April 17, 2008
Yesterday was our 5th birthday. Recording a bunch of new demos to celebrate.
February 6, 2008
We've got a bunch of new shirts available online.
January 24, 2008
A happy new year to all. A couple things to mention here. New Music. We recorded some demos by ourselves which we think are pretty rad for demos and decided to put two of them on our Myspace profile for your enjoyment. New Video. CMTM's own "Master of Disaster" Phil Wilson made a tour/music video for "WMD" with footage we shot on our most recent Maritime tour. Peep it! New Shows. We look forward to catching up with you at our February shows in Ottawa, Guelph, Hamilton and Toronto. Check the details s'il vous plais.
December 2, 2007
Well, we made it back safe and sound from our recent Maritime tour. It was our third tour out that way in just over a year. We love Eastern Canada and Newfoundland! Despite some awful weather and a couple of terrorizing driving incidents (black ice, a hurricane, a bear running in front of the van on the highway) we managed once again to have an awesome time. We want to say thanks to everyone who came to our shows and thanks to people who bought discs, shirts and buttons. It never ceases to amaze us how many supportive and awesome people we come across. It really is a gift to be able to play our music for people, and we are so grateful... Thanks for the support and encouragement. We are recording demos for our next release now and look forward to a productive 2008. Finally, we have three shows this month in Toronto, Montreal and our hometown of Barrhaven. No wait, Phil is actually from Kingsville. Anways, see you soon.
October 25, 2007
Were off on tour again tomorrow. This is the third one in the last year. Toronto to Newfoundland this time. Check shows for details. Ryan laughed and asked me to put that "If youre sliding into first and you feel something burst" song up on the news page but it may be a little inappropriate. See you soon.
September 18, 2007
We are gearing up to go on tour in late October, starting in Ottawa and ending in Newfoundland. Rehearsing new songs and working out tour logistics. Check out shows to see the dates! Then you could always go buy some CMTM tunes here. Big thanks to Lyla and Rupaul for all the lawnchairs.
August 30, 2007
Clothes Make The Man are set to appear on CBC Radio One's GO! The broadcast will air on Sept. 8, 2007 at 10 a.m. This is national radio boys and girls. Info on the program is here. Find your local frequency to listen here.
August 16th, 2007
A couple of really cool shows in the next short little while, then we are heading back out on the road.
Toronto to Newfoundland.
Late octoberish.
July 24, 2007
We are playing The Virgin Festival on September 8. Toronto Island. We will be playing a couple of new, new, new songs which we are "excited" about.
May 29, 2007
Some new photos from our last tour are now up.
May 22, 2007
We are back from that monster tour. You can buy CMTM through iTunes now. Photos, videos and all kinds of exciting updates to come soon. Or shortly after soon. Our video has been played on Much aswell, so go request that. We hope you're well.
March 23, 2007
Ladies and gentlemen, we have finished our video. Check it here and then tell all your friends! We are almost on tour and are eager to get rocking in over 30 Canadian towns.
February 20, 2007
One of the most exciting things to ever grace the internet. Timeline confirmed: March 28 to May 12 2007: CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN's cross Canada tour. Dates and details will be announced very shortly, so please stay tuned.
January 16, 2007
We are just about sold out of our first 1000 discs and more are coming in 2007 with some fantastic little artwork changes as a special treat... Still working on music videos and hustling to get 'em done by April... We'll be doing a 6 week cross-Canada tour, spanning from Victoria to Newfoundland starting around March 28.... We have begun recording demo versions of 3 new songs which you will hear us play at shows... A flight from toronto to the UK is about 8 hours... Our album will be available for purchase through iTunes very very shortly.
December 16, 2006
We have three Holiday shows coming up in Toronto, Ottawa and Hamilton. See shows for details. Happy Holidays and Seasons Greetings to you from Le Meez, Ryan, Thrasher, and Ross.
November 28, 2006
We enjoyed our tour so much that we are immediately making plans to do it all again. Our next tour will be something like Victoria to Newfoundland... Anyways, we met lots of interesting people, played to some awesome crowds and in the end, we only had to sleep in our van once. We are playing some shows throughout Ontario in the next few months. Here are some photos we took on tour.
Friday Oct. 13, 2006
CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN "Friday Night for the Meez Tour"
Oct 14 2006 Arlequin Quebec City, QC
Oct 17 2006 Elwoods, Saint John, NB
Oct 18 2006 Maple Leaf, Sydney, NS
Oct 19 2006 The Capital, Fredericton, NB
Oct 20 2006 The Seahorse, Halifax Pop Explosion Halifax, NS
Oct 21 2006 Baba's Lounge Charlottetown, PEI
Oct 27 2006 Babylon Ottawa, ON
Oct 29 2006 The Casbah Hamilton, ON
Nov 7 2006 Horseshoe Tavern Toronto, ON
Buy our debut album here. See you on the road.
September 25, 2006
A bunch of new shows added. Getting excited for the east coast.
September 19, 2006
OK, we finished shooting our music video for "Singles Only" and it is being edited right now. Out of
town shows this October will include stops in Halifax, Quebec City, Charlottetown and Fredericton,
among others. Live footage of a "WMD" performance is sooo close to being ready. We have more new
songs and we're almost out of our 1000 copies of our album. Our first all ages show in Toronto is
this Saturday. Also, a bunch of new photos are up for your viewing pleasure. And yeah, we're still indie.
July 25, 2006
Hi boys and girls, our Eastern Canadian tour is being planned as we speak for this October.
A list of all cities will be posted shortly for all you curious types.
We are also currently arranging a possible music video and are keeping our fingers crossed that something can be worked out.
Our song "Tuz" has recently been licensed for use in a film starring Michael Madsen (the guy who cut the other guy's ear off in Reservoir Dogs) who's release date is early 2007, which we are also excited about.
We have begun performing our first new song since we released our album, tentatively titled "Who do you love?" And last but not least, we will finally have some nice live footage to post up on the internet. The footage is in the editing stage right now, and will be ready by August.
July 2, 2006
This past week has been an interesting one for us. Great show in Montreal, followed by our vehicle dying on the side of the 401 near Kingston, followed by another awesome show at the Rivoli, followed by some hacker-fuckers destroying the CMTM message board. This site is also sorta new, but it is a temporary one, as a big huge one is in the works as we speak. SCENE Music Festival is this upcoming Sunday in St Catharines. Really good bands, and always a really fun time. Check out their site for details.
June 10
Tonight we are playing at the El Mocambo as part of NXNE. We are on at 9pm sharp. Visit here for all the details. Also playing tonight are:
John Kastner (10 PM),
Down With Webster (11 PM),
Noah’s Arkweld (12 AM),
Burning Brides (1 AM) and
StinkMitt (2 AM). it is going to be a really good night.
May 15 Just a little reminder that we are playing the Ottawa Tulip Festival this upcoming weekend. We are on at 6pm sharp on Monday, May 22nd. Also playing Monday are The Dears, Malajube, and The Golden Dogs. For details, please visit the tulip festival website. New song up on Myspace too.
April 28, 2006
Bunch of new press and shows added. Feel free to have a look.
April 2, 2006
Our debut record is getting some nice, positive attention. We are hitting the road and visiting many of Ontario's great cities in the very near future. Sorry we haven't written or called you, We've just been really busy.
February 28, 2006
This is a real defining moment in internet history... As of now, you are able to purchase all things CMTM using this site. Please visit our merch area to spend all your hard earned cash.
If you live in the Toronto area, you can purchase our album at these fine stores:
Rotate This -
620 Queen St. W,
Soundscapes - 572 College Street ,
Sam The Record Manny -
347 Yonge St,
I'm With Stupid - 1300 Queen Street West - (416) 537-6812.
February 23, 2006
Some new press for your reading pleasure.
February 19, 2006
New Shirts. New CD. Available onlne February 28th. Toronto CD Release party this Saturday, February 25th at the Bovine Sex Club. See Shows for Details.
February 15, 2006
A big thanks to all that came out to the Ottawa CD release. Our CD will be available in stores and online February 28th... if you cannot wait that long, join us at our Toronto CD release on February 25th at the Bovine Sex Club. Our new shirts and pins will also be available through our site.
January 16, 2006
The new album is being manufactured as we speak. Well, we technically are not speaking... I'm writing, and you're reading, but you get the point. it should be in our hands in about 8 days.
For those interested, track listing is as follows:
1.Two Summers
2. WMD (clip)
3. Singles Only
4. Deny, Avoid & Shutdown
5. Tuz
6. Let it go
7. Chile
8. Violence
9. Defend
10. Quiet
11. Ready or not
12. Firewood
In other news, new shows and photos.
January 3, 2006
We wish you the best of luck in this fine new year of 2006. The new album is in the final stages of completion
and will be available for purchase through our website on February 28, 2006. Hope all is well.
December 12
A whole bunch of new shows are happening in the near future.
November 24
Today, my fortune cookie said, "if you put up new show info and silly little video clips on your website, good fortune will fall into your lap." Im not sure how something falls into ones lap, but im not going to mess this chance up...
November 6
To prepare us all for the impending glacial winter and all its frigid surprises, let there be warmth in these new photos posted up over there at myspace/clothesmaketheman. There is also a little treat in the AV club for you from our little recording adventure.
October 25
Some of our moms started thinking we were dead because there have been no updates on this here little website. Well mom, we are alive, and doing quite well. The recording process is coming along and we are planning for a January 2006 release. In other day to day news, we are playing a show this saturday with Vaux and The Mark Inside. Its at the El Mocambo. You rule.
July 28
So, things have been a little busy over here at camp CMTM. We have played quite a few good shows as of late, and we'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the humans who've been out to see us. We like you. In fact, we like you so much, that we are going to record a record for you. We go into the studio August 9, and wont be seeing the light of day for quite some time. We shall keep you posted. In the meantime, visit the board, which gets a lot more action then this lousy page. Hope all is well with you and your loved ones.
May 28
Since today is Saturday, you win a free song courtesy of CMTM. Two Summers. Check the A/V section.
May 7
As always, sorry about the lack of updates here. Ill make up for it with this one. Three new june shows have been added, and they are all going to be quite special in their own little way. Firstly, were playing NXNE this year. The festival runs June 9, 10, 11th. We will give you all the details as we get them. Secondly, we are playing in Ottawa with the Golden Dogs June 17th at Chez Mavricks. Thirdly, we are playing Sneaky dees some time later in that month too. Check the shows page for more details on that one. I assume all is well. My heart goes out to you. Oh yeah, we may or may not have a new record out for the nxne show. Ill keep you posted.
March
14
Some photos from CMW for all you sk8er bois n' girlz.
In other news, we are playing this sunday at the Reverb at Queen Street
and Bathurst. Are we almost done recording our new CD? Ask Jeeves.
March 5
A huge thanks to those that came out to the Rancho last night. New shows.
Super.
December 31
As a little New Year's gift from us to you, here is some new
press and a couple of new shows. Take care.
December 12
Clothes Make the Man will be playing at this year's Canadian Music Week.
More details as we get them. Visit
their site to find out more. This festival runs March 2nd - 5th. Also,
a little christmas treat, we are playing on December 29 at Sneaky Dee's.
November 21
We are playing with the Annex Rivals at the Cameron House this
Saturday, November 27. Hopefully all is well with you.
November 2
Ottawa show announced!!! November 20th. For deets, please check shows.
September 26
Time change, new show. We are playing from 5:45-6:15 at Dufferin Grove
park today. Also, wednesday, September 29, we are playing at the Drake
hotel. For more deets please visit our shows.
September 20
This Sunday, September 26, CMTM will be playing their first outdoor
rock-a-thon. For details, cyber-surf on over to our shows
page.
September 14
New photos, new shows. Rappers and Bangers still at war.
August 27
Sorry for the lack updates my dear friends... Just a reminder
that we are playing the Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen St. West this Saturday,
August 28. We hit the stage at 11 in the PM. Lots of new material, still
playing old favorites, and making sure to have a blast with all that make
it out tomorrow night. In other news, there is a bunch of new press
up, and we also have posters now. Hope all is
well.
July 28
A couple of new shows coming up. Specifically next Wednesday, August 4th,
at Healeys.
See poster for details,
or check out shows for details.
July 19
This friday, July 23rd, we are playing the "BETTER GET THERE BEFORE
SUNDOWN" rock show at Club
279 at 8:30 p.m. Thats right folks, 8:30 in the evening.
Cover is five dollars, and again, we are on at 8:30!!! Club 279 is located
at 279 Yonge street, right at the Hard Rock cafe. Hope to see you there.
June 27 Land Lubbers
Beware, too...
Ottawa, beware. On Saturday, August 14, 2004, we will be sharing the stage
of the Babylon Night
Club with our beautiful friends, the Red Arrows. The Wren
City Churches will not be playing that night.
June 18
For those of you who go out on Tuesday night, we salute you. This Tuesday
night, June 22nd, we are playing at the Rivoli,
332 Queen St. W, Toronto. We are playing with Sian
Evans, and some other band whose name escapes me. Its a free show,
so you best me coming out.
May 10
Show date and or venue changes. This Friday, May 14th we are playing at
Sneaky Dee's, NOT rancho relaxo. Our show at the Rivoli has been switched
to Tuesday June 22nd. Last but not least, on Friday July 23rd, we will
be beating the shit out of Club 279 at Yonge and Dundas. (more details
to come about upcoming shows as they get closer) Hope all is well.
April 26
New photos from the March 20th show at Sneaky Dee's.
April 13
Sorry about the lack of updates. Things have been a little busy
here at camp CMTM. But here we go... We have been invited to contribute
a song to the suck
my disc collective - a compilation cd; coming out in May, 2004. Other
bands on the cd: Postage Stamps, Another Blue Door, the Mark Inside, OK
Lucky, the Prom Night Suicide Pact, Because I Hate You, Grasshopper Soundclash,
Tit Fuck Me Jesus, and possibly a few others... Also, some new photos
from a show we had in Peterborough are now up in the A/V club.
March 11
New review of CMTM CD. Read it in our Press
section. It is from the new broken
pencil magazine, issue 24.
March 9
Two updates in two days. I'm pretty impressed... On the topic on being
impressed, we have new photos from the Zaphods show up in the A
/ V club taken by none other than master photographer, James
Bradley.
March 8
A big thanks to all that came out to the zaphods show in Ottawa. Photo
gallery is now up and working. Have a look in the A
/ V club.
February 29
Come celebrate "all things Ottawa" with Clothes Make The Man
on Friday, March 5 at Zaphod Beeblebrox, in downtown Ottawa. We
take the stage at 9 p.m.
Be prepared.
February 19
Calling all friends and fans. We would like some pictures of us on stage
for our website. At our show this Saturday, Feb. 21st at Crimson Clover,
if you want to be on our website or help us out, take pictures of us on
stage, and either email them to us, or burn them to CD and hand em over.
Yes, you will be credited for your photography. And if you want to make
it fun, take a silly picture of yourself and we'll post it. Cool?
January 22
New temporary site launched.
January 7
Happy New Year to all. In celebration of this wonderful year
of 2004 we are going to be playing at the Horseshoe
Tavern, February 25, at about 11:10 in the pm. Thats all we know about
the show, and we will tell you more as we find out.
December 21
CMTM return to Ottawa in february and march for some serious
capital punishment. We will first be joining our good friends, the Red
Arrows, at Crimson Clover (below Cafe Dekcuf), the those bastards from
the setbacks at Zaphods. See
shows for details
November 30
Dearest friends... This is a review of our new CD.
It is in the new EXCLAIM
MAGAZINE,
December 2003 / January 2004. Have a read...
November 24.
COMEDIC ROCK-A-THON
We are playing Thursday, December 4 at Sneeky Dee's. College and Bathurst.
Cover is 5 dollars.
Joining us will be J.P. Belanger (acoustic pretty-boy), and comedian Casey
Corbin.
November 5
I must apologize. This website has been very bad lately. A new one is
coming in the near future. Check in every once and a while... November
21. Elmocambo. We are playing at 10:30. Also playing: "the conversation"
& "the ludes".
October 15
Reminder of "birthday rock", a festival of three bands in a
bar, Wednesday, October 22 at the 360. It is located at 326 Queen Street
West, Toronto. We will be hitting the stage around 10:30 / 11:00ish. Doors
open at 9:00, and i think there is a two dollar cover.
October 7
Live in toronto? Want to buy the new CD? Please visit either Soundscapes
• 572 College Street • 416.537.1620 or Monster Records •
664 Yonge St • 416.975.1829. We will update this list as it becomes
bigger and more spread out across this here planet earth.
We are also playing a very special birthday show on October 22nd at the
360. Again more details to follow.
September 29
We just put up another new song from the new CD. Thats makes two. Go to
the fun area to listen.
On a side note, we are shipping our new CD's to your local radio stations.
Want to hear the New CMTM record on your favourite station? Let us know
what you're listening to, and we'll send em' CD's, then you can call them
and demand to hear the new album. Either E-mail us, or sign up on our
message board.
September 24
The new CD is out , and the sail of our indie distribution ship is starting
to blow. We are shipping everwhere. Germany, Ottawa, Taiwan, whatev. Contact
us if you want one. 10 dollars plus shipping.
September 16
Go visit the "fun" page. Maybe you will be rewarded with a new
song from a new album. Or maybe not. The new CD is now out and we are
shipping it to anyone who gets us 10 dollars. We are in the process of
finding out how to safely sell stuff to you over the information super-highway.
That will be available soon, but until then, contact us and we will arrange
other ways to get some good CMTM stuff to you.
September 8
Just wanted to send out a huge congrats to Adam Thrasher , Mr. drummer
boy, on breaking his foot this past sunday, during a soccer match. It
should be really fun to watch him drum this Wednesday at Sneeky Dee's
"Holy Shit, it a CD release party". Hopefully we will get the
CDs back from the printer on time... Look forward to watching you watch
Adam drum in pain.
August 27
WANT TO GET YOUR HANDS ON THE LATEST 'CLOTHES MAKE THE MAN' CD? WELL,
YOU'VE GOTTA GET YOUR ASS TO SNEAKY DEE'S ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2003!! CDs
ARE TEN BUCKS, AND THIS TIME, THE CD HAS 6, COUNT 'EM 6 SONGS CLOCKING
IN AT AROUND 28 MINUTES IN TOTAL. HERE'S A SUGGESTION FOR OTTAWA FOLKS:
BOOK THE NEXT DAY OFF NOW (SEPTEMBER 11) AND GET NASTY AT THE AFTERPARTY
(OUR HOUSE!!!). AS FOR THE TORONTO FOLKS, YOU ALL JUST BE READY... AND
COME "PREPARED". SEE YOU THERE
August 20
Sneak peak at new CMTM shirt (exclusive to Ottawa show on Saturday).
August 19
Just a friendly little reminder about the show this Saturday evening at
cafe dekcuf. I would bet the bank on this show being pretty darn fun.
Not only the music, but my crazy old friend from grade 8, Joel, will be
there. Just watching him will be worth the cover. Look forward to seeing
you all there.
August 8
The EP is almost here folks. The tunes and mixes are all done, and we
should be set to go for an EP release September 10 @ Sneaky Dee's. Sprinting
Results Final Heat: Adam Thrasher won the final for the fastest CMTM member
with a photo finish, inches ahead of Scott. Ross was unable to foot the
heat due to a kinked neck.
Watch the race here. (it may take a minute to load) Thanks to all who
came out last evening for the show at Lee's Palace, we had a lot of fun.
Also a kudos to Levi Ride who played before us and rocked.
July 28
Finished first weekend of recording. We have a bunch of photos, some audio,
and sprinting results. The photos and audio will be up later this week.
As for the sprinting results, ross, the fatter one, came dead last both
heats. Ryan came in third both races and Adam and Meezer each won a gold.
Now, on to the good stuff...
New contest !!!!!
Since the first CMTM contest was such an international hit, we've come
up with another...its called "I want to be in the band, but all the
spots are full, so im going to help write the lyrics".
Rules: The only rule is that your lyrics can only be ten syllables long*.
You can write whatever your heart desires... Submissions can either be
e-mailed or entered into the GUESTBOOK at the bottom of this page. Submissions
must be entered this week. I mean before Saturday!!!
Now for the prize: Your words get to be in the new CD, you get a CD, and
although I have not asked anyone else, you get to sing that line up on
stage whenever we play. I mean, its basically like you are in the band.
So hurry up, because there is not a lot of time.
* a. A unit of spoken language consisting of a single uninterrupted
sound formed by a vowel, diphthong, or syllabic consonant alone, or by
any of these sounds preceded, followed, or surrounded by one or more consonants.
b. One or more letters or phonetic symbols written or printed to approximate
a spoken syllable.
2. The slightest bit of spoken or written expression: Do not alter a syllable
of this message.
July 21
Recording new CD this coming weekend, back in Ottawa with recording engineer
Ian MacIntosh. This new CD should be interesting. The band has decided
to record the music without using hardly any overdubs. The songs will
be recorded as we all play together, at the same time, in the same room,
which should give this CD a very warm, vibrant and very live feeling.
This recording approach, as you may or may not know, is not very common.
We are planning to get the CD released by mid September. And better you
believe that Lee's Palace, August 7, 2003 will be smokin' hot.
September 16
Dearest friends,
We are playing a show Thursday, August 7th at Lee's Palace. More details
to come...
Also, for this silly little "1000th visitor" contest, we have
decided that the winner will get something that no one else can get....
All I can say is that the prize is tops.
July 15
A big thanks to all who came out to the show last evening (July 14). For
those of you who didn't, fear not, as we are playing soon at Café
Dekcuf (August 23 - in Ottawa) and Sneeky Dee's (September 10 - Toronto).
Some photos of the last couple of shows will be up as soon as I can get
my greasy little mitts on em'.
Note: If you are visiter 1000 (see bad counter at bottom of page) you
win something. Not really sure what, but probably a CD and shirt. How
do you prove that you are visitor 1000. Good question. I guess that is
the second part of the contest. If it were me that won, I would probably
take a screen shot of the counter and e-mail us the image. Anyways, good
luck.
July 14 - Monday night
Lee's Palace. Free.
June 22
GUESTBOOK, GUESTBOOK, GUESTBOOK. If you want to write something, scroll
to bottom of page. Look forward to hearing from you.
Ottawa beware. August 23th. Cafe Dekcuf.
And let it be known, a new album is being recorded July 26 through August
2nd.
June 16
Love. Pain. Booze. Hugs. Fights. Tears. Smiles. And Rehearsals.
New songs, new energies.
More shows coming... stay tuned.
May 29
Second run of shirts completed. All sizes and colours. Also, second run
of album pressed today. They will both be available at the show on June
3rd. See below. We are playing at Sneeky Dees on June 3rd, 2003. I think
we go on about 9:30. You should come. Trust me. College and Bathurst.
Also, a mailing list / newsletter will be coming soon. Send me an email
and I will add you to the list.
May 17 New site. Tell us what you think.
April 29
Watch new clothes make the man video. It is in the "Fun" section.April
25
New song. Photos from show.March - April 2003
After many sessions of trial and error, the CD is ready for distribution.
Clothes Make The Man are asked to play the legendary Horseshoe Tavern
on Wednesday, April 16th 2003 at 10:35 pm. November - February 2002 /
2003
Clothes Make The Man recieves the Master CD from production/engineer guru
Ian Macintosh. With an influx design expertise coming from bassist Ross
Machon, Clothes Make The Man begin to Indiesemble their debut CD. Practice
makes perfect. Rehearsals are fun. September 2002
Henry and McLennan along with timekeeper Adam Thrasher head SouthWest
to Canada's largest city and most thriving music scene leaving behind
the bitter winters and bland Liberals. Thrasher, Henry and McLennan hook
up with long time friend and bassist Ross Machon. With the tri now a quad,
Clothes Make The Man is complete and full of mad flavor. August 2002
Clothes Make The Man front man Ryan McLennan and guitarist / vocalist
Scott Henry enter SuperStar studios in Ottawa with producer/engineer Ian
Macintosh to record a self titled, five song EP. After many successful
sessions the tracks are complete and ready to be mastered.
