The Halifax Explosion

This playlist was started Dec 23, 2025 and is in progress....In the late 80's and early 1990s, a loose network of bands, venues, and independent labels centered in Halifax, Nova Scotia began drawing national attention. While rarely labeled as a “scene” by its participants at the time, the cluster would later be widely referred to as The Halifax Pop Explosion.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Sloan	Stove - Smother	Stove/ Smother (split with Eric's Trip)	04:32
Sloan	500 Up	Smeared	04:20
Thrush Hermit	Every Morning I Reread the Postcard	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	01:58
Compilation	Bubaiskull - Like a Pig	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:39
Thrush Hermit	Skip the Life	Sweet Homewrecker	03:24
100 Flowers	At Your Expense	Places We Sit	04:12
Compilation	Roland Blinn & The Fishermen - Flamingoes My Love	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:14
Thrush Hermit	Cookie	Ammo (EP)	03:06
Super Friendz	No Good Reason	Slide Show	02:17
Sloan	Penpals	Twice Removed	03:08
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Compilation	Thrush Hermit - Pink is the Colour	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:47
Compilation	Cheese Ranch - Waldo's Ashes	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	05:13
Super Friendz	Ditched	Sticktoitiveness 2	03:00
Jale	I Lied	Aunt Betty (EP) (1st press)	02:45
Jale	Long Way Home	Closed (EP)	02:30
Bucket Truck	Hidden Two	Mr. Hero	00:06
Thrush Hermit	Pink is the Colour	Ammo (EP)	03:47
Wankin Family	Nobody Can Stop Us	We Did It For the Kids	01:28
100 Flowers	Drop a Line	Places We Sit	05:12
Sloan	Sugartune	Smeared	03:33
Bucket Truck	Racecars & Burgers	Mr. Hero	05:58
Sloan	Worried Now	Twice Removed	02:40
Compilation	Laura Smith - Clean Up Your Own Backyard	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:08
Jale	Drag	So Wound	02:28
Thrush Hermit	Giddy With The Drugs	Giddy With The Drugs b/w The Ugly Details	02:48
Sloan	People of the Sky	Twice Removed	03:37
Sloan	Lemonzinger	Smeared	04:11
Thrush Hermit	North Dakota	Sweet Homewrecker	03:48
Thrush Hermit	Violent Dreams	Clayton Park	07:07
Super Friendz	Mountaineer	Compilation Tracks	02:50
Sloan	A Side Wins	One Chord to Another	03:11
Compilation	Dogfood - Let it Go	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:58
Jellyfishbabies	Blue Eyes	ST	02:43
Basic English	Have it Your Way	Emanations	03:51
Super Friendz	Kiss the Land	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:20
Thrush Hermit	Airplane	John Boomer	03:35
Bucket Truck	Speed Freak Show	Mr. Hero	03:30
Bucket Truck	Page Thirteen	Mr. Hero	04:00
Sloan	Take the Bench	One Chord to Another	03:50
Jale	Nine Years now	Closed (EP)	03:03
Compilation	Too Many Daves - 1906	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:57
Thrush Hermit	Rosebody	John Boomer	02:47
Jellyfishbabies	Never Really Knew	ST	02:41
Thrush Hermit	Noosed and Haloed Swear Words	Sweet Homewrecker	03:32
Sloan	Stood Up	Stood Up b/w Same Old Flame (picture sleeve)	03:59
Jellyfishbabies	Can it Be	ST	03:51
Sloan	Median Strip	Smeared	03:35
Super Friendz	Fireflies	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:09
Sloan	Shame Shame	Twice Removed	03:04
Thrush Hermit	The Day We Hit the Coast	Clayton Park	06:32
Super Friendz	When They Paid Me	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:37
Compilation	Hardship Post - Won't You Come Home	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:00
Jellyfishbabies	Rainy Day	ST	03:02
Basic English	Highlanders 48	Sweet Panic!	05:11
Thrush Hermit	Pink is the Colour	Smart Bomb (EP)	04:24
Jale	Nebulons	Dreamcake	02:53
100 Flowers	Mr. Empty Man	Places We Sit	04:14
Super Friendz	Prattle On	Slide Show	03:26
Bucket Truck	The Fight Song	Mr. Hero	03:39
Super Friendz	Citizens Banned	Slide Show	04:47
Compilation	Leonard Conan - Frightened of...	Trim Crusts if Desired	02:51
Sloan	I Can Feel It	Twice Removed	03:29
Thrush Hermit	Cott	John Boomer	01:56
Basic English	Images of Love	Emanations	04:34
Thrush Hermit	Songs for the Gang	Clayton Park	03:07
Compilation	Quahogs - Back to the Nun	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:39
Super Friendz	Sorry - The Super Friendz Theme	Play the Game, Not Games	05:00
Thrush Hermit	Marya	Marya b/w Simple Universal Leader/ Cott	04:50
Basic English	The Bottom Step	Emanations	03:57
Compilation	The October Game - Grind	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:42
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:18
Jellyfishbabies	Famous Blue Raincoat (Leonard Cohen)	Here She Comes Now b/w Famous Blue Raincoat	05:31
Jale	Twisted (Komoda Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	02:51
Jale	River	Dreamcake	03:28
Jale	Nine Years now	Closed (EP)	03:03
Compilation	Karma Wolves - Break the Silence	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	02:15
Thrush Hermit	Western Dreamz	Clayton Park	05:24
Compilation	The Lone Stars - Dying Town	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:43
Super Friendz	Two Songs	Slide Show	04:18
Compilation	Phollop Willing, P.A. - Mad About You	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	02:38
Compilation	ChucksWagon - Chameleon	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:47
Thrush Hermit	Oh Man What to Do	Clayton Park	04:02
Super Friendz	Landing Light	Play the Game, Not Games	03:08
Super Friendz	Green Hand	Play the Game, Not Games	02:23
Super Friendz	Restricted	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:17
Compilation	Four The Moment - Africville	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:02
Compilation	Jellyfishbabies - Running Out of Time	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	04:10
Compilation	Leonard Conan - Leaving	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:22
Sloan	Underwhelmed	Smeared	04:45
Compilation	Salsa Picante - Acuyuye	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:15
100 Flowers	Rusty's Rag	Places We Sit	03:15
Compilation	Jale - Twisted	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:23
Compilation	I Want - Losing You	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:26
Sloan	Sleepover (Previously Unreleased)	Underwhelmed (promo)	07:50
Super Friendz	Better Call	Mock Up, Scale Down	02:32
Sloan	Deeper Than Beauty	Twice Removed	02:41
Jale	Promise (Jimmybeam magestic version)	Dreamcake	04:34
Thrush Hermit	This One's Mine	Nobody Famous	02:19
Eric's Trip	I Exist	The Road South	07:43

The Halifax Explosion

Tracks

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Sloan - One Chord to Another

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Sloan - Stood Up b/w Same Old Flame (picture sleeve)

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Sloan - Twice Removed

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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Sloan - Stove/ Smother (split with Eric's Trip)

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Sloan - Smeared

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Eric's Trip - The Road South

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Basic English - Emanations

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Basic English - Sweet Panic!

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Super Friendz - Compilation Tracks

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Super Friendz - Play the Game, Not Games

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Super Friendz - Up and Running

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Super Friendz - Slide Show

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Super Friendz - Mock Up, Scale Down

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Super Friendz - Sticktoitiveness 2

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Jellyfishbabies - The Unkind Truth About Rome

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Jellyfishbabies - Here She Comes Now b/w Famous Blue Raincoat

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Jellyfishbabies - ST

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Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) - Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues

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Compilation - Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993

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Compilation - Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986

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Compilation - Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance

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Bubaiskull - Kitten

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Bubaiskull - Drive By Suicide (EP)

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Bubaiskull - Insex (EP) (1st press)

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Jale - Aunt Betty (EP) (1st press)

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Jale - Brave New Waves Session

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Jale - So Wound

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Jale - Closed (EP)

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Jale - Closed (EP)

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