Live! At Scranton Dental Full concert film
Cleveland · Jan 28, 2023
Cleveland, Ohio · est. 2020 · DFH
Rust belt pop with a guitar in each hand. Joni Mitchell, Pavement and Todd Rundgren got into a van in Cleveland and came out the other side as something the band calls Dog Funk.
Discography · 2020 → 2026
The records
Every release streams in full from Bandcamp. Tap a cover to load it in the player; tap the title for the tracklist.
Timeline · 2020 → 2026
Dog Funk, year by year
Scroll sideways, or use the arrows. Anything with a play button loads straight into the player.
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Feb 29, 2020
Pilot
A leap-day debut. Six songs written, produced, played and mixed by Joey, opening with “Magenta.”
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Jul 23, 2020
Bandcamp goes live
falseteethcleveland.bandcamp.com is born. Genre field: Dog Funk. It has never said anything else.
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2021 → 2023
The scraps years
“false teeth day,” “stars” and a stack of demos pile up between records. They'd finally surface in 2026.
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Jan 28, 2023
Live! at Scranton Dental
A full set taped in Cleveland by Seth Bennett and The Room, released that April as a live album and a concert film.
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Jun 2024
First LoCLE Grown visit
Joey stops by the studio with an album still unfinished. The engineer's gear had gone into storage; Joey chose to wait rather than start over.
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Jun 6, 2025
Insufferable
The debut LP, more than two years in the making. Ten songs, hand-dubbed CDs signed by Mr. Teeth.
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Dec 19, 2025
All-Stars at Happy Dog
Billed as “False Teeth & the Dog Funk All-Stars,” with Solon, Kid Primitive and Yes Dear.
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Aug 2026
A new Corporal
Sam joins on drums out of Stonebridge. A basement session gets taped on August 8.
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Sep 8, 2026
Believe Me
First new music since the album, and the first single from the EP. Jangle pop that drifts into slowcore.
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Sep 2026
IngenuityFest, Friday night
Panza stage, 9 p.m. Redemption for the rainy 3 p.m. slot a couple of years earlier, when the drummer finished the set on a broken stick.
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Oct 2026
A very Mahall's month
Supporting Warmduscher on the 3rd and JW Francis on the 13th. The scraps compilation drops on the 14th. LoCLE Grown Ep. 157 airs on the 25th.
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Oct 30, 2026
How did it get so?
Second single, DFH005. The pheasant cover.
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Dec 4, 2026
4000 Songs
Four tracks, picked from six. That night: a release show at 32 Mound St in Athens, Ohio, with Space Kid and Guy Music.
Show details
Personnel
The Dog Funk All-Stars
Anybody who plays with False Teeth joins the All-Stars, and the All-Stars run on military rank. Joey is the General by default. Promotions are earned, apparently, by being willing to drive through the night to Chicago after a festival set.
They wear suits for every show. Outdoors, in August, in Cleveland. Our ancestors did it.
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General
Joey Hughes
Vocals, guitar, songs
Writes the tunes. Signs the CDs as Mr. Teeth. Reportedly deleted Twitter from his phone for being too negative.
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Captain
Collin Snyder
Bass
Fall plan: finally carve a pumpkin. Proposed cover-set concept: “Fly Like an Eagle,” eight times in a row.
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Brigadier Lieutenant
Sean
Guitar
All about the fits. Keeps the pants and shirt on through summer shows and is ready to stop sweating. Verdict on the new Corporal: “It's deserved. He's a good dude.”
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Corporal
Sam Connor
Drums
Joined August 2026 out of Cleveland hard-rock band Stonebridge. Owns exactly one pair of shorts. The gong-sounding cymbal is his.
Enlistment office
Join the Dog Funk All-Stars
Anybody who plays with False Teeth is in. We've loosened that to anybody who shows up. Put down your name and what you bring, and we'll cut your card. Rank is assigned by the General's office and is not up for discussion.
Cards are issued instantly. Suit required for all ranks.
“We just keep practicing. We've been practicing consistently and we're just sharpening the blade. The chemistry is good.”
On stage · fall 2026
Suits, lights, Cleveland
Photographs by whatrosysees. Tap any frame to see it full size.
Film & tape
Watch
Basement Session A Jenn Lomman production
35 min · Aug 2026
(It's) Up to You Official video, shot on Super 8
Dir. Boyingenes & False Teeth
Live From Cleveland Studio session
Livestream
LoCLE Grown Ep. 157 Interview, I Got Aux, Tall Boy Roulette
43 min · Oct 2026
Field notes · from the LoCLE Grown interview
Things we learned
On the EP
Four tracks, picked from six near-finished songs because they were the most done and made the most sense together. They are not a concept record. One is grunge, almost like a Deftones type of song
; one is power pop, kind of Replacements-y
; “Believe Me” is jangle pop drifting into slowcore.
Mixes were already coming back from Leo when the interview was taped. Joey's read: I think the new music and whatever we record after this is just going to be our best work.
Krautrock corner
Joey's genre to nerd out on: Can, Neu!, rhythm first, long songs that let it ferment
. Under that, Curtis Mayfield and James Brown's rhythm sections. So here is a small drum machine loaded with the motorik beat he's talking about. Let it run a while.
Other names on the table: Joni Mitchell, Pavement, Todd Rundgren, Deftones, The Replacements.
I Got Aux
The hosts give a scenario; first to yell “I got aux” plays the song.
- Driving home from an out-of-state gig: “Holy Grail,” Jay-Z & Justin Timberlake
- Getting the keys to your first home: “Echoes,” Pink Floyd (it's long and slow, like closing)
- Craziest cover idea: “Fly Like an Eagle,” as the entire set
Tall Boy Roulette
The band's engagement-party game. Everyone brings a tall can nobody would choose on purpose, bags go in a pile, you draw blind, and you finish yours before you're allowed anything else. Joey proposed before the game started, on purpose.
Pick a bag.
“Fall ain't ready for me.”
Cleveland, shouted out
Solon, Two Mile Moon, Stonebridge, Tough Loss, The Laughing Chimes, Kid Primitive, Domingo Kite, Grumpy Plum, People in the Daytime, and more. If you need to know about the Cleveland music, then you need to know.
Live
Six shows a month, give or take
Joey told the new drummer to expect one or two shows a month. It's been closer to six. Athens, Cincinnati, Toledo, Buffalo, and a lot of nights at Mahall's. New dates land on Instagram first.
Dates on Instagram →Recent stops
- Dec 19, 2025False Teeth & the Dog Funk All-StarsHappy Dog, Cleveland · w/ Solon, Kid Primitive, Yes Dear
- May 8, 2026Joey from False Teeth, acousticForest City Brewery, Cleveland
- Aug 29, 2026Cleveland Indie NightMahall's, Lakewood · w/ Rohna, Tough Loss, Saturdazed
- Sep 2026IngenuityFestCleveland · Panza stage, Friday night
- Oct 3, 2026Supporting WarmduscherMahall's, Lakewood
- Oct 13, 2026Supporting JW FrancisMahall's, Lakewood
- 202678th Street Studios 25th Anniversary · ACRN In-Studio SeriesCleveland · Athens
Live from the grid
