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I can't believe we finally made it. My debut book 'Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion' is OUT TODAY!
So, what is this book? In multiple senses, it's about how indie rock went pop. Such Great Heights takes a big-picture look at the way "indie" music and the attendant culture transformed over the course of the 21st century, evolving from an insular subculture to an aesthetic descriptor so flexible it was applied to Taylor Swift's folklore. I start by establishing what "indie rock" meant by the end of the '90s; then, following alongside my own journey with the music, I trace how the public-facing version of indie transformed throughout the first two decades of this millennium, illuminating how indie rock changed the mainstream and how the mainstream changed indie rock.
There are chapters about how disco-punk and the New Rock Revolution got the indie kids dancing, how The O.C. and Garden State kicked off Hollywood's indie rock feeding frenzy, how indie folk led us to stomp clap, how Pitchfork and blogs like Stereogum developed into a star-making pipeline, the impact of iTunes and MySpace, the connections between bloghouse and "indie sleaze" fashion, the indie rock audience's sometimes awkward relationship with rap, the rise of the "indie" pop star, and more. We end up in the 2010s, as streaming and social media irreparably alter the Big Indie ecosystem and a new generation of indie artists takes hold, perhaps to start the cycle all over again. Along the way, there is discussion of coffee shops and indie dance nights, of Urban Outfitters and Bonnaroo, of (sorry) hipsters and (SORRY) poptimism. I don't think there's been a more comprehensive look at the trajectory of indie music over the past quarter-century.
I'm so proud of the book and so excited for you to read it. Buy it at the link in my bio and let me know what you think.
26 Aug 2025
Some bands you outgrow, some bands you grow into, and some bands grow up with you.
During their initial run, and especially after their breakup, @krill.band.experience struck me as a band for a certain moment in time. When they shouted “Krill forever!” on their signature anthem “Theme From Krill,” it implied not so much that the band would carry on indefinitely but that it would endure in the hearts and minds of those fortunate enough to experience it in real time. Their 2015 breakup seemed to lock in that interpretation: Krill were a burst of anxious euphoria meant to be savored by the faithful few, then live on as a treasured memory of fleeting youth.
Yet in the decade since they first went away, fresh creative outpourings have redefined the notion of “Krill forever!” Now, with their second full-length body of work since breaking up, Krill are proving to be a band that lasts a lifetime.
TL;DR I am Krill-pilled, and all it took was them making an album about suburban dad life. Their triumphant comeback SECRET LANGUAGE is our Album Of The Week, so head to @stereogum and read my review.
10 Nov 2026
“It's a record that should sound like getting drunk at the civil war re-enactment, cruising for tail at the cattle auction, dropping acid at the square dance." That’s @willicarlisle, in song-by-song notes accompanying his new THE UNIVERSAL BUBBA, explaining his intentions for the project. Out this Friday, it’s the most ambitious work yet from the Arkansas country-rocker and "big tent folksinger" — a double album co-produced by Americana superstar Tyler Childers, meant to celebrate and subvert Southern culture in all its glory. It works like it’s supposed to.
I haven't heard many albums this year better than this one. My Album Of The Week review is live now at @stereogum, so go read about why I enjoyed it so much.
03 Nov 2026
Went to see @oliviarodrigo last night and scrawled down some thoughts at @stereogum dot com
30 Oct 2026
Today's new episode of the Music Nerd Football Podcast features @heybobnanna (Braid, Hey Mercedes) talking Chicago Bears, guillotine leagues, drafting problematic players in fantasy, last weekend's Fest, the 25-year covers project he's wrapping up, a new band he just formed, and more.
Listen at musicnerdfootballblog.substack.com or at the link in my bio. First half is free, second half is for paying subscribers only.
29 Oct 2026
@diiv keep surprising me with their ability to evolve and endure. The new @agcook404-produced ZIRP! is their most stylish, dynamic, endlessly replayable album yet. Personal and political. Crisp, clean, and catchy but still noisy as hell. Tongue-in-cheek and urgently earnest all at once.
Read my Album Of The Week review at @stereogum and buy up as many shares in this band as you can.
27 Oct 2026
My second book will be LOSING MY EDGE (AND LOVING IT), a series of essays about middle age, parenthood, and navigating the washed life, viewed through the lens of formerly hip indie bands that have become dad rock. Look for it in 2028.
26 Oct 2026
I can’t say how those embedded deep within the jazz world feel about it, but for outsiders like me, the genre has been going through an extremely exciting phase. All throughout this decade, the Chicago record label @intlanthem has essentially functioned as an A24 for jazz, curating a dazzling array of prestige projects that make the genre feel accessible to listeners from an indie rock background — often, perhaps counterintuitively, by leaning into jazz’s blurry experimental edge. The movement is bigger than one label, and it reaches all around the world, but the Los Angeles scene in particular has emerged as a thrilling frontier.
Josh Johnson (@joshuaajohn) is at the center of it all. The LA saxophonist, composer, and producer has a semi-anonymous name — there’s even another Josh Johnson who comes up first when you search on streaming services — but over the past decade he has willed himself into the spotlight with a prolific, inspired body of work. He pops up everywhere, doing a bit of everything.
Membership in the rhythm-forward experimental jazz combo SML alone would be enough to anoint Johnson as a musician of note, but he’s done so much more. Uhlmann Johnson Wilkes, the Openness Trio, producing for Flea and Meshell Ndegeocello, working with so many huge names in the jazz, pop, and indie worlds.
On ANIMATIVE, he's outdone himself. It's an album defined first and foremost by brilliant melodic composition, but there's also so much going on in terms of rhythm, texture, the blurring of disciplines, the stirring of emotions, the past colliding with the future. I have a lot to say about this project, and I said much of it in my Album Of The Week review today. It's live now at @stereogum, so go read it.
20 Oct 2026
The Philadelphia duo @at.songs have been beguiling listeners with their time-bending approach to folk music ever since forging their collaboration during the early days of the pandemic. With AUTOSMILE, their second full-length and first for the storied @4ad label, they push their hypermodern yet timeless songcraft to new heights, exploring darker corners of their sound without ever losing sight of the light.
Out today, the album finds singer-songwriters Victoria Rose and Stone Filipczak still blurring influences in fascinating and inspiring ways, channeling avant-folk, grunge, psych, prog, indie-pop, and subtle electronics into a mercurial style all their own. I hear traces of Alice In Chains, Elliott Smith, Animal Collective, and a whole spectrum of '60s and '70s weirdo greats. But mostly I hear @ more fully seizing command of a style that feels like grasping at ancient magic.
"When I try to comfort my mind, I dream of an alternate timeline," they sing on "Punish My Mind," a fitting sentiment for an album that edges up against multiple traditions without ever fully belonging to any. The lyrics follow suit, disclosing the duo's longings, struggles, and epiphanies in vivid poetic strokes yet remaining elusive enough to demand further contemplation. Even when pouring their hearts out, these two are tantalizingly tough to pin down.
In conversation, too, Rose and Filipczak manage to be frank and forthcoming while retaining the sense of mystery around their songs. On a video call this week, they went through AUTOSMILE track by track, illuminating one of the year's most exciting and thought-provoking new collections of music. Our interview is live now at @stereogum, so go read it.
16 Oct 2026
Today's new episode of the Music Nerd Football Podcast features @conormurphy420, formerly of @foxing, currently of Smidley, formerly a St. Louis Rams lover, currently a Los Angeles Rams hater.
We discussed the pain of relocated sports franchises, how Notre Dame fandom and Brady Quinn led him to the Browns, the Deshaun Watson situation, the McGwire/Sosa home run race and PEDs in sports, St. Louis' history as an American soccer hub, how he got that sick Saints hat, the relief of being post-Foxing, Smidley's excellent new album MURPHY HORSE, the struggle to be noticed as a recording artist in 2026, redefining success in our creative dystopia, and more.
This is a great one. Listen at musicnerdfootballblog.substack.com or at the link in my bio.
14 Oct 2026
For three weeks in a row, the Atlanta Falcons were on nationally televised primetime TV. And for nearly three games in a row, they seemed to be making the most of that extended spotlight moment. Then things fell apart.
My thoughts on the Falcons and more from a wild Week 5 are online at the Music Nerd Football Blog. Go to musicnerdfootballblog.substack.com or hit up the link in my bio.
ALSO: Last week's Ratboys episode of the Music Nerd Football Podcast is temporarily out from behind the paywall, so check that out too and see if you want to subscribe for more. Recording the next episode today...
12 Oct 2026
Michael Cormier-O’Leary has been involved with some of our favorite music of this decade. The Philadelphia multi-instrumentalist is the drummer for Friendship and 2nd Grade, and he co-runs Dear Life Records, the label behind brilliant releases by MJ Lenderman, Wendy Eisenberg, Florry, Styrofoam Winos, and more. He’s also the composer for Hour, the basement-DIY chamber-pop ensemble whose spellbinding, Lucas Knapp-produced LP ‘Ghost Bridge’ is out today.
The album expands Hour to 13 members, giving Cormier-O’Leary ample “color,” as he puts it, to convey the melancholia and preemptive grief that inspired so much of the music. It’s a gorgeously plaintive collection, bringing an unexpected elegance to a group of artists rooted in the punk scene.
Cormier-O’Leary spoke with Stereogum about Hour, his recent solo EP ‘Proof Enough,’ the backstory of Dear Life, and more. Check out our Q&A at stereogum.com.
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