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FORMER Little Man Tatesinger Jon Windle hasteamed his local label TinyTeeth Records with Thorn-bridge Brewery to begina new monthly showcaseevent at Sheffield venue TheGreystones.

Tiny Teeth Presents openson September 21. “It aimsto bring some of the bestup and coming local talentthe city has to offer,” saysJon,“as well as an array out

of town bands that are cur-rently taking other parts ofthe country by storm.”

Energetic indie boysChatfield kick off the inau-gural gathering along withthe Americana-influencedbluesy rock of Coma Girls.Mr Windle will DJ in betweenbands. Confirmed for Octo-ber 25 are Arkham Karversand The 48Ks with Ian Brittand Ian Huddlestone follow-ing on November 21.

Get your teeth into thismusicnotes

IT’S fair to say new bandThe Cast Of Cheers havecaused an element ofconfusion among vintageUS comedy fans with theirname.

Thankfully with the likesof recent album Family andnew single Human Elevatorthey have been clearing upsome of that.

Suppiers of occasionallyaddictive music topped by

lead singer Conor’s hints ofmenace and sneered vocals,their brand of angulardance rock is a generationaway from a sardonic bar inBoston.

Having survived lastweekend’s Leeds Festivalshift, they join the NMEGeneration Next Tour withHowler and Gross Magic,landing at the Leadmill onOctober 26.

Cast off for a UK romp

WHEN acts release aneponymous album some ofus tend to think ‘lazy’.

But Watford warriors Gal-lows have defended the lackof imaginative name for theirMonday-released follow-upto 2009’s Grey Britain album.

“We made this record self-titled as it musically definesthe band known as Gallowsas we exist today,” theyexplain ahead of a Corpora-

tion show on October 12.“This is the first of manyreleases to come from thehouse of Venn Records, ourimprint, hijacked from PIASthose long-standing backersof independent rock ‘n’ roll.This is our statement ofintent, our laugh in the faceof those who said Gallowswere done.”

Get free taster Last Junefrom gallows.co.uk.

Gallows be their name

n The Vaccines Come ofAge (Columbia)

RAGGED simplicity wasarguably the secret of thislot’s scarily addictive debut. Amillion festival miles later andthey tender 11 more songs tocreepandkickintoyourlife.LeadsingleNoHopeopensthis post-Libertines/Rakesromp which takes the rusticguitar indie pop brief on justenough.

n Chilly Gonzales, SoloPiano II (Gentle Threat)PARIS-based, Canadian MCand electro muso, Chilly isalso a pianist of some enor-mous skill. Here he tendersa collection of tender, oftensweet compositions thatshowa verydif-ferentsideto themancalleduponbyDrake,Feist and Daft Punk.The result of 10 days in whichthis genius played/recordedalone.

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Confusing: Some foreign fans don’t understand the band’s name.

“After completing my Alevels I was invited to teachsongwriting at an Americansummer camp in New Hamp-shire. During this periodmy confidence as a writerand performer markedlyimproved.”

Find A Way Throughoozes that and an easy-goingcharm, from the brusheddrum warmth of gentleopener You, through thecasual summer swagger ofSing Together to the raw lyr-ics of Running OutOf Places Left To Hide. Thedefiant soulful chop ofLonely is countered nicelyby the piano-edged titletrack for a fairly consumateoffering.

“Strangely my passion hasalways been songwritingrather than performance,”says Daniel, who hopesto gig soon, in betweencompleting a clinical di-ploma.

“This album has beenwritten over about sevenyears,” concludes Daniel.

“I have always foundexpressing myself throughmusic incredibly therapeu-tic and during recordingit became apparent thiscollection of songs was quiteconceptual as it chartedsome difficult and challeng-ing times of my life. FindA Way Through seemed toconveniently knit the trackstogether.”

“And I do quite like thefact there is a difference insome of the tracks. Theycome together but therewere different producers andI like that you can hear that.This album has got some-thing extra, it feels alive ina way because it’s been toall these different places. Itfeels like you can get morefrom it, you come on thejourney we’ve been on thelast two years.”

Talking of which, now

they are older, wiser andmore settled, do they everfeel slightly awkward withthe band name? Anyone whodoesn’t know them mightthink they’re kids out sniff-ing for totty.

“We were,” laughs Roy,whose dad still lives in Shef-field having recently retiredfrom the Department OfWork & Pensions.

“It’s got to a point wherethe band name is the bandname.

“It’s confusing in Japanwhen we have to explain andthey don’t have the lan-guage, or Scouts.

“But, generally, the bandis bigger than the name now.

“People almost don’t eventhink about it; like The Kill-ers – you just think of a songand associate it with them.

“Sometimes I do wonderif we’d have been bet-ter off having a differ-ent name like Carrot orsomething, but I think it

really worked for us whenwe started.”

SFG play The Big Gig, aGirl Guide event, at Motor-point Arena, Octo-ber 6.

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And I do quite like thefact there is a differ-ence in some of thetracks. . .