The Halifax Explosion

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.
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Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

Contrary to popular belief, Lorem Ipsum is not simply random text. It has roots in a piece of classical Latin literature from 45 BC, making it over 2000 years old. Richard McClintock, a Latin professor at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, looked up one of the more obscure Latin words, consectetur, from a Lorem Ipsum passage, and going through the cites of the word in classical literature, discovered the undoubtable source. Lorem Ipsum comes from sections 1.10.32 and 1.10.33 of "de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum" (The Extremes of Good and Evil) by Cicero, written in 45 BC. This book is a treatise on the theory of ethics, very popular during the Renaissance. The first line of Lorem Ipsum, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet..", comes from a line in section 1.10.32.

Tracks

Artist Track Title
Wankin Family I Left My Heart in Iran (Forgotten Rebels) We Did It For the Kids
Sloan I am the Cancer Smeared
Bubaiskull Joy Drive By Suicide (EP)
Thrush Hermit Marya John Boomer
Basic English Don't Kill Your Friends Emanations
Sloan Anyone Who's Anyone One Chord to Another
Sloan I Can Feel It Twice Removed
Sloan 500 Up Smeared
Basic English Outside the Law Sweet Panic!
Compilation Thrush Hermit - Pink is the Colour Trim Crusts if Desired
Wankin Family Local Youths (Gassenhauer) We Did It For the Kids
100 Flowers The Last Forgetting Places We Sit
Super Friendz Fooled at First Slide Show
Jale Storm So Wound
Sloan Take It In Smeared
Sloan G Turns to D One Chord to Another
Sloan Take the Bench One Chord to Another
Super Friendz Fireflies Mock Up, Scale Down
Compilation Jale - Twisted Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance
Compilation Quahogs - Back to the Nun Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance
Thrush Hermit Songs for the Gang Clayton Park
Compilation Weasel Faced Judge - Veal Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance
Thrush Hermit North Dakota Sweet Homewrecker
Basic English Have it Your Way Emanations
Thrush Hermit Patriot The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)
Compilation Mark Wellner - Who's That Jerk She's With Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986
Sloan I Hate My Generation Twice Removed
Super Friendz Sorry - The Super Friendz Theme Play the Game, Not Games
Jellyfishbabies Never Really Knew ST
Jale Twisted (Komoda Mix) Brave New Waves Session
Basic English The Man With the Other Name Emanations
Sloan People of the Sky Twice Removed
Compilation Bubaiskull - Eel Monkey Trim Crusts if Desired
Thrush Hermit 1991 (unavailable on album) Rock and Roll Detective (EP)
Compilation Jale - Brother Trim Crusts if Desired
Wankin Family Imaginary Lines We Did It For the Kids
Wankin Family Suck Your Life Away We Did It For the Kids
Jellyfishbabies Blue Eyes ST
Thrush Hermit From the back of the Film Clayton Park
Super Friendz Evening Sun Slide Show
Eric's Trip The Road South The Road South
Thrush Hermit Headin' South Clayton Park
Basic English Birds Fly By Sweet Panic!
Sloan Median Strip Smeared
Super Friendz Good to Go Compilation Tracks
Super Friendz Blue Tattoo Compilation Tracks
Bubaiskull Like a Pig Kitten
Basic English Outside the Law Emanations
Thrush Hermit Violent Dreams Clayton Park
Sloan Sleepover (Previously Unreleased) Underwhelmed (promo)
Sloan Can't Face Up One Chord to Another
Super Friendz Up and Running Up and Running
Thrush Hermit You got an Answer Smart Bomb (EP)
Bucket Truck Speed Freak Show Mr. Hero
Compilation The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986
Thrush Hermit Hated It Smart Bomb (EP)
Thrush Hermit Cookie Ammo (EP)
Jale Again Dreamcake
Bubaiskull Diamondback Insex (EP) (1st press)
Super Friendz Dear Old Ireland Mock Up, Scale Down
Jellyfishbabies Messiah ST
Wankin Family Anarchy in Whycocomagh We Did It For the Kids
Bucket Truck Page Thirteen Mr. Hero
100 Flowers Puzzles Places We Sit
Compilation Aimless - Smile Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance
Compilation The October Game - Grind Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986
Bubaiskull Eelmonkey Insex (EP) (1st press)
Sloan Underwhelmed Smeared
Sloan Shame Shame Twice Removed
Compilation Roland Blinn & The Fishermen - Flamingoes My Love Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986
Thrush Hermit Oh My Soul! Clayton Park
Jale The Unseen Guest Dreamcake
Thrush Hermit Claim to Lame The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)
Jellyfishbabies Berlin is Just a Dream Away The Unkind Truth About Rome
Thrush Hermit Airplane John Boomer
100 Flowers Yo! Fruit Ears Places We Sit
Thrush Hermit Quartermark John Boomer
Basic English Don't Have to Dance Sweet Panic!
Basic English Last Mile Sweet Panic!
Sloan Everything You've Done Wrong One Chord to Another
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling) Sea Cruise Blues Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues
100 Flowers Beachcombers Theme Places We Sit
Jale Jesus Loves Me Closed (EP)
Thrush Hermit Darling Don't Worry Sweet Homewrecker
Super Friendz Slow Motion Blues Slide Show
Basic English The Bottom Step Emanations
Super Friendz Optimists Sticktoitiveness 2
Bucket Truck The Fight Song Mr. Hero
Thrush Hermit Uneventful Clayton Park
100 Flowers Rusty's Rag Places We Sit
Compilation Leonard Conan - Frightened of... Trim Crusts if Desired
Sloan What's There to Decide? Smeared
Compilation Black Pool - What Are You Saying? Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance
Eric's Trip I Exist The Road South
Compilation North End Fender Benders - She's Gone Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance
Jale Jesus Loves Me Closed (EP)
Jale Nebulons Dreamcake
Basic English Images of Love Emanations
Compilation False Security - Vietnam Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986
Super Friendz Prattle On Slide Show

100 Flowers

The Road South

Basic English - Emanations INSIDE

Basic English - Emanations

Basic English - Emanations

Emanations

Sweet Panic!

Basic English

Super Friendz

Up and Running

Compilation Tracks

Play the Game, Not Games

Slide Show

Mock Up, Scale Down

Sticktoitiveness 2

Super Friendz (8)

Super Friendz (6)

Super Friendz (5)

Super Friendz (4)

Super Friendz (3)

Super Friendz (2)

Super Friendz (1)

BANNER HALIFAX EXPLOSION (1)

Basic English FOR MOCM

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