Matt McLennan
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Matt McLennan is an Ottawa
-based musician and songwriter who grew up in, and retains strong ties to, the indie music scene in Winnipeg
, Manitoba
, Canada
. He is a member of the Grumpy Cloud Records label collective, and is currently the lead singer and guitarist in Ottawa
band use every part of the deer. He also plays guitar in label-mate Tyler Shipley
's political pop outfit The Consumer Goods
, and is a member of chamber-folk recording project Mr. Pine
. He was frontman in Winnipeg band Cone Five
, which enjoyed some amount of local, national, and international success. As a solo artist, McLennan released three independent albums which cracked the Canadian campus top 200.
In over ten active years in the Winnipeg indie music scene, McLennan was involved in a variety of additional successful, semi-successful and occasionally dismally received bands and projects. He was a core member of cowpunk outfit the Horribly Awfuls
, and was a founding member of art-terrorism group the Rose Maylies. He released several cassettes and CD-Rs on his own small imprint, dismal failure records, in an effort to expose listeners to the efforts of like-minded, quirky local musicians. As a member of Cone Five, McLennan also helped usher in the Conifera Records scene, which lasted approximately from 2002-2005.
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
-based musician and songwriter who grew up in, and retains strong ties to, the indie music scene in Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
, Manitoba
Manitoba
Manitoba is a Canadian prairie province with an area of . The province has over 110,000 lakes and has a largely continental climate because of its flat topography. Agriculture, mostly concentrated in the fertile southern and western parts of the province, is vital to the province's economy; other...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. He is a member of the Grumpy Cloud Records label collective, and is currently the lead singer and guitarist in Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
band use every part of the deer. He also plays guitar in label-mate Tyler Shipley
Tyler Shipley
Tyler Shipley is a songwriter, musician and political activist from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He is best known for a political pop band called The Consumer Goods who have released three records since 2005, toured across Canada and received critical acclaim in North America and Europe...
's political pop outfit The Consumer Goods
The Consumer Goods
The Consumer Goods are a Canadian indie rock/pop band originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their wickedly incisive and politically-charged music has earned both praise and contempt, but rarely disinterest...
, and is a member of chamber-folk recording project Mr. Pine
Mr. Pine
Mr. Pine are a Canadian psych folk band formed in 2003 from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-History:The band's music combines elements of acid folk, classical music, pop, and several kinds of roots music, especially British folk music. The band was formed in 2003 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by Matt McLennan...
. He was frontman in Winnipeg band Cone Five
Cone Five
Cone Five was an indie noise-pop band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, active from 1999 to 2006. The band began as a recording project spearheaded by Matt McLennan, Galaxy Jenny, Sean Pauls and Ryan McVeigh...
, which enjoyed some amount of local, national, and international success. As a solo artist, McLennan released three independent albums which cracked the Canadian campus top 200.
In over ten active years in the Winnipeg indie music scene, McLennan was involved in a variety of additional successful, semi-successful and occasionally dismally received bands and projects. He was a core member of cowpunk outfit the Horribly Awfuls
The Horribly Awfuls
The Horribly Awfuls are a cowpunk indie pop band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. In four years spanning 2002-2006, they made four full-length records and one EP which is yet to be released...
, and was a founding member of art-terrorism group the Rose Maylies. He released several cassettes and CD-Rs on his own small imprint, dismal failure records, in an effort to expose listeners to the efforts of like-minded, quirky local musicians. As a member of Cone Five, McLennan also helped usher in the Conifera Records scene, which lasted approximately from 2002-2005.
Solo discography
- A Fawn Portrait ... (Split EP with Gareth Williams) (Grumpy Cloud Records, 2006)
- Half-breaking (Whiskey Lad Recordings, 2004)
- Not a Cloud in the Sky (Whiskey Lad Recordings, 2004)
- I Hope you Die Alone (Grumpy Cloud Records, 2003)