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Matt Mays (born August 10, 1979) is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian indie band The Guthries. Mays was born in Hamilton, Ontario, and grew up in Nova Scotia.
In February 2006, Mays appeared with the Symphony Nova Scotia in their Rising Star series on the Dalhousie University campus.
In April 2006, fellow Canadian rocker Sam Roberts released his new album titled Chemical City. Mays performed on the track "Uprising Down Under".
The band's self-titled album released in 2005 contained the single "Cocaine Cowgirl", which received saturation airplay on Canadian rock radio in 2005, and its video heavy rotation on MuchMusic. The album also contained the track "The Plan" with backing vocals from fellow Canadian musician Kathleen Edwards.
At the 2006 East Coast Music Awards, MM&ET were nominated for entertainer of the year, group of the year, radio rock recording of the year, album of the year, and single of the year (for "Cocaine Cowgirl"), and won all of these but entertainer of the year award. They closed out the national broadcast of the event with "Cocaine Cowgirl". As he introduced the band, host Mike Smith (Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys) said that they were one of his favourite bands. In Maclean's magazine, Ron MacLean of Hockey Night in Canada listed Matt Mays & El Torpedo among the artists whose music he "never leaves home without."
In 2006 Matt Mays and El Torpedo released a music video for their single "Time of Your Life ('til You're Dead)", directed by Drew Lightfoot. The video was filmed in Kensington Market, Toronto, Ontario. This particular video features the card manipulations of American comedian and magician Erik Tait. This video received notice in the magic world after it was pointed out that the card manipulation with the box is physically impossible. This particular manipulation was achieved by filming Erik's hands then playing the footage backward. The card work is also acclaimed in this video as members of the band perform some of the manipulations.
Matt Mays & El Torpedo performed on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in December 2006.
Throughout July 2008, Matt Mays and El Torpedo toured with Kid Rock in support of their new album. Tour Page
On December 12, 2008, Matt Mays & El Torpedo received 5 East Coast Music Association Nominations including Group Recording of the Year and Songwriter of the Year.
|- |rowspan="2"| 2005 || Matt Mays || New Artist of the Year || |- | Matt Mays || Adult Alternative Album of the Year || |- | 2007 || When the Angels Make Contact || Adult Alternative Album of the Year || |- | 2009 || Terminal Romance || Rock Album of the Year || |- | 2014 || Coyote || Rock Album of the Year ||
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| 2002 ! scope="row" | "City of Lakes" | — | Matt Mays | |
| 2003 ! scope="row" | "Downtown" | - | ||
| 2004 ! scope="row" | "Where Am I Going?" | - | ||
| 2005 ! scope="row" | "Cocaine Cowgirl" | 4 | Matt Mays + El Torpedo | |
| 2006 ! scope="row" | "Travellin" | - | ||
| 2007 ! scope="row" | "Wasn't Meant to Be" | — | Non-album single | |
| 2008 ! scope="row" | "Tall Trees" | — | Terminal Romance | |
| 2009 ! scope="row" | "Terminal Romance" | — | ||
| 2010 ! scope="row" | "Queen of Portland Street" | — | Coyote | |
| 2012 ! scope="row" | "Take It on Faith" | 11 | ||
| 2013 ! scope="row" | "Indio" | 7 | ||
| 2017 ! scope="row" | "Faint of Heart" | 14 | Once Upon a Hell of a Time | |
| 2018 ! scope="row" | "Perfectly Wasted" | 49 | ||
| 2019 ! scope="row" | "Let There Be Love" | 44 | Non-album single | |
| 2020 ! scope="row" | "Dan n' Shaniqua" | — | Dog City | |
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