Chris DeVille
@chrisdeville.bsky.social
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: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
Posting indie nostalgia at @suchgreatheights.bsky.social
Buy my debut book SUCH GREAT HEIGHTS, out now via St. Martin's Press: https://read.macmillan.com/lp/such-great-heights-9781250363381/
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Chris DeVille
@chrisdeville.bsky.social
· Aug 26
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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My debut book is OUT TODAY!
'Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion' is about how indie rock changed the mainstream and the mainstream changed indie rock in the 21st century.
Buy it and let me know what you think:
'Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion' is about how indie rock changed the mainstream and the mainstream changed indie rock in the 21st century.
Buy it and let me know what you think:
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Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
January 25, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.
"Please get the truth out about our son."
"Please get the truth out about our son."
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“Tyranny is execution followed by a press release”
January 25, 2026 at 1:40 AM
“Tyranny is execution followed by a press release”
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The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
January 24, 2026 at 7:09 PM
The newest video shows very clearly that they attacked him for coming to an aid of a woman that the agents pushed, and then executed him while he was immobilized. Everything the government has said, like with Good, has been a complete lie.
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Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
January 24, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just staggered by the complete moral void of not even *pretending* to wait for more information before pivoting to “the opponent of the state deserved it.” It is so insanely depraved. Soulless.
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I love it when people ask questions like this to try to trap people. We had a whole bunch of requirements that moved people to vaccinate their children and they've been slowly dismantled by kooks! You don't need to vaccinate at gunpoint, just bring back the requirements!
So you think kids should be vaccinated at gunpoint against their parents’ wishes or removed from the home?
January 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
I love it when people ask questions like this to try to trap people. We had a whole bunch of requirements that moved people to vaccinate their children and they've been slowly dismantled by kooks! You don't need to vaccinate at gunpoint, just bring back the requirements!
I was gonna write this but I'm so glad Tom did bc he smashed it and my piece would have been more like "overrated innit"
Wrote about the generational hype vortex of the first Arctic Monkeys album, which is now the same age that Alex Turner was when it came out.
Arctic Monkeys' 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' Turns 20
“It’s an old story. You’ve heard it before. It goes like this: There ain’t no love here. No Montagues. No Capulets. Instead, it’s banging tunes. DJ sets. Dirty dancefloors. Dreams of naughtiness. The ...
stereogum.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:47 PM
I was gonna write this but I'm so glad Tom did bc he smashed it and my piece would have been more like "overrated innit"
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Wrote about the generational hype vortex of the first Arctic Monkeys album, which is now the same age that Alex Turner was when it came out.
Arctic Monkeys' 'Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not' Turns 20
“It’s an old story. You’ve heard it before. It goes like this: There ain’t no love here. No Montagues. No Capulets. Instead, it’s banging tunes. DJ sets. Dirty dancefloors. Dreams of naughtiness. The ...
stereogum.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:28 PM
Wrote about the generational hype vortex of the first Arctic Monkeys album, which is now the same age that Alex Turner was when it came out.
It cannot possibly be true that the last Chairlift album came out 10 years ago, but here is @abbyfjones.bsky.social with the retrospective to prove it. "Romeo" and "Crying In Public" are perfect songs.
Chairlift's 'Moth' Turns 10
Looking back on a launchpad for Caroline Polachek and Patrick Wimberly.
stereogum.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:51 PM
It cannot possibly be true that the last Chairlift album came out 10 years ago, but here is @abbyfjones.bsky.social with the retrospective to prove it. "Romeo" and "Crying In Public" are perfect songs.
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this whole thing is about the dumbest athlete stanning ive ever seen in my life
There are people that will swear up and down Killer Mike is a smart person lmaoo
im about to melt these tweets down and freebase them what a great weekend
January 22, 2026 at 4:26 PM
this whole thing is about the dumbest athlete stanning ive ever seen in my life
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I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
ICE secretly told its officers that any time someone has been ordered removed, ICE can break down their door.
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
It has been accepted for generations that the only thing which can authorize agents to break into your home is a warrant signed by a judge. No wonder ICE hid this memo!
![May 12, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR: All ICE Personnel
FROM: Todd Lyons Acting Director
SUBJECT: Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal
On January 20, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to "ensur[e] the successful enforcement of final orders of removal." 90 Fed. Reg. 8443, 8444 (Jan. 20, 2025) (E.O. 14159). Essential to the removal of aliens subject to final orders of removal is the ability to locate and arrest them. To this end, certain supervisory immigration officers within both Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) are authorized to issue an administrative warrant, Form I-205, Warrant of Removal (Form 1-205), for the arrest of an alien with a final order of removal. 8 C.F.R. § 241.2(a)(1). All U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents and deportation officers are authorized to execute Forms 1-205. 8 C.F.R. § 287.5(e)(3)(iii) - (y)
Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has not historically relied on administrative warrants alone to arrest aliens subject to final orders of removal in their place of residence, the DHS Office of the General Counsel has recently determined that the U.S. Constitution, the Immigration and Nationality Act, and the immigration regulations do not prohibit relying on administrative warrants for this purpose. Accordingly, in light of this legal determination, ICE immigration officers may arrest and detain aliens subject to a final under of removal issued by an immigration judge, the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), or a U.S.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2vtbmhmrwzbqcfv4we4uxzzt/bafkreifrzrvaszfhj4bzhgtyvx3fm6ht4kc2zrwtvozijyxl3zxgp7vx6a@jpeg)
January 21, 2026 at 10:28 PM
I try to avoid hyperbole when it comes to Trump policies, but this is absolutely frickin’ insane—on about eleventy different levels.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
Massive, systemic Fourth Amendment violations because … reasons.
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The moment we've all been waiting for: Fernando Mendoza's "Here's What I Learned From Winning a National Championship" LinkedIn post
January 21, 2026 at 10:17 PM
The moment we've all been waiting for: Fernando Mendoza's "Here's What I Learned From Winning a National Championship" LinkedIn post
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One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
December 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
One of the many reasons AI can't produce good writing is it can't hate its own writing. It can't think to itself "Maybe I'm illiterate" during the writing process. And that's essential
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What if the push alerts were “Trump stumbles through major speech, not knowing the diff between Iceland/Greenland; rants about political enemies (both real and imagined); as world watches in horror” instead of this?
January 21, 2026 at 3:11 PM
What if the push alerts were “Trump stumbles through major speech, not knowing the diff between Iceland/Greenland; rants about political enemies (both real and imagined); as world watches in horror” instead of this?
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Baker is fueled completely by hater energy and after he got MVP consideration in the first half of 2025 the gas tank hit E. We're loading up for 2026
January 21, 2026 at 12:17 AM
Baker is fueled completely by hater energy and after he got MVP consideration in the first half of 2025 the gas tank hit E. We're loading up for 2026
This album and Rabbit Fur Coat coming out within a week of each other feels significant
Wrote about the 20th anniversary of Cat Power's The Greatest, a lovely album that may have accidentally invented Lana Del Rey.
Cat Power's 'The Greatest' Turns 20
Chan In Memphis. That was the elevator pitch. In 1969, English balladeer Dusty Springfield signed to Atlantic, at the time primarily a soul label, and went off to Memphis to record with some of the ci...
stereogum.com
January 20, 2026 at 8:50 PM
This album and Rabbit Fur Coat coming out within a week of each other feels significant
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No paywalls. Voluntary $5 subscriptions welcome. The pro-independent artists, anti-algorithm newsletter for recommendations and criticism returns Thursday at 9 a.m. cst www.noexpectations.fyi
No Expectations | josh terry | Substack
A weekly music newsletter from Chicago-based writer Josh Terry. Anti-algorithm. Pro-independent artists. Click to read No Expectations, by josh terry, a Substack publication with thousands of subscrib...
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January 20, 2026 at 3:24 PM
No paywalls. Voluntary $5 subscriptions welcome. The pro-independent artists, anti-algorithm newsletter for recommendations and criticism returns Thursday at 9 a.m. cst www.noexpectations.fyi
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Having Meta platforms flooded with this kind of misinformation is a choice. Mark Zuckerberg chose this.
January 20, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Having Meta platforms flooded with this kind of misinformation is a choice. Mark Zuckerberg chose this.
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got fully in my feelings about Indiana winning the national championship, the greatest story in college football history.
If Indiana can do it, we can do it
If Indiana can do it, we can do it
If Indiana can do it, we can do it
It’s the greatest story in college football history. Maybe hope and belief aren't so naive.
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January 20, 2026 at 5:54 PM
got fully in my feelings about Indiana winning the national championship, the greatest story in college football history.
If Indiana can do it, we can do it
If Indiana can do it, we can do it
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“You didn’t give me a peace prize so I’m going to start a global war” is a pretty good indicator that the right choice was made
January 19, 2026 at 4:03 PM
“You didn’t give me a peace prize so I’m going to start a global war” is a pretty good indicator that the right choice was made
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Imagining Ohio State losing the CFP final in Ohio Stadium to, like, fucking wake forest or something. That’s this for Miami and it rules, congrats Hoosiers
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 AM
Imagining Ohio State losing the CFP final in Ohio Stadium to, like, fucking wake forest or something. That’s this for Miami and it rules, congrats Hoosiers
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greatest college football story of all time
January 20, 2026 at 4:23 AM
greatest college football story of all time
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(Barring upset) if the On3 graphics person doesn't go with CIG-NATTY, that's malpractice
January 19, 2026 at 11:52 PM
(Barring upset) if the On3 graphics person doesn't go with CIG-NATTY, that's malpractice
This was sick
January 20, 2026 at 3:40 AM
This was sick
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oh so the refs aren’t gonna call ANYTHING
January 20, 2026 at 3:30 AM
oh so the refs aren’t gonna call ANYTHING