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
Basic English	Almost Handsome	Emanations	04:28
Compilation	Leonard Conan - Frightened of...	Trim Crusts if Desired	02:51
Basic English	Images of Love	Sweet Panic!	04:39
Jale	Long Way Home	Closed (EP)	02:30
100 Flowers	At Your Expense	Places We Sit	04:12
Jale	I Lied	Aunt Betty (EP) (1st press)	02:45
Jellyfishbabies	63 Misery Avenue	The Unkind Truth About Rome	07:03
Compilation	Too Many Daves - 1906	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:57
Compilation	Laura Smith - Clean Up Your Own Backyard	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:08
Super Friendz	Absurd Without It	Slide Show	01:59
Thrush Hermit	Songs for the Gang	Clayton Park	03:07
Jellyfishbabies	Rainy Day	ST	03:02
Wankin Family	No Way to Live	We Did It For the Kids	01:48
Jale	Hey Hey	So Wound	02:03
Sloan	Sugartune	Smeared	03:33
Thrush Hermit	Heart Wrenching Man	Sweet Homewrecker	02:43
Thrush Hermit	French Inhale	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:10
Compilation	The October Game - Grind	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:42
Super Friendz	Landing Light	Play the Game, Not Games	03:08
Jale	Twisted (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	02:52
Sloan	Take It In	Smeared	03:58
Super Friendz	The World's Most Embarassing Moment	Slide Show	05:31
Thrush Hermit	This Week	Sweet Homewrecker	03:14
Super Friendz	Dear Old Ireland	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:12
Super Friendz	Undertow	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:05
Compilation	Donner Party Reunion - Omniverous Society	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:18
Compilation	Dogfood - Let it Go	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:58
Super Friendz	Boots	Sticktoitiveness 2	03:42
Compilation	Jellyfishbabies - Running Out of Time	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	04:10
Basic English	Birds Fly By	Sweet Panic!	03:36
Jellyfishbabies	Berlin is Just a Dream Away	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:28
Compilation	I Want - Losing You	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:26
Super Friendz	Good to Go	Compilation Tracks	03:21
Thrush Hermit	Giddy With The Drugs	Giddy With The Drugs b/w The Ugly Details	02:48
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:20
Super Friendz	Everything Writes Itself	Slide Show	02:49
Thrush Hermit	Simple Universal Leader	Marya b/w Simple Universal Leader/ Cott	02:50
Thrush Hermit	From the back of the Film	Clayton Park	02:04
Bubaiskull	The Hum	Drive By Suicide (EP)	04:10
Jellyfishbabies	The Unkind Truth About Rome	The Unkind Truth About Rome	02:54
Compilation	Cool Blue Halo - Some Other World	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:47
Super Friendz	Optimists	Sticktoitiveness 2	02:16
Thrush Hermit	Noosed and Haloed Swear Words	Sweet Homewrecker	03:32
Cleveland Steamer	Matthew	Burnt Toast b/w Matthew (denim sleeve)	03:22
Thrush Hermit	On the Sneak	Sweet Homewrecker	02:47
Basic English	Last Mile	Sweet Panic!	03:02
Super Friendz	Slow Motion Blues	Slide Show	04:08
100 Flowers	Rusty's Rag	Places We Sit	03:15
Thrush Hermit	Great Pacific Ocean (Reprise)	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	05:09
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Orphan Baby	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	04:42
Bucket Truck	Page Thirteen	Mr. Hero	04:00
Jellyfishbabies	Certain Memories	ST	02:46
Sloan	Deeper Than Beauty	Twice Removed	02:41
Super Friendz	Half-Mast	Play the Game, Not Games	02:03
Thrush Hermit	Oh My Soul!	Clayton Park	04:17
Wankin Family	Local Youths (Gassenhauer)	We Did It For the Kids	02:06
Thrush Hermit	Without You?	Sweet Homewrecker	02:04
Compilation	Quahogs - Them	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:19
Compilation	Quahogs - Back to the Nun	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:39
Compilation	Jale - Brother	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:45
Thrush Hermit	Uneventful	Clayton Park	06:11
Sloan	500 Up	Smeared	04:20
Jellyfishbabies	The Erlking	The Unkind Truth About Rome	04:08
Thrush Hermit	At My Expense	Sweet Homewrecker	02:57
Sloan	Before I Do	Twice Removed	07:05
Super Friendz	Star in One	Slide Show	03:54
Thrush Hermit	1991 (unavailable on album)	Rock and Roll Detective (EP)	02:28
Sloan	I Can Feel It	Twice Removed	03:29
Super Friendz	Stop-Start	Slide Show	03:24
Thrush Hermit	Oh Man What to Do	Clayton Park	04:02
Sloan	A Side Wins	One Chord to Another	03:11
Cleveland Steamer	Burnt Toast	Burnt Toast b/w Matthew (denim sleeve)	02:59
Basic English	Love Don't Wait	Sweet Panic!	04:33
Thrush Hermit	The Day We Hit the Coast	Clayton Park	06:32
Jale	Brother (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:44
Thrush Hermit	We Are Being Reduced	Clayton Park	06:17
Compilation	The Gluetones - 29	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:07
Super Friendz	Karate Man	Sticktoitiveness 2	03:12
100 Flowers	Down Side Up (Lloyd's Remix)	Places We Sit	03:55
Bubaiskull	Floss Birds	Kitten	02:39
Super Friendz	Karate Man	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:04
Sloan	Can't Face Up	One Chord to Another	03:53
Super Friendz	Better Call	Mock Up, Scale Down	02:32
Compilation	Too Many Daves - Motorcycle Song	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:13
Compilation	Sloan - Ragdoll	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	05:09
Jellyfishbabies	Abbott	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:17
Compilation	Leonard Conan - Leaving	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:22
Super Friendz	Forever a Day	Slide Show	02:56
Compilation	Hardship Post - Rock is My Life	Trim Crusts if Desired	04:41
Compilation	Les Gluetones - Reincarnated	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:31
Jale	Sign Of Life	So Wound	03:42
Sloan	I Hate My Generation	Twice Removed	02:26
Jale	Not Happy	Dreamcake	02:54
Basic English	Highlanders 48	Sweet Panic!	05:11
Compilation	Donner Party Reunion - Tools	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	02:18
Thrush Hermit	I'm Sorry If Your Heart Has No More Room	Sweet Homewrecker	03:03
Compilation	Strawberry - Buried Treasure	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:57
Bucket Truck	Hidden Three	Mr. Hero	00:06
Jale	Promise (Jimmybeam magestic version)	Dreamcake	04:34
Sloan	Penpals	Twice Removed	03:08

The Halifax Explosion

Tracks

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Sloan - One Chord to Another

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Sloan - Stood Up b/w Same Old Flame (picture sleeve)

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Sloan - Twice Removed

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Sloan - Underwhelmed (promo)

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Sloan - Stove/ Smother (split with Eric's Trip)

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Sloan - Smeared

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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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