Mario Plays Riffs

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NEXT WEEK 💫 LONG ISLAND, NY on 6/24 catch us in Patchogue with @btmbrkt , @clipboards_mi + @secret_tapes_ at MoCA! This will be our only show of the summer 😟 so you should come through! There will also be an Art Workshop happening where you can make Pins! It’s gonna be fun🤩

Are corporate desk jobs just adult daycare?

Sometimes life requires you to go to Schaumburg, Illinois

Been messing around with a new one for @btmbrkt that features this wild riff, made even wilder by the Count to Five ✋ #guitarriff #diymusic #chicago #diymusician #illinois #riffoftheday #twinkledaddies #riff #midwestemo #mathrock

Can we make anonymous reviews on Zillow a thing? Tryna tank my landlord’s listings

One of the most difficult riffs to nail down from the new @parachutedayil album was this 4-finger tapped, 7-over-4 metric mod in Smooch. I’m not sayin how many takes it took for this video…😒 but it does sound cool as hell tho 😤

Missed a few weeks but we’re back from tour and back to riffin’ baby! Here’s another section of IKYKWIM that uses a really fun combo of rhythmic palm mutes and harmonics. To me, the first part sounds like what the inside of a watch looks like, I will not be elaborating further.

stoked to be back in chicago for this banger 3 band bill at beat kitchen tonight <3 ft. thumbtax / our last show with the lovely and talented @btmbrkt </3 let’s rock let’s go come thruuuuuuuu tix: linktr.ee/oldsoulMA

Response from Mario:

TOURS COLLIDE TONIGHT IN PROVIDENCE!! Clipboards + @btmbrkt 🤝@equipment_ohio + @summerbruise69 + @keroseneheights Doors at 7, we play at 7:40 :3

The world is a beautiful place and I am no longer afraid of where

The amount of joy I’ve seen from the @ZohranKMamdani campaign for mayor makes my heart feel full from afar. Who knew you could vote FOR someone/something genuinely good rather than the lesser of two evils. Rank Zohran #1 NYC!!

Nobody throws ass while playing guitar like Mario from Bottom Bracket 👀

For this week’s riff, here’s the bridge and outro of Cellar Doors off the newest @btmbrkt album! Come catch Bottom Bracket at Faux 8 this Friday, we play 7pm on the main stage 😤

Chicago is all in on Pride Month and also the new Turnstile album

New riff I’ve been messing around with, what y’all think 👀

Real ones protect that noggin and stay hydrated 🚲💨🌊

An unprecedented and spontaneous convention of our collective past, present and future

Here’s a little run from a song that didn’t make the cut on the latest @btmbrkt album. We’ve had this riff in the bank since 2020 but haven’t found the right way to package it in a song. Maybe we’ll drop it one day 🤷‍♂️😏

The @EarthQuakerDev Rainbow Machine may be a crazy pedal, but it’s also a sneaky snapback delay. I use on in the bridge of “Rainbow in the Rear View” by @btmbrkt and it makes it sound like the storm overhead is passing and the clouds are parting. 🌈 ⛈️ ⛅️