About

Consequence of Sound is a New York and Chicago based, worldly influenced online music publication that seeks to cover the music world as it has never been covered before. Since its inception, CoS has reported on all of music’s biggest news, introduced the world to great new artists, and broken the lineups for some of the biggest music festivals around.

CoS has been featured in/on New York Magazine, MTV.com, USA Today, Spin, Filter Magazine, Chicago-Sun Times, The New Yorker, The Huffington Post, Time Out Chicago, Austin360.com, Glide Magazine, Comedy Central Insider, BBC.co.uk, LA Weekly, Brooklyn Vegan, Pitchfork Media, Buzznet, WNEW.com, Knoxville News Sentinel, The Rich Roffman Show, The Big Talker w/ Michael A. Smerconish (CBS Radio), Culture Bully, The Daily Swarm, The Rad Report, Zimbio, LAist, Stereogum, River Front Times, Metromix Los Angeles, Caustic Truths! and Buzzgrinder.com.

Staff:

CEO/Publisher:
Alex Young

President/Editor-in-Chief:
Michael Roffman

Director of Marketing/Advertising:
Jacqueline Oakes

Editorial Manager:
Matt Melis

Deputy Editor:
Sarah Luczko

Associate Editors:
Becca James
Luke Johnson
Megan Ritt

Administrative Assistant to the Editor and Publisher:
Andy Keil

Senior Staff Writers:
Jay Ziegler
E.N. May
David Buchanan
Allison Franks
Drew Litowitz
Dan Caffrey
Anthony Balderrama
Adam Kivel
Justin Gerber
Will Hines

Staff Writers:
Jesper Persson
Tony Hardy
Jessica Dean
Gillian Rosheuvel

Contributing Writers:
Michael Denslow
Elizabeth Grobel
Russell Michniak
Chris DeSalvo
Lloyd Poast
Bruce Matlock
Phillip Roffman
Joe Marvilli

News Writers:
Charles Poladian
Rose Martelli
Timothy Berger
Carlos Detres
Chris Coplan
Tony Biedenkapp

Contributing Photographers:
Art Pena
Chad Smith
Shantel Mitchell
Cara Patricia

Art Director:
Cap Blackard

Exclusive Design Firm:
Alphabet Arm

If you’d like to send us an mp3, CD, or any piece of music news and/or rumors you think we should know about, please drop us an email, or head over to our Contact page. Not only do we accept music submissions, we encourage them! (See our “Listen” category).

For advertising information, please read this page.

We are always looking for more staff members. If interested, read this page for more details.

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