Title: Columbia House Party: 12. The Decemberists – The Crane Wife (2006)
Date: January 20, 2020
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Synopsis: In the 12th episode of Columbia House Party, we dive into the very good and very heavy 2006 album from The Decemberists, The Crane Wife.
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Title: Columbia House Party: BONUS: Blake & Jake’s Best of the Decade
Date: January 17, 2020
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Synopsis: In the latest Patreon bonus episode of Columbia House Party, we go through our favorite albums of 2010-19.
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Title: Columbia House Party: 11. The Postal Service – Give Up (2003)
Date: January 13, 2020
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Synopsis: In the 11th episode of Columbia House Party, we dive into indie-pop supergroup The Postal Service and their lone album, Give Up.
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Title: Columbia House Party: 10. Desaparecidos – Read Music/Speak Spanish (2002)
Date: January 6, 2020
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Synopsis: In the tenth episode of Columbia House Party, we dive into Conor Oberst’s punkier Bright Eyes side project, Desaparecidos, which rules.
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Title: Columbia House Party: BONUS: December Mailbag
Date: December 31, 2019
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Synopsis: In the latest Patreon bonus episode of Columbia House Party, we open up the mailbag to talk desert island albums, Gami Gang, and a whole bunch more.
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I started ranking my favorite albums of the year in 2015. Really, it started back when I would do my own weekly Much Music Countdown list in a journal, but there are sadly no longer records of my rabid Third Eye Blind stanning. Instead, the official record begins in 2015.
That made creating an all-decade list a little stressful, as it required me to remember things from 10 years ago and hope that Wikipedia records of album releases and other people’s lists jotted my memory enough. And that was before remembering 2015-2018 albums I discovered after each of those years, excluding them from my annual lists. I failed. Upon sending these in to the team at Columbia House Party, I realized I’d left out at least one album (sorry, Danny Brown). It’s also a little difficult to balance recency bias, how an album feels to me now versus when it came out, and so on. I tried my best.
What follows are the albums I enjoyed most from 2010 to 2019. We also discussed these on a Columbia House Party bonus episode.
Title: Columbia House Party: 9. Yeah Yeah Yeahs – Fever to Tell (2003)
Date: December 30, 2019
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Synopsis: In the ninth episode of Columbia House Party, we’re joined by Sarah MacDonald to discuss the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ 2003 debut, Fever to Tell.
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Title: Columbia House Party: 8. Motion City Soundtrack – Commit This To Memory (2005)
Date: December 23, 2019
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Synopsis: In the eighth episode of Columbia House Party, we dive into Motion City Soundtrack’s Commit This to Memory, a personal favorite.
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Title: Columbia House Party: BONUS: Non-Traditional Christmas Songs
Date: December 19, 2019
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Synopsis: In the first Patreon bonus episode of Columbia House Party, we go through some of our favorite alternative or non-traditional Christmas songs.
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Title: Columbia House Party: 7. The Weakerthans – Reconstruction Site (2003)
Date: December 16, 2019
Original Source: Columbia House Party
Synopsis: In the seventh episode of Columbia House Party, we dive into The Weakerthans’ beautiful 2003 album Reconstruction Site.
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