For this bonus holiday episode, we're talking about indie music! Managing editor of Stereogum and author of Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion Chris DeVille joins the podcast to talk about the evolution of indie rock, how we use that music to build teenage identities, Adit's fandom of Death Cab for Cutie, how Chris' fandom of MLS team Columbus Crew differs to his music fandom, and what it means to be truly independent. 

Follow Chris on Bluesky @chrisdeville.bsky.social and

Links for Chris and Such Great Heights:

https://www.instagram.com/chrisdevilleofficial/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/suchgreatheightsbook/

https://suchgreatheights.substack.com/

https://stereogum.com/author/chris-deville-2

Such Great Heights bonus playlists: https://open.spotify.com/user/315judd77dvnklparyj4mwm33l4u/playlists

The Cricket Sickos Podcast on Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/2kkhzf25

On Youtube: https://youtube.com/@aditrs7870?feature=shared

RSS link: https://anchor.fm/s/fa16cb28/podcast/rss

Follow Adit on Bluesky @aditrs.bsky.social

Music from Brand New Colony by The Postal Service

Original Sickos cartoon by Stan Kelly

Graphics by my incredibly excellent, cool and wildly handsome friend Harry Player