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My name is Riley, and I play drums and write music for a band called Thrice.
This is where I ramble about music, sports, food, books, the interwebs and whatever else I deem worthy of sharing.
In addition to my ramblings here, I write a weekly column for Getting Blanked called "The Battle Of Los Angeles" and a bi-weekly column for PureVolume called "Everything In Its Right Place".
I'm also the co-founder of a baseball-specific twitter feed and blog with my good friend Ian, called Productive Outs.
In the past, you may have read my column at OC Weekly called "3hree Things", which ran every Tuesday for a couple of years, my writing on the Los Angeles Angels and Lakers for SB Nation Los Angeles, my newsdesk contributions for several of SB Nation's regional sites, or my sporadic contributions to Flip Collective .
And last, but not least, I have a bandcamp page and a soundcloud page that I'll be posting my own music and remixes on every once in a while.
Disclaimer: The views and opinions presented on this blog are mine and mine only, and do not reflect the position or views of Thrice as a whole.
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Puig Destroyer - ONE MAN, FIVE TOOLS
While we were recording PRODcast 50, Riley tossed off a joke about a grindcore band called PUIG DESTROYER. We both laughed, and them kinda went hmmmmm…
The next night he sent me drum tracks for our first song.
Nine days later we posted the first track off our debut EP.
We hope you enjoy the results and take them in the spirit in which they were intended. We’ll post the rest of the EP as we get it finished up, hopefully in the next week or so.
This is one of the funnest things I’ve ever been a part of. Huge thanks to Riley for getting the ball rolling, to Mike for sacrificing his throat for the greater good, Jon for bringing his guitar wizardry to the party, and to Scott for working his mixing magic on our basics.
xo,
ian
Listen/purchase: PUIG DESTROYER by Puig Destroyer
What he said.
Random Start: Killswitch Engage, “Rose Of Sharyn”
From End Of Heartache, released in 2004 (which is probably tied for second with Disarm The Descent behind Alive Or Just Breathing on my list of favorite KSE records).
Buy End of Heartache
here.For the drum nerds: Jojo Mayer playing some incredible electronically-inspired acoustic beats using “textural techniques”. Fascinating stuff.
Random Start: Death By Stereo, “Emo Holocaust”
YOUR SWEATER CAN’T SAVE YOU NOW!
.The Battle of Los Angeles: Week 11 - PUIGMANIA, the Matt-O-Lantern v2.0, #SciosciaFace, and bad baseball!
Not-So-Random Start: Jimmy Eat World, “Appreciation”
I just picked up Damage, and this track instantly hit me as a quintessential Jimmy Eat World song. It’s dynamic, melodic and catchy as hell with a massive chorus. I’m excited to hear the rest of this record.
Buy Damage [+digital booklet]
Random Start: Mute Math, “No Response”
This record never latched onto me the way I thought it might, but man … I could listen to Darren King play drums all day.
Buy Armistice
So here’s the deal …
Puig Destroyer is actually happening. It’s a baseball-themed grindcore project featuring Mike Minnick (Curl Up & Die) on vocals, Ian Miller and Jon Howell (Kowloon Walled City) and me (Riley Breckenridge - Thrice) doing drum programming (because logistics and gah … blastbeats at 220 bpm).
We’ve got basic tracking done for our debut EP, and we should have a track from said EP fairly soon. Please stay tuned for updates/tunes. The roughs I’ve heard are ridiculously awesome and fun and raw as all hell.
Kinda like Yasiel Puig.
We’re all very excited and hope that you are too.
