{"product_id":"such-great-heights-the-complete-cultural-history-of-the-indie-rock-explosion-9781250363381","title":"Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive history of twenty-first-century indie rock--from Iron \u0026amp; Wine and Death Cab for Cutie to Phoebe Bridgers and St. Vincent--and how the genre shifted the musical landscape and shaped a generation\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaybe you caught a few exhilarating seconds of \"Teen Age Riot\" on a nearby college radio station while scanning the FM dial in your parents' car. Maybe your friend invited you to a shabby local rock club and you ended up having a religious experience with Neutral Milk Hotel. Perhaps you were scandalized and tantalized upon sneaking Liz Phair's\u003ci\u003e Exile in Guyville\u003c\/i\u003e from an older sibling's CD collection, or you vowed to download every Radiohead song you could find on LimeWire because they were the favorite band of the guy you had a major crush on. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHowever you found your way into indie rock, once you were a listener, it felt like being part of a secret club of people who had discovered something special, something secret, something \u003ci\u003esuperior\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eSuch Great Heights\u003c\/i\u003e, music journalist Chris DeVille brilliantly captures this cultural moment, from the early aughts and the height of indie rock, until the 2010s as streaming upends the industry and changes music forever. DeVille covers the gamut of bands--like Arcade Fire, TV On The Radio, LCD Soundsystem, Haim, Pavement, and Bon Iver--and in the vein of Chuck Klosterman's \u003ci\u003eThe Nineties\u003c\/i\u003e, touches on staggering pop culture moments, like finding your new favorite band on MySpace and the life-changing \u003ci\u003eO.C.\u003c\/i\u003e soundtrack. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNerdy, fun, and a time machine for millennials, \u003ci\u003eSuch Great Heights\u003c\/i\u003e is about how subculture becomes pop culture, how capitalism consumes what's \"cool,\" who gets to define what's hip and why, and how an \"underground\" genre shaped our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martin's Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/26\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250363381\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2025 pg. 58\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Chris Deville","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51280964583605,"sku":"9781250363381","price":24.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_3201eaf1-f22a-4f7d-aa57-b450bafda54d.jpg?v=1751470017","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/such-great-heights-the-complete-cultural-history-of-the-indie-rock-explosion-9781250363381","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}