
The Splinters - "Mysterious" (from Kick ) Berkeley/Oakland band The Splinters release their debut full-length, Kick , on March 9th, 2010 on Oakland's Double Negative Records . The quartet formed in 2008, and have a couple of releases (CD-r, 73) under their belts, but Kick , with its blend of garage rock enthusiasm and girl-group/indie pop catchiness, has them poised to make a bigger splash nationally. To that end, they're heading down to SXSW and doing a bunch of touring in the coming months. [...]