I can review your album…in 140 characters or less

By Michael Roffman on January 12th, 2012

Spin shakes the music industry with its new format. We chime in.

A few notes…

By CoS Staff on July 15th, 2011

Click, please!

Watch: Kanye West makes stop at Twitter HQ

By Alex Young on July 29th, 2010

Performs at and joins social network on the same day.

The Reznor-Twitter Saga: Blogs Without Borders

By David Buchanan on July 31st, 2009

Trent Reznor & Twitter. The complete story…

Here on out, the rockin’ robin goes “FileTwt, FileTwt, FileTwt”

By Rose Martelli on May 29th, 2009

FileTwt is a new app for sharing files via Twitter that sucks because it refuses to work for me. All morning now, I’ve been trying to FileTwt (and yeah, I think you pronounce it “tweet,” because otherwise, it would be… “twat”?) an mp3 of one of Mandy Moore‘s new songs, because I want everybody to [...]

@MikeSkinner (THE STREETS) shells out music too…

By Alex Young on April 14th, 2009

And we have our second Twitter mention of the day… Mike Skinner, aka the creative mastermind behind The Streets, has released what is the first in a series of three new songs to be unveiled on his Twitter this week. The London native cited time as the reasons behind his decision: “I am going to [...]

@DaveMatthewsBand offers up new single

By Alex Young on April 14th, 2009

Today, Dave Matthews announced via his Twitter account (@davejmatthews) the premiere of “Funny The Way It Is”, the lead single from Dave Matthews Band‘s upcoming album, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King. Fans can download the track for free for a week beginning today at the band’s website, davematthewsband.com.

Moonalice tweeting a concert

By Alex Young on April 10th, 2009

In the latest example of the never ending, yet unbelievably awesome absurdity that is Twitter, it now appears that the internet sensation will soon be hosting its very own concert. And no, we don’t mean Twitter will be hanging a banner at some random music venue; on April 11th, San Francisco’s Moonalice will actually perform [...]

Friend, Follow, and…Register!

By Alex Young on March 25th, 2009

We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again. Consequence of Sound is now more than just your go to site for all things music news, reviews, and festival coverage. We’re tweeting on Twitter and friending on MySpace and Facebook, three more tools we’ll be using to keep our loyal readers up-to-date on all the latest [...]

CoS: Friend, Follow, and Free Beer!

By Alex Young on March 11th, 2009

Did you know that Consequence of Sound is more than just your go to site for all things music news, reviews, and festival coverage? Just take the three “F’s” for example…