Chris Payne
Chris Payne likes dance-punk, post-punk, and pretty much any other genre of music involving the word "punk" and some sort of hyphenated prefix. Other interests include history, creative writing, oddball sketch comedy shows, and having an eccentric taste in sports teams.
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Every Avenue: Bad Habits
Well-meaning Midwestern pop-rockers unleash a back-to-school record for the Bamboozle set
05 Sep 2011
Music
Amy Winehouse: The 27 Club and Her Place in Music History
Though the troubled UK singer seems to fit the bill for rock 'n' roll's fabled 27 Club, Amy Winehouse will almost surely face some resistance.
Chris Payne
28 Jul 2011
Music
Old 97s: Grand Theatre Volume 2
Venerable alt-country bingers double dip on fan-approved album series.
27 Jul 2011
Music
Kaiser Chiefs: The Future Is Medieval
From predicting riots to predicting new album models... For a band once built around spry choruses and chugging guitars, this is a costly error indeed.
27 Jun 2011
Music
Crystal Stilts: In Love with Oblivion
Brooklyn mope rockers evoke decades' worth of doom and gloom.
15 Jun 2011
Music
Gold-Bears: Are You in Love?
Upstart indie poppers who like to talk about their feelings, turn up the guitar fuzz, and talk about their feelings some more.
06 Jun 2011
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