Life is, for the most part, pretty unpredictable. As much as you're sure you have a grasp on the future, the unexpected is to be expected at any moment. You could meet the love of your life on the...
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...
Prior to Pinto and the Bean, Ivan was drumming for my solo music. But when we decided to form this band, it became obvious to me that Ivan is an amazing songwriter too - one of the best I’ve...
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...
Just decided to add a random blog post here because it's been so damn long since we've written anything.
And starting to realize this blog will probably become a little bit more of a journal than a place that is...
One wintery day in 2009, Ivan was headed off to O'Hare airport to jump on a plane to visit family for Christmas; right before he took off, he said something along the lines of "why don't we start up...
Hey everyone! This Sunday we'll be rocking the stage at Cobra Lounge (235 N. Ashland, Chicago, IL 60607). There's a $3 cover (it's not free unfortunately, we found this out AFTER the flyer was made). It's going to...
Well, in the spirit of Halloween, we thought to post this low budget iphone music video we shot in my kitchen a few years back. - Midnight Monsters. :) You may remember it as the floating heads video. Happy...
Hey ghouls and goblins and all other creatures of the night. SCROLL DOWN BELOW TO CHECK OUT OUR LATEST MUSIC VIDEO FOR NIGHT RIDER. It's crazy how quickly it ended up online. This video was conceptualized, filmed, edited, and...
It's Friday night - Halloween Chicago can get pretty nuts.
Gotta love this city for how festive it gets. Pretty damn windy out tonight too. What a perfect eve for people to get out of their...






