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Columbia House Party

Come 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,

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66:07

Taking Back Sunday: Heartbreak, Mental Health and...

Columbia House Party ·

2024/08/19

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy change their MSN statuses in biting fashion, firing up lyrics from Taking Back Sunday’s 2002 genre classic Tell All Your Friends. It is, with some likelihood, the album one host has listened to more than any other in his life. Find out more about Taking Back Sunday’s clunky and dramatic origins, the benefits and limitations of the band as one of the avatars of the emo movement, and whether mics are for singing or

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60:49

Green Day: On the Doorstep to Stardom

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2024/08/12

It’s the season premiere! Kind of. In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy celebrate the podcast’s birthday by resetting the connection tree and starting anew for Year Two. To do so, they fire up Green Day’s 1997 album Nimrod, maybe not the best Green Day album but possibly the most important. Find out more about the hosts sneaking Green Day tunes around parents, how Nimrod tipped a hand at where Green Day would eventually go, and how this album plays into

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63:05

The 2000s: N.E.R.D — Fly or Die (w/ Densil McFarlane)

Columbia House Party ·

2024/08/05

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Densil McFarlane of The OBGMs (@theobgms) to discuss N.E.R.D.’s 2004 album Fly or Die. Obscured to some degree by the immense success of the group as producers (The Neptunes) and Pharrell Williams’ eventual solo work, N.E.R.D. is more than deserving of their own oxygen as a bridge between hip hop and rock. Find out more about the influence N.E.R.D. had on Denz, the irritating, if predictable, critical

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61:32

The Ugly Organ: Emo Adds a Cello (ft. Alyssa Laessig)

Columbia House Party ·

2024/07/29

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Alyssa Laessig of Guardrail (@guardrailsucks) to discuss Cursive’s 2003 album The Ugly Organ. And be sure to check out Guardrails’ new EP Yikes when you’re done hearing Alyssa break down one of her influences. Find out more about Jake’s and Alyssa’s deep connections to Cursive, how the cello gets accounted for in the songwriting process, and whether The Ugly Organ qualifies as a concept album on this

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53:41

Yellowcard's Ode to Disbelevers

Columbia House Party ·

2024/07/22

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Chris Cresswell (@crustcrustwell) of The Flatliners (@theflatliners) and more to discuss one of his major influences, Gob’s 1998 album How Far Shallow Takes You. Find out more about the path Gob paved for a generation of Canadian punks, what changed in their sound with each successive album, and whether any of the guys followed in their footsteps from a hair – or bug-eating – perspective on this week’s

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61:22

Gob Brings Hockey on the Road (ft. Chris Cresswell)

Columbia House Party ·

2024/07/15

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Chris Cresswell (@crustcrustwell) of The Flatliners (@theflatliners) and more to discuss one of his major influences, Gob’s 1998 album How Far Shallow Takes You. Find out more about the path Gob paved for a generation of Canadian punks, what changed in their sound with each successive album, and whether any of the guys followed in their footsteps from a hair – or bug-eating – perspective on this week’s

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59:46

Avril Lavigne's Guiness World Record

Columbia House Party ·

2024/07/08

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, Jake and Blake travel back to Blake’s most heartbroken shifts at the Cambridge Home Hardware and fire up Avril Lavigne’s 2003 debut Let Go. Armed with four massive singles one-through-four on the album, Let Go was a tour de force at the time and feels no less significant in retrospect. Find out more about the changes in writing process (and partners) Lavigne went through to find her sound, how and why she was able to blur the lines between genres, and

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57:27

Sum 41 and the MuchMusic Era

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2024/07/01

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy crown Sum 41’s 2001 album All Killer No Filler a Canadian musical landmark. That’s like a Canadian Heritage Minute, but it just plays every commercial break on Much Loud for eternity. Maybe a statue in Ajax, too. Find out more about how Sum 41 broke through outside of just the Canadian pop-punk scene to become emblematic of early-2000s culture, why their early work stands out even better in retrospect, and their

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61:21

Billy Talent Brush Aside Early Ska Sound (ft. James...

Columbia House Party ·

2024/06/24

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by NBA writer James Herbert (@outsidethenba) to discuss Billy Talent’s 2003 self-titled debut. James made sense as the guest since he was also on for Billy Talent influence At The Drive-In and because he and Blake were at the same Billy Talent concert during frosh week at Queen’s. Find out more about Blake’s overdue realization that punk is political, Try Honesty’s continent-crossing success, and why Billy

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71:50

Broken Social Scene: Toronto's Supergroup (ft. John...

Columbia House Party ·

2024/06/17

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by comedian John Cullen (@cullenthecomic, @blockedpartypod, @thePOD_Kast) to discuss Broken Social Scene’s sophomore album You Forgot It In People. But not before they get derailed talking about Disturbed, Korn, labret piercings, and John’s love of nu-metal. The guys eventually talk BSS, we promise. Find out more about the ways Broken Social Scene are tied to myriad Toronto artists and bands, how they

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69:52

Lorde's Breakup Album (ft. Erin)

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2024/06/10

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Erin to discuss Lorde’s 2017 sophomore album Melodrama. Melodrama being considered a pop album is accurate, but it paints Lorde in a way that sometimes seems to undersell her excellent as a songwriter. Find out more about her growth as a person and writer over the four year gap between albums, which Lorde song Jakes thinks is perfect, and why her eventual third album may be analyzed through a more

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67:03

Phoebe Bridgers: A New Generation of Songwriters (ft....

Columbia House Party ·

2024/06/03

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Sarah MacDonald (@sarahsmacdonald, sarahsmacdonald.com), to discuss Phoebe Bridgers’ 2020 sophomore album Punisher. This is the show’s first crack at covering a new album without the benefit of at least some nostalgia, so it’s good the hosts had Sarah to guide them. Find out more about Bridgers’ songwriting process, the influence of gender and power dynamics in the industry and how her work connects,

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56:46

Bright Eyes and the Supremacy of Saddle Creek

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2024/05/27

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy make Conor Oberst the third member of the CHP two-time subject club, exploring Bright Eyes’ 2002 album Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground. Find out more about Saddle Creek’s epic early-2000s run as a label, why the hosts think Bright Eyes was so influential as a thread between folk eras despite often being classified as emo on this week’s podcast. Sick of hearing all the ads? Subscribe to

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63:36

Rilo Kiley: Premonitions of Death (ft. Jeff Rosenstock)

Columbia House Party ·

2024/05/20

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Jeff Rosenstock (@jeffrosenstock) to discuss Rilo Kiley’s excellent 2004 album More Adventurous. Is there a cooler band than Rilo Kiley, and a cooler singer than Jenny Lewis? It’s hard to figure.. Find out more about which Rilo Kiley song Jeff had his first dance too, which Rilo Kiley song Jeff has covered, and why the guys think Rilo Kiley weren’t a bigger breakthrough success on this week’s podcast

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58:11

Say Anything Attack the Scene

Columbia House Party ·

2024/05/13

In 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 with

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67:32

Dashboard Confessional: MSN Status Hall of Fame

Columbia House Party ·

2024/05/06

Please 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 host

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69:04

Watch Out! An Album Built on the Road (ft. Sam...

Columbia House Party ·

2024/04/29

Watch 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 Canadian

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60:46

An Actor, an Intern and The All-American Rejects (ft....

Columbia House Party ·

2024/04/22

In 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, Swing,

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69:49

The Unexpected Coda to Nirvana

Columbia House Party ·

2024/04/15

It’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

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58:10

Future Islands and Songs of the Human Experience (ft....

Columbia House Party ·

2024/04/08

In the latest episode of Columbia House Party, hosts Jake Goldsbie and Blake Murphy are joined by Katie Heindl (@wtevs) 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-night TV on this week’s

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