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
Basic English	I Can Hear You Laughing	Emanations	03:26
Super Friendz	Mountaineer	Compilation Tracks	02:50
Bubaiskull	Diamondback	Insex (EP) (1st press)	02:34
Jale	Mosquito	So Wound	02:45
Sloan	Shame Shame	Twice Removed	03:04
Super Friendz	Kiss the Land	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:20
100 Flowers	Rusty's Rag	Places We Sit	03:15
Super Friendz	When They Paid Me	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:37
Jellyfishbabies	Greycoat Orchestra	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:51
Thrush Hermit	Simple Universal Leader	John Boomer	02:50
Basic English	Sentimental Highway	Sweet Panic!	06:04
Thrush Hermit	Violent Dreams	Clayton Park	07:07
Jale	Not Happy	Dreamcake	02:54
Super Friendz	Rescue Us From Boredom	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:08
Super Friendz	Everything Writes Itself	Slide Show	02:49
Super Friendz	Rescue Us from Boredom	Play the Game, Not Games	04:45
Compilation	Bubaiskull - Eel Monkey	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:24
Sloan	Same Old Flame	Stood Up b/w Same Old Flame (picture sleeve)	03:38
Jale	Superstar	So Wound	06:03
Thrush Hermit	Picturesque	Nobody Famous	03:24
Jale	River	Dreamcake	03:28
Jale	Double Edge	Closed (EP)	02:47
Sloan	400 Metres	One Chord to Another	04:31
Sloan	Sugartune	Smeared	03:33
Thrush Hermit	Every Morning I Reread the Postcard	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	01:58
Compilation	Tall Poppies - Fall Well	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:46
Compilation	Quahogs - Back to the Nun	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:39
Thrush Hermit	Western Dreamz	Clayton Park	05:24
Compilation	Aimless - Smile	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:31
Basic English	The Man With the Other Name	Emanations	04:13
Jale	3 Days	Dreamcake	03:26
Sloan	I am the Cancer	Smeared	03:41
Sloan	Underwhelmed (LP Version)	Underwhelmed (promo)	04:46
Super Friendz	Machine Green	Play the Game, Not Games	02:17
Compilation	Dogfood - Let it Go	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:58
Sloan	Nothing Left to Make Me Want to Stay	One Chord to Another	02:35
Bucket Truck	Top of the World	Mr. Hero	05:02
Bubaiskull	Eelmonkey	Insex (EP) (1st press)	03:27
Jale	Despite	So Wound	01:41
100 Flowers	Down Side Up (Lloyd's Remix)	Places We Sit	03:55
Super Friendz	One Day	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:21
Thrush Hermit	Patriot	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	03:12
Super Friendz	10 lbs.	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:41
Compilation	Hardship Post - Won't You Come Home	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:00
Wankin Family	Local Youths (Gassenhauer)	We Did It For the Kids	02:06
Thrush Hermit	Cookie	Ammo (EP)	03:06
Jellyfishbabies	Berlin is Just a Dream Away	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:28
Thrush Hermit	Hated It	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:50
Compilation	Phil Sedore - Rainbow Thieves	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:44
Bucket Truck	Hidden Three	Mr. Hero	00:06
Jale	Nebulons	Dreamcake	02:53
Compilation	Cool Blue Halo - Some Other World	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:47
Bucket Truck	Rocket Mobile	Mr. Hero	04:39
Jale	I Lied	Aunt Betty (EP) (1st press)	02:45
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: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:20
Sloan	Amped (Previously Unreleased)	Underwhelmed (promo)	03:06
Eric's Trip	Smoke	The Road South	03:07
Jale	Love Letter	Dreamcake	03:21
Basic English	I Won't be Leaving	Emanations	02:58
Jale	Nine Years now	Closed (EP)	03:03
Compilation	Sloan - Ragdoll	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	05:09
Thrush Hermit	Noosed and Haloed Swear Words	Sweet Homewrecker	03:32
Sloan	Before I Do	Twice Removed	07:05
Thrush Hermit	Simple Universal Leader	Marya b/w Simple Universal Leader/ Cott	02:50
Compilation	Four The Moment - Africville	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:02
Bucket Truck	Magically Delicious	Mr. Hero	03:03
Thrush Hermit	Strange to be Involved	Sweet Homewrecker	02:50
Sloan	Two Seater	Smeared	03:05
Wankin Family	Suck Your Life Away	We Did It For the Kids	01:48
Sloan	Take It In	Smeared	03:58
Sloan	Underwhelmed	Smeared	04:45
Sloan	Deeper Than Beauty	Twice Removed	02:41
Basic English	Images of Love	Sweet Panic!	04:39
Jale	All Ready	So Wound	02:15
Wankin Family	We Do it for the Kids	We Did It For the Kids	01:27
Super Friendz	Fireflies	Sticktoitiveness 2	02:50
Jale	Twisted (Komoda Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	02:51
Basic English	Lost in the Shadows	Sweet Panic!	04:16
Thrush Hermit	Headin' South	Clayton Park	05:53
Jellyfishbabies	The Erlking	The Unkind Truth About Rome	04:08
Sloan	Take the Bench	One Chord to Another	03:50
Bucket Truck	Hidden Two	Mr. Hero	00:06
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Jale	Sign Of Life	So Wound	03:42
Sloan	500 Up	Smeared	04:20
Super Friendz	Absurd Without It	Slide Show	01:59
Bucket Truck	Kyle's Day Out	Mr. Hero	02:32
Sloan	People of the Sky	Twice Removed	03:37
Super Friendz	Undertow	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:05
Jale	Nine Years now	Closed (EP)	03:03
Jale	Jesus Loves Me	Closed (EP)	03:42
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
Compilation	The Lonestars - Dying Town	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:41
Compilation	Deep Woods - The House	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:56
Basic English	Almost Handsome	Emanations	04:28
Thrush Hermit	Oh Man What to Do	Clayton Park	04:02
Bubaiskull	Dog Head	Drive By Suicide (EP)	02:53
Eric's Trip	I Exist	The Road South	07:43
Jale	To be Your Friend	Dreamcake	02:30

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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