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
Super Friendz	Boots	Play the Game, Not Games	03:14
100 Flowers	Drop a Line	Places We Sit	05:12
Super Friendz	Fireflies	Sticktoitiveness 2	02:50
Super Friendz	Half-Mast	Play the Game, Not Games	02:03
100 Flowers	Mr. Empty Man	Places We Sit	04:14
100 Flowers	Yo! Fruit Ears	Places We Sit	03:33
Compilation	Salsa Picante - Acuyuye	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:15
Compilation	The Gluetones - 29	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:07
Compilation	100 Flowers - Memory Lane	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:14
Jale	Despite	So Wound	01:41
Jellyfishbabies	Mile of Glass	ST	04:59
Bubaiskull	Ted Bundy	Kitten	02:12
Sloan	Left of Centre	Smeared	02:32
Eric's Trip	I Exist	The Road South	07:43
Thrush Hermit	Rosebody	Ammo (EP)	02:47
Thrush Hermit	Hated It	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:50
Compilation	Jale - Brother	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:45
Bucket Truck	Speed Freak Show	Mr. Hero	03:30
Thrush Hermit	Darling Don't Worry	Sweet Homewrecker	02:16
Sloan	Loosens	Twice Removed	05:27
Sloan	I Hate My Generation	Twice Removed	02:26
Compilation	Jale - Twisted	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:23
Thrush Hermit	The Ugly Details	Giddy With The Drugs b/w The Ugly Details	02:55
Eric's Trip	The Road South	The Road South	02:28
Thrush Hermit	Great Pacific Ocean	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	05:23
Basic English	Things Are Done	Emanations	03:52
Compilation	I Want - Losing You	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:26
Basic English	Outside the Law	Sweet Panic!	04:38
Bucket Truck	Top of the World	Mr. Hero	05:02
Sloan	I am the Cancer	Smeared	03:41
Compilation	The October Game - Grind	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:42
Jellyfishbabies	Wild Cows	The Unkind Truth About Rome	02:33
Basic English	I Won't be Leaving	Emanations	02:58
Wankin Family	Suck Your Life Away	We Did It For the Kids	01:48
Compilation	Tall Poppies - Fall Well	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:46
Jale	River	Dreamcake	03:28
Compilation	October Game - Grind	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:41
Super Friendz	Prattle On	Slide Show	03:26
Super Friendz	Up and Running	Slide Show	03:28
Compilation	Jellyfishbabies - Running Out of Time	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	04:10
Super Friendz	Karate Man	Sticktoitiveness 2	03:12
Jale	More Or Less (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:16
Thrush Hermit	Marya	Marya b/w Simple Universal Leader/ Cott	04:50
Compilation	Phil Sedore - Rainbow Thieves	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:44
Compilation	Aimless - Smile	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:31
Thrush Hermit	Songs for the Gang	Clayton Park	03:07
Super Friendz	Kiss the Land	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:20
Compilation	Bluegrass Lawnmower - Bone of Contention	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	04:58
Compilation	Weasel Faced Judge - Veal	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	05:58
Jale	Wash My Hands	Closed (EP)	03:55
Compilation	Adrenalin - Origin of Disorder	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:01
Wankin Family	T.O.	We Did It For the Kids	01:08
Jale	Drag	So Wound	02:28
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	Rescue Us from Boredom	Play the Game, Not Games	04:45
Compilation	Adrenalin - Forced Consent	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	04:38
Thrush Hermit	Simple Universal Leader	John Boomer	02:50
Jellyfishbabies	Blue Eyes	ST	02:43
Basic English	Outside the Law	Emanations	03:55
Thrush Hermit	Seven Years of Bad Luck and Bad Timing (unavailable on album)	Rock and Roll Detective (EP)	02:16
Sloan	500 Up	Smeared	04:20
Thrush Hermit	Quartermark	John Boomer	03:24
Sloan	The Good in Everyone	One Chord to Another	02:17
Basic English	Love Don't Wait	Sweet Panic!	04:33
Super Friendz	Fooled at First	Slide Show	03:33
Compilation	Eric's Trip - Laying Blame	Trim Crusts if Desired	04:40
Jale	Promise (Jimmybeam magestic version)	Dreamcake	04:34
Jellyfishbabies	Girl in the Window	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:03
Thrush Hermit	1991 (unavailable on album)	Rock and Roll Detective (EP)	02:28
100 Flowers	21st Guessing (Remix)	Places We Sit	04:25
Basic English	I Can't Wait	Emanations	04:13
Thrush Hermit	On the Sneak	Sweet Homewrecker	02:47
Sloan	Lemonzinger	Smeared	04:11
Basic English	Don't Have to dance	Emanations	04:11
Compilation	The Killer Klamz - The Boviner's Song	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:32
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Thrush Hermit	All Dressed Up	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:15
Compilation	Hardship Post - Rock is My Life	Trim Crusts if Desired	04:41
Thrush Hermit	Airplane	John Boomer	03:35
Compilation	Rebecca West - Sick (demo)	Trim Crusts if Desired	05:06
Thrush Hermit	Patriot	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	03:12
Compilation	Quahogs - Them	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:19
Bubaiskull	Nothing	Kitten	03:19
Super Friendz	Evening Sun	Slide Show	03:11
Bubaiskull	Like a Pig	Kitten	03:57
Jale	Jesus Loves Me	Closed (EP)	03:42
Jale	Emma	Dreamcake	02:41
Jale	Long Way Home	Closed (EP)	02:30
Compilation	Bubaiskull - Eel Monkey	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:24
Jale	Hey Hey	So Wound	02:03
Basic English	Have it Your Way	Emanations	03:51
Compilation	Dogfood - Let it Go	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:58
Sloan	400 Metres	One Chord to Another	04:31
Compilation	Quahogs - Back to the Nun	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:39
Sloan	Can't Face Up	One Chord to Another	03:53
Thrush Hermit	At My Expense	Sweet Homewrecker	02:57
Thrush Hermit	Without You?	Sweet Homewrecker	02:04
Jale	The Unseen Guest	Dreamcake	02:29
Jellyfishbabies	The Gibbet Song	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:59
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:20

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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