The 2012 Oscars aired this past Sunday and watching the show was a lovely experience. It makes you want to sit back, relax and order a pizza to go with a nice glass of wine. It’s three hours of seemingly honest appreciation and recognition in the world of film. This year’s Oscars resonated with energy, …
In June of 2010, we decided this little rock & roll project of ours needed a band name. We had already written half a dozen songs since January of that year and the band certainly couldn’t perform concerts without a name. Soon, the thought occurred to us to ask people for their favorite band name …
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Exactly a month ago today, we headed out to Michigan to begin filming our third music video for the song ‘Let’s Make Noise’. If you aren’t familiar with our two official music videos for ‘Midnight Monsters‘ and ‘Robot Wars‘, check them out because we’re total music video nerds and we get all giddy when we’re about …
We want to thank those of you who came out to our show on New Years Eve at Horseshoe. We really couldn’t ask for anything more – surrounded by our favorite people on the last day of 2011, while making balloon animals, drinking champagne, and playing music. Our next show is in a few weeks …
Boys and girls – the holidays are among us and we want to close out the year by inviting you to a New Year’s Eve party! We’ll be spending the evening at Horseshoe (4115 N. Lincoln Ave, Chicago, IL) celebrating the last moments of 2011 in a night that includes a buffet, champagne, and of …
So we were just looking through an old hard drive and found a Christmas song we wrote almost two years ago. This was well before Pinto and the Bean even existed. Listening to it… awkward…is that the right way to describe this song? It’s called “Christmas Hug”. We’re thinking about sending it out in our …
Lovelies, we’re sorry we’ve been away hibernating. It happens during these cold wintery times. We’d love to see your pretty faces next Saturday night at Streetside. Our very good friends Bad Bad Meow will also be performing. Check out their music if you haven’t yet. They’re a pretty rocking’ acoustic country punk duo. It’ll be …
Our debut album ‘The Waiting Place’ is now available where all the cool kids hang out! That’s right, it’s on bandcamp. Click here to check it out. T-shirts and posters available soon…We’ll keep you posted with happenings…and there are LOTS of happenings coming. Talk soon!
our new stickers Hey there friends! Our CD release party is only 1 day away! We can’t wait to see you there tomorrow. All the details are at THIS LINK – we just got written up in the Red Eye today too which is pretty sweet. Check it out here! Check out the pics of all that …
Yep, another little video of our new light up instruments. It’s been a journey this past week learning how to practice with all these lights. We can’t wait to see you at our CD release party this Saturday night! If you don’t already know the details, click below. CD RELEASE PARTY DETAILS