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CHRIS DEVILLE is the author of SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, a book about how indie rock changed the mainstream and the mainstream changed indie rock. He works as the managing editor at Stereogum, where he has written extensively about the full spectrum of indie music for over a decade. In 2014, he launched The Week In Pop, a column exploring mainstream music from an indie fan’s perspective, and he has profiled bands like Tame Impala and Run The Jewels. Chris has also been featured in outlets like The Atlantic, The Washington Post, Rolling Stone and The Ringer. He lives with his family in Columbus, Ohio.

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Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion

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

Every chapter in my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion has a soundtrack. They’re printed in the book, and I’ve been sharing them here intermittently. Recent soundtracks have covered bloghouse and indie folk, fussy prestige indie and druggy tank-top indie. Today we progress to the tunes for Chapter 10, “Late Registration,” which tackles the 21st c

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“Jet made it all the way to No. 29 on the Hot 100 with their Iggy-Pop-mimicking “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”—then Pitchfork reviewed their sophomore album with a video of a monkey peeing in its own mouth.”
― Chris DeVille, Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion

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