Altsounds — MP3: Splintered Bridges (http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1103353406895&s=3704&e=001EPSAYsef2hYu7Cr9HQKp_UKVk1g3L7FAIRM6-Jsc3Hb4WMOgh-ajIj773xJoF47S-uTRNtvsoyb86eHN-N1Nmm9XJvTgyODgJySU6jEMKgXdhJJbyDdZrqj21gZqKGc3YRzD83r7Hk9qsRhR1lI0ODEZs_DnI1XpDpofUC7DDS... more info

We All Want Someone To Shout For — The Splinters are an all girl garage rock band from Oakland. They play scrappy garage rock that reminds me of Sleater-Kinney. They released their debut album Kick on March 9th via Double Negative. I have “Splintered Bridges” & “Mysterious”, t... more info

Stereogum — The Splinters are an Oakland-based foursome (three of its members met at UC Berkley) that play music inspired by ’60s girl groups and punk rock. As you can see in their playful, kinda mean, video for “Splintered Bridges,” they’re into the mor... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Welcome to the fourth installment of an irregular series in which I highlight some of my favorite voices online and beyond. Thus far we’ve featured sets by Raven Sings The Blues, Ponytone and, most recently, L.A.’s Turquoise Wisdom. Today we head... more info

Aquarium Drunkard — Sometime last Fall, when the leaves were barely hanging on to the branches of the trees back East, my old friend Jeff Thrope (who now helms the excellent blog Cold Splinters out of Brooklyn) hipped me to Family Band’s Miller Path LP using brevity: ... more info

Altsounds — The Splinters may have only been a band since 2008, but the girls actually began palling around four years earlier as freshmen at UC Berkeley. In the waning months of their college careers, Ashley Thomas (guitar), Lauren Stern (tambourine), and Caro... more info

Rollo & Grady — Avi Buffalo Album: Self-Titled (Out 4/27) Label: Sub Pop Avi Buffalo – Remember Last Time The National Album: High Violet (Out 5/4) Label: 4AD Recordings Ltd. The National – Bloodbuzz Ohio Blitzen Trapper Album: Destroyer of the Void (Out 6/8) ... more info

Stereogum — Two of the Splinters used to be in a Misfits cover band called the Skullfuckers. You get some of that punk in the Bay Area quartet’s current sound, but “Dark Shades” is about sunglasses not ghosts or shadows. (And Scott caught them at the Under... more info

Altsounds — Leading up to next week's release for The Splinters' debut Kick, the Oakland grrl-rockers announce a west coast tour with psych-riff rockers JEFF The Brotherhood in addition to their stops at SXSW. Following an appearance at Noise Pop this year and f... more info

Rollo & Grady — The Splinters Recently announced shows. Bootleg Wednesday, May 19th: Horse Feathers with Dawn Landes Getty Museum Saturday, April 17th: Micachu and the Shapes (Free) The Smell Friday, March 26th: Ty Segall / JEFF the Brotherhood / The Splinters / Wo... more info