Chris DeVille
@chrisdeville
Managing Editor, @stereogum.com Posting indie nostalgia at @suchgreatheights.bsky.social Buy my debut book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, out now via St. Martin's Press:
Had no choice but to bring up Tom Herman's pee color chart in my blurb about the new Coco & Clair Clair stereogum.com/2506876/the-...
I have two panels at Columbus Book Festival at the main library this weekend, 1 p.m. Saturday on debut authors and 10:30 a.m. Sunday on music books. More importantly, Deez Cookies created a cookie based on my book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS! They’ll be selling it in 92-98 row of Topiary Park all weekend!!!
My 11-year-old asked to hear “Smooth Criminal” after her friend sang it at karaoke. When my 5-year-old saw this cover art he said it looked like “Enola Holmes’ mom.”
The White Stripes released White Blood Cells 25 years ago today. I wrote this for the 20th anniversary and was pretty happy with how it turned out: stereogum.com/2152673/the-...
If you ever have the chance to see Magic Tuber Stringband play in the woods I recommend it
It was amazing to be back in Athens for the OU Music Industry Summit last week. I was privileged to conduct keynote interviews with @nabilayers.bsky.social and @ilovelucius.bsky.social and participate in a panel on the state of music journalism with @anniezaleski.bsky.social and Marcus J. Moore.
Question for my fellow millennials (and maybe some Gen X-ers)... How many of you were introduced to the USMNT for World Cup 1994 by this issue of Sports Illustrated For Kids? Trying to figure out of that was a common progression or if it was just me.
Maybe Ari isn't putting pop stardom on pause after all stereogum.com/2495269/new-...
SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion in stores now read.macmillan.com/lp/such-grea...
Looking forward to this conversation with @anniezaleski.bsky.social and Marcus J. Moore April 15 at the Ohio University Music Industry Summit www.ohio.edu/music-indust...
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...
Today I learned from @michaelweinreb.com's newsletter that the guy who invented NCAA tournament bracket contests was named Bob Stinson. But not THAT Bob Stinson. throwbacks.substack.com/p/how-we-kil...