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Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Attention washed millennials: A second book from SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS author @chrisdeville.bsky.social (the guy typing this) is in the works. This update contains a little tease about that, plus news about my podcast interviewing musicians about football, and a rundown of my recent Stereogum work:

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My New Football Blog, My New Book, And Other Updates

It’s been way too busy at Such Great Heights HQ

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I was interviewed for this along with a bunch of your favorite 2000s indie bands. No idea if I made the cut, but if you liked my book, this will probably be essential listening for you.

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Absolutely chuffed to be back on 60 Songs That Explain The '90s: The 2000s discussing "Young Folks" and all things Peter Bjorn And John

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"Young Folks": The History of Indie Twee's Big Hit

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

My book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion came out one year ago today. Thanks to everyone who helped make it a smashing success. To mark the anniversary, here is Part 1 in a series on the state of indie music today:

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Indie After ‘Such Great Heights’ (Part 1)

A multi-part look at the state of indie music today, on the first anniversary of my book’s release

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🔪🔪🔪bryan 🔪 🔪 🔪 @murderxbryan.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Listening to a local band of 20 somethinga do a cover of Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet made me worried for our future

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

There was much discourse on X last week regarding the false, persistent idea that hipsters listened to stomp-clap bands like the Lumineers and Mumford & Sons, which spiraled into a discussion about what hipsters even were. It was all very relevant to my book, so I tried to provide some context...

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Hey! Hipsters Did Not Listen To Stomp-Clap

My latest SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS B-side debunks a persistent falsehood

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion on sale now read.macmillan.com/lp/such-grea...

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Joanna Kenty @jokenty.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I’m listening to @chrisdeville.bsky.social’s Such Great Heights audiobook now and it is just nostalgia central - and all of these songs feature prominently!

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

After discussing 'Drive' on @soundtrackyourlife.net, I made a 40-song playlist. Chromatics, Kavinsky, forebears like Vangelis, peers like M83, synthwave, etc. I also wrote about the movie's influence on 2010s music and our neverending nostalgia for an imagined 1980s. Behold the 'Drive' diaspora.

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'Drive' Diaspora: The Dream of An Imagined '80s

My recent podcast appearance inspired further thoughts and a new playlist

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Newsletter update on my Modest Mouse cruise feature, my involvement in a cool event you can livestream, new and upcoming podcast appearances, the Spanish translation of my book(!), other recent writing for Stereogum I'm proud of, and more

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The Ship Didn't Sink

My weekend on the Modest Mouse cruise and other updates

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Thrilled to announce that my book 'SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion' has been translated into Spanish under the new title 'LA MÚSICA INDIE.' It's available now via Ediciones Península: www.planetadelibros.com/libro-la-mus...

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Ryan McGhoul 👻💀🎃 @ryanmcgreal.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Just got my copy of Such Great Heights by @chrisdeville.bsky.social and can’t wait to start reading it!

A hand holding a copy of the book Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion by Chris DeVille

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

I wrote a gazillion words about my long history with Times New Viking, backing my way into local music from the internet, indie vs. Big Indie, and a reunion show that cast TNV as a link in a long chain of Columbus weirdo greats

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The Times They Are New Viking

One show, three generations of indie rock, and a whole lotta memories.

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Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Bill Callahan's "One Fine Morning" appears in HBO's Station Eleven (2021)

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jkay @okjkay.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

I'm about the same age as the writer and I also liked death cab before they were on the OC lol: Playlist of all of the chapter's playlists: music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Chris DeVille - Such Great Heights Playlist

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

The Dalai Lama won this category but I was ROBBED

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

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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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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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

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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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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williameolsen.bsky.social @williameolsen.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

"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.

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Bob Schaefer @bobszilla.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

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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rat king 🐀 👑 @mikeisaac.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

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

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Scot @hangthadj.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

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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AUgetoffmygold @augetoffmygold.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

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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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

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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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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Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - "Heads Will Roll" (2009)

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Krystal @arcaedion.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

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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Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Wolf Parade - "I'll Believe In Anything" (2005)

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

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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Chris DeVille, Author of

Podcast Episode · Wilco the Podcast · 12/17/2025 · 56m

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Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

The Flaming Lips - "Fight Test" (2002)

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Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

TV On The Radio perform "Dreams" with Peter Murphy and Trent Reznor (2006)

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Ryland @rfaller317.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

I totally forgot that when I grow up, I want to be Santigold.

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Fernando Reis @ofernandoreis.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

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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Dillon 🏳️‍🌈 @homophonic.uk · 16/12/2025

Band Hero menu vibes

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Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Best Coast - "When I'm With You" (2009)

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Such Great Heights @suchgreatheights.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Santigold - "L.E.S. Artistes" (2008)

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

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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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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MAGNET Magazine @magnetmagazine.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

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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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

For your holiday shopping consideration this Black Friday and beyond: SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, my book about 21st century indie rock morphing into pop. Perfect for millennial dads, moms who shopped at American Apparel, Gen Z indie fans curious about the past...

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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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Michael J. Kane @michaeljkane.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Devoured this on my trip to and from Denver for Psychonomics. A terrific read and I learned a lot. Highly recommend!

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The Leader Is Good @theleaderisgood.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Only way this could be better is if there was a deluxe edition that came with the playlist preloaded on an iPod nano.

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Chris DeVille @chrisdeville.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

The soundtrack for SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS Chapter 10 is live. This one explores the indie rock audience's relationship to hip-hop circa 2001-2014. It's one of my favorite chapters in the book, and the playlist gets at why.

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Chapter 10 Soundtrack: The Indie Rockers Warm Up To The Hip-Hop Hipsters

The playlist accompanying my SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS chapter "Late Registration" traces the indie rock audience's slow embrace of rap

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