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...
read.macmillan.com
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:
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August 28, 2025
Ep. 1007: Chris DeVille
Thank you, @chrisdeville.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/08/28/e...
Ep. 1007: Chris DeVille
Thank you, @chrisdeville.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/08/28/e...
Ep. #1007: Chris DeVille - Kreative Kontrol
Chris DeVille is here to discuss his excellent new book, 'Such Great Heights – The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion,' his history as a music fan, musician, and music journalist at...
vishkhanna.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:17 PM
August 28, 2025
Ep. 1007: Chris DeVille
Thank you, @chrisdeville.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/08/28/e...
Ep. 1007: Chris DeVille
Thank you, @chrisdeville.bsky.social @macmillanpubusa.bsky.social
vishkhanna.com/2025/08/28/e...
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I missed this yesterday in the holiday hubbub. It's great writing on a great band, one whose catalog is worth dipping into at any point in their chronology, and one whose absence truly makes the heart grow fonder. Never stop being you, Bradford Cox (and please come back).
Happy Boxing Day! I wrote about why Deerhunter were the greatest indie rock band of their generation (despite Bradford Cox hating “indie rock”), why I barely covered them in my book about indie’s mainstream glow-up, and how badly I want them to come back:
Deerhunter Hated "Indie Rock" And Were The Greatest Indie Rock Band Of Their Generation
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS examines Bradford Cox and friends' formidable legacy against a backdrop of indie rock gentrification
suchgreatheights.substack.com
December 27, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I missed this yesterday in the holiday hubbub. It's great writing on a great band, one whose catalog is worth dipping into at any point in their chronology, and one whose absence truly makes the heart grow fonder. Never stop being you, Bradford Cox (and please come back).
Hey, @rollingstone.com named my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS one of the best music books of 2025! Thanks @simonwilliam.bsky.social!
The Best Music Books of 2025
Rolling Stone editors review the best music books of 2025, including books about Cameron Crowe, Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Tupac Shakur, and Bruce Springsteen.
www.rollingstone.com
December 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Hey, @rollingstone.com named my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS one of the best music books of 2025! Thanks @simonwilliam.bsky.social!
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This holiday ep is a bit different as I nerd out over indie rock with author and Stereogum editor @chrisdeville.bsky.social, where we talk about how finding indie music opened up new worlds and helped us build our teenage identities!
open.spotify.com/episode/3NOW...
youtu.be/XLlgH8BCjXU?...
open.spotify.com/episode/3NOW...
youtu.be/XLlgH8BCjXU?...
Bonus Holiday Episode - Indie Sickos with Chris DeVille
YouTube video by aditrs
youtu.be
December 27, 2025 at 1:50 AM
This holiday ep is a bit different as I nerd out over indie rock with author and Stereogum editor @chrisdeville.bsky.social, where we talk about how finding indie music opened up new worlds and helped us build our teenage identities!
open.spotify.com/episode/3NOW...
youtu.be/XLlgH8BCjXU?...
open.spotify.com/episode/3NOW...
youtu.be/XLlgH8BCjXU?...
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This is damn excellent. I absolutely loved Fading Frontier and Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared and felt like Deerhunter was entering their most interesting phase and then....silence. Please come back!
Happy Boxing Day! I wrote about why Deerhunter were the greatest indie rock band of their generation (despite Bradford Cox hating “indie rock”), why I barely covered them in my book about indie’s mainstream glow-up, and how badly I want them to come back:
Deerhunter Hated "Indie Rock" And Were The Greatest Indie Rock Band Of Their Generation
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS examines Bradford Cox and friends' formidable legacy against a backdrop of indie rock gentrification
suchgreatheights.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:42 PM
This is damn excellent. I absolutely loved Fading Frontier and Why Hasn't Everything Already Disappeared and felt like Deerhunter was entering their most interesting phase and then....silence. Please come back!
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am friends with josh fauver’s sister and got to meet him at a show once before they went on
lovely talented guy gone too soon
incredible band, plz come back
lovely talented guy gone too soon
incredible band, plz come back
Happy Boxing Day! I wrote about why Deerhunter were the greatest indie rock band of their generation (despite Bradford Cox hating “indie rock”), why I barely covered them in my book about indie’s mainstream glow-up, and how badly I want them to come back:
Deerhunter Hated "Indie Rock" And Were The Greatest Indie Rock Band Of Their Generation
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS examines Bradford Cox and friends' formidable legacy against a backdrop of indie rock gentrification
suchgreatheights.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
am friends with josh fauver’s sister and got to meet him at a show once before they went on
lovely talented guy gone too soon
incredible band, plz come back
lovely talented guy gone too soon
incredible band, plz come back
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Desire Lines >>>>>>>> Other songs
Happy Boxing Day! I wrote about why Deerhunter were the greatest indie rock band of their generation (despite Bradford Cox hating “indie rock”), why I barely covered them in my book about indie’s mainstream glow-up, and how badly I want them to come back:
Deerhunter Hated "Indie Rock" And Were The Greatest Indie Rock Band Of Their Generation
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS examines Bradford Cox and friends' formidable legacy against a backdrop of indie rock gentrification
suchgreatheights.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Desire Lines >>>>>>>> Other songs
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I feel like we’re one “Helicopter” needle drop on Heated Rivalry away from a major Deerhunter revival; until then, read @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s excellent retrospective on the band’s halcyon days: open.substack.com/pub/suchgrea...
Deerhunter Hated "Indie Rock" And Were The Greatest Indie Rock Band Of Their Generation
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS examines Bradford Cox and friends' formidable legacy against a backdrop of indie rock gentrification
open.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I feel like we’re one “Helicopter” needle drop on Heated Rivalry away from a major Deerhunter revival; until then, read @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s excellent retrospective on the band’s halcyon days: open.substack.com/pub/suchgrea...
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I've long wondered why Deerhunter never really made the jump to revered legacy band status. Chris' excellent essay here makes the undoubtedly correct point that this was feature-not-bug stuff in the band's pointed lack of self-mythologizing or interest in becoming part of the larger pop firmament.
Happy Boxing Day! I wrote about why Deerhunter were the greatest indie rock band of their generation (despite Bradford Cox hating “indie rock”), why I barely covered them in my book about indie’s mainstream glow-up, and how badly I want them to come back:
Deerhunter Hated "Indie Rock" And Were The Greatest Indie Rock Band Of Their Generation
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS examines Bradford Cox and friends' formidable legacy against a backdrop of indie rock gentrification
suchgreatheights.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
I've long wondered why Deerhunter never really made the jump to revered legacy band status. Chris' excellent essay here makes the undoubtedly correct point that this was feature-not-bug stuff in the band's pointed lack of self-mythologizing or interest in becoming part of the larger pop firmament.
Happy Boxing Day! I wrote about why Deerhunter were the greatest indie rock band of their generation (despite Bradford Cox hating “indie rock”), why I barely covered them in my book about indie’s mainstream glow-up, and how badly I want them to come back:
Deerhunter Hated "Indie Rock" And Were The Greatest Indie Rock Band Of Their Generation
The latest B-side from my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS examines Bradford Cox and friends' formidable legacy against a backdrop of indie rock gentrification
suchgreatheights.substack.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Happy Boxing Day! I wrote about why Deerhunter were the greatest indie rock band of their generation (despite Bradford Cox hating “indie rock”), why I barely covered them in my book about indie’s mainstream glow-up, and how badly I want them to come back:
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[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
December 25, 2025 at 11:20 PM
[somberly] You cannot serve both god and money [upbeat music hits] Until now. Introducing god as a service
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Netflix execs asking why this game wasn’t canceled after the second quarter
December 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Netflix execs asking why this game wasn’t canceled after the second quarter
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All Isaac TeSlaa does is catch absolutely fucking sick TDs
December 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
All Isaac TeSlaa does is catch absolutely fucking sick TDs
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Thanks to everyone who read my writing, bought/read/listened to my book, or otherwise supported my work this year! Merry Christmas!
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...
read.macmillan.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thanks to everyone who read my writing, bought/read/listened to my book, or otherwise supported my work this year! Merry Christmas!
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Just opened a copy of this for Christmas. They making history books about the shit I lived through 🥲🙏
Thanks to everyone who read my writing, bought/read/listened to my book, or otherwise supported my work this year! Merry Christmas!
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...
read.macmillan.com
December 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Just opened a copy of this for Christmas. They making history books about the shit I lived through 🥲🙏
Thanks to everyone who read my writing, bought/read/listened to my book, or otherwise supported my work this year! Merry Christmas!
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...
read.macmillan.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Thanks to everyone who read my writing, bought/read/listened to my book, or otherwise supported my work this year! Merry Christmas!
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fuori ora la puntata di fine
2025 con contributi esterni di altissimo livello! buone feste a tutti (feat. @markrichardson.bsky.social @chrisdeville.bsky.social @bastonate.bsky.social @pucci.substack.com )
fridaypod.substack.com/p/friday-118
2025 con contributi esterni di altissimo livello! buone feste a tutti (feat. @markrichardson.bsky.social @chrisdeville.bsky.social @bastonate.bsky.social @pucci.substack.com )
fridaypod.substack.com/p/friday-118
FRIDAY. #118
La musica fatta dalle AI e il potere della creatività umana. I dischi dell’anno secondo sei critici musicali, secondo la classifica aggregata di Album of the Year e secondo l’algoritmo di FRIDAY.
fridaypod.substack.com
December 23, 2025 at 6:49 AM
fuori ora la puntata di fine
2025 con contributi esterni di altissimo livello! buone feste a tutti (feat. @markrichardson.bsky.social @chrisdeville.bsky.social @bastonate.bsky.social @pucci.substack.com )
fridaypod.substack.com/p/friday-118
2025 con contributi esterni di altissimo livello! buone feste a tutti (feat. @markrichardson.bsky.social @chrisdeville.bsky.social @bastonate.bsky.social @pucci.substack.com )
fridaypod.substack.com/p/friday-118
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I've seen almost no national coverage of the Trump gestapo moving into Columbus to kidnap people over the past week or so.
December 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I've seen almost no national coverage of the Trump gestapo moving into Columbus to kidnap people over the past week or so.
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All I'm saying is the Michigan haters have been right all along. This entire program is rotten to the core. Harbaugh established this culture and then peaced out when he was about to get busted. Dude is a menace.
NEWS: Security footage captured former Michigan co-offensive coordinator Matt Weiss minutes before he allegedly hacked college students’ personal accounts to steal sexually explicit photos and videos, an FBI search warrant affidavit alleges.
December 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
All I'm saying is the Michigan haters have been right all along. This entire program is rotten to the core. Harbaugh established this culture and then peaced out when he was about to get busted. Dude is a menace.
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people who are new to academia tend to find its obsession with sources and citations a brake on their "i'm just trying to be CREATIVE, man" mindset. but it turns out the relentless obsession with accuracy, citation, and *provenance* is a load-bearing pillar of the whole enterprise
December 21, 2025 at 6:59 PM
people who are new to academia tend to find its obsession with sources and citations a brake on their "i'm just trying to be CREATIVE, man" mindset. but it turns out the relentless obsession with accuracy, citation, and *provenance* is a load-bearing pillar of the whole enterprise
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Looking into whether Coca Cola should have filmed a real holiday commercial instead of putting out the worst looking AI slop I've ever seen
December 21, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Looking into whether Coca Cola should have filmed a real holiday commercial instead of putting out the worst looking AI slop I've ever seen
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back in July, the 1000th episode of Kreative Kontrol garnered high-profile press about this pod. it’s humbling to have a breakthrough year in season 12 of your show, and I appreciate everyone who spoke with me and listened. let’s look back at the year that was 2025, one month at a time!
December 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
back in July, the 1000th episode of Kreative Kontrol garnered high-profile press about this pod. it’s humbling to have a breakthrough year in season 12 of your show, and I appreciate everyone who spoke with me and listened. let’s look back at the year that was 2025, one month at a time!
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Why doesn’t everybody simply throw the ball backwards off a defender so that it bounces forwards into the end zone where you can recover it
December 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Why doesn’t everybody simply throw the ball backwards off a defender so that it bounces forwards into the end zone where you can recover it
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There's a non-zero chance some Columbus Crew fans who checked out at the end of the season will never know Wilfried Nancy left for Celtic if he gets fired and the Crew hire him back. The whole thing will sound like a wild conspiracy theory.
December 17, 2025 at 10:03 PM
There's a non-zero chance some Columbus Crew fans who checked out at the end of the season will never know Wilfried Nancy left for Celtic if he gets fired and the Crew hire him back. The whole thing will sound like a wild conspiracy theory.
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For everyone who says we could never pass a law regulating streaming… we can, we’re ready, and we will with your help. Join us at @umaw.bsky.social
US administration threatens Spotify and other EU tech companies
Spotify has been taking heat in recent months for its decision to accept and run recruitment ads for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Now, in an unwelcome end-of-year twist for the company, it’s being…
Spotify has been taking heat in recent months for its decision to accept and run recruitment ads for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Now, in an unwelcome end-of-year twist for the company, it’s being…
US administration threatens Spotify and other EU tech companies
Spotify has been taking heat in recent months for its decision to accept and run recruitment ads for the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency. Now, in an unwelcome end-of-year twist for the company, it’s being threatened by the US administration with new “fees or restrictions” on its business. Not because of anything Spotify has done, but because of intensifying tensions between the US and the European Union.
musically.com
December 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
For everyone who says we could never pass a law regulating streaming… we can, we’re ready, and we will with your help. Join us at @umaw.bsky.social