Chris Payne
@cpayneonaplane.bsky.social
author, WHERE ARE YOUR BOYS TONIGHT, a McNally Jackson bestseller out now on Dey Street Books 📗
music journalist, Stereogum, Billboard, Vulture, the Ringer etc.
dolphins/diamondbacks/penguins
https://linktr.ee/chris.payne
music journalist, Stereogum, Billboard, Vulture, the Ringer etc.
dolphins/diamondbacks/penguins
https://linktr.ee/chris.payne
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Chris Payne
@cpayneonaplane.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Premature Evaluation: Deftones 'private music'
Thirty-seven years since their first jam sesh, Deftones are as popular as ever. In 2023, they were rocking Jersey’s 4,500-cap Stone Pony Summer Stage; this April, they sold out Madison Square Garden. ...
www.stereogum.com
New Deftones album is out Friday & I wrote about what's in store for @stereogum.bsky.social. Year of the Snake.
I went on BARDOWN BREAKDOWN to take yall behind the scenes of WHERE ARE YOUR BOYS TONIGHT. Also, HOCKEY. bardownbreakdown.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I went on BARDOWN BREAKDOWN to take yall behind the scenes of WHERE ARE YOUR BOYS TONIGHT. Also, HOCKEY. bardownbreakdown.com
Seeing a 2005 iPod with the album art from Waxahatchee's "Saint Cloud" .... that's the good shit
Google searches for “iPod” are spiking. Sales of refurbished iPods have grown an average of 15.6% per year since 2022.
I surveyed 70+ people currently using an MP3 player to understand why:
I surveyed 70+ people currently using an MP3 player to understand why:
Why Are iPods Making a Comeback?
I surveyed 70+ people currently using an MP3 player to understand what is driving the trend.
emwhitenoise.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Seeing a 2005 iPod with the album art from Waxahatchee's "Saint Cloud" .... that's the good shit
Fist pumped at the sight of this SLIPKNOT QUESTION in Learned League yesterday
November 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Fist pumped at the sight of this SLIPKNOT QUESTION in Learned League yesterday
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
I LIVE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD AND WE HAVE A SOCIALIST MAYOR GO FUCK YAH SELF
November 5, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I LIVE IN THE GREATEST CITY IN THE WORLD AND WE HAVE A SOCIALIST MAYOR GO FUCK YAH SELF
A team led by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin has the best record in the NHL, further proof millennials do not age
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
A team led by Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin has the best record in the NHL, further proof millennials do not age
Great story from @tombreihan.bsky.social got me thinking about rock in the late 00s.
Are Drake & Kendrick basically what bands like Green Day, Foo Fighters & MCR were for rock ~2008?
The last A listers of a genre thats still producing cool young talent, but less & less for the Top 40 machine?
Are Drake & Kendrick basically what bands like Green Day, Foo Fighters & MCR were for rock ~2008?
The last A listers of a genre thats still producing cool young talent, but less & less for the Top 40 machine?
There Are No Rap Songs In The Top 40 For The First Time In 35 Years
Yesterday, Billboard deputy editor and Stereogum buddy Andrew Unterberger published a piece with some confusing implications: On last week’s Billboard Hot 100, there were no rap songs in the top 40. T...
www.stereogum.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Great story from @tombreihan.bsky.social got me thinking about rock in the late 00s.
Are Drake & Kendrick basically what bands like Green Day, Foo Fighters & MCR were for rock ~2008?
The last A listers of a genre thats still producing cool young talent, but less & less for the Top 40 machine?
Are Drake & Kendrick basically what bands like Green Day, Foo Fighters & MCR were for rock ~2008?
The last A listers of a genre thats still producing cool young talent, but less & less for the Top 40 machine?
Found out in trivia last night "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a cover song?!?! Massively taken aback by this, cannot imagine anyone but They Might Be Giants making that song.
October 16, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Found out in trivia last night "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)" is a cover song?!?! Massively taken aback by this, cannot imagine anyone but They Might Be Giants making that song.
Orion Kerkering is now known for something besides sports’ greatest “that’s a star wars guy name” :(
October 10, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Orion Kerkering is now known for something besides sports’ greatest “that’s a star wars guy name” :(
Holy shit, my book Where Are Your Boys Tonight has earned out its advance!
Earning royalties after publish helps a writer tremendously. THANK YOU to everyone who bought the book, bought the ebook, bought the audiobook, borrowed the book, downloaded it on Limewire, it all means so much. Thank you!
Earning royalties after publish helps a writer tremendously. THANK YOU to everyone who bought the book, bought the ebook, bought the audiobook, borrowed the book, downloaded it on Limewire, it all means so much. Thank you!
October 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Holy shit, my book Where Are Your Boys Tonight has earned out its advance!
Earning royalties after publish helps a writer tremendously. THANK YOU to everyone who bought the book, bought the ebook, bought the audiobook, borrowed the book, downloaded it on Limewire, it all means so much. Thank you!
Earning royalties after publish helps a writer tremendously. THANK YOU to everyone who bought the book, bought the ebook, bought the audiobook, borrowed the book, downloaded it on Limewire, it all means so much. Thank you!
Oh my god I had so much fun doing this. THINK I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LIFEHOUSE? THINK AGAIN
New Song vs. Song episode! We brought in 2000s rock expert @cpayneonaplane.bsky.social to help us take on the GREATEST ROCK AND ROLL SONGS OF ALL TIMES, "Kryptonite" vs. "Hanging by a Moment"?
open.spotify.com/episode/5tKk...
open.spotify.com/episode/5tKk...
155: "Kryptonite" vs. "Hanging by a Moment" (with Chris Payne!)
open.spotify.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Oh my god I had so much fun doing this. THINK I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT LIFEHOUSE? THINK AGAIN
MCR we're doing this again in 2026!
Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹
Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹
September 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
MCR we're doing this again in 2026!
Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹
Also, Jimmy Eat World home town stadium show 🥹
Chappell is playing all of Midwest Princess on this run, plus the new singles and more, find a way to go, liquidate your assets, it’s worth it
September 21, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Chappell is playing all of Midwest Princess on this run, plus the new singles and more, find a way to go, liquidate your assets, it’s worth it
woah chappell roan covers “barracuda” now huh
September 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
woah chappell roan covers “barracuda” now huh
Goin to the chappell
September 20, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Goin to the chappell
If you were gonna wear a deftones shirt to Chappell roan this is definitely the one
September 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
If you were gonna wear a deftones shirt to Chappell roan this is definitely the one
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Really astonishing to me that corporate America looked at Trump's re-election and decided that conservatism would be profitable for the foreseeable future
currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter
September 20, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Really astonishing to me that corporate America looked at Trump's re-election and decided that conservatism would be profitable for the foreseeable future
they SHOULD build statues of critics
Marilyn Hagerty, Whose Olive Garden Review Went Viral, Dies at 99
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
they SHOULD build statues of critics
I'm seeing Chappell Roan on Saturday in NYC and it feels like that "getting to see MCR on the Black Parade Tour" type rush... Maybe the last chance to see all/most of the songs on an instant classic album in real-time, before the next project, before the nostalgia.
September 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I'm seeing Chappell Roan on Saturday in NYC and it feels like that "getting to see MCR on the Black Parade Tour" type rush... Maybe the last chance to see all/most of the songs on an instant classic album in real-time, before the next project, before the nostalgia.
Go get @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s awesome new book, which features (I think?) my first cover blurb!
September 12, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Go get @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s awesome new book, which features (I think?) my first cover blurb!
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I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
September 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I guess this has probably already gone viral somewhere but I am simply dying at this picture of a bear that looks like it hired a photographer to do a glamour shoot
You gotta hand it to em
September 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
You gotta hand it to em
"Some of the most extreme music ever to reach a mainstream audience" --- Slipknot self-titled's 25th anniversary deluxe edition is out today, I loved writing those words, from this cover story, which you can listen along to with all the new demos & alt mixes 👺 www.altpress.com/slipknot-25t...
Here Comes the Pain: Slipknot are still in command
As Slipknot celebrate the 25th anniversary of their landmark debut, do they have another classic in them?
www.altpress.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:18 PM
"Some of the most extreme music ever to reach a mainstream audience" --- Slipknot self-titled's 25th anniversary deluxe edition is out today, I loved writing those words, from this cover story, which you can listen along to with all the new demos & alt mixes 👺 www.altpress.com/slipknot-25t...
Swift-Kelce wedding is gonna be on some Lena Dunham/OBJ Met Gala shit
August 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Swift-Kelce wedding is gonna be on some Lena Dunham/OBJ Met Gala shit
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we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light
August 22, 2025 at 9:19 AM
we used to build household shrines to Going On The Computer and it's no coincidence that as we abandoned these we started straying further from god's light