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Thrice's Sixth Studio Album Announced for October, Get Ready for Warped Tour

Dustin RabinThrice prepare for the summer's Warped Tour (poorly).Irvine's favorite sons (other than Will Ferrell, maybe, but post-Land of the Lost that's questionable at best) Thrice have announced that their sixth album, the follow-up to 2007 (and 2008's!) four-disc, dual release The Alchemy Index ... More >>

New Thrice Album 'Beggars' in (Physical) Stores Today

​Beggars, the sixth studio album from Irvine's Thrice is out in stores today. Well, "real" stores. Like, ones with doors that you can walk into. ("Physical retailers," "brick and mortar," whatever you want to call them.)

Irvine's Thrice Release New Record, Overcome Online Thieves

​Beggars, the sixth studio album from Irvine's Thrice is out in stores today. Well, "real" stores. Like, ones with doors that you can walk into. ("Physical retailers," "brick and mortar," whatever you want to call them.)

Road Sores: Thrice Checks In

Welcome to Road Sores, Heard Mentality's newest feature, where bands on tour will guest blog about life on the road, photos, videos, what that smell is coming from the corner of the van, what they're listening to, or whatever the hell it is they feel like talking about that day. This week: Thrice.&n ... More >>

Last Night: Thrice at the House of Blues Anaheim

Andrew YoussefLive at the House of Blues Anaheim​ Last Night: Thrice at the House of Blues Anaheim (11/25/09)Better Than: Going to Warped Tour or Bamboozle Left just to see Thrice.My first Thrice show was back in 2002 at the House of Blues Anaheim when they opened for Face To Face. I had no idea w ... More >>

Over the Weekend: Where's the Band? Featuring Dustin Kensrue, Matt Pryor, Chris Conley, and Anthony Raneri, House of Blues

The Hype: Featuring a solo acoustic performance from Orange County's own, Thrice front man Dustin Kensrue, plus Matt Pryor (The Get Up Kids), Chris Conley (Saves the Day) and Anthony Raneri (Bayside), the Where's the Band? tour, which stopped at Hous eof Blues, Anaheim, Saturday, might have more  ... More >>

Thrice Cancels Tour

Local boys Thrice canceled its tour with co-headliners Manchester Orchestra and O'Brother because of a family emergency, which means no shows from now through May 9. Photography by Fever Dragon​

Thrice Cancel Tour

[Mental Notes] Also: Killingtons still good, Aushua come to senses and change name, Factory Records opens

The Emo To Hipster Special: Win Tickets to Hawthorne Heights, Thrice, and MGMT!

www.myspace.com/mgmtSee MGMT out of their natural habitat on Sunday, for free!​Just in case you think we don't do anything for you: this week, Heard Mentality is giving away a pair of tickets to Hawthorne Heights show at the Troubadour in LA on Thursday, and three pairs of tickets each to Thrice's ... More >>

Thrice As Long

These Irvine boys still marvel at their career, 12 years later

Thrice at the Fox Theater in Pomona Last Night

Andrew Youssef/OC Weekly​ThriceFox Theater in PomonaJuly 17, 2010Watch our slideshow here!Pomona was literally and figuratively the hottest place to be on Saturday. After baking in a brick oven to catch a fiery debut performance of One Day As A Lion at Aladdin Jr, I stumbled across the street seek ... More >>

3hree Things: Why I Listened To Menomena's New Record 43 Times This Weekend (And Am Not Even Remotely Sick Of It Yet)

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California, being an OC native and, of course, music.​I moved from Irvine to back to Orange just over two months ago, and ... More >>

3hree Things: Airline Passengers I Hope To Avoid On My Trip To Europe

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California, being an OC native and, of course, music. ​At the time that this is posted I will be 35,000 feet above t ... More >>

3hree Things: On Physical Maladies and Failing Body Parts--'Yeah...They Get Like That...They're Just Not Good Anymore'

​Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. If you replace "ankle" with "knee" in the Louis CK clip I posted after the jump, you have a ... More >>

3hree Things: On Halloween (Plus: Thrice's Best Halloween Costumes!)

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. If memory serves me correctly, this Halloween will be just the second that I've spent at home s ... More >>

3hree Things: The Top Three Singles on iTunes And How Old And Out Of Touch They Make Me Feel

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.I remember playing select cuts from my rapidly expanding (and mostly horrible) music collection ... More >>

3hree Things: On Audio Warfare And Exacting Revenge On Noisy Neighbors

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.A few nights ago, while enjoying the extra hour of sleep afforded to us by daylight losings time ... More >>

Musink Tattoo Convention and Music Festival at OC Fairgrounds

Thrice​What goes together better than punk rock and tattoos? Nothing, in our opinion. The creators of the Musink Tattoo and Music Festival would undoubtedly agree. This year marks the fourth installment of the annual event, and Thrice, Circa Survive, The Used and Hot Water Music are on tap to prov ... More >>

Thrice Get Their Ink On at the MusInk Festival

[Locals Only] Riley Breckenridge talks about tats, festival crowds and the upcoming Thrice record

The Best of Riley's 3hree Things: He's BACK!

​Last January, Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice and author of the snarky, often hilarious and mostly thoughtful column Riley's 3hree Things, took a hiatus due to family matters. On Tuesday next week, he'll finally be back to give us more of hi ... More >>

Thrice Art for Major/Minor Revealed

​ Major/Minor, Thrice's seventh studio album, has a Sept. 20 release date. The cover, as you can see up here, looks like a cross between the Shroud of Turin and a Mark Rothko painting. They started recording it last May; lead singer Dustin Kensrue said this album was "definitely the most natural ... More >>

3hree Things: Species of Slow-Pitch Softball Goons

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, in which Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.Saturday, I played in the annual "Irvine Classic", an day-long mens slow-pitch softball tournament ... More >>

Riley Breckenridge's Top 10 11 Radiohead Songs

(Last week, the news that Daniel Radcliffe listened to a lot of Radiohead to get into character for the lastest installment of Harry Potter triggered this list of top 10 Radiohead songs for various ultra fans. Riley Breckenridge, 3hree Things columnist and Thrice drummer, talks about his best songs, ... More >>

Thrice's Eddie Breckenridge on Playing at the Yost Theater

​While Thrice is gearing up for the release of their seventh studio release, Major/Minor, their  bassist Eddie Breckenridge sent me a few thoughts on the Yost Theater while I was reporting story on its opening; the Irvine prog-rockers are performing at Yost on August 13 to give a hometown aud ... More >>

Dustin Kensrue On New Thrice Album and Folk Music

Taylor Hamby/OC Weekly​Dustin KensrueAugust 5, 2011US Open of Surfing, Pac Sun StageDustin Kensrue's acoustic strums seem like a good soundtrack to the lively and carefree party that is the US Open of Surfing. The Huntington Beach pier and Pacific Ocean waves framed Kensrue's performance perfectly ... More >>

3hree Things: On Hawleywood's Barbershop

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​I've never been really big on "hairstyles," as a damning Google image search of me will surel ... More >>

3hree Things: Life's Uncanny Ability To Punch My Ego In The Balls

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.growingongrownup.com​Last week, I read that San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Jeremy Affeldt ... More >>

Thrice Are Family Guys

After nearly two years of both tragedy and triumph on the home front, Irvine's favorite post-hardcore band work it all out with their new album, 'Major/Minor'

WIN: A Ticket to Each of Thrice's Southern California Shows!

Samuel Zide​Are you the biggest Thrice fan ever? Then you'll probably love our cover story this week, which talks about the trials and tribulations the post-hardcore band went through before making their latest set, Major/Minor, out next week on Vagrant. Maybe you've liked them since you were 12. ... More >>

WEB EXTRAS: Thrice on the Cover of OC Weekly

​In this week's issue, post-hardcore band Thrice graces our cover to talk about their their journey as a band and as family men prior to the release of their latest album, Major/Minor (Vagrant)--click here to read the story in its entirety.We hung out with their kids, watched their live shows and ... More >>

Local Record Review: 'Major/Minor' by Thrice

​ThriceMajor/MinorVagrant So sure, we're a little biased given the subject of this week's Beat Blvd, how couldn't we be? It's not everyday that one of our long-established columnists makes his drumming debut with up-and-coming local act Thrice, who might one day become well known in their o ... More >>

All the Thrice News You Need to Know Before 'Major/Minor' Drops

​Even though we did that cover story on Thrice and are getting a ton of entries to the Thrice superfan contest, we're still excited about watching them live. Or, you know, almost live. Fans can tune in Wednesday, Sept. 21  at 2 p.m. PST to see a live performance by Thrice streaming from Red B ... More >>

Letters From OC Weekly Readers

​Even though we did that cover story on Thrice and are getting a ton of entries to the Thrice superfan contest, we're still excited about watching them live. Or, you know, almost live. Fans can tune in Wednesday, Sept. 21  at 2 p.m. PST to see a live performance by Thrice streaming from Red B ... More >>

Top Five Hits: Second Spin in Costa Mesa

​ Here are the top five selling record this week from Second Spin, 1781 Newport Blvd. in Costa Mesa, (949) 650-8870.This week's top seller is Irvine-based post-hardcore band Thrice, who graced the cover of last week's issue.

3hree Things: On Getting Ready For Tour (Or Not)

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​ I leave for tour in two days. And I'm not ready. Again.You'd think that after touring for ab ... More >>

3hree Things: On The Art Of Falling Down

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​Last Friday afternoon, I took a leisurely stroll down East Carson, a busy street flanked with ... More >>

The Galaxy Theatre To Become Mars Hill Church on Sundays

The new venue for Mars Hill Church Orange County. ​On the same stage where his former bands have rocked out for wild crowds, pastor Nick Bogardus will preach the Gospel of Jesus for a different congregation.Mars Hill Church Orange County, which Bogardus leads, has a new home at The Galaxy Theatre ... More >>

[WATCH] Thrice Release 'Promises' Video

Samuel Zide​ It's been a while since we've heard from our former cover boys Thrice, who are coming back to town to play a couple of hometown shows next week. Today, they dropped their video for "Promises." The song is one of our favorites off Major/Minor, and the video, with its soft lights and ou ... More >>

Five of the Biggest Thrice Fans We Know

​See also: Thrice are Family GuysThrice talk about their evolution in albumsThrice drummer Riley Breckenridge's column, 3hree ThingsBack in September we held a contest asking Thrice fans to tell us why they considered themselves the band's biggest fans. After reading a liberal amount of submission ... More >>

3hree Things: I'm Not A Photographer, I Just Play One On Tour

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.Riley with a booboo! Read how he got it here.​Editor's note: This week, Riley is on the road w ... More >>

Thrice Announces Indefinite Hiatus

Thrice​Dustin Kensrue of Thrice announced via the band's website yesterday that after 13 years of playing together, the Irvine-based experimental post-hardcore outfit have decided to take an indefinite hiatus following their upcoming tour.

3hree Things: My 12 Favorite Albums Of 2011, Vol. 2 of 4

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native. Read the archives here. ​ Last week, I said I'd probably rearrange this list every time I took a look a ... More >>

3hree Things: My 12 Favorite Albums Of 2011, Vol. 3 of 4

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, in which Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​Hello? Anybody out there? Is this thing on?So, uh...maybe rolling this out in four volumes wasn ... More >>

3hree Things: (A Few) Of My Favorite Drummers At The Moment

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, in which Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​the above image was respectfully borrowed from Kick/Snare/Hat and taken by Sangsouvanh Khounvic ... More >>

3hree Things: A Box Full Of Cassettes And Shame

Watch out for 3hree Things every Tuesday, where Riley Breckenridge, drummer of Orange County's favorite local alt-rock band Thrice, gives his take on life in Southern California as an OC native.​I'm not gonna lie. I didn't spend my formative years as a music listener (late-80's/earl ... More >>

Free Ticket Tuesday Wednesday: We are the Ocean at Chain Reaction this Sunday

​In the mood for some post-hardcore rocking this weekend? We have two sets of tickets to see We are the Ocean at Chain Reaction this Sunday. If you want them, you'll have to read past the jump.

We Are The Ocean Tell Us What They Really Think of Thrice

​On tour supporting their second album, Go Now and Live, We are the Ocean are on the verge--of everything. The British band, made up of Dan Brown (lead vocals), Liam Cromby (guitar / vocals), Jack Spence (bass), Alfie Scully (guitar/vocals) and Tom Whittaker (drums) just broke the UK top 10 rock ... More >>

Where's the Band?

Yost Theater