Riley Breckenridge
@rileybreck.bsky.social
I play drums and write music for @thrice.
I share music I dig on IG @rileybreck.
I ramble about baseball and make up dumb names @productiveouts.
I share music I dig on IG @rileybreck.
I ramble about baseball and make up dumb names @productiveouts.
I was already a PTFO super fan, but this episode took things to another level. Bernard F’ing Purdie?! Are you kidding me? 🙌
If you need an infusion of joy today:
We installed a drum kit in the PTFO studio.
And convinced the GOAT — Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, age 83 — to come play 🐐⤵️ youtu.be/vhdw6lWCb9Y?...
We installed a drum kit in the PTFO studio.
And convinced the GOAT — Bernard “Pretty” Purdie, age 83 — to come play 🐐⤵️ youtu.be/vhdw6lWCb9Y?...
How Drummer Bernard Purdie Made the Soundtrack of Our Lives | PTFO
YouTube video by PABLO TORRE FINDS OUT
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November 14, 2025 at 7:37 PM
I was already a PTFO super fan, but this episode took things to another level. Bernard F’ing Purdie?! Are you kidding me? 🙌
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One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
Dereliction of responsibility by the court. It is so flagrantly illegal. www.huffpost.com/entry/us-wis...
Wisconsin Appeals Court Won't Stop Musk's $1 Million Payments To Voters After AG Sues
A Wisconsin appellate court has denied the state Democratic attorney general’s request to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters at a rally planned for Sunday, ju...
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March 30, 2025 at 11:14 PM
One of the defining feelings in American life, for decades now, is elites doing plainly criminal shit and nothing at all happening as a result. It is deranging in a way that virtually nothing else is. Media fixates on perceived street lawlessness but shit like this matters much more in my opinion.
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Tonight was a very bad night.
November 10, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Tonight was a very bad night.
I’ve been using my post-show Thank You posts on Instagram as an excuse to Remember Some Guys. Pretty nice swath of Guyses of all sizes thus far.
November 9, 2025 at 5:42 PM
I’ve been using my post-show Thank You posts on Instagram as an excuse to Remember Some Guys. Pretty nice swath of Guyses of all sizes thus far.
The best band on Earth just dropped an incredible new record, that is a virtual lock for my favorite album of the year. Town Portal jams move me in a way I can’t even put into words. Transcendental stuff. Pure sonic magic. Like music from another dimension. tidal.com/browse/album...
Town Portal - Grindwork
Listen to Grindwork on TIDAL
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November 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The best band on Earth just dropped an incredible new record, that is a virtual lock for my favorite album of the year. Town Portal jams move me in a way I can’t even put into words. Transcendental stuff. Pure sonic magic. Like music from another dimension. tidal.com/browse/album...
Hell yeah, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Hell yeah, @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social!
I also grew up in Irvine. It’s legit one of the most sterile and boring cities on Earth. Touring the world has been an absolute gift. It’s been so incredibly eye-opening worldview-altering to be able to experience life outside of the bubble.
Both guys with extremely in-character views on what growing up in Irvine was like:
November 3, 2025 at 6:38 AM
I also grew up in Irvine. It’s legit one of the most sterile and boring cities on Earth. Touring the world has been an absolute gift. It’s been so incredibly eye-opening worldview-altering to be able to experience life outside of the bubble.
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“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
Garbage’s Shirley Manson Speaks Out Against Music Industry Economics: “This Is An Alarm Call”
Just before they kicked off their current run of dates, the ’90s alt-rock greats Garbage announced that it would be their final North American headline tour. When the band played at Denver’s Mission B...
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October 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
“Average musician makes $12 a month on Spotify. The fact that they are not even able to sell a record and it’s taken from them by rich motherfuckers on streaming platforms who get paid royally by record labels,Ticketmaster, merch companies. They’re all fucking getting paid, except for the musician.”
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I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
Sorry to be corny but the aerial shots of these crowds are almost indescribably moving and hopeful
October 18, 2025 at 10:05 PM
I didn't take pics but the feeling of being in a group of people with no visible beginning or end was so thrilling. The opposite of online anomie, and a living counterpoint to the wary, isolated, compartmentalized world the shitheads want to make. It's simple and obvious I guess but it means a lot.
Very proud that we made a heavy-ish record in 2025 without drum samples, reamps, DIs, crazy editing, etc. The only way we’re gonna push back against this AI slop masquerading as “art” is to keep shit real.
Our new album ‘Horizons/West’ has been out for about a week now! What are your favorite songs? thrice.ffm.to/horizonswest
October 9, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Very proud that we made a heavy-ish record in 2025 without drum samples, reamps, DIs, crazy editing, etc. The only way we’re gonna push back against this AI slop masquerading as “art” is to keep shit real.
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Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Nick Clegg says asking artists for use permission would ‘kill’ the AI industry
Paul McCartne, Elton John and others signed an open letter.
buff.ly
October 8, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
Many people are saying this is the best 12th album released last Friday. tidal.com/browse/album...
October 7, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Many people are saying this is the best 12th album released last Friday. tidal.com/browse/album...
I wrote a few words about the new @thriceofficial.bsky.social record Horizons/West, interviewed myself about some drum-specific recording-type things, and explained why we chose not to write a song about Travis Kelce's wiener. hermitology.com/post/7965811...
hermitology.com
October 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
I wrote a few words about the new @thriceofficial.bsky.social record Horizons/West, interviewed myself about some drum-specific recording-type things, and explained why we chose not to write a song about Travis Kelce's wiener. hermitology.com/post/7965811...
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everyone's talking about some guy. who cares.
July 15, 2023 at 9:41 PM
everyone's talking about some guy. who cares.
Horizons/West is finally out! I hope you’ll give it a spin, and I hope there’s something within these 11 tracks that resonates with you. I find new ways to connect with it and/or let it take me somewhere it each time I listen to it. Really, really proud of this one on many levels.
Our new album 'Horizons/West' is out now. thrice.ffm.to/horizonswest
October 3, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Horizons/West is finally out! I hope you’ll give it a spin, and I hope there’s something within these 11 tracks that resonates with you. I find new ways to connect with it and/or let it take me somewhere it each time I listen to it. Really, really proud of this one on many levels.
This is incredible. youtu.be/nM3HXaa4A8E?...
Thrice - Horizons / West Album Review!
YouTube video by Jimmy Watkins
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October 2, 2025 at 5:06 PM
This is incredible. youtu.be/nM3HXaa4A8E?...
This was a really fun chat, and the result is one of the best print interviews we’ve ever had. Always a treat to talk music with a writer who has done (or in this case, lived) their homework. @thriceofficial.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
After 25 Years and 12 Records, It’s Time to Give Thrice Their Flowers
The cult-favorite Orange County band discusses their latest album, 'Horizons/West,' and the musical itch they still hope to scratch in the world of film and television.
www.hollywoodreporter.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
This was a really fun chat, and the result is one of the best print interviews we’ve ever had. Always a treat to talk music with a writer who has done (or in this case, lived) their homework. @thriceofficial.bsky.social www.hollywoodreporter.com/music/music-...
Hearing reports of Dodgers.
October 1, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Hearing reports of Dodgers.
Joining the chorus of people saying One Battle After Another is incredible. Instant all-timer for me.
October 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Joining the chorus of people saying One Battle After Another is incredible. Instant all-timer for me.
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🇦🇺 Australia! Our new album 'Horizons/West' drops this Friday. Pre-order now through our AU store: artistfirst.com.au/collections/...
September 30, 2025 at 10:01 PM
🇦🇺 Australia! Our new album 'Horizons/West' drops this Friday. Pre-order now through our AU store: artistfirst.com.au/collections/...
Took a couple spins for this one to click, but once it did, it locked me the hell in. Kinda obsessed now. Early Radiohead meets early Strokes meets The Stones? The kids are alright. tidal.com/browse/album...
Geese - Getting Killed
Listen to Getting Killed on your streaming service
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September 30, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Took a couple spins for this one to click, but once it did, it locked me the hell in. Kinda obsessed now. Early Radiohead meets early Strokes meets The Stones? The kids are alright. tidal.com/browse/album...
Two more jams -- one upbeat, but dark, and the other sludgy and dark, but hopeful -- to hold you over before the record comes out Friday.
The final singles before our new album 'Horizon/West' drops are out now: "Holding On" and "The Dark Glow".
'Horizons/West' arrives this Friday, October 3. thrice.ffm.to/horizonswest
'Horizons/West' arrives this Friday, October 3. thrice.ffm.to/horizonswest
September 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Two more jams -- one upbeat, but dark, and the other sludgy and dark, but hopeful -- to hold you over before the record comes out Friday.
New record drops Friday. Two new songs out Monday. Available wherever you prefer to stream music.
September 27, 2025 at 8:18 PM
New record drops Friday. Two new songs out Monday. Available wherever you prefer to stream music.
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RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
RIP Kaleb Horton
kalebhorton.ghost.io/2025-so-far/
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This is so good.
It took Trump 60 minutes to murmur out a wet "that's all, folks!" before the UN Tuesday. Given that he was talking to himself and no one outside the greater Trumpiverse can hear him, it's the only thing he could say.
The Loneliest Guy in the Room - Truthdig
Trump’s incoherent harangue to the family of nations put a spotlight on America’s self-inflicted, abject isolation.
www.truthdig.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:07 PM
This is so good.