Consequence of Sound (CoS) is a Chicago-based online music publication devoted to the ever growing and always thriving worldwide music scene. Since its inception in 2007, CoS has reported on all of music’s breaking news, in addition to hyping new artists and cracking highly anticipated lineups for music festivals across the globe. With a committed staff of just over 50 writers, editors, graphic designers, and photographers, CoS continues to successfully push its way ahead of the engaging and highly competitive new media market.

Consequence of Sound is one of 40 hand picked websites currently making up the Complex Media Network.

Consequence of Sound was crowned About.com’s Best Music Blog of 2010 and Technorati’s Most Influential Music Blog. It also won the 2011 edition of Fordham University’s Business Plan Competition.

Consequence of Sound is featured on Metacritic and Time Entertainment.

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Staff:

CEO & Publisher:
Alex Young

President & Editor-in-Chief:
Michael Roffman

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Managing Editor:
Jeremy Larson

Senior Copy Editor:
Megan Ritt

Senior Editor:
Matt Melis

Senior Editor:
Adam Kivel

Associate Editor:
Harley Brown

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Senior Staff Writers:
Dan Caffrey
Jake Cohen
Len Comaratta
Nick Freed
Justin Gerber
Tony Hardy
Drew Litowitz
Caitlin Meyer
Frank Mojica
Carson O’Shoney
Derek Staples 

Staff Writers:
Katjusa Cisar
Summer Dunsmore
Jason Ferguson
Katherine Flynn
Jonathan Bernstein
Ryan Hadfield
Jon Hadusek
Matthew Kauffman Smith
Gilles LeBlanc
Mike Madden
Phillip Roffman
Zach Schonfeld
Ryan Staskel
Austin Trunick
Michael Zonenashvili

Podcast Director:
Len Comaratta

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News Editor:
Chris Coplan

Asst. News Editor:
Ben Kaye

News Writer:
Bryant Kitching

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Art Director:
Cap Blackard

Assistant Art Director:
Drew Litowitz

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Director of Human Resources:
Matt Melis

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Contributing Photographers:
Jesse Bloch
Brad Bretz
Meghan Brosnan
Debi Del Grande
Martin Hamedani
Heather Kaplan
Ted Maider
Joshua Mellin
Chris Mullen
Nate Slevin
Chad Smith

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Interns:
Brady Gerber

Doejo is the creator of this website. Mondial Creative Labs designed the Consequence of Sound logo. Alphabet Arm designed the Festival Outlook logo. Wasp Mobile designed the Consequence of Sound mobile app.

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