Starbucks compilation features Spoon, Jose Gonzalez, and The Shins’ singer

By Harry Painter on January 19th, 2010

Coffee-shop love songs ripe for your iPod.

NIN, Pixies, Pet Shop Boys and more for Virgin Festival Ontario ‘09

By Alex Young on July 14th, 2009

It looks like Virgin Festival saved its best for last. In what will be the fifth and final Virgin hosted Canadian music festival of the summer, organizers have pieced together a rather impressive and electric bill for Virgin Festival Ontario. Nine Inch Nails, which will be saying goodbye, the Pixies, which will be saying hello, [...]

The Grates finally ready to share Teeth Lost, Hearts Won with the rest of the world!

By Alex Young on July 7th, 2009

Australia seems to be a pretty kick ass country. Tim Fite and Mates of State surely are some pretty kick ass artists. So, color us excited when presented with the prospect of getting of an album that combines our friends down under with the aforementioned artists, and send your thank you letters to The Grates [...]

Mates of States re-arrage Re-Arrange Us

By Alex Young on April 6th, 2009

Want to know just how cool Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel? How many parents do you know are currently gearing up for the release of their very own 12″ EP full of remixes?
That’s right. As if the lovely duo better known as Mates of State hadn’t already done enough to solidify their status on coolest [...]

Black Kids, Mates of State head out on Spring tour

By Luke MacLeod on January 12th, 2009

Indie kids rejoice! Two of the genre’s favorite acts are teaming up for what will a North American tour of epic hipster proportions, or at least the closest example to whatever that would be. Yes, the un-politically correct Black Kids will be trekking across the US (and two stops in Canada) with the husband-and-wife duo [...]

CoS remembers Lollapalooza 2008

By Alex Young on August 6th, 2008

This past weekend, Consequence of Sound traveled to Chicago, Illinois for the 2008 edition of Lollapalooza. With the task of covering a festival with nearly 70,000 daily attendees, 100+ musicians, and all the fun that comes with the Perry Farrell founded event, we left Sunday night with a lifetime of memories.
During each of Lollapalooza’s three [...]

Lollapalooza in Review: Friday, August 1st

By Alex Young on August 2nd, 2008

As we alluded to earlier today, day one of Lollapalooza 2008 started off with a bang. Though with a line of festival-goers stretching more than five blocks, most folks didn’t start rolling in until Holy Fuck and Black Lips kicked off their respective sets, unofficially signaling the start of this year’s festivities.
Neither band shows signs [...]

Album Review: Mates of State – Re-Arrange Us

By Alex Young on May 20th, 2008

As first seen on WNEW.com…
After an extended hiatus which saw the birth oft their second child and a new found career in blogging, the duo consisting of Kori Gardner on keyboard and Jason Gammel on drums, better known in the music world as Mates of State, are finally back with their fifth studio album, Re-Arrange [...]

Mates of State reveal more tour dates, stream

By Alex Young on May 14th, 2008

As the release date for their new album Re-Arrange Us (May 20 via Barsuk) quickly approaches, Mates of State have revealed additional dates for an upcoming summer tour. If you are on of those, like myself, who can’t wait until next week, you can check out a stream of the new album via the duo’s [...]

Mates of State “Get Better”

By Alex Young on April 21st, 2008

The fabulous musical duo/couple Mates of States are gearing up for the release of Re-Arrange Us on May 20 via Barsuk Records, the followup to 2006’s critically acclaimed Bring it Back. In support of the release, Kori Gardner and Jason Hammel have released a music video for “Get Better,” the album’s first single.

In addition to [...]