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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, interwebbery, and whatever else I feel like sharing. I apologize in advance.
In addition to my ramblings here, I write a piece for OC Weekly called "3hree Things" that runs every Tuesday, and I'm also writing over at Flip Collective on occasion.
I'm the co-founder of a baseball-specific twitter feed and blog with my friend Ian, called Productive Outs.
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 do not reflect the position or views of the band as a whole.
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PropertyOfZack Playlist : : Thrice
I made a playlist of songs I’m listening to at the moment for Property of Zack.
Check it out. Maybe you’ll hear something you dig.
Thrice are currently on their Farewell Tour with Animals As Leaders and O’Brother, and PropertyOfZack was truly lucky to have drummer Riley Breckenridge make us one final Playlist to commemorate the tour. Check out Riley’s Playlist and listen to the songs on Spotify while reading his thoughts!
(Click on image to listen in Spotify)
Vacationer - Having It All
My favorite “summer record” for 2012. I’m so happy for Kenny (ex-Starting Line). He’s really done something special here. Great songwriting, great production, and super catchy hooks without being run-of-the-mill. This track is dangerously infectious.
Black Clouds - Pantheons *Song is currently not on Spotify
Promising post-rock from three ex-members of Solar Powered Sun Destroyer (who I did a remix/reinterpretation for a while back) that brings to mind Russian Circles, Sigur Ros, and Isis. Listen here.
Ancient Shores - Reaper
I found out about this after posting a song from Fight Amp on my blog, and getting an email about these guys. It’s really aggressive and heavy angular punk rock in the vein of Botch, Every Time I Die, The Minor Times, et al.
Torche - Kicking
I’ve been a Torche fan for years, and I can’t stop listening to their new record, Harmonicraft. This is my favorite track (mostly because of how epic the chorus is), and a perfect example of Torche’s absolute mastery of making really catchy music that is brutally heavy. This must be an unbelievably fun band to play in.
Kowloon Walled City - The Busker *Song is currently not on Spotify
My good friend, Ian (who I run the ProductiveOuts twitter, blog, and podcast with) plays bass in this band. They are ridiculously heavy and awesome, and if you don’t listen to them and love them, we probably won’t get along.
Refused - Deadly Rhythm
I got to see this performed live at Groezrock in Belgium last weekend, and I seriously almost pooped in my pants. I know that saying is overused and tired, but I had weird meat in catering, beer, and coffee in my stomach, and watching David Sandström play this song on drums got me so excited that I almost had a crisis in the rear pantal area.
If you’d like a behind the scenes look at our Farewell Tour (in pictures), follow my good friend and trusty guitar/bass/everything tech @sangsouvanh on twitter and tumblr.
Thrice Farewell Tour - Riley, London
Productive Outs - PRODcast 8: The Catcher Edition
There are some serious gems buried like aural treasure in this 90-minute pile of baseball and music-related yammering. Listen and/or download it. You’ll see.
No guest. Just Riley and Ian talking endlessly about baseball and music and baseball and then more music. And also baseball.
- Your emails. Beer, soda, and uni talk.
- Oppo taco and other ridiculous synonyms for home runs
- Angels & Giants states of the union
- DADLAP, hipsterlap, gunt, frontballs, and related topics
- The Bobby VLOLentine LOLs of the Week
- Imaad Wasif!
- Stanford beisbol mini-report: Mark Appel and Alex Blandino
- Behind-the-scenes music talk: tour logistics
- WEIRD MEAT
- Not Jose Mota drops knowledge
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In this week’s 3hree Things, I can’t stop listening to (or writing about, or talking about) Vacationer’s new record, Gone.
Matt Halpern is one of my favorite drummers. The work he’s done with Periphery has been nothing short of amazing. And watching a guy make all of this look so effortless, while having it sound so good is equal parts inspiring and defeating. It makes me want to play and learn and progress, but it also makes me feel like I should have stuck with the telecommunications degree I was pursuing before the whole “drumming” thing entered into the equation.
/picks jaw up from the floor
Drummers: Get lessons from Matt on Bandhappy.
In this week’s 3hree Things for OC Weekly I “review” Meshuggah’s new record Koloss.
Random Start: Slint, “Good Morning, Captain”
While I could do without the spoken word, I find the darkness and discord in this song beautiful. I can only imagine that the outro that starts at 5:51 was awesome to experience live. If you don’t listen to Slint, you should probably fix that ASAP.
Buy Spiderland here.
In this week’s 3hree Things for OC Weekly, I pay homage to a record that was a game-changer for me. Twenty-years-old today, and it still resonates with me just as much as it ever did.
Strung Out, “City Lights”
This band played a huge part in inspiring my desire to write music, be in a band and tour. In the mid-90’s, I’d follow them up and down the West Coast, catching as many shows as I could. Their old bassist (Jim Cherry, RIP) produced a demo from my first band. Ten years later, I found myself sharing a bus and playing shows with them in Europe. (Crazy. On multiple levels.) It’s been almost twenty years since I first heard Another Day In Paradise, and seeing this video today reminded just how much I love Strung Out.
Buy Top Contenders here.
