21st Century Indie Rock & Opinions on the Hives

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🗓️ 19 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot talk with author Chris Deville about his new book, "Such Great Heights: The Complete Cultural History of the Indie Rock Explosion." The hosts also review the new album from The Hives.

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Featured Songs:

The Postal Service, "Such Great Heights," Give Up, Sub Pop, 2003

The Beatles, "With A Little Help From My Friends," Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Parlophone, 1967

The Hives, "The Hives Forever Forever The Hives," The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, PIAS, 2025

The Hives, "Enough is Enough," The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, PIAS, 2025

The Hives, "Hooray Hooray Hooray," The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, PIAS, 2025

The Hives, "Path of Most Resistance," The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, PIAS, 2025

The Hives, "O.C.D.O.D.," The Hives Forever Forever The Hives, PIAS, 2025

The Dismemberment Plan, "The Face of the Earth," Change, Desoto, 2001

Sufjan Stevens, "Jacksonville," Illinois, Rough Trade, 2005

Best Coast, "California Nights," California Nights, Harvest, 2015

Belle and Sebastian, "Asleep on a Sunbeam," Dear Catastrophe Waitress, Rough Trade, 2003

Death Cab for Cutie, "We Looked Like Giants," Transatlanticism, Barsuk, 2003

The Dismemberment Plan, "The City," Emergency & I, Desoto, 1999

The Decemberists, "The Engine Driver," Picaresque, Kill Rock Stars, 2005

Vampire Weekend, "M79," Vampire Weekend, XL, 2008

Thank, "Control," I Have A Physical Body That Can Be Harmed, Big Scary Monsters Recording Company, 2025

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0:00.0	Sound Opinions is an independent production and is supported by this station and by contributions from listeners like you.
0:08.6	Thanks for your support.
0:14.7	One, two, three, four. You're listening to sound opinions.
0:23.6	You're listening to sound opinions, and this week we chat with author Chris DeVille about his book,
0:42.3	Such Great Heights, The Complete Cultural History of the Indy Rock Explosion.
0:47.3	I'm Jim D. Reganus.
0:48.7	And I'm Greg Cott.
0:49.8	But first, we'll review the new album from The Hives.
0:53.2	Sound Opinions is supported by Goose Island since 1988.
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1:10.1	Goose Island Beer Company, Chicago hives.
1:29.2	The hives forever, forever, the hives.
1:33.9	The hives forever, the hives.
1:43.5	Oh, yeah. The hives Forever, Forever the Hives.
1:47.9	That's the name of that song.
1:49.8	The Hives, Forever, Forever.
1:51.9	The Hives is the name of the new Hives album, the seventh of this group's career.
1:58.6	One we wouldn't have predicted came so soon. Maybe not at all.
2:03.5	The Hives. Swedish rock band Garage Rock formed in Vagersta in 1993. Kind of blew up in Sweden first,
2:13.8	and then widely embraced as part of the big garage rock revival in the U.S.
2:19.3	in the late 90s, early 2000s, you know, famously the White Stripes, a lot of bands out of New York,
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