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
Sloan	I Hate My Generation	Twice Removed	02:26
Sloan	I am the Cancer	Smeared	03:41
Jale	The Unseen Guest	Dreamcake	02:29
Sloan	Anyone Who's Anyone	One Chord to Another	02:48
Basic English	Outside the Law	Sweet Panic!	04:38
Bucket Truck	The Fight Song	Mr. Hero	03:39
Super Friendz	Absurd Without It	Slide Show	01:59
Thrush Hermit	We Are Being Reduced	Clayton Park	06:17
Thrush Hermit	Picturesque	Nobody Famous	03:24
Jale	Sweetness	Aunt Betty (EP) (1st press)	02:54
Jale	Blue	So Wound	03:01
Thrush Hermit	Hated It	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:50
Thrush Hermit	At My Expense	Sweet Homewrecker	02:57
Jale	Wash My Hands	Closed (EP)	03:55
Thrush Hermit	Darling Don't Worry	Sweet Homewrecker	02:16
Thrush Hermit	Glum Boy	French Inhale	04:38
Eric's Trip	I Exist	The Road South	07:43
Sloan	Median Strip	Smeared	03:35
Thrush Hermit	Seven Years of Bad Luck and Bad Timing (unavailable on album)	Rock and Roll Detective (EP)	02:16
Wankin Family	Local Youths (Gassenhauer)	We Did It For the Kids	02:06
Super Friendz	No Good Reason	Slide Show	02:17
Compilation	Hardship Post - Won't You Come Home	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:00
Super Friendz	Kiss the Land	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:20
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Compilation	Mark Wellner - Who's That Jerk She's With	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	01:52
Thrush Hermit	Noosed and Haloed Swear Words	Sweet Homewrecker	03:32
Compilation	Thrush Hermit - Pink is the Colour	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:47
Compilation	Aimless - Smile	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:31
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:20
Super Friendz	Forever a Day	Slide Show	02:56
Basic English	I Can't Wait	Emanations	04:13
Bubaiskull	Gun Shy	Insex (EP) (1st press)	02:36
Compilation	Ridge of Tears - Antigone	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	04:16
Super Friendz	Dear Old Ireland	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:12
Sloan	What's There to Decide? (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:22
Sloan	Bells On	Twice Removed	03:55
Eric's Trip	The Road South	The Road South	02:28
Sloan	Take the Bench	One Chord to Another	03:50
Compilation	Rebecca West - Sick (demo)	Trim Crusts if Desired	05:06
Jellyfishbabies	Certain Memories	ST	02:46
Compilation	Thrush Hermit - The Young and the Groomed	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:40
Super Friendz	Restricted	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:17
100 Flowers	Down Side Up (Lloyd's Remix)	Places We Sit	03:55
Bubaiskull	Floss Birds	Kitten	02:39
Compilation	Leonard Conan - Leaving	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:22
Jellyfishbabies	Never Really Knew	ST	02:41
Cleveland Steamer	Burnt Toast	Burnt Toast b/w Matthew (denim sleeve)	02:59
Compilation	Phil Sedore - Rainbow Thieves	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:44
Compilation	100 Flowers - Memory Lane	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:14
Jale	I Lied	Aunt Betty (EP) (1st press)	02:45
Wankin Family	Suck Your Life Away	We Did It For the Kids	01:48
Bubaiskull	Dog Head	Drive By Suicide (EP)	02:53
Super Friendz	Evening Sun	Slide Show	03:11
Compilation	Weasel Faced Judge - Veal	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	05:58
Thrush Hermit	Giddy With The Drugs	Giddy With The Drugs b/w The Ugly Details	02:48
Compilation	Deep Woods - The House	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:56
Sloan	Shame Shame	Twice Removed	03:04
Super Friendz	Undertow	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:05
Jale	Brother (Komoda Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:40
Basic English	Last Mile	Sweet Panic!	03:02
Super Friendz	Rescue Us From Boredom	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:08
Jellyfishbabies	Alba	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:16
Basic English	Lost in the Shadows	Sweet Panic!	04:16
Jale	Jesus Loves Me	Closed (EP)	03:42
Compilation	False Security - Vietnam	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:06
Sloan	Sugartune	Smeared	03:33
Jale	I'm Sorry	Dreamcake	02:15
Jale	Superstar	So Wound	06:03
Compilation	Salsa Picante - Acuyuye	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:15
Thrush Hermit	Snubbed	Sweet Homewrecker	03:36
Thrush Hermit	Violent Dreams	Clayton Park	07:07
Bucket Truck	Dynamo	Mr. Hero	04:13
Super Friendz	Machine Green	Play the Game, Not Games	02:17
Thrush Hermit	Airplane	John Boomer	03:35
Jale	Again	Dreamcake	03:21
Jellyfishbabies	Can it Be	ST	03:51
Compilation	Jale - Twisted	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:23
Super Friendz	Boots	Sticktoitiveness 2	03:42
Sloan	I Can Feel It	Twice Removed	03:29
Jellyfishbabies	Berlin is Just a Dream Away	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:28
Super Friendz	Citizens Banned	Slide Show	04:47
Super Friendz	Two Songs	Slide Show	04:18
Thrush Hermit	Pink is the Colour	Smart Bomb (EP)	04:24
Thrush Hermit	Every Morning I Reread the Postcard	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	01:58
Sloan	Marcus Said	Smeared	04:31
Jale	Again (Komoda Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:18
100 Flowers	Rusty's Rag	Places We Sit	03:15
Basic English	Don't Have to dance	Emanations	04:11
Bucket Truck	Hidden Two	Mr. Hero	00:06
Jale	Despite	So Wound	01:41
Sloan	Amped (Previously Unreleased)	Underwhelmed (promo)	03:06
Jellyfishbabies	The Gibbet Song	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:59
Thrush Hermit	Came and Went	Sweet Homewrecker	07:39
Sloan	Junior Panthers	One Chord to Another	02:38
Super Friendz	Optimists	Sticktoitiveness 2	02:16
Compilation	The Gluetones - 29	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:07
Jale	Again (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:25
Super Friendz	Everything Writes Itself	Slide Show	02:49
Basic English	I Won't be Leaving	Emanations	02:58
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:18

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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