Catch Fire The Night Of
2017	Twin Peaks	Halt and Catch Fire Nathan for You Alias Grace Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
2018	The Americans	Atlanta Killing Eve Pose Barry
2019	Succession	Fleabag Stranger Things Russian Doll Chernobyl
2020	The Queen's Gambit	Better Call Saul The Boys What We Do in the Shadows The Last Dance
2021	WandaVision	Succession Girls5Eva It's a Sin Hacks

TV Performance and Showrunner(s) of the Year

Year	TV Performance	Ref.	Showrunner(s)	Ref.
2017	Rachel Bloom		Mark Frost and David Lynch
2018	Billy Porter		Joel Fields and Joe Weisberg
2019	Maya Hawke		Jesse Armstrong
2020	Anya Taylor-Joy		Eric Kripke
2021	Kathryn Hahn		N/A

Comedian of the Year

Year	Comedian	Ref.
2013	Marc Maron
2014	Cameron Esposito
2015	Aziz Ansari
2016	Bill Maher
2017	Nathan Fielder
2018	John Mulaney
2019	Jenny Slate
2020	Eric André
2021	Bo Burnham

Top 100 Ever

Category	Artist	Album/Song	Top 10	Ref.
Album	The Beatles	Abbey Road	The Beach Boys – Pet Sounds The Clash – London Calling Michael Jackson – Thriller The Velvet Underground & Nico – The Velvet Underground & Nico Bruce Springsteen – Born to Run Pink Floyd – The Dark Side of the Moon The Beatles – Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Talking Heads – Remain in Light Radiohead – OK Computer
Song	The Beach Boys	"God Only Knows"	Talking Heads – "Once In a Lifetime" Bob Dylan – "Like a Rolling Stone" Michael Jackson – "Man in the Mirror" The Beatles – "A Day in the Life" The Velvet Underground – "Sister Ray" The Rolling Stones – "Sympathy for the Devil" Aretha Franklin – "Respect" The Notorious B.I.G. – "Juicy" Radiohead – "Idioteque"
Singers	Michael Jackson		Billie Holiday Freddie Mercury Aretha Franklin James Brown Whitney Houston Roy Orbison Amy Winehouse Robert Plant Björk
Soundtracks	Saturday Night Fever		The Graduate The Bodyguard Super Fly Dazed and Confused American Graffiti Above the Rim The Harder They Come Trainspotting 2001: A Space Odyssey

External links

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