Covers – Consequence https://consequence.net Music, Film, TV and Pop Culture News for the Mainstream and Underground Mon, 23 Mar 2026 21:13:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 158375765https://consequence.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Consequence-Circle-Blue.png?w=140Consequencehttps://consequence.net On The Mountain, Gorillaz Turn Grief and Global Collaboration into Their Most Ambitious Album Yet https://consequence.net/cover-stories/gorillaz-the-mountain-interview/ Fri, 27 Feb 2026 15:00:54 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1548834 Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett discuss how loss and travel led to renewal on their new album.

On The Mountain, Gorillaz Turn Grief and Global Collaboration into Their Most Ambitious Album Yet
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It’s evening in London and Damon Albarn is lying about how many drinks he’s had. “One Negroni,” he teases, seated in front of a bit more than one empty glass. There’s also a luxurious looking plate of cake, purportedly “stolen” earlier in the evening but unlikely to be missed. Rock…

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Festival of the Year Riot Fest Celebrated a Monumental Milestone the Only Way It Knows How https://consequence.net/cover-stories/riot-fest-festival-of-the-year-2025/ Tue, 23 Dec 2025 13:00:43 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1534450 Beyond killer sets from the likes of Green Day, IDLES, Jack White, and others, Riot Fest 2025 revealed what makes the Chicago festival so special.

Festival of the Year Riot Fest Celebrated a Monumental Milestone the Only Way It Knows How
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Consequence‘s 2025 Annual Report highlights this year’s Riot Fest as our Festival of the Year. If you haven’t already, you can check out the Best Albums, Best Songs, Best TV Shows, and Best Films of the Year, and check out all our lists and interviews. It’s easy to overlook the miracle…

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Atsuko Okatsuka Knows Comedy Special of the Year Father Is Her Brand. She Loves It https://consequence.net/cover-stories/atsuko-okatsuka-interview-comedy-special-father/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 14:00:55 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1533825 The comedian dives into the filming of her Hulu comedy special Father, her concerns for the future of comedy, and switching up her signature haircut.

Atsuko Okatsuka Knows Comedy Special of the Year Father Is Her Brand. She Loves It
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Consequence’s 2025 Annual Report continues with a spotlight on Atsuko Okatsuka and her Hulu comedy special Father. If you haven’t already, check out our lists of Best Albums, Best Songs, Best TV Shows, and Best Movies, and see all our lists and interviews, including with Comedian of the Year Marc Maron.…

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The Indie Bands Behind 2025’s Most Exciting Movie Scores Are Consequence’s Composers of the Year https://consequence.net/cover-stories/idles-young-fathers-son-lux-jeremiah-fraites-composers-interview/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 14:00:06 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1533480 Son Lux, IDLES, Young Fathers, and Jeremiah Fraites of The Lumineers reveal what went into their original scores.

The Indie Bands Behind 2025’s Most Exciting Movie Scores Are Consequence’s Composers of the Year
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Consequence‘s 2025 Annual Report celebrates the best movie music of the 2025 with our Composers of the Year accolade, awarded this year to a foursome of indie rock artists: IDLES, Son Lux, Young Fathers, and The Lumineers’ Jeremiah Fraites. Also, check out our lists of the 25 Best Movies of the…

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Comedian of the Year Marc Maron Is Done Podcasting, But the Conversation Continues https://consequence.net/cover-stories/marc-maron-interview-comedian-of-the-year/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 15:00:29 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1533151 "It was for comedy -- not for me, not for the left. It was for comedy."

Comedian of the Year Marc Maron Is Done Podcasting, But the Conversation Continues
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Consequence‘s 2025 Annual Report continues with Marc Maron, Comedian of the Year. If you haven’t already, check out our lists of Best Albums, Best Songs, Best TV Shows, and Best Films, and stay tuned for more lists and interviews. Marc Maron is a master of conversation. Across 1,686 episodes, WTF with…

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Live Act of the Year Nine Inch Nails Peeled It Back to the Future in 2025 https://consequence.net/cover-stories/nine-inch-nails-interview-live-act-of-the-year-2025/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:00:53 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1533011 Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and creative director Todd Tourso discuss NIN's magnificent "Peel It Back" tour.

Live Act of the Year Nine Inch Nails Peeled It Back to the Future in 2025
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Consequence is thrilled to name Nine Inch Nails our Live Act of the Year. Check out the rest of our 2025 Annual Report to see our Best Albums, Best Metal & Hard Rock Albums, and Songs of the Year lists, as well as our Band of the Year feature on…

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Kpop Demon Hunters Expanded Music’s Mythology with the Pop Culture Event of the Year https://consequence.net/cover-stories/kpop-demon-huntersnetflix-event-of-the-year/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 17:15:32 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1532497 Directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans on how old fairytales added a touch of "darkness and risk" to the biggest kids' story in years.

Kpop Demon Hunters Expanded Music’s Mythology with the Pop Culture Event of the Year
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Consequence continues our 2025 Annual Report by celebrating KPop Demon Hunters, the Pop Culture Event of the Year. Read our interview with directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans below, and be sure to also check out our rankings of the 25 Best Movies of the Year, our interview with Filmmaker of…

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Rookie of the Year Lambrini Girls Gave Us a Lesson in Cuntology https://consequence.net/cover-stories/lambrini-girls-interview-rookie-of-the-year-2025/ Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:30:13 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1531945 Lambrini Girls’ debut album, Who Let the Dogs Out, turns their defiant post-punk energy into a force that fights back and builds community.

Rookie of the Year Lambrini Girls Gave Us a Lesson in Cuntology
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Consequence‘s 2025 Annual Report continues with our Rookie of the Year, Lambrini Girls. If you haven’t already, check out our Best Albums and Best Songs lists, and stay tuned for more list and interviews. You can watch our full interview with Lambrini Girls here or via YouTube. When you listen to…

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Artists of the Year Clipse Changed Themselves to Change Hip-Hop https://consequence.net/cover-stories/clipse-artists-of-the-year-let-god-sort-em-out/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 17:00:49 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1532226 Let God Sort Em Out features the long views of middle-aged that are rarely discussed in rap.

Artists of the Year Clipse Changed Themselves to Change Hip-Hop
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Consequence continues our 2025 Annual Report with Clipse, our Artists of the Year. Read our interview with Pusha T and Malice below, and be sure to also check out our rankings of the 50 Best Albums of the Year, our favorite 200 Songs of 2025, and more. “ You do yourself a…

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Heavy Band of the Year Deafheaven Turned Up the Power and Found Their Identity https://consequence.net/cover-stories/deafheaven-interview-heavy-band-of-the-year-2025/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:30:32 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1531946 As frontman George Clarke tells us, "This is what Deafheaven sounds like."

Heavy Band of the Year Deafheaven Turned Up the Power and Found Their Identity
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Consequence’s 2025 Annual Report rages on with our Heavy Band of the Year accolade, which recognizes an act in the heavy rock and metal sphere that dominated our year. For 2025, the title goes to Deafheaven and their excellent new album Lonely People with Power. Read our interview with frontman…

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To Make Frankenstein, Filmmaker of the Year Guillermo del Toro Resurrected — and Then Buried — His Past https://consequence.net/cover-stories/guillermo-del-toro-frankenstein-interview/ Tue, 09 Dec 2025 16:00:51 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1531947 The acclaimed filmmaker explains how he's at a major turning point in his career after bringing his dream project to the screen.

To Make Frankenstein, Filmmaker of the Year Guillermo del Toro Resurrected — and Then Buried — His Past
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Consequence is here to celebrate Guillermo del Toro as our 2025 Filmmaker of the Year thanks to his fantastic Frankenstein. Check out the rest of our 2025 Annual Report to see where his acclaimed Frankenstein was ranked on our Best Movies of 2025 list, and be sure to check out…

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No Masks, No Lore, All Turnstile: How 2025’s Band of the Year Soared to New Heights https://consequence.net/cover-stories/turnstile-interview-band-of-the-year-2025/ Mon, 08 Dec 2025 18:30:18 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1531682 Vocalist Brendan Yates discusses how NEVER ENOUGH and massive live shows took the band farther than ever in 2025.

No Masks, No Lore, All Turnstile: How 2025’s Band of the Year Soared to New Heights
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Consequence is thrilled to name Turnstile our 2025 Band of the Year. Check out the rest of our 2025 Annual Report to see where Turnstile’s NEVER ENOUGH and its singles landed on our Best Albums, Best Metal & Hard Rock Albums, and Songs of the Year lists. In an age when a…

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Queens of the Stone Age’s Descent into the Catacombs Brought Josh Homme Back to Life https://consequence.net/cover-stories/queens-of-the-stone-age-josh-homme-catacombs/ Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:00:11 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1502387 The frontman details how QOSTA's Alive in the Catacombs project changed his perspective on music.

Queens of the Stone Age’s Descent into the Catacombs Brought Josh Homme Back to Life
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Josh Homme loves a good metaphor. Within the first 30 minutes of our chat, the Queens of the Stone Age frontman has already thrown out machetes in jungles, branding irons in fires, and rodeo bulls leaning at gates, when he arrives at perhaps his most revealing analogy. He’s talking about…

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Tobias Forge Lifts the Veil on the Church of Ghost https://consequence.net/cover-stories/ghost-tobias-forge-interview-cover-story/ Wed, 09 Jul 2025 13:00:23 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1497630 How the Swedish rockers ascended to become one of the biggest bands in America.

Tobias Forge Lifts the Veil on the Church of Ghost
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Long before Ghost became an arena headliner, band mastermind Tobias Forge described the group as a “devil-worshipping Kansas.” That description appeared on MySpace, where Forge posted a couple of early Ghost songs in 2010. Fifteen years later, Ghost are a worldwide phenomenon — a rare achievement for a rock or…

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How Musical Guests Disappeared from Late Night TV https://consequence.net/cover-stories/musical-guests-disappeared-late-night-tv/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 13:00:22 +0000 https://consequence.net/?post_type=cover&p=1477846 Featuring insights from Jimmy Fallon, Future Islands, Max Weinberg, Sharon Van Etten, and more.

How Musical Guests Disappeared from Late Night TV
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Studio 8H in Rockefeller Center, which has been home to Saturday Night Live for the past 50 years, was initially designed with a very different purpose in mind. In 1937, the space was the home of Arturo Toscanini’s NBC Symphony, the 31-member house orchestra for weekly radio broadcasts and concerts. Acoustics…

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