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Chris DeVille

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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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I can’t believe they didn’t call it Float On.

Two months ago, I was aboard the Norwegian Pearl for Ice Cream Floats, a cruise headlined and curated by Modest Mouse. They played three times (plus the first performance by side project Ugly Casanova in 24 years), and we got two or three performances each from Built To Spill, Mannequin Pussy, Kurt Vile, Califone, Tropical Fuck Storm, Portugal. The

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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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