Sincere EngineerCheap GrillsHopeless Records [2023] Chicago-based indie punk artist Sincere Engineer started as a solo acoustic punk act, performing at dive bars and open mics. Singer Deanna Belos decided to forgo dental school for a career in punk music, and she has since toured the world with bands like Alkaline Trio, The Menzingers, and Joyce … Read more
Chicago-based punk artist Sincere Engineer is cooking up new music. The bands next full-length studio album, Cheap Grills, will be released tomorrow via Hopeless Records. “California King,” is an excellent punchy track that was largely inspired by their hometown of Chicago, and the ever-impending feeling of restlessness we all get when we spend too much … Read more
illuminati hottiesLet Me Do One MoreSnack Shack Tracks/Hopeless Records [2021] After the success of Sarah Tudzin’s debut album, Kiss Yr Frenemies (2018), her moniker illuminati hotties had created the kind of anticipation you want for a sophomore album. However, things at Tudzin’s label, Tiny Engines, fell apart, and illuminati hotties were stuck in a contract … Read more
illuminati hotties, the project of producer/writer Sarah Tudzin, shares “Threatening Each Other re: Capitalism,” the final single from her highly anticipated upcoming album Let Me Do One More which will be out on October 1st, 2021 via Snack Shack Tracks in partnership with Hopeless Records. “‘Threatening Each Other re: Capitalism’ makes haste of a machine … Read more
Tigers Jaw recently released a video for their new single “Hesitation,” off their forthcoming album, I Won’t Care How You Remember Me, due out on March 5th via Hopeless Records. Directed by Shane Moran (who came of age as guitarist/art director of the band Title Fight and more recently has produced visual works for New York-based Supreme), the … Read more
Taking Back Sunday Happiness Is Hopeless Records [2014] Fire Note Says: Taking Back Sunday’s sixth album is highly listenable. Album Review: Taking Back Sunday is one of those bands that keeps churning out albums with little fanfare but with a polished, professional sound. Happiness Is is the New York band’s sixth studio album and seemingly … Read more