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.

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Bubaiskull	I Remember Drinking	Kitten	01:47
Compilation	Jale - Twisted	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:23
Jellyfishbabies	Diamond Joe	ST	04:18
Super Friendz	Evening Sun	Slide Show	03:11
Super Friendz	Better Call	Mock Up, Scale Down	02:32
Jale	Wash My Hands	Closed (EP)	03:55
Jale	Promise (Jimmybeam magestic version)	Dreamcake	04:34
Sloan	Marcus Said	Smeared	04:31
Thrush Hermit	Cookie	Ammo (EP)	03:06
Bubaiskull	Nothing	Kitten	03:19
Bucket Truck	Captain Fantastic	Mr. Hero	02:14
Sloan	A Side Wins	One Chord to Another	03:11
Jale	Jesus Loves Me	Closed (EP)	03:42
Jale	Tumble	So Wound	03:06
Jale	Brother (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:44
Thrush Hermit	Great Pacific Ocean (Reprise)	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	05:09
Compilation	Hardship Post - Rock is My Life	Trim Crusts if Desired	04:41
Compilation	Deep Woods - The House	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:56
Super Friendz	Ladies Man in Exile	Compilation Tracks	03:41
Super Friendz	The World's Most Embarassing Moment	Slide Show	05:31
Jellyfishbabies	Mile of Glass	ST	04:59
Compilation	ChucksWagon - Chameleon	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:47
Sloan	Deeper Than Beauty	Twice Removed	02:41
Bubaiskull	Like a Pig	Kitten	03:57
Jale	Drag	So Wound	02:28
Basic English	Justice	Sweet Panic!	05:05
Basic English	Avalanche	Emanations	04:02
Basic English	Things Are Done	Emanations	03:52
Jale	To be Your Friend	Dreamcake	02:30
Bucket Truck	Top of the World	Mr. Hero	05:02
Sloan	Amped (Previously Unreleased)	Underwhelmed (promo)	03:06
Thrush Hermit	From the back of the Film	Clayton Park	02:04
Compilation	Thrush Hermit - Pink is the Colour	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:47
Thrush Hermit	Seven Years of Bad Luck and Bad Timing (unavailable on album)	Rock and Roll Detective (EP)	02:16
Eric's Trip	I Exist	The Road South	07:43
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	Two Songs	Slide Show	04:18
Sloan	Stove - Smother	Stove/ Smother (split with Eric's Trip)	04:32
Sloan	Penpals	Twice Removed	03:08
Jale	Again (Komoda Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:18
Thrush Hermit	Marya	Marya b/w Simple Universal Leader/ Cott	04:50
Super Friendz	Forever a Day	Slide Show	02:56
Sloan	Lemonzinger	Smeared	04:11
Compilation	Roland Blinn & The Fishermen - Flamingoes My Love	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:14
Jale	Again (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:25
Super Friendz	Prattle On	Slide Show	03:26
Thrush Hermit	All Dressed Up	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:15
Compilation	Bubaiskull - Eel Monkey	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:24
Super Friendz	Rescue Us from Boredom	Sticktoitiveness 2	04:08
Thrush Hermit	Great Pacific Ocean	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	05:23
Basic English	Have it Your Way	Emanations	03:51
Thrush Hermit	Snubbed	Sweet Homewrecker	03:36
Compilation	Strawberry - Buried Treasure	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:57
Jale	Again	Dreamcake	03:21
Bubaiskull	Snake Oil	Drive By Suicide (EP)	02:50
Bucket Truck	Kyle's Day Out	Mr. Hero	02:32
Thrush Hermit	I'm Sorry If Your Heart Has No More Room	Sweet Homewrecker	03:03
Sloan	Underwhelmed	Smeared	04:45
Compilation	The Lone Stars - Dying Town	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:43
Super Friendz	Good to Go	Compilation Tracks	03:21
Super Friendz	Come Clean	Mock Up, Scale Down	02:38
Jellyfishbabies	Alba	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:16
Compilation	The Gluetones - 29	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:07
Thrush Hermit	Patriot	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	03:12
Bucket Truck	Racecars & Burgers	Mr. Hero	05:58
Thrush Hermit	You got an Answer	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:19
Thrush Hermit	Noosed and Haloed Swear Words	Sweet Homewrecker	03:32
Sloan	Raspberry	Smeared	04:01
Bubaiskull	Floss Birds	Kitten	02:39
Thrush Hermit	Darling Don't Worry	Sweet Homewrecker	02:16
Basic English	Birds Fly By	Sweet Panic!	03:36
Sloan	Two Seater	Smeared	03:05
Compilation	Sloan - Ragdoll	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	05:09
Compilation	Black Pool - What Are You Saying?	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:24
Jale	Long Way Home	Closed (EP)	02:30
Thrush Hermit	This One's Mine	Nobody Famous	02:19
Super Friendz	Dear Old Ireland	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:12
Jellyfishbabies	Blue Eyes	ST	02:43
Compilation	PlumTree - Dog Gone Crazy	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:46
Wankin Family	We Are The Wankin Family	We Did It For the Kids	01:52
Thrush Hermit	We Are Being Reduced	Clayton Park	06:17
Thrush Hermit	25 All Right	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	01:35
Jale	Over You	So Wound	02:13
Bubaiskull	Ted Bundy	Kitten	02:12
Super Friendz	10 lbs.	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:41
Compilation	Thrush Hermit - You Are Gone	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:02
Sloan	Snowsuit Sound	Twice Removed	03:48
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:18
Super Friendz	When They Paid Me	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:37
Sloan	Take the Bench	One Chord to Another	03:50
Bucket Truck	Magically Delicious	Mr. Hero	03:03
Jale	The Unseen Guest	Dreamcake	02:29
Compilation	North End Fender Benders - She's Gone	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:45
100 Flowers	Rusty's Rag	Places We Sit	03:15
Basic English	Outside the Law	Emanations	03:55
Super Friendz	Mountaineer	Compilation Tracks	02:50
Super Friendz	Star in One	Slide Show	03:54
Sloan	The Good in Everyone	One Chord to Another	02:17
Super Friendz	Everything Writes Itself	Slide Show	02:49
100 Flowers	21st Guessing (Remix)	Places We Sit	04:25

The Halifax Explosion

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Thrush Hermit - Clayton Park

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Thrush Hermit - French Inhale

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Jellyfishbabies - ST

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Jale - Closed (EP)

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Basic English - Sweet Panic!

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Thrush Hermit - The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)

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Jellyfishbabies - The Unkind Truth About Rome

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Bucket Truck - Mr. Hero

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Jale - Closed (EP)

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Wankin Family - We Did It For the Kids

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Super Friendz - Sticktoitiveness 2

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Jale - So Wound

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Compilation - Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986

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

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Super Friendz - Compilation Tracks

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Thrush Hermit - Ammo (EP)

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Thrush Hermit - Nobody Famous

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Super Friendz - Mock Up, Scale Down

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Super Friendz - Slide Show

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Thrush Hermit - John Boomer

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Thrush Hermit - Giddy With The Drugs b/w The Ugly Details

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100 Flowers - Places We Sit

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Sloan - Smeared

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Super Friendz - Play the Game, Not Games

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Thrush Hermit - Sweet Homewrecker

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

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Sloan - One Chord to Another

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Thrush Hermit - Marya b/w Simple Universal Leader/ Cott

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Thrush Hermit - Rock and Roll Detective (EP)

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

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