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Deanna Belos joins us to talk about her great Chicago punk band Sincere Engineer. Deanna is the songwriter, singer and guitarist in the band and began putting out records in 2017 with the album Rhombithian. Along with bandmates Kyle Geib (guitar), Nick Arvanitis (bass) and Adam Beck (drums), Sincere Engineer released Bless My Psyche in 2021 and their incredible new album, Cheap Grills is due out 9-22-23. We talk about her love of The Lawrence Arms and Alkaline Trio, the upcoming Lollapalooza slot, the Sandburg Eagles and the best things about Chicago.Time stamps:2:20: We are here with Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer5:20: When do you start getting into music?6:40: What bands turned you on to punk?9: How did you find Alkaline Trio and The Lawrence Arms?10:20: How do you find your community and fellow punks?11:40: What's your best Lawrence Arms Brendan Kelly story?16:45: What song do you feel like you wrote that you felt like you were getting it and were proud of what you'd made?19:45: Forming a band seems relatively seamless, has it felt that way?20:45 : Did you feel a sense of protection about your songs, or was it hard to let go and let people interpret them differently than how you'd envisioned them?22:20: Has any of the collaboration changed now that the band has been together for awhile?26: Are you pushing your vision or do you have trust in the band to get to where you ultimately want to be?27:30: What is your writing process like?30: When people connect with your personal songs, what is that feeling like?31:45: Are you pretty discerning about what you agree to do?34:30: What does Chicago mean to you?36: What excites you the most about Cheap Grills?39:50: Has there been a moment that's been surreal that you think I'm doing this thing!?42:15: Deep dish or thin crust pizza fan?43:20: How do you choose your album art?44:10: Favorite venue to play at, and favorite place to see a show at?46: What to you makes Chicago a unique music scene?48: Any other Chicago bands that people should check out?50:14: What is your favorite cheap drink?52:20: Are you a Chicago lifer?53:15: What else are we excited about over the next couple of months?
Dave Brown of the podcast One Band, 5 Songs joins us to talk about the 2017 album, Rhombithian by Sincere Engineerpatreon.com/punklottopodCall our voicemail line: 202-688-PUNKLeave us a review and rating.https://linktr.ee/punklottopodSongs featured on this episode:Jawbox - Jackpot Plus2017 Song Mix made by Dave Brown:"Tellin' Lies" by The Menzingers (https://themenzingers.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-party)"My Best Friend (Is A Nihilist)" by Iron Chic (https://ironchic.bandcamp.com/album/you-cant-stay-here)"The Tide" by RVIVR (https://rvivr.bandcamp.com/album/the-tide-b-w-shaggy)"That's Not Me" by Higley (https://higley.bandcamp.com/album/higley)"Near To The Wild Heart Of Life" by Japandriods (https://japandroids.bandcamp.com/album/near-to-the-wild-heart-of-life)"Get Bent" by Fresh (https://freshpunks.bandcamp.com/album/fresh)Radio Tuning Noise Static sound effect no copyright | radio sounds | radio noises | HQ: https://youtu.be/6GIrIs4Q_y4 Sincere Engineer - Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7Sincere Engineer - OverbiteSincere Engineer - Screw Up
I had a fun month of talking to guests and listening to new music so I get in to all that and more on this months rundown! Also new music from Sincere Engineer, Radical Radical & Tigers Jaw plus music news from Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Tom Delonge and Walter Lure.Check out the Power Chord Hour radio show every Friday night at 10 est on 107.9 WRFA in Jamestown, NY, stream the station online at wrfalp.com/streaming/ or listen on the WRFA mobile appRate & review the podcast - send us a screenshot for a free PCH shirt!email me for FREE Power Chord Hour stickers - powerchordhour@gmail.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/powerchordhourInstagram - www.instagram.com/powerchordhour/Twitter - www.twitter.com/powerchordhour/Youtube - www.youtube.com/channel/UC6jTfzjB3-mzmWM-51c8LggSpotify - https://open.spotify.com/user/kzavhk5ghelpnthfby9o41gnr?si=4WvOdgAmSsKoswf_HTh_MgNEW MUSIC!Tigers Jaw - https://tigersjaw.bandcamp.com/album/i-wont-care-how-you-remember-meSincere Engineer - https://sincereengineer.bandcamp.com/track/out-of-reachRadical Radical - spotify.com/album/0SXBPF40QbtKamZztYS1pw
This was honestly a dream episode for me. Sincere Engineer has been one of my favorite bands since they released Rhombithian back in 2017. Deanna Belos, who created the group, and makes all of the music, joined me to talk about Nickelodeon, not attending dental school and starting a band instead, the Chicago scene and the influence that bands like Lawrence Arms and Alkaline Trio had on her, receiving the opportunity to join Red Scare Industries, creating a word that eventually became her first albums name (look out for it in the dictionary soon lol), balancing working a full-time job with being in a band, the meaning behind her songs, and so much more! Make sure to give Sincere Engineer a follow on Twitter and IG @sincereengineer and also visit their website sincereengineer.com. Check us out on IG as well @behindthevinylpod
I interview the very talented and very funny Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer about her debut album Rhombithian. We talk about the expectations of growing up, lab mice, relationships, and the time Deanna almost died getting coffee. Full chronilogical playlist: Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7 Clip from the film Dirty Work Overbite Let You Down Ghosts In The Graveyard
In the roughly year-and-a-half span since her project, Sincere Engineer, released Rhombithian — the band’s debut album — on Red Scare Industries, Deanna Belos has earned heaps of attention and praise from music publications and punk audiences alike. Along the way, the Chicago singer-songwriter got the opportunity to open for notable acts, tour the country, play some huge festivals in Montreal and Florida, and hit the road with her idols in The Lawrence Arms. Belos recently met up with My First Band host Tyler Maas at a room he'd reserved at a public library in Elmwood Park, Illinois. There, they discussed their shared love of Norm Macdonald, and Deanna talked about Sincere Engineer's exciting 2018, teaching herself Alkaline Trio and Lawrence Arms songs as a teenager in suburban Chicago, her soon-to-be-released beer, and how giving a stranger a ride unknowingly started a chain of events that led to a record deal. Along the way, there were lots of fun deviations and the repeated realization they were doing this interview in a public library. My First Band is sponsored by Boulevard Brewing and and PrideFest Milwaukee. The show is edited by Jared Blohm. You can listen to My First Band on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, and wherever else you get podcasts. Music used in this show comes courtesy of Devils Teeth (“The Junction Street Eight Tigers”) and Sincere Engineer ("Ghosts In The Graveyard").
For a change of pace, we cover one of the greatest worst of the Stephen King film adaptations, _Pet Sematary,_ a movie about how dire warnings from the dead and near-dead becoming the most compelling advice ever. The film is shot better and acted worse than you remember. Also, the main character is a complete jerk to cats for the entire movie and thus deserves what's coming to him. - Watch _Garth Marenghi's Darkplace_ here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EkN8WtFTpE&list=PLC046BB28463E1459 - MTV News coverage of the Ramones filming the vid for "Pet Sematary" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEDYG1tlezk - Recs: - Castle Rock - Horizon: Zero Dawn - Patriot - Sincere Engineer's "Rhombithian" - https://sincereengineer.bandcamp.com/album/rhombithian - - Check out Nat's podcast Metamashina: https://metamashina.com/ - Follow Jacob on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/jacobmercy - @ashesforfoxes @givingthemic - Questions/comments/suggestions for great local Korean food: givingthemic@gmail.com - http://facebook.com/givingthemic/ - Help us make the show! http://www.patreon.com/givingthemic - - - - Main theme by The Mysterious Breakfast'r Cereal on SoundCloud @chiptheme - - All items trademarked and copyright their respective owners. Please don't sue. Please don't sue. Please don't sue.
Sincere Engineer is a project by Deanna Belos of Chicago Illinois. She first caught my attention shortly after releasing her debut album "Rhombithian" through legendary Chicago punk label, Red Scare. I was able to catch up with her before soundcheck outside of the Crescent Ballroom. Her music is available digitally on all streaming platforms, or you can get vinyl and CD's on her website.
Deanna Belos, aka Sincere Engineer, joins us at Atlas Studios for our final Friskie Morris Session of year 4. We talk about playing with a full band versus preforming solo, the recording process and the feeling you get once an album is 100% done, and the importance of being active in your local scene. Her new album Rhombithian is out now on Red Scare Industries. Track Listing 1) Shattering 2) Candle Wax 3) Keep You Company 4) Ceramic Tile Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/SincereEngineer/ Bandcamp Page: https://sincereengineer.bandcamp.com/album/rhombithian
This week is a double-sized, packed episode that includes new stuff from Iron Chic, The Pathogens, The Slow Death, Sneakers Award, Attic Salt, and Oklahoma's Girls Club plus classics from Morrissey, The Gaslight Anthem, The Odd Numbers, and Stiff Little Fingers and much more. 1. "Lead Ashtray" by Fresh (from Fresh)2. "Little Love Letters" by Sad Blood (from Little Love Letters)3. "Never Say Die" by Sneakers Award (from Demo)4. "Chewing Gum" by Muskets (from Chew)5. "Digital Age" by Hang Tight (from Grind EP)6. "Bury Your Idols" by Hot Water Music (from Light It Up)7. "Steady Diet of Sugar" by Goddamnit (from I'll Never Be Okay, I'll Never Be the Same)8. "Not Me" by Girls Club (from Polyglamorous)9. "Way Back" by Save Ends (from A Book About Bad Luck)10. "Be The One" by The Slow Death (from Punishers)11. "Drive" by The Gaslight Anthem (from Sink or Swim)12. "Marie" by Supersuckers (from The Sacrilicious Sounds of the Supersuckers)13. "Diane" by Material Issue (from International Pop Overthrow)14. "One to Two" by Dag Nasty (from What If? Sessions)15. "Problematic" by ALL (from Punk-O-Rama, Vol. 5)16. "Never Coming Down" by Willamette Stone (from If I Stay [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack])17. "Anything" by Static Radio (from Resentiments)18. "Tonight" by The Warning Shots (from Tonight!)19. "Freaks on the Street" by The Pathogens (from Freaks on the Street)20. "Love Is Not an Answer" by John Moreland (from Big Bad Luv)21. "Purple Mountains" by Able Baker Fox (from Visions)22. "Dead Meat" by Talk Show Host (from Not Here to Make Friends)23. "Old Men Die In New Suits" by Michael Kane & The Morning Afters (from Laughing at the Shape I'm In)24. "The Third Floor" by The Rentiers (from Bring Me the Finest World Map Shower Curtain in All the Land)25. "Candle Wax" by Sincere Engineer (from Rhombithian)26. "Nickel Arcade" by Wicked Bears (from Tuning Out)27. "Spun" by Wagers (from New Guilt)28. "Handouts" by Black Train Jack (from You're Not Alone)29. "Love Comes In Spurts" by Richard Hell & The Voidoids (from Blank Generation)30. "Start With" by Seaweed (from Spanaway)31. "Nobody's Hero" by Stiff Little Fingers (from Nobody's Heroes)32. "Don't Bother Me" by The Odd Numbers (from About Time)33. "Star Sign" by Teenage Fanclub (from Bandwagonesque)34. "Working Class War" by Hudson Falcons (from Desperation & Revolution)35. "Reunion" by Drop Acid (from Making God Smile)36. "Verse Chorus Verse" by Nirvana (from No Alternative)37. "Everyday Is Like Sunday" by Morrissey (from Viva Hate)38. "Where Eagles Dare" by Misfits (from Collection I)39. "Hometown" by Attic Salt (from Attic Salt)40. "Dizzy Wizard" by Hard Girls (from Floating Now)41. "To Shreds, You Say?" by Iron Chic (from You Can't Stay Here)
This week we have a stacked episode that is all about FEST 16 with tracks from band's playing this years event such as Superchunk, Tim Barry, and Pegboy, along with new stuff from Sincere Engineer, Seagulls, Iron Chic, and Wolves & Wolves & Wolves & Wolves. On top of all that, we've got my interview with Jeff Takacs the host and creator of Rocket Fuel Podcast. For more information on Rocket Fuel -- http://rocketfuelpodcast.com/https://www.facebook.com/rocketfuelpodcast/https://twitter.com/Rocket_Fuelhttps://www.instagram.com/rocketfuelpodcast/1. "Easily Done" by Great Cynics (from POSI)2. "Grool" by Jabber (from Well...Just Jabber)3. "Shattering" by Sincere Engineer (from Rhombithian)4. "I Don't Know, I Remember" by Fire in the Radio (from New Air)5. "Foul" by football, etc. (from Corner)6. "Otto" by The Tim Version (from Dead Bars / The Tim Version)7. "Move Like a Ghost" by toyGuitar (from Move Like a Ghost)8. "Planet Earth Nineteen-Ninety-Four" by The Copyrights (from Make Sound)9. "Superstar" by Pegboy (from Strong Reaction)10. "Up Against the Wall" by Superchunk (from "I Got Cut" b/w "Up Against the Wall")11. "Hanks" by The Toms (from Introducing...The Toms)12. "2016 Was..." by Garrett Dale (from Two Ts EP)13. "High on 95" by Tim Barry (from High on 95)14. "Highway 27" by Don't Make Ghosts (from Death Ride)Interview with Jeff Takacs from Rocket Fuel Podcast15. "Rocket Fuel" by MU330 (from MU330)16. "Be The One" by The Slow Death (from Punishers)17. "Dear John Letters" by Seagulls (from Dear John Letters)18. "End Transmission" by Nothington (from In The End)19. "Baby, I'm an Anarchist!" by Against Me! (from Against Me! Is Reinventing Axl Rose)20. "Thunderbolts" by Iron Chic (from You Can't Stay Here)21. "Excommunicate Me" by Wolves & Wolves & Wolves & Wolves (from Excommunicate Me)22. "Future Mixtape For The Art Kids [Quiet Slang]" by Beach Slang (from We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags [Quiet Slang])23. "Take You Away" by Hot Water Music (from Light It Up)