Chris DeVille
@chrisdeville.bsky.social
Managing Editor, @stereogum.com
Posting indie nostalgia at @suchgreatheights.bsky.social
Buy my debut book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, out now via St. Martin's Press: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
Posting indie nostalgia at @suchgreatheights.bsky.social
Buy my debut book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, out now via St. Martin's Press: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
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Chris DeVille
@chrisdeville.bsky.social
· Aug 26
Such Great Heights 9781250363381 - Macmillan
The definitive history of 21st century indie rock—from Iron & Wine and Death Cab for Cutie to Phoebe Bridgers and St. Vincent—and how the genre shift...
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My debut book is OUT TODAY!
'Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion' is about how indie rock changed the mainstream and the mainstream changed indie rock in the 21st century.
Buy it and let me know what you think:
'Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion' is about how indie rock changed the mainstream and the mainstream changed indie rock in the 21st century.
Buy it and let me know what you think:
Stereogum relaunched today on the same platform used by Defector and other great subscription-based sites. We are excited to keep surviving and thriving as an independent music blog in the 2020s. @scottgum.bsky.social has a very informative post about all the changes:
Getting Killed By AI
Our new site is much better and we'd love your support.
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November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Stereogum relaunched today on the same platform used by Defector and other great subscription-based sites. We are excited to keep surviving and thriving as an independent music blog in the 2020s. @scottgum.bsky.social has a very informative post about all the changes:
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November 10, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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Really enjoying @chrisdeville.bsky.social destroying my perception of having a unique and independent taste in music in the aughts. Also, looking at the indie wave in retrospect makes it easier to seperate the wheat from the chaff, as we say in Norway. Highly recommend the book!
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Really enjoying @chrisdeville.bsky.social destroying my perception of having a unique and independent taste in music in the aughts. Also, looking at the indie wave in retrospect makes it easier to seperate the wheat from the chaff, as we say in Norway. Highly recommend the book!
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The second edition of the POW Book Club is on Such Great Heights by @chrisdeville.bsky.social, who I spoke with for a lovely interview about “indie”: the pros and cons of your favorite bands hitting it big, the fading trust between artists and critics, and where the genre goes from here
An interview with @chrisdeville.bsky.social about the last 2 decades of "indie:" how it transformed into an aesthetic, the difficulties of balancing mainstream success with underground fandom & his excellent book "Such Great Heights"
By @ptoon.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/04/p...
By @ptoon.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/04/p...
How Indie Transformed From A Sub-Culture Into An Aesthetic: A Conversation With Chris DeVille | Passion of the Weiss
For the second edition of Book Club, Pranav Trewn speaks to Chris Deville, the author of "Such Great Heights," e about how indie music transitioned from a real definition into a stylistic motif.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
The second edition of the POW Book Club is on Such Great Heights by @chrisdeville.bsky.social, who I spoke with for a lovely interview about “indie”: the pros and cons of your favorite bands hitting it big, the fading trust between artists and critics, and where the genre goes from here
Rewound my memory by a decade to revisit Grimes' Art Angels (still a masterpiece imo) and the years-long saga that led up to it
Grimes' 'Art Angels' Turns 10
I don’t regret it. Is it somewhat shameful to admit? Sure. No person of taste wants to say they walked away from a Godspeed You! Black Emperor performance. It makes you sound like a rube — perhaps con...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Rewound my memory by a decade to revisit Grimes' Art Angels (still a masterpiece imo) and the years-long saga that led up to it
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#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#tbt sorry we missed this, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social
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An interview with @chrisdeville.bsky.social about the last 2 decades of "indie:" how it transformed into an aesthetic, the difficulties of balancing mainstream success with underground fandom & his excellent book "Such Great Heights"
By @ptoon.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/04/p...
By @ptoon.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/04/p...
How Indie Transformed From A Sub-Culture Into An Aesthetic: A Conversation With Chris DeVille | Passion of the Weiss
For the second edition of Book Club, Pranav Trewn speaks to Chris Deville, the author of "Such Great Heights," e about how indie music transitioned from a real definition into a stylistic motif.
www.passionweiss.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
An interview with @chrisdeville.bsky.social about the last 2 decades of "indie:" how it transformed into an aesthetic, the difficulties of balancing mainstream success with underground fandom & his excellent book "Such Great Heights"
By @ptoon.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/04/p...
By @ptoon.bsky.social
www.passionweiss.com/2025/11/04/p...
So grateful to @ptoon.bsky.social and @passionweiss.bsky.social for featuring me and my book
How Indie Transformed From A Sub-Culture Into An Aesthetic: A Conversation With Chris DeVille | Passion of the Weiss
For the second edition of Book Club, Pranav Trewn speaks to Chris Deville, the author of "Such Great Heights," e about how indie music transitioned from a real definition into a stylistic motif.
www.passionweiss.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
So grateful to @ptoon.bsky.social and @passionweiss.bsky.social for featuring me and my book
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dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
dawg they’re live laugh loving the white house. president homegoods
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Alternative Number Ones on "1979," and it's long as shit because it's the only time that Smashing Pumpkins will be in the column.
The Alternative Number Ones: Smashing Pumpkins’ “1979”
In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This colum...
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November 5, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Alternative Number Ones on "1979," and it's long as shit because it's the only time that Smashing Pumpkins will be in the column.
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Is Progressive going to tape an in-season backup commercial with Kyler to replace the Jacoby one?
November 4, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Is Progressive going to tape an in-season backup commercial with Kyler to replace the Jacoby one?
This one takes me all the way into the hallowed Cerulean Salt Zone
Doom, by Snocaps
from the album Snocaps
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November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This one takes me all the way into the hallowed Cerulean Salt Zone
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From the Such Great Heights newsletter, my power ranking of 2000s indie band name trends, from Wolf bands, Bear bands, and Deer bands to beach bands, "The" bands, and the disemvoweled:
Power Ranking 2000s Indie Band Name Trends
Can the "Bear" bands and the "Wolf" bands cut it against the beach bands and the disemvoweled?
suchgreatheights.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
From the Such Great Heights newsletter, my power ranking of 2000s indie band name trends, from Wolf bands, Bear bands, and Deer bands to beach bands, "The" bands, and the disemvoweled:
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Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
November 2, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Next week LinkedIn will use your personal data for AI training by automatically enabling permissions.
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
To manually turn off go to:
Settings ➡️ Data Privacy ➡️ under
“How LinkedIn uses your data” click “Data for Generative AI improvement” ➡️ toggle off
I am moderating this Columbus Metropolitan Club lunchtime forum this Wednesday, Nov. 5. We're going to discuss how to elevate Columbus as a music city. Use code MUSICGUEST11052 for half off registration.
Amped Up: Columbus Wants Its Music Moment - CMC Forum
Featuring Bruce Garfield, Executive Director, MUSIC MEANS BUSINESS INC.; Amy Holihan, Deputy Director, Music Columbus; Natalie Jackson, Co-Founder, Natalie's
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November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I am moderating this Columbus Metropolitan Club lunchtime forum this Wednesday, Nov. 5. We're going to discuss how to elevate Columbus as a music city. Use code MUSICGUEST11052 for half off registration.
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Your donations to Matter News are doubled through the end of the year.
Here's a letter from me as we kick off our biggest fundraising campaign yet.
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Here's a letter from me as we kick off our biggest fundraising campaign yet.
matternews.org/community/do...
Donate to our NewsMatch campaign today and support nonprofit news – Matter News
A letter from our editor as we kick off our year-end fundraising campaign, where your donations to Matter News are doubled through the end of December.
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November 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Your donations to Matter News are doubled through the end of the year.
Here's a letter from me as we kick off our biggest fundraising campaign yet.
matternews.org/community/do...
Here's a letter from me as we kick off our biggest fundraising campaign yet.
matternews.org/community/do...
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'Is it cheating and/or overly general to include bands whose name begins with “the” within a list of era-specific naming trends?'
NO. I'm sure to younger people, or perhaps even older people, it seems silly, but it can't be overstated how big a thing THE bands was
NO. I'm sure to younger people, or perhaps even older people, it seems silly, but it can't be overstated how big a thing THE bands was
From the Such Great Heights newsletter, my power ranking of 2000s indie band name trends, from Wolf bands, Bear bands, and Deer bands to beach bands, "The" bands, and the disemvoweled:
Power Ranking 2000s Indie Band Name Trends
Can the "Bear" bands and the "Wolf" bands cut it against the beach bands and the disemvoweled?
suchgreatheights.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:04 PM
'Is it cheating and/or overly general to include bands whose name begins with “the” within a list of era-specific naming trends?'
NO. I'm sure to younger people, or perhaps even older people, it seems silly, but it can't be overstated how big a thing THE bands was
NO. I'm sure to younger people, or perhaps even older people, it seems silly, but it can't be overstated how big a thing THE bands was
From the Such Great Heights newsletter, my power ranking of 2000s indie band name trends, from Wolf bands, Bear bands, and Deer bands to beach bands, "The" bands, and the disemvoweled:
Power Ranking 2000s Indie Band Name Trends
Can the "Bear" bands and the "Wolf" bands cut it against the beach bands and the disemvoweled?
suchgreatheights.substack.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
From the Such Great Heights newsletter, my power ranking of 2000s indie band name trends, from Wolf bands, Bear bands, and Deer bands to beach bands, "The" bands, and the disemvoweled:
At the Militarie Gun show at our local laundromat and it’s crazy how already every song is a HIT
November 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
At the Militarie Gun show at our local laundromat and it’s crazy how already every song is a HIT
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Dan is too kind. Every episode of @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social is a treasure trove of information.
Honored that Life of the Record makes an appearance in @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s fantastic book Such Great Heights. I've been a big fan of Chris's writing for a long time so it means a lot to be included in this essential indie rock history. Check it out: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...
October 30, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Dan is too kind. Every episode of @lifeoftherecord.bsky.social is a treasure trove of information.
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Headed into Halloween weekend buzzing off of this endorsement
Finished @chrisdeville.bsky.social's SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS. Excellent read: snappy, fun and comprehensive. I laughed out loud at the single sentence about Architecture in Helsinki, who put out one of my top five albums of the 2000s (IN CASE WE DIE). bookshop.org/p/books/such...
Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion
The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion
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October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Headed into Halloween weekend buzzing off of this endorsement
Headed into Halloween weekend buzzing off of this endorsement
Finished @chrisdeville.bsky.social's SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS. Excellent read: snappy, fun and comprehensive. I laughed out loud at the single sentence about Architecture in Helsinki, who put out one of my top five albums of the 2000s (IN CASE WE DIE). bookshop.org/p/books/such...
Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion
The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion
bookshop.org
October 31, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Headed into Halloween weekend buzzing off of this endorsement
The latest sequel in the horror franchise in which we ruin your Halloween by posting a roundup of new Christmas music
Our Annual Rundown Of Christmas Releases Continues To Haunt Your Halloween
The ads have already started airing. Every year, the Christmas industrial complex encroaches earlier into autumn, and thanks to climate change, we’re now subjected to holiday fare before some of us ha...
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October 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
The latest sequel in the horror franchise in which we ruin your Halloween by posting a roundup of new Christmas music
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Finished @chrisdeville.bsky.social's SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS. Excellent read: snappy, fun and comprehensive. I laughed out loud at the single sentence about Architecture in Helsinki, who put out one of my top five albums of the 2000s (IN CASE WE DIE). bookshop.org/p/books/such...
Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion
The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion
bookshop.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Finished @chrisdeville.bsky.social's SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS. Excellent read: snappy, fun and comprehensive. I laughed out loud at the single sentence about Architecture in Helsinki, who put out one of my top five albums of the 2000s (IN CASE WE DIE). bookshop.org/p/books/such...
Sometimes good things happen
Surprise — Katie and Allison Crutchfield's new band with MJ Lenderman and Brad Cook is called Snocaps, and their debut album is out now:
Katie & Allison Crutchfield, MJ Lenderman, & Brad Cook Are Snocaps — Hear Their Surprise Debut Album
We knew something was afoot, we just didn’t know we’d be getting so much of it so quickly.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Sometimes good things happen