Such Great Heights

Hey there! This is @chrisdeville, 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: read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-…

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 suchgreatheights.substack.com/p/the-ship-did…

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 @ed_peninsula: planetadelibros.com/libro-la-music…

Howdy, @chrisdeville here. If you dug the above Grimes flashback 🔼🔼🔼 you will want to purchase my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion ▶️▶️▶️ read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-…

Grimes - "Oblivion" (2012)

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 suchgreatheights.substack.com/p/the-times-th…

The soundtrack for SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS Chapter 12, “Love It If We Made It,” is live suchgreatheights.substack.com/p/chapter-12-s…

Jacob Tierney writing Wolf Parade into the DNA of Heated Rivalry struck me as a nostalgic return to Hollywood's post-O.C. era Wrote about it for the SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS newsletter: suchgreatheights.substack.com/p/best-old-mus…

I recommend reading Such Great Heights by @chrisdeville to those who’ve had an indie music chapter in their lives. The book 🔸Covers all the phases indie music went through 🔸Briefly goes through key artists of each phase 🔸Explains the dissolution of the title “indie” over years 🔸Describes the role of publications like Pitchfork and Stereogum 🔸Contains playlists of important songs for each chapter 🔸Mentions the role of identity and racial aspects but does not exaggerates it. Purchase 🔗 in comments

The Dalai Lama won this category but I was ROBBED

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. suchgreatheights.substack.com/p/chapter-11-s…

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... suchgreatheights.substack.com/p/deerhunter-h…

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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: suchgreatheights.substack.com/p/deerhunter-h…

Such a fun era. That show is unmatched.

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

Thanks to everyone who read my writing, bought/read/listened to my book, or otherwise supported my work this year! Merry Christmas! read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-…

We truly once were a proper country

Apparently this song was in Heated Rivalry recently, so this is a reminder that Wolf Parade is pure mid-2000s indie goodness 💁🏼‍♀️

this song will always have a special place in my heart bc i have thee most visceral memory of blasting it in the car with the windows down after my mom picked me up from the last day of middle school… like omg i’m freeeeeee worst experience of my fucking life.

The Walkmen - "The Rat" (2004)