Saturday, February 26, 2011

Matt Mays & El Torpedo: "Cocaine Cowgirl"


For some music tonight, let's head back to 2005, and to one of the finest Canadian rock songs of the decade, "Cocaine Cowgirl" by Matt Mays & El Torpedo, off their self-titled album.

Mays was born in Hamilton, just down the QEW from Toronto, but grew up in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, home also to a certain hockey player named Sidney Crosby.

El Torpedo is no more, but Mays -- official site, Wikipedia entry -- continues on, and, in addition to the album mentioned above, I recommend his low-key iTunes Session, released just last month, stripped-down versions of some of his best songs, including this one.

I assume that many of you have never heard of him, given that the readership of this blog is predominantly American and that he isn't well-known down there, but he's well worth getting to know.

Enjoy.


Oh, let's do another one. Here's "City of Lakes" from his 2002 solo debut. It's so very Canadian.

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