Such Great Heights
@suchgreatheights.bsky.social
indie nostalgia by @chrisdeville.bsky.social
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Such Great Heights 9781250363381 - Macmillan
The definitive history of indie rock—from Iron & Wine and Death Cab for Cutie to Phoebe Bridgers and St. Vincent—and how the genre shifted the ...
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Hey there! This is @chrisdeville.bsky.social, the creator of this account. If you've been enjoying all the clips of old indie music I post here, you will probably enjoy my debut book, which is coming this summer.
'SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS' is available for pre-order now:
'SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS' is available for pre-order now:
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The soundtrack to Chapter 11 of SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS is live. This is a document of the early 2010s moment when "indie" started to truly detach from "rock" — the time of PBR&B, Tumblr-minted pop stars, and guitar bands trying to be anything but guitar bands.
Chapter 11 Soundtrack: Indie-Rock Poptimism Reaches Its Peak
The playlist accompanying my SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS chapter "Art Angels" revisits the prime of Grimes and Haim, of Lana and Lorde, of Chvrches and Charli. Plus: PBR&B!
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January 5, 2026 at 2:43 PM
The soundtrack to Chapter 11 of SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS is live. This is a document of the early 2010s moment when "indie" started to truly detach from "rock" — the time of PBR&B, Tumblr-minted pop stars, and guitar bands trying to be anything but guitar bands.
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I spent the weeks leading up to Christmas revisiting the Deerhunter catalog. Here's why I think they were the greatest of their era, why I barely touched on them in my book about indie's mainstream glow-up, and why I sure wish they'd 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
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December 29, 2025 at 2:39 PM
I spent the weeks leading up to Christmas revisiting the Deerhunter catalog. Here's why I think they were the greatest of their era, why I barely touched on them in my book about indie's mainstream glow-up, and why I sure wish they'd come back...
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"Such Great Heights" was a great read! Thank you @chrisdeville.bsky.social!
You wove the music and social and commercial changes together deftly.
I am now on a listening journey.
You wove the music and social and commercial changes together deftly.
I am now on a listening journey.
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 28, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Such Great Heights" was a great read! Thank you @chrisdeville.bsky.social!
You wove the music and social and commercial changes together deftly.
I am now on a listening journey.
You wove the music and social and commercial changes together deftly.
I am now on a listening journey.
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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).
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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.
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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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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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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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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.
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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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Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Heads Will Roll" (2009)
April 5, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Heads Will Roll" (2009)
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I never heard of this song until I got Band Hero in like 2009 and I didn’t care for it at first but all these years later, I really fuck with it.
July 23, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I never heard of this song until I got Band Hero in like 2009 and I didn’t care for it at first but all these years later, I really fuck with it.
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Wolf Parade - "I'll Believe In Anything" (2005)
May 3, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Wolf Parade - "I'll Believe In Anything" (2005)
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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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It was awesome to go on Wilco The Podcast to talk about my beloved Wilco and my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS
Chris DeVille, Author of
Podcast Episode · Wilco the Podcast · 12/17/2025 · 56m
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December 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It was awesome to go on Wilco The Podcast to talk about my beloved Wilco and my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS
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The Flaming Lips - "Fight Test" (2002)
May 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Flaming Lips - "Fight Test" (2002)
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TV On The Radio perform "Dreams" with Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor (2006)
May 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
TV On The Radio perform "Dreams" with Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor (2006)
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I totally forgot that when I grow up, I want to be Santigold.
December 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I totally forgot that when I grow up, I want to be Santigold.
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essa banda me lembra um bar ali na rua barra funda que ficava tocando sem parar Best Coast (o disco crazy for you amareli) quando em um determinado momento houve uma dezena de bares, baladas e casas de shows nessa região então inóspita
December 16, 2025 at 4:20 PM
essa banda me lembra um bar ali na rua barra funda que ficava tocando sem parar Best Coast (o disco crazy for you amareli) quando em um determinado momento houve uma dezena de bares, baladas e casas de shows nessa região então inóspita
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Band Hero menu vibes
December 16, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Band Hero menu vibes
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Best Coast - "When I'm With You" (2009)
January 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Best Coast - "When I'm With You" (2009)
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Santigold - "L.E.S. Artistes" (2008)
July 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Santigold - "L.E.S. Artistes" (2008)
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@suchgreatheights.bsky.social @chrisdeville.bsky.social looks like Christmas came early
August 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
@suchgreatheights.bsky.social @chrisdeville.bsky.social looks like Christmas came early
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Gift idea for music fans: my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion. It's about how indie rock changed the mainstream and the mainstream changed indie rock in the 21st century. In short: how indie rock went pop!
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 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Gift idea for music fans: my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion. It's about how indie rock changed the mainstream and the mainstream changed indie rock in the 21st century. In short: how indie rock went pop!
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Q&A with @chrisdeville.bsky.social, author of “Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History Of The Indie Rock Explosion” (St. Martin's Press, @suchgreatheights.bsky.social). “Brooklyn in the 2000s was like everyone's local scene”: magnetmagazine.com/2025/11/28/a...
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Q&A with @chrisdeville.bsky.social, author of “Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History Of The Indie Rock Explosion” (St. Martin's Press, @suchgreatheights.bsky.social). “Brooklyn in the 2000s was like everyone's local scene”: magnetmagazine.com/2025/11/28/a...
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Thanks @graceroso.bsky.social for recommending my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS in your gift guide!
Our Gift Guide Could Be Your Wife (feat. Lou Barcott)
A mostly-not-about-music gift guide
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December 5, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Thanks @graceroso.bsky.social for recommending my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS in your gift guide!