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
Compilation	The Killer Klamz - The Boviner's Song	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:32
Compilation	Karma Wolves - Break the Silence	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	02:15
Jale	Drag	So Wound	02:28
Compilation	Thrush Hermit - Pink is the Colour	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:47
Compilation	Jeremy Robinson - Get Out Of Jail	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:24
Thrush Hermit	Claim to Lame	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	03:04
Compilation	Les Gluetones - Reincarnated	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:31
Jale	Emma (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	02:35
Bubaiskull	Dog Head	Drive By Suicide (EP)	02:53
Basic English	Last Mile	Sweet Panic!	03:02
Thrush Hermit	The Ugly Details	Giddy With The Drugs b/w The Ugly Details	02:55
Sloan	The Good in Everyone	One Chord to Another	02:17
Jale	Twisted	Aunt Betty (EP) (1st press)	03:22
Super Friendz	Stop-Start	Slide Show	03:24
Sloan	Nothing Left to Make Me Want to Stay	One Chord to Another	02:35
Sloan	Everything You've Done Wrong	One Chord to Another	03:29
Thrush Hermit	Songs for the Gang	Clayton Park	03:07
Bubaiskull	Floss Birds	Kitten	02:39
Bucket Truck	Hidden Two	Mr. Hero	00:06
Super Friendz	Fireflies	Sticktoitiveness 2	02:50
Jellyfishbabies	Greycoat Orchestra	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:51
Thrush Hermit	Rosebody	Ammo (EP)	02:47
Sloan	Take the Bench	One Chord to Another	03:50
Jale	Brother (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:44
Thrush Hermit	Headin' South	Clayton Park	05:53
Compilation	Adrenalin - Origin of Disorder	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:01
Bucket Truck	Page Thirteen	Mr. Hero	04:00
Thrush Hermit	At My Expense	Sweet Homewrecker	02:57
Compilation	Donner Party Reunion - Omniverous Society	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:18
Compilation	Skreech - Theme Song	Trim Crusts if Desired	01:54
Thrush Hermit	Violent Dreams	Clayton Park	07:07
Basic English	Sentimental Highway	Sweet Panic!	06:04
Jale	Double Edge	Closed (EP)	02:47
Sloan	I am the Cancer	Smeared	03:41
Sloan	Snowsuit Sound	Twice Removed	03:48
Jellyfishbabies	Never Really Knew	ST	02:41
Super Friendz	Restricted	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:17
Compilation	Quahogs - Back to the Nun	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:39
Sloan	What's There to Decide? (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:22
Thrush Hermit	Cott	Marya b/w Simple Universal Leader/ Cott	01:56
Thrush Hermit	Puerto Rico	Sweet Homewrecker	03:34
Compilation	Jale - Brother	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:45
Bucket Truck	Top of the World	Mr. Hero	05:02
Thrush Hermit	French Inhale	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:10
Bubaiskull	Wickerman	Insex (EP) (1st press)	01:26
Compilation	The October Game - Grind	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:42
Super Friendz	Up and Running	Up and Running	03:28
Bucket Truck	Speed Freak Show	Mr. Hero	03:30
Jale	Over You	So Wound	02:13
Thrush Hermit	Skip the Life	Sweet Homewrecker	03:24
Eric's Trip	The Road South	The Road South	02:28
Super Friendz	Slow Motion Blues	Slide Show	04:08
Thrush Hermit	We Are Being Reduced	Clayton Park	06:17
Jellyfishbabies	The Erlking	The Unkind Truth About Rome	04:08
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:20
Compilation	Phil Sedore - Rainbow Thieves	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:44
Bubaiskull	Snake Oil	Drive By Suicide (EP)	02:50
Bubaiskull	Ted Bundy	Kitten	02:12
Basic English	Images of Love	Sweet Panic!	04:39
Thrush Hermit	Great Pacific Ocean (Reprise)	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	05:09
Wankin Family	T.O.	We Did It For the Kids	01:08
100 Flowers	Rusty's Rag	Places We Sit	03:15
Basic English	Images of Love	Emanations	04:34
Super Friendz	Kiss the Land	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:20
Super Friendz	Two Songs	Slide Show	04:18
Super Friendz	Up and Running	Slide Show	03:28
Compilation	Phollop Willing, P.A. - Mad About You	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	02:38
Jellyfishbabies	Wild Cows	The Unkind Truth About Rome	02:33
Jale	Long Way Home	Closed (EP)	02:30
Super Friendz	No Good Reason	Slide Show	02:17
Compilation	Bubaiskull - Like a Pig	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:39
Jale	Emma	Dreamcake	02:41
Super Friendz	Undertow	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:05
Sloan	Same Old Flame	Stood Up b/w Same Old Flame (picture sleeve)	03:38
Jale	Ali	So Wound	03:12
Sloan	Two Seater	Smeared	03:05
Sloan	Before I Do	Twice Removed	07:05
Jale	To be Your Friend	Dreamcake	02:30
Sloan	The Lines You Amend	One Chord to Another	02:32
Thrush Hermit	Radio Blaster	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:11
Jale	Twisted (Komoda Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	02:51
Sloan	Sugartune	Smeared	03:33
Jellyfishbabies	Girl in the Window	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:03
Compilation	Eric's Trip - Laying Blame	Trim Crusts if Desired	04:40
Compilation	Tall Poppies - Fall Well	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:46
Wankin Family	Nobody Can Stop Us	We Did It For the Kids	01:28
Thrush Hermit	Uneventful	Clayton Park	06:11
Sloan	Deeper Than Beauty	Twice Removed	02:41
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:18
Sloan	400 Metres	One Chord to Another	04:31
Sloan	Lemonzinger	Smeared	04:11
Sloan	Sleepover (Previously Unreleased)	Underwhelmed (promo)	07:50
Thrush Hermit	This One's Mine	Nobody Famous	02:19
Thrush Hermit	Darling Don't Worry	Sweet Homewrecker	02:16
Super Friendz	Come Clean	Mock Up, Scale Down	02:38
Bucket Truck	Dynamo	Mr. Hero	04:13
Compilation	October Game - Grind	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:41
Super Friendz	Rescue Us from Boredom	Play the Game, Not Games	04:45
Sloan	Worried Now	Twice Removed	02:40
Jellyfishbabies	The Gibbet Song	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:59

The Halifax Explosion

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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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Jale - Dreamcake

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Compilation - Trim Crusts if Desired

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Wankin Family - We Did It For the Kids

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Bucket Truck - Mr. Hero

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100 Flowers - Places We Sit

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Thrush Hermit - Clayton Park

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