Wake up August! The Breeders are coming to a somewhat intimate venue near you:

08.05 Newport, KY @ Southgate House
08.06 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
08.07 St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill
08.08 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
08.09 Omaha, NE @ The Slowdown
08.11 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
08.12 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater
08.13 Chicago, IL @ Metro
08.14 Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot
08.15 Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palaca
08.17 Boston, MA @ Paradise
08.18 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08.19 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
08.21 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
08.22 Pittsburg, PA @ Diesel
08.23 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall

They list as their influences bands from an amalgam of genres and musical spectrums, but when you hear The Splinters play, it all makes sense. They are Sonic Youth meets The Shangri-Las, The Breeders meet The Evens. They are Ashley, Caroline, Lauren and Courtney. They are from Berkeley. And they’d like to rock for you.
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