3,300 MINI owners have embarked on a cross-country journey that finds them making 17 stops along the way, and SPIN.com is rolling out all the tunes from their trek's companion album, Soundtrack to a Drive. Every song on the compilation is by a band local to each stop along the trek, which begins in Monterey before heading down the Pacific Coast to Santa Barbara. Southwestern cities Las Vegas, Flagstaff, and Albuquerque are the next destinations on the drive, and then the MINI crew heads to Texas, where they'll pull up in Amarillo and Dallas. From there, the drivers swerve over to St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Charleston, WV. Charlottesville, VA, Richmond, VA and Washington, D.C. are the trek's next stops before the roadsters steer up the Eastern seaboard to hit Jersey City and, finally, Lakeville, CT.

TODAY'S STOP: Santa Barbara, CA
TODAY'S BAND: The Adored

Located just up the coast from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara is known for the revelry associated with many a college town, and this seaside party village is stocked with beer, burritos, and babes. Additionally, it's got the sweet power pop of the Adored, whose decadent tunes are totally danceable.

Song: "We Don't Want You Around" (Download MP3)

Credits: Written by The Adored (ASCAP)

On SPIN.com:
Artist of the Day: The Adored

On the Web: rocktheadored.com

Fasten your seatbelts and keep your eyes on SPIN.com for more tunes soundtracking the drive as MINI Takes the States. COMMENT