Columbia House Party
348 episodes - English - Latest episode: 6 days ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsCome one, come all, to this tragic affair, and subscribe here for the best music show in your podcast library. Hosted by Blake Murphy and Jake Goldsbie, Columbia House Party is your home for Riots and Black Parades, Cork Trees and Significant Others. At times it will showcase the very finest the music industry had to offer, often around the pop-punk and emo boom of the early-to-mid 2000s. At its worst, it will indulge in those forgotten records we all have lurking in our collection. All the while, it promises to provide the information, entertainment and self-deprecation you’ve come to expect from two of Toronto’s favourites. Welcome to our living mixtape.
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Singles: Two Tongues - Crawl
August 07, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBIn the latest Columbia House Party single, Jake and Blake use their two tongues to discuss the Two Tongues of Max Bemis and Chris Conley. After enjoying their work together on a Bob Dylan tribute, the respective lead singers of Say Anything and Saves the Day collaborated on a 2009 album together. The result, though, doesn’t quite live up to the expectations cast by each groups’ previous work, a common risk in supergroup formation.
Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy (2004)
August 03, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy dive into Say Anything’s 2004 pop-punk classic …Is a Real Boy (and, technically, their 2006 build-on …Was a Real Boy). It’s an album that stands out from its own scene upon review, somewhat ironically given the album’s heavy criticism of the scene itself. Find out more about the cost and benefit of Max Bemis’ sprawling creativity and perfectionism over the band’s life, how the hosts – and Bemis himself – deal ...
40. Say Anything - ...Is a Real Boy (2004)
August 03, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 88.1 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy dive into Say Anything’s 2004 pop-punk classic …Is a Real Boy (and, technically, their 2006 build-on …Was a Real Boy). It’s an album that stands out from its own scene upon review, somewhat ironically given the album’s heavy criticism of the scene itself. Find out more about the cost and benefit of Max Bemis’ sprawling creativity and perfectionism over the band’s life, how the hosts – and Bemis himself – deal ...
Singles: Chad Kroeger ft. Josey Scott - Hero
July 31, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBIn the latest Columbia House Party single, Jake and Blake aren’t quite the heroes you’re looking for, but they do their best to analyze the hit single from the SpiderMan soundtrack. It’s just a shame the supergroup that made the track – including members of Nickelback, Saliva, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Our Lady Peace, and Theory of a Deadman – never gave themselves a cool early-2000s of-the-moment alt-rock name. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes and even mor...
Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001)
July 27, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 100 MBPlease open your sad teen textbooks to Page 1. In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are screaming infidelities and sharing all their best deceptions as they break down the 2001 album from Dashboard Confessional, The Places You Have Come to Fear the most. Find out more about Chris Carrabba’s transition from Further Seems Forever to Dashboard Confessional, what we know – and don’t know – about what went into his painful songwriting, and why one hos...
39. Dashboard Confessional - The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most (2001)
July 27, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 100 MBPlease open your sad teen textbooks to Page 1. In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are screaming infidelities and sharing all their best deceptions as they break down the 2001 album from Dashboard Confessional, The Places You Have Come to Fear the most. Find out more about Chris Carrabba’s transition from Further Seems Forever to Dashboard Confessional, what we know – and don’t know – about what went into his painful songwriting, and why one hos...
Singles: Hinder - Lips of an Angel
July 24, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBIn the latest Columbia House Party single, Jake and Blake strain to keep their voices from going…there. You know where. That mid-2000s rock ballad sound that was unavoidable and, to be frank, not that enjoyable. But is Hinder’s Lips of an Angel one of the worst songs ever, or is it just held up as the avatar of a bad moment in rock history? Whisper your take, because you can’t be too loud. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes and even more goodness: https://w...
38. Alexisonfire - Watch Out! (2004)
July 20, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 105 MBWatch Out! In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Sam Sutherland (@SamSthrlnd) of the blink-155 podcast to talk about…not blink-182, surprisingly. Instead, the trio takes a deep look at alexisonfire’s sophomore 2004 album Watch Out! Sam’s choice of album surprised, but explained through the lens of that moment in Canadian music history, it was the right choice. Find out more about Sam’s encyclopaedic knowledge of the early-2000s Canad...
Alexisonfire - Watch Out! (2004)
July 20, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 105 MBWatch Out! In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Sam Sutherland (@SamSthrlnd) of the blink-155 podcast to talk about…not blink-182, surprisingly. Instead, the trio takes a deep look at alexisonfire’s sophomore 2004 album Watch Out! Sam’s choice of album surprised, but explained through the lens of that moment in Canadian music history, it was the right choice. Find out more about Sam’s encyclopaedic knowledge of the early-2000s Canad...
Singles: NOBRO - Marianna
July 17, 2020 10:05 - 15 minutes - 21.5 MBIn the latest Columbia House Party single, Jake and Blake spotlight a newer Canadian punk band, the Montreal four-piece NOBRO. They’re a band both hosts came across opening for other reputable bands in the scene and quickly became enamored with for their intensity, musicianship and songwriting. Check out the song Marianna here and their EP Sick Hustle on Bandcamp. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes and even more goodness: https://www.patreon.com/columbiahou...
37. The All-American Rejects (2002)
July 13, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Taylor Markarian (@TKMarkarian), author of From The Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society, to reminisce about the self-titled 2003 debut from The All-American Rejects. Tyson Ritter hive, it’s your time to log on. Find out more about Taylor’s AOL Instant Messenger association with the Rejects, which song stands out as a missed opportunity as the follow-up single behind Swing,...
The All-American Rejects (2002)
July 13, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 92.5 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Taylor Markarian (@TKMarkarian), author of From The Basement: A History of Emo Music and How It Changed Society, to reminisce about the self-titled 2003 debut from The All-American Rejects. Tyson Ritter hive, it’s your time to log on. Find out more about Taylor’s AOL Instant Messenger association with the Rejects, which song stands out as a missed opportunity as the follow-up single behind Swing,...
Singles: Nirvana - Lithium (w/ St.Vincent)
July 10, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 19.7 MBIn the latest Columbia House Party single, Jake and Blake theorize on who the best fit may be in Kurt Cobain’s role if the remaining members of Nirvana were to ever tour again. St. Vincent immediately springs to mind, with her rendition of Lithium from 2014 – not to mention her entire catalog of very cool guitar work - standing out as one heck of an application for the job. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes and even more goodness: https://www.patreon.com/c...
36. Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
July 06, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 102 MBIt’s about time. In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy finally open up the grunge side of the podcast, diving deep on Nirvana’s industry-changing 1993 album In Utero. If you preferred Nevermind, well, blame the Patreon supporters who voted for this, and maybe give that take a second thought upon re-listening. Find out more about what Kurt Cobain set out to do with the impossible task of following up on Nevermind, the difficult process of trying to...
Nirvana - In Utero (1993)
July 06, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 102 MBIt’s about time. In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy finally open up the grunge side of the podcast, diving deep on Nirvana’s industry-changing 1993 album In Utero. If you preferred Nevermind, well, blame the Patreon supporters who voted for this, and maybe give that take a second thought upon re-listening. Find out more about what Kurt Cobain set out to do with the impossible task of following up on Nevermind, the difficult process of trying to...
Singles: Fall Out Boy - The Last of the Real Ones
July 03, 2020 10:05 - 15 minutes - 22 MBIn the latest Columbia House Party single, Jake and Blake run it back to episode No. 3 to get a gauge on where Fall Out Boy is, musically, here in 2020 rather than 2005. Using the song The Last of the Real Ones as a window into how Fall Out Boy have developed, it’s clear the current incarnation is a successful formula – and not a far cry from their earlier sound – even if it’s not for the hosts.
Future Islands - Singles (2014)
June 29, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Katie Heindl (@wtevs, @weirdvessels) to discuss FEELINGS and the 2014 album Singles from Future Islands. It’s a bit more of a pop turn than usual for the hosts, but upon deeper listening, it fits right in with the CHP ethos. Find out more about how freestyle rapping played a role in Future Islands’ development, Katie’s emotional run-in with the lead singer, and whether Jake could dance on late-ni...
35. Future Islands - Singles (2014)
June 29, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 92.7 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Katie Heindl (@wtevs, @weirdvessels) to discuss FEELINGS and the 2014 album Singles from Future Islands. It’s a bit more of a pop turn than usual for the hosts, but upon deeper listening, it fits right in with the CHP ethos. Find out more about how freestyle rapping played a role in Future Islands’ development, Katie’s emotional run-in with the lead singer, and whether Jake could dance on late-ni...
Singles: Fozzy - Judas
June 26, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBWhat has Jake become? In the latest Columbia House Party single, he finally relents and allows Blake to discuss Fozzy’s Judas, a surprisingly catchy song that’s taken a hard pivot from being liked ironically to being liked earnestly. How, exactly, did Chris Jericho turn a half-joking side-project into something with seven albums and multiple Download Festival appearances? More importantly, is Jake becoming Judas…in his mind?
34. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
June 22, 2020 10:05 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy explore TV on the Radio’s Return to Cookie Mountain, what they feel is one of the best albums to come out of the early-2000s indie rock boom. So much so, in fact, that this episode invites the first discussion of a potential CHP Hall of Fame for one of TV on the Radio’s members. Find out more about the David Letterman performance that helped put them on the map, where they veer from otherwise similar Meet Me I...
TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain (2006)
June 22, 2020 10:05 - 59 minutes - 82.4 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy explore TV on the Radio’s Return to Cookie Mountain, what they feel is one of the best albums to come out of the early-2000s indie rock boom. So much so, in fact, that this episode invites the first discussion of a potential CHP Hall of Fame for one of TV on the Radio’s members. Find out more about the David Letterman performance that helped put them on the map, where they veer from otherwise similar Meet Me I...
Singles: Blaqk Audio - Stiff Kittens
June 19, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 19.3 MBHow stiff a kitten are we talking here? If that strikes you as a bizarre introduction, well, welcome to Blaqk Audio, the side project of Davey Havok and Jade Puget of AFI. On the tails of this week’s main AFI episode, Jake and Blake explore Havok’s cultural versatility, the more electronic side of (half) the group, and how a seemingly unrelated experiment influenced AFI over the years. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes and even more goodness: https://www....
AFI - The Art of Drowning (2000)
June 15, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBWe hope you suffer. In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by professional wrestler Jimmy Havoc (@JimmyHavoc) to discuss AFI’s 2000 classic The Art of Drowning. Havoc – and yes, he took that wrestling name in tribute to Davey Havok – fills us in on how AFI and other bands have shaped his wrestling persona, his merchandise, and his life. Find out more about how The Art of Drowning compares with Sing the Sorrow, which AFI song felt custom-...
33. AFI - The Art of Drowning (2000)
June 15, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 96.8 MBWe hope you suffer. In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by professional wrestler Jimmy Havoc (@JimmyHavoc) to discuss AFI’s 2000 classic The Art of Drowning. Havoc – and yes, he took that wrestling name in tribute to Davey Havok – fills us in on how AFI and other bands have shaped his wrestling persona, his merchandise, and his life. Find out more about how The Art of Drowning compares with Sing the Sorrow, which AFI song felt custom-...
Singles: Algiers - Dispossession
June 12, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 19.9 MBRun away from your America is right. In the latest Columbia House Party single, Jake and Blake take a quick dive into the political Atlanta four-piece Algiers and the lead single Dispossession off of their 2020 album There Is No Year. Algiers feel of this time – now and with their 2017 sophomore album The Underside of Power – and the hosts discuss what drew them to Algiers and who they compare to, if you haven’t checked them out. The hosts also explore some other Black artists they discovered...
Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982)
June 08, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad, abdurraqib.com) to discuss the seminal 1982 Descendents album Milo Goes to College. It’s a wider-ranging chat than usual, thanks to Hanif’s incredible insight and thoughtfulness about how and why we connect with music at different stages. Find out more about the album’s iconic artwork, how we deal with problematic lyrics nearly 4...
32. Descendents - Milo Goes To College (1982)
June 08, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 90.8 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib (@NifMuhammad, abdurraqib.com) to discuss the seminal 1982 Descendents album Milo Goes to College. It’s a wider-ranging chat than usual, thanks to Hanif’s incredible insight and thoughtfulness about how and why we connect with music at different stages. Find out more about the album’s iconic artwork, how we deal with problematic lyrics nearly 4...
Singles: Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
June 05, 2020 10:05 - 15 minutes - 21.4 MBMmmwhat’dyousay? That lyric likely brings to mind one of two things: A pivotal scene in The OC or Tik Tok star Jason Derulo. The new Hulu series Normal People, based on the excellent Sally Rooney novel, uses Imogen Heap’s Hide and Seek to even better effect, and so the latest Columbia House Party single explores whether a song can be taken back and get a second act even if it seems inextricable from a monoculture moment. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes a...
31. Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995)
June 01, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBIsn’t it ironic? In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy go deep on a Canadian classic, Alanis Morissette’s incredible 1995 album Jagged Little Pill. Not only is the album excellent, it’s credited with facilitating important change in the rock scene for the late-90s and beyond. Find out more about Alanis’ roots as a child star in Ottawa, why and how she changed her approach for Jagged Little Pill, and who we think You Oughta Know might be about on t...
Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill (1995)
June 01, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBIsn’t it ironic? In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy go deep on a Canadian classic, Alanis Morissette’s incredible 1995 album Jagged Little Pill. Not only is the album excellent, it’s credited with facilitating important change in the rock scene for the late-90s and beyond. Find out more about Alanis’ roots as a child star in Ottawa, why and how she changed her approach for Jagged Little Pill, and who we think You Oughta Know might be about on t...
Singles: IDLES - Mr. Motivator
May 29, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBHost fight! Jake and Blake agree on a lot of music, but there are occasional bands – The Wonder Years, The Used, The Twilight Sad, IDLES – on who they strongly disagree. Through the lens of the new IDLES song Mr. Motivator, the latest Columbia House Party single explores the mechanisms of music subjectivity and why certain groups miss the Venn Diagram overlap. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes and even more goodness: https://www.patreon.com/columbiahousepa...
Constantines - Shine a Light (2003)
May 25, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Arkells frontman Max Kerman (@arkellsmusic) to discuss Shine A Light, the 2003 sophomore album from Constantines. The Cons had a huge influence on Max and his bandmates, and this episode allows us to explore how influences make their way into a band’s sound, consciously and subconsciously. Find out more about The Cons’ 519 roots, how their legendary live shows helped build a following, and why so...
30. Constantines - Shine a Light (2003)
May 25, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 95.5 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Arkells frontman Max Kerman (@arkellsmusic) to discuss Shine A Light, the 2003 sophomore album from Constantines. The Cons had a huge influence on Max and his bandmates, and this episode allows us to explore how influences make their way into a band’s sound, consciously and subconsciously. Find out more about The Cons’ 519 roots, how their legendary live shows helped build a following, and why so...
Singles: Foo Fighters - Monkey Wrench
May 22, 2020 10:05 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MBWhat if Dave Grohl were, himself, a (monkey) wrench in the plans of Sunny Day Real Estate? On the heels of our discussion about Diary, this week’s Columbia House Party “single” mini-episode explores the somewhat bizarre, he-said he-said history between SDRE and Foo Fighters, including Grohl’s replacement drumming on The Colour and The Shape and an alleged fifth SDRE album that one person believes Grohl had a hand in shelving. It’s…a lot. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailb...
29. Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)
May 18, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy trace the so-called emo tree back up almost all the way to the top, exploring the definitive parent of the Midwest emo branch, Sunny Day Real Estate’s 1994 album Diary. It stands to reason that if you listen to this podcast, a lot of the bands you enjoy (and episodes we’ve done to date) were influenced by Diary, as SDRE genuinely helped move the genre forward. Find out more about why SDRE couldn’t sustain thei...
Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary (1994)
May 18, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 90.1 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy trace the so-called emo tree back up almost all the way to the top, exploring the definitive parent of the Midwest emo branch, Sunny Day Real Estate’s 1994 album Diary. It stands to reason that if you listen to this podcast, a lot of the bands you enjoy (and episodes we’ve done to date) were influenced by Diary, as SDRE genuinely helped move the genre forward. Find out more about why SDRE couldn’t sustain thei...
Singles: The Used ft. Mark Hoppus - The Lighthouse
May 15, 2020 10:05 - 15 minutes - 21.2 MBWe can be your lighthouse. Or can’t. Bert McCracken, The Used, and Mark Hoppus have left us a little unclear. The latest Columbia House Party “single” mini-episode takes a look at “The Lighthouse,” the most recent single off of The Used’s new album Heartwork. On paper, pairing The Used with their original producer and Hoppus should have been an easy victory. So why doesn’t it work as well as the rest of Heartwork? Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes and even...
28. At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
May 11, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by NBA writer James Herbert (@outsidethenba) to discuss At The Drive-In’s 2000 album Relationship of Command. It’s just too bad we recorded this before Cedric Bixler-Zavala dropped the best Instagram comment of the current election cycle. Even acknowledging that exclusion, this is a fun revisiting of a very influential album. Find out more about James and Blake’s unlikely non-friendship in universit...
At the Drive-In - Relationship of Command (2000)
May 11, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 90.7 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by NBA writer James Herbert (@outsidethenba) to discuss At The Drive-In’s 2000 album Relationship of Command. It’s just too bad we recorded this before Cedric Bixler-Zavala dropped the best Instagram comment of the current election cycle. Even acknowledging that exclusion, this is a fun revisiting of a very influential album. Find out more about James and Blake’s unlikely non-friendship in universit...
Singles: Juice WRLD - Lucid Dreams
May 08, 2020 10:05 - 14 minutes - 19.5 MBOn the heels of our Lil Peep discussion, the latest Columbia House Party “single” mini-episode takes a look at his contemporary, Juice WRLD. Similar to Peep in influence, style, untimely passing, and posthumous controversy, our discussion of Juice WRLD rounds out our one-week exploration of the emo-rap subgenre and how the bands the podcast tends to discuss have influenced the music world beyond their own cultural bubble. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes ...
27. Lil Peep - Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 (2017)
May 04, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 107 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Sasha Kalra (@sashakalra) to discuss Lil Peep’s 2017 album Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1. While Lil Peep is admittedly outside of the podcast’s normal genre wheelhouse, his influences are so similar to the podcast’s and to the artists that the podcast covers that he represents a unique look into the out-of-genre effects of industry and cultural changes. Find out more about how Lil Peep earne...
Lil Peep - Come Over When You're Sober, Pt. 1 (2017)
May 04, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 107 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Sasha Kalra (@sashakalra) to discuss Lil Peep’s 2017 album Come Over When You’re Sober, Pt. 1. While Lil Peep is admittedly outside of the podcast’s normal genre wheelhouse, his influences are so similar to the podcast’s and to the artists that the podcast covers that he represents a unique look into the out-of-genre effects of industry and cultural changes. Find out more about how Lil Peep earne...
Singles: Phantom Planet - California
May 01, 2020 10:05 - 12 minutes - 17.7 MBThe OC Month at Columbia House Party wraps up with our latest “single” mini-episode, discussing the iconic theme of the hit teen drama, Phantom Planet’s California. The shorter format takes a quick look at Phantom Planet’s place as a missed-opportunity early-2000s indie rock boom band, their earlier history with podcast favourite Jason Schwartzman, and how and why a song and band can become so inextricably linked to one moment in pop culture history. Come join the Patreon family for bonus ep...
26. Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
April 27, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy break down Modest Mouse’s 2004 breakthrough Good News for People Who Like Bad News. Unlike some of the other bands to perform at The Bait Shop, Modest Mouse were already quite well-established, but The OC rub and an enormous hit in Float On helped push them into the mainstream consciousness. That didn’t mean Good News was any less weird and fun, though. As we close out The OC Month, find out more about why a b...
Modest Mouse - Good News for People Who Love Bad News (2004)
April 27, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 95.1 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy break down Modest Mouse’s 2004 breakthrough Good News for People Who Like Bad News. Unlike some of the other bands to perform at The Bait Shop, Modest Mouse were already quite well-established, but The OC rub and an enormous hit in Float On helped push them into the mainstream consciousness. That didn’t mean Good News was any less weird and fun, though. As we close out The OC Month, find out more about why a b...
Singles: The Killers - Caution
April 24, 2020 10:05 - 13 minutes - 18.8 MBWelcome to the first Columbia House Party “Single,” a new, shorter episode to supplement the regular weekly Monday drop. The podcast’s first single follows up on our discussion of 2004’s Hot Fuss by taking a look at how The Killers sound here in 2020. Their new single, Caution, off their upcoming album Imploding the Mirage, offers a spiritual midway point between Hot Fuss and Sam’s Town that the hosts appreciate. Come join the Patreon family for bonus episodes, mailbags, show notes and even ...
25. The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)
April 20, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by culture writer Sarah MacDonald (@sarahsmacdonald, sarahsmacdonald.com) to discuss The Killers’ 2004 debut Hot Fuss. Another Meet Me In The Bathroom-era breakthrough sees our hosts bring Sarah back as the first two-time guest because The Killers require a certain level of cool they can’t reach alone. That’s a long way to have come for some kids from Las Vegas sneaking in to UNLV to practice and re...
The Killers - Hot Fuss (2004)
April 20, 2020 10:05 - 1 hour - 117 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by culture writer Sarah MacDonald (@sarahsmacdonald, sarahsmacdonald.com) to discuss The Killers’ 2004 debut Hot Fuss. Another Meet Me In The Bathroom-era breakthrough sees our hosts bring Sarah back as the first two-time guest because The Killers require a certain level of cool they can’t reach alone. That’s a long way to have come for some kids from Las Vegas sneaking in to UNLV to practice and re...
24. The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows (2004)
April 13, 2020 10:45 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy break down The Walkmen’s 2004 album Bows + Arrows. As The OC Month continues, The Walkmen represent an interesting and often self-defeating secondary character in the indie rock boom and an unlikely Bait Shop performer. They’re also emblematic of the Meet Me In The Bathroom-era New York rock scene, dripping in cool while made up of the pieces of other, disbanded groups. Find out more about the enormity of The ...
The Walkmen - Bows + Arrows (2004)
April 13, 2020 10:45 - 1 hour - 91.8 MBIn the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy break down The Walkmen’s 2004 album Bows + Arrows. As The OC Month continues, The Walkmen represent an interesting and often self-defeating secondary character in the indie rock boom and an unlikely Bait Shop performer. They’re also emblematic of the Meet Me In The Bathroom-era New York rock scene, dripping in cool while made up of the pieces of other, disbanded groups. Find out more about the enormity of The ...