Welcome back to Consequence's Annual Report, celebrating the best music and entertainment 2024 had to offer on the Consequence UNCUT: Annual Report (see the full list on Consequence.net!) podcast exclusively on Amazon Music!

On this episode, we are celebrating the Festival of the Year: The Newport Folk Festival. The timing is perfect with this being Newport Folk's 65th anniversary and Newport Jazz Festival's 70th! Consequence is marking the legacy of both events with an in-depth retrospective cover story, featuring interviews with Joan Baez, Brittany Howard, Nathaniel Rateliff, Samara Joy, and more artists who are part of the festival's story (check it out on Consequence.net). And what better way to show you the spirit of the festival than this live conversation recorded at Newport with editorial director Ben Kay, and the Executive Producer of the Newport Folk and Jazz Festivals, Jay Sweet.

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Welcome back to Consequence's Annual Report, celebrating the best music and entertainment 2024 had to offer on the Consequence UNCUT: Annual Report podcast exclusively on Amazon Music!

On this episode, we speak with Heavy Band of the Year Judas Priest who have been firing at all cylinders, still touring after 50 years in the business, and dropping their new album Invincible Shield. In candid and heartfelt conversation Judas Priest’s Rob Halford speaks with Managing Editor of Heavy Consequence Spencer Kaufman to discuss the band's incredible journey, Grammy nomination, and what the future holds. After listening, read the full Producer of the Year feature at Consequence.net. And, don’t forget to check out all of Consequence’s Annual Report coverage. Enjoy

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Today on Consequence of Sound, we are sharing an episode from The Spark Parade.

The Aces' front woman Cristal Ramirez was obsessed with Paramore's Riot! from the moment it was first played for her. The energy and lyrics both blew her pre-teen mind, but it was Hayley Williams who really caught her attention. A flame-haired teenager who lead a successful rock band in a male-dominated industry, Williams provided endless inspiration for Ramirez as her own musical aspirations took flight. As a dedicated Paramore fan, she's always seen the band as a beacon of light and a force for good in the world.

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On the latest Track by Track, Virginia singer-songwriter Natalie Prass explains how she rummaged through the thrift shops of music history for her sophomore album, The Future and the Past, dusting off artifacts of funk, soul, Brazilian tropicalia, indie folk, and bedazzled LA rock.






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Age Of is the most collaborative Oneohtrix Point Never album yet, with contributions from James Blake, Prurient, Kelsey Lu, and Anohni building on both the serene beauty and abject horror.

An album review by David Sackllah, read by Cap Blackard.

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Only seven tracks long, coke rap’s poet laureate continues to amaze with age as he pontificates on the hustle and grind.

An album review by Gary Suarez, read by Pat Freely.

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After America got the Bad Ending on its playthrough of the 2016 presidential election, Richmond singer-songwriter Natalie Prass scrapped the intended follow-up to her stunning 2015 debut in favor of a new collection of songs inspired in equal parts by feminine resilience and a box of Janet Jackson 45s.

An album review by Tyler Clark. 

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Love Is Dead is a collection of songs about grand concepts like openness, heartbreak, disappointment, and generally growing up. But without the benefit of specificity or a sharp perspective, the result is that it may be the most impersonal record that CHVRCHES have ever produced. Pain without specificity sounds a lot like numbness. 

An album review by Kayleigh Hughes, read by Cap Blackard.

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God's Father Customer sees Father John Misty at his most desperate, heartbroken state, making a solid comedown record from I Love You, Honeybear and Pure Comedy that doesn’t quite hit the profound highs of its predecessors, but gets carried quite a long way on the backs of its honest songwriting.

An album review by Steven Edelstone, read by Michael Roffman.

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As expected, Tell Me How You Really Feel still finds Courtney Barnett writing "Courtney Barnett" songs, but there’s an unmistakable growth in the Aussie’s compositions. Her strongest melodies yet meet an untrained voice that’s gaining confidence and a band (Bones Sloane, Dave Mudie, and Dan Luscombe) that’s learned to trust itself to breathe and show restraint at times rather than instinctively douse a song in more scuzz.

An album review by Matt Melis, read by Michael Roffman.

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After 17 years as a solo artist, Stephen Malkmus still has the ability to delight, if perhaps not outright surprise, his audience. Sparkle Hard is at once his most sonically adventurous and structurally tight set of music in over a decade and easily stands among his most rewarding work with the Jicks. Since leaving Pavement, Malkmus has always favored low-key consistency over wild experimentation, but when the results are this good, you can't really blame him.

An album review by Tyler Clark.

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Easily the weirdest record in the Arctic Monkeys' catalog, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino is a fun, flawed aberration (at least, for now). Even in failure, there's enough to explore within Alex Turner's thicket of lyrics and the haze of this inviting, yet not quite fully realized sonic setting to warrant a few active listens. Getting chemically altered and listening to this in some headphone on a very dark night might be a solid way to pass the time. Just don't expect to be humming anything you heard later on.

An album review by Tyler Clark.

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It’s impressive enough for the dream pop duo to keep making some of the best songs of their career seven albums in, when most bands would be well past their peak. By retooling their sound and shaking off any complacency that may have settled in, Beach House make their claim as one of the preeminent indie rock bands of the decade.

An album review by David Sackllah, read by Pat Freely.

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Today on Consequence of Sound, we are sharing an episode fromThe Story Behind The Song.

One of the most renowned American indie rock bands, The Shins have carved a lasting legacy with their distinctive blend of folk, pop, and indie rock. Formed in 1996 by frontman James Mercer, a chance inclusion of “New Slang” in the indie movie classic Garden State helped to take their indie buzz mainstream just as their breakout sophomore album, Chutes Too Narrow, propelled them to indie stardom.

On this episode of The Story Behind the Song, Peter Csathy speaks with The Shins’ James Mercer just after the passing of former The Shins’ bassist Neal Langford to discuss how Neal helped push him to perform, the conception of “New Slang” and also the more recent “Phantom Limb.”

If you like The Story Behind the Song, listen for more here.

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I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer delivers enough new wrinkles in The Body’s sound to make this a compelling release in their catalog. 

An album review by T.J. Kliebhan.

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The Sciences is the first album from Sleep in 15 years - roughly half newly written songs and half material that was written but not recorded prior to their lengthy hiatus. It's the same primordial rock and roll that drove the band almost 30 years ago, this time buffeted by the lessons they learned over the intervening years in their other bands. 

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Introducing Track by Track - a new podcast feature where we explore an album one song at a time with the artist behind it - discussing the song's origins, tales from the recording studio - every story that brought this music to life. In this episode, former Fiery Furnace, Eleanor Friedberger, finds the depths of mythology, the absurdity of text messages, and the beauty of human complexity in every moment with her new record, Rebound. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy

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Dirty Computer is a call for all of us to be our true and authentic selves, but especially women, queer people, and people of color. Janelle Monáe doesn't want to eliminate the oppressor, but rather, help them understand why their views are wrong. Are parties more effective than protests in changing public opinion? Dirty Computer thinks they might be.

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Essential for fans and sporadically thrilling for newcomers, Eat the Elephant is the kind of reunion record that most bands would kill for. While it doesn't court the same kind of controversy as the band's previous political statements, it rewards multiple listens enough to overcome the vast majority of its shortcomings. If you've ever been angry and tired of being angry at the same time, this one's for you.

An album review by Tyler Clark.

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Care for Me is about the woozy mix of city and family and friends and mental health ... and grief. It’s about needing care and needing self-care ... and grief, it’s about all this and more, but that grief is strong. And maybe it’s morbid to be so interested; maybe it’s emotional rubbernecking, gawping at the wreckage of someone else’s life. It’s a grief we hope to avoid and yet a grief we can't help tasting. Saba makes it near impossible to turn away.

An album review by Wren Graves.

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Virtue delivers a bracing set of experiments and amounts to the most interesting record of Julian Casablancas’ career. The band is allowed more room compared to Tyranny and the quality of the material is benefited from this, sprouting into hoary, genre-bending but ultimately tuneful psychedelic pop and rock music. 

An album review by Langdon Hickman, read by Michael Roffman.

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Four years after the self-titled debut of their PRhyme venture, Royce da 5’9” and DJ Premier reprise the project driven by the compositions of analog revivalist Adrian Younge, with their appropriately titled 2018 sophomore album, PRhyme 2, co-produced by criminally underrated, sample-shy Philadelphia native AntMan Wonder. The 17-track project is a booming treatise in line with Premier’s aesthetic that finds Nickel and Primo extending an olive branch to the mumble rap kings and other rising rap acts, who’ve been openly vilified by a large swath of rap’s old guard.

An album review by Karas Lamb, read by Cap Blackard.

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Jack White’s reverence for classic music of the past is still a big part of who is he here on Boarding House Reach; he’s just shifting focus with a more manic and multi-faceted approach. That’s not weird. That’s smart.

An album review by Lina Lecaro.










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Faced with a crossroads after the deaths of their two famed lead singers (Scott Weiland and Chester Bennington), the DeLeo brothers and drummer Eric Kretz opt to endure, recruiting former X-Factor runner-up Jeff Gutt for a collection of new material that attempts to honor the band's hard-rocking legacy while simultaneously pointing towards a new beginning. 

An album review by Robert Ham, read by Cap Blackard.

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Today on Consequence of Sound, we are sharing an episode from Beyond the Boys Club.

Rising country star Brittney Spencer, known for her soulful vocals and honest lyrics, is turning heads with her genre-bending sound. This Baltimore native rose to fame through a viral cover of the Highway Women's "Crowded Table", and has since graced major stages and captivated audiences with her vulnerability and social activism. Her upcoming debut album, My Stupid Life, promises to further cement her place as a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.

Check out Brittney Spencer's latest release My Stupid Life here.

In conversation with host Anne Erickson, Brittney Spencer discusses how she found her way to Country music, Black visibility in Country music, her rise via social media, "Night In" from her album, being a perfectionist, and being a woman in the music industry.

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Considering how quickly young bands are expected to ripen to survive in our accelerated age, Sunflower Bean has done a remarkable job evolving from the uneasy steps of their first self-released tracks to this more steady and fleshed-out album.


An album review by Robert Ham.

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The Decemberists are taking a step out of their comfort zone with I’ll Be Your Girl, the band’s eighth full-length studio album, and the results are occasionally thrilling but more often either overdone or underworked.

An album review by Kayleigh Hughes.

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On their debut LP, Williamsburg psych punks Acid Dad polish up the shaggy weirdness of Thee Oh Sees and Ty Segall with occasional flashes of Television's guitar tones and the Stone Roses' grinning nonchalance.

An album review by Tyler Clark.

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On American Utopia, David Byrne isn’t trying to make pop. He’s 65 years old, he’s got something to say, and he’s out of fucks to give. It’s a worthy effort from a living legend, full of songs that are at least interesting and at times breathtaking.

An album review by Wren Graves.

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The eight-track Royalty EP is the final installment in a trilogy of releases from EarthGang - a tie-dyed time capsule brimming with the moments, thoughts, and emotions that might plague any buzz-worthy artist on the verge of transitioning from internet fame to bona fide stardom.

An album review by Karas Lamb.

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Vallejo rap quartet SOB x RBE (the "x" is silent) capitalize on their standout collaboration with Kendrick Lamar on the Black Panther soundtrack, the frenzied "Paramedic!", with a second album that may as well be their first. Young, hungry, and ready to take on the world, Gangin' is that pivotal moment where they could evolve from stars in the making to just plain stars. Or supernovas.

A review by Dan Caffrey.

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When everything’s clicking, Superorganism evokes the genre-hopping hooks of Weezer set against Animal Collective’s sonic experimentation as filtered through Architecture from Helsinki’s pop maximalism. Unlike other bands that flaunt a massive ensemble — looking at you, Polyphonic Spree — Superorganism really makes the most of their members. You can hear them on every song, and the result is a sense of community that's anything but intimate.

A review by Randall Colburn.

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All Nerve finds The Breeders sounding more ecstatic and less restrained than anytime since Last Splash originally soaked the alt-rock scene. The album manages to do what Kim Deal’s ex-bandmates in Pixies have struggled with since returning to the recording studio: that is, sound like the band that fans first fell in love with without ignoring that decades of trials, experiences, and musical ideas have come and gone since then. 

A review by Matt Melis, read by Michael Roffman.

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After spending the last two years transforming his nightmare visions of our modern age and his internal agonies into razor wire post-punk, Moby is back in the business of electronic pop music. And what has poured out of him on his 15th studio album are equally dark visions rendered with music and performances that feel softer. Like the warm cushion of a goose down pillow as it settles on your face to suffocate you.

A review by Robert Ham.

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The Oscar-nominated score to Dunkirk, Hans Zimmer’s illustriously crafted and curated soundtrack score for the Christopher Nolan film, has been out for a while, but it’s still a powder keg of creative music-making for movies. As a feature of Nolan’s film, it’s bar none in its layering and execution - an accelerating symphony of ticks, tocks, jolts, melodies, and complimentary effects, Zimmer’s work is like a neurotic, overzealous character in the film. And it sets the mood in a big way.

A review by Blake Goble.

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For our latest episode of Consequence UNCUT, Heavy Consequence contributor and author Greg Prato speaks with Deep Purple band members Ian Paice and Roger Glover to celebrate Machine Head and “Smoke on the Water” ahead of the release of a super deluxe edition. Paice and Glover talk about the bizarre series of events that preceded the recording of the album, including the infamous incident that inspired "Smoke on the Water."

Listen to Deep Purple band members Ian Paice and Roger Glover deep dive into Machine Head in the latest episode of Consequence Uncut, and read the accompanying article on Consequence.net.

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In crafting the ephemeral summer of Call Me by Your Name,  Luca Guadignino assembled an eclectic soundtrack including everything from obscure European pop hits of the 80s, to modern classical compositions by composers such as John Adams and Ryuichi Sakamoto as well as original songs by Sufjan Stevens. 

An album review by Clint Worthington. 

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In the fourth collaboration between Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood and writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, Greenwood replicates Phantom Thread’s golden age of couture with lavish strings that embolden the story but occasionally overshadow the unease at its emotional core.

A review by Zack Ruskin.

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The past is a funny and fickle thing; even as it shrinks to the size of a speck in the rear-view mirror, its contours shift and its lessons zoom into razor-sharp focus. Such is the experience of listening to Twin Fantasy, a sprawling, loosely conceptual rock album that reimagines an earlier effort Car Seat Headrest’s Will Toledo recorded at 19 on a cheap laptop. 

An album review by Collin Brennan

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Justin Vernon is re-releasing "For Emma, Forever Ago" on vinyl and CD to commemorate its ten-year anniversary. Vernon likely never imagined that these songs would make him as astronomically famous as they have. Ten years, two more albums and a few collaborations with Kanye West later, Vernon has distinguished himself as one of the most distinctive, original and essential voices of his musical generation. An album review by Katherine Flynn

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A decade after their debut album, neo-psychedelic wunderkinds MGMT are back to reclaim their narrative. Little Dark Age is their first album in five years, and it follows two critically panned releases, both of which veered so far into zany art-rock experimentation it was hard for everyone but their core fanbase to keep up. Little Dark Age hews closer to traditional pop structures, making it their most accessible record since Oracular Spectacular. An album review by Sasha Geffen.

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It’s more difficult than ever to call Tribulation simply a metal band. In their new record, "Down Below" their sound is much more subtle and daring, reaching out into the worlds of psychedelia, shoegaze and post-rock. An album review by Robert Ham.

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Migos follows up their breakthrough smash, Culture, with a blockbuster sequel, a 105-minute epic, overloading the game with glossy anthems about shiny new jewelry. A review by Dan Weiss.

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Nils Frahm's new record, "All Melody", is his clearest example of how a musical space can serve an artist and makes a hell of a case for why musicians should seek out the perfect studio to record their work. By making a space that fits for his creative style, Frahm found a way to give complex compositions even more room to weave themselves into the world while you listen. A review by Nina Corcoran.

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On Ty Segall's new record, "Freedom's Goblin", the indefatigable rock-god-in-waiting beefs up his sound with a brass section while giving himself over to a bout of anything-goes creativity that hits way more than it misses. CoS' Tyler Clark gives you the low-down.

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Today on Consequence of Sound, we are going to share a Crate Diggings interview from Consequence UNCUT. Electro-funk duo Chromeo selected 10 essential funk albums that emerged from Dayton, Ohio's legendary music scene in the '70s and '80s. In a Crate Digging interview with Consequence's Associate Editor Paolo Ragusa, Chromeo's Dave 1 and P-Thugg track the evolution of Dayton's funk output, from the "bizarro Parliament Funkadelic" group The Ohio Players to Slave, to the legendary work of Roger Troutman and Zapp.

As funk enthusiasts, Chromeo are beyond reverent to these midwestern heroes, and their new album Adult Contemporary keeps some of Dayton's more underrepresented qualities at the fore.

If you like, Consequence UNCUT, listen for more here.

Listen to Chromeo as they select 10 essential funk albums that emerged from Dayton, Ohio's legendary music scene in the latest episode of Consequence Uncut, and read the accompanying edition of Crate Digging on Consequence here: http://cos.lv/Q3ZK50QBujo

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The Consequence of Sound feed is back! While it has been a while since we posted here, the Consequence Podcast Network has been busy creating some amazing content. To keep you hooked on the best in audio content, we'll be serving up a curated selection of episodes from the entire network right here. If you like what you hear, check out the link in the show notes so that you can dive into the full catalog and subscribe to never miss an episode!

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For our latest episode of Consequence UNCUT, Sheer Mag's Tina Halladay and Matt Palmer take us through their brand new album, Playing Favorites, Track by Track. The duo explores some of the album's classic rock influences and speak to the album's air of tenderness and devotion. Halladay and Palmer also discuss the recording process, getting Mdou Moctar to perform a guest solo on the album, the meaning behind much of the album's lyrics, and their experience so far working with their new label, Third Man Records.

Listen to Sheer Mag' take us through their brand new album, Playing Favorites, Track by Track in the latest episode of Consequence Uncut, and read the accompanying article on Consequence.net.

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For our latest episode of Consequence Uncut, we explore aesthetic changes in film over the last 50 years, as bodybuilding culture changed Hollywood’s idea of what’s possible. To delve deeper into the reasons behind this, features editor Wren Graves speaks with Dr. Mike Israetel, a professor in the strength and hypertrophy masters program at Lehman College. Together the two discuss what people at the top of Hollywood know about physique training and preparing actors for roles, the influence of wrestling, steroid use, and dispelling some body-building myths.

Listen to Dr Mike Israetel discuss all this and more in the latest episode of Consequence Uncut, and read the accompanying article on Consequence.net.

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In 2022, K-pop singer AleXa made history by becoming the first female solo artist from South Korea to participate in the American Song Contest, representing her home state of Oklahoma. Her song "Wonderland" captivated audiences, propelling her to victory in the competition. But her story didn't stop there. Just one year later, AleXa became the first K-pop solo female artist to grace the stage at iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball, further showcasing her talent and expanding her global reach. On this episode of Consequence UNCUT, AleXa and Mary Siroky discuss her journey and new single "Sick."

Listen to AleXa discuss all this and more in the latest episode of Consequence Uncut, and read the accompanying Fan Chant article on Consequence.net.

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