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SINDERINSWHO: Stevie Anderson, TomBarbour, Billy Fisher, GavinMcGinty, Dave WebsterWHERE: DundeeFOR FANS OF: AndersonMcGinty Webster Ward &Fisher, Mumford & Sons,Crosby Stills & NashJIM SAYS: I suppose it wasinevitable that Dundee’s fin-est folk troubadours wouldchange their name whenRobbie Ward left the band.

Just when I’d mastered thename Anderson McGintyWebster Ward & Fisher!

The multi-instrumentalistshave now re-emerged as Sin-derins with a new album onthe way. The new nameseems to be a perfect fit as itreflects the coming togetherof multiple singer-songwrit-ers and vocalists. Very mucha collective, they never had afrontman as such.

Dave Webster explained:“Sinderins is the name of ajunction at the top of the PerthRoad in Dundee. It’s actuallyan old Scots word meaning asplit in the road. I suppose itmakes sense as that’s wherewe’re at. I’ve also heard that apeaty whisky-fuelled morningcoffee is a Sinder. That alsosounds good to me!”

Initially formed after a jamsession in a Dundee bar, theguys follow the old folk tradi-tion of music generated inpubs. As AMWWF theysoundtracked a TV ad for Cal-edonia Best with a reworkingof the Dougie MacLean clas-sic Caledonia. The beer asso-

ciation doesn’t stop there.They launched Sinderins withtheir own bespoke ale.

Dave told me: “It’s a pale ale,quite crispy and a bit fruity.Stevie and I recently did a gigin the Krafty Brewery in Edin-burgh where we got chattingto Michael who runs the place.The rest is history.”

Sinderins have launched aPledgeMusic.com campaignto fund their activities.

Indeed, the new name wasfirst revealed to pledgers.

Dave told me: “Fans can buyall sorts of exclusives to fundupcoming projects. We’vebeen using it to fund the finalstages of releasing our debutSinderins album. Our cam-paign includes everything frompre-ordering our album to theband playing in your home.”

The new album’s been pro-duced by Matt Lawrence, whowon a Grammy for his workon Mumford & Sons’ Babel.

Dave told me: “Our soundhas changed a bit but I thinkMatt has helped it becomemore cohesive. The record isdue for release at the end ofMay but there will be singlesreleased before.”

Sinderins certainly won’t feelout of place when they appearat Glasgow’s Drygate Brewerynext Saturday, March 28. Catchthem the following night at TheMash House in Edinburgh.MORE: www.facebook.com/sinderins. www.pledgemusic.com/amwfl Jim presents Drivetime onXFM Scotland, Monday toFriday 4-7pm. www.xfm.co.ukwww.jimgellatly.com

Watch video of theband in action atthescottishsun.co.uk

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STRING rockers The DevilMakes Three are urgingtheir Scots fans to gowild tonight — and showthe English how it’s done.

The Vermont group are bignews back home, being called“a more interesting version ofMumford & Sons”.

And they’re now making theirmark over here — but frontmanPete Bernhard wants more fromthe crowds.

He said: “The gigs are smallerthan back home. The reaction hasbeen good — but the people inEngland were not quite as wild asthey are in the US.

“They were a little bit more sub-dued. We haven’t played in Scot-land yet and we’re excited to becoming for the first time. Our fansin the States are wild and some-times get a bit out of control.”

Stepping into a brand new envi-ronment tonight at Glasgow’s KingTut’s, the band are bang up for it.

Pete raved: “I think of it as achallenge. You always wonder howit’s going to go. But it gives us thechance to play to a new audienceand we’ll rise to the challenge.”

The trio’s latest album I’m aStranger Here was their main-stream breakthrough.

But it’s their seventh record.Before it they were completely on

their own without any backing.Pete explained: “We’re different

from other bands in that way. We’veseen a lot of bands come and go.

After a year or two if they don’tclick, they usually give up.

“But we’ve grown really slowly —every year has been better thanthe last, but there’s not been thatone year where it happened for us.

“We have a really big followingnow in the States. I wouldn’t want itany other way — bands who get suc-cess really quickly playing from 50to 5,000 overnight, usually break up.

“We’re ready to be the size ofband we are now.”

Despite hailing from from thetiny town Brattleboro, with a popu-lation of just 12,000, the band havevery varied tastes. It’s those influ-ences that’s seen their musicregarded as “indescribable”.

We keep a bit ofmystery in equation

Pete said: “The way I approachmusic is, if I like it, I like it.

“We ignore genre and we likemusic from all over the map.

“It keeps a bit of mystery in theequation, I don’t think music needsto be defined. It’s all about whatpeople like, that’s it.

“Captain Beefheart said it bestwhen they asked him what labelhe was on — he said, ‘the bottle Icome in doesn’t have a label’.

“We have a ton of freedom, sowe can shoot for any genre.

“But we’re a string band, sosome things just won’t work.

“It’s only musical limitations butin terms of what kinds of songs wemake, we do whatever we want.’l For more, check out: www.thedevilmakesthree.com

BRITPOP boy Andrew Montgomeryshot to fame in the late 90s frontinghit band Geneva. Now he’s dustedhimself off and is back again.And he’s all over the country show-ing off his stuff — playing Glasgow,Dundee, Aviemore, Inverness andStornoway at the end of this month.Info at: www.ruledbydreams.com

DANCE kid Ben Khan is so hot rightnow, you’d need oven gloves totouch him. His current track 1000 isburning up the airwaves— it’s class.And now the DJ/producer is doinghis first run of gigs around Europe.The only Scots stop is at King Tut’sin Glasgow on April 12. Get tickets at:www.facebook.com/benkhanmusic

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