Results tagged “spintoband”

We discovered The Spinto Band through a friend's single of the month club.Immediately we fell in love with the first tune we heard, the sweetly chiming shoulda-been feel-good hit of that summer, "Mandy." The group rode a mild wave of buzz for a while, some of it driven by just how ridiculously young the band was in contrast with how good their songwriting chops already were. And then they wisely dropped out of sight before the blog-buzz backlash could turn on them.

As Chicagoist walked through the cutting winds and cursed winter for overstaying its welcome, we tried to think happy thoughts about warmer climates. Since we've been listening to the torrent from South by Southwest, our minds drifted down to Texas and we imagines we were there sitting in the warm sun as we dined on BBQ and ice cold beer and listened to that sweet, sweet music. Then the dudes from ZZ Top showed up...