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
Super Friendz	Absurd Without It	Slide Show	01:59
Super Friendz	Machine Green	Play the Game, Not Games	02:17
Sloan	Left of Centre	Smeared	02:32
Compilation	Basic English - Love Don't Wait	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:31
Sloan	Sugartune	Smeared	03:33
Thrush Hermit	Songs for the Gang	Clayton Park	03:07
Super Friendz	Forever a Day	Slide Show	02:56
Wankin Family	Nobody Can Stop Us	We Did It For the Kids	01:28
Compilation	Adrenalin - Origin of Disorder	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:01
Sloan	Stove - Smother	Stove/ Smother (split with Eric's Trip)	04:32
Jellyfishbabies	Mile of Glass	ST	04:59
Compilation	Mark Wellner - Who's That Jerk She's With	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	01:52
Phollop Willing P.A. (Phil Walling)	Sea Cruise Blues	Orphan Baby b/w Sea Cruise Blues	05:32
Thrush Hermit	Rosebody	John Boomer	02:47
Sloan	Coax Me	Twice Removed	03:26
Thrush Hermit	Simple Universal Leader	Marya b/w Simple Universal Leader/ Cott	02:50
Thrush Hermit	The Day We Hit the Coast	Clayton Park	06:32
Jale	Jesus Loves Me	Closed (EP)	03:42
Jale	Emma (Komoda Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	02:40
Jale	To be Your Friend	Dreamcake	02:30
Jellyfishbabies	The Gibbet Song	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:59
Jale	Double Edge	Closed (EP)	02:47
Compilation	The Killer Klamz - The Boviner's Song	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:32
Jale	Love Letter	Dreamcake	03:21
Thrush Hermit	On the Sneak	Sweet Homewrecker	02:47
Thrush Hermit	Glum Boy	French Inhale	04:38
Sloan	Penpals	Twice Removed	03:08
Jale	Despite	So Wound	01:41
Bucket Truck	Captain Fantastic	Mr. Hero	02:14
Jale	Over You	So Wound	02:13
Jellyfishbabies	Certain Memories	ST	02:46
Jellyfishbabies	Abbott	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:17
Compilation	Phil Sedore - Rainbow Thieves	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:44
Sloan	Worried Now	Twice Removed	02:40
Jale	Emma (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	02:35
Super Friendz	Fireflies	Sticktoitiveness 2	02:50
Sloan	What's There to Decide?	Smeared	04:20
Sloan	Snowsuit Sound	Twice Removed	03:48
Compilation	Adrenalin - Forced Consent	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	04:38
Jellyfishbabies	Can it Be	ST	03:51
100 Flowers	Beachcombers Theme	Places We Sit	01:55
Basic English	I Can Hear You Laughing	Emanations	03:26
Thrush Hermit	Cott	Smart Bomb (EP)	02:11
Sloan	Marcus Said	Smeared	04:31
Wankin Family	No Justice	We Did It For the Kids	02:08
Jellyfishbabies	Blue Eyes	ST	02:43
Super Friendz	Slow Motion Blues	Slide Show	04:08
Thrush Hermit	Every Morning I Reread the Postcard	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	01:58
Wankin Family	We Do it for the Kids	We Did It For the Kids	01:27
Basic English	Outside the Law	Sweet Panic!	04:38
Compilation	Aimless - Smile	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:31
100 Flowers	Puzzles	Places We Sit	04:36
Super Friendz	Better Call	Mock Up, Scale Down	02:32
Compilation	Cheticamp - Coincedence	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:41
Jale	Long Way Home	Closed (EP)	02:30
100 Flowers	Upside Down	Places We Sit	03:53
Bubaiskull	Eelmonkey	Insex (EP) (1st press)	03:27
Super Friendz	Boots	Play the Game, Not Games	03:14
Compilation	Quahogs - Back to the Nun	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:39
Jale	Again	Dreamcake	03:21
Basic English	The Bottom Step	Emanations	03:57
Thrush Hermit	Quartermark	John Boomer	03:24
Sloan	Junior Panthers	One Chord to Another	02:38
Super Friendz	Half-Mast	Play the Game, Not Games	02:03
Jale	All Ready	So Wound	02:15
Jale	Double Edge	Closed (EP)	02:47
Compilation	Donner Party Reunion - Tools	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	02:18
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	Stop-Start	Slide Show	03:24
Thrush Hermit	Noosed and Haloed Swear Words	Sweet Homewrecker	03:32
Bucket Truck	Dynamo	Mr. Hero	04:13
Basic English	I Can't Wait	Emanations	04:13
Sloan	400 Metres	One Chord to Another	04:31
Jellyfishbabies	63 Misery Avenue	The Unkind Truth About Rome	07:03
Wankin Family	Fuck the Commonwealth	We Did It For the Kids	01:25
Jellyfishbabies	The Unkind Truth About Rome	The Unkind Truth About Rome	02:54
Thrush Hermit	Strange to be Involved	Sweet Homewrecker	02:50
100 Flowers	Down Side Up (Lloyd's Remix)	Places We Sit	03:55
Super Friendz	Blue Tattoo	Compilation Tracks	03:13
Jale	Drag	So Wound	02:28
Compilation	Laura Smith - Clean Up Your Own Backyard	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:08
Compilation	Donner Party Reunion - Omniverous Society	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:18
Compilation	Black Pool - What Are You Saying?	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:24
Super Friendz	Rescue Us From Boredom	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:08
Bucket Truck	The Fight Song	Mr. Hero	03:39
Basic English	Birds Fly By	Sweet Panic!	03:36
Sloan	The Lines You Amend	One Chord to Another	02:32
Compilation	The Gluetones - 29	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:07
Thrush Hermit	Heart Wrenching Man	Sweet Homewrecker	02:43
Compilation	Rebecca West - Sick (demo)	Trim Crusts if Desired	05:06
Compilation	Too Many Daves - Motorcycle Song	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:13
Super Friendz	Fireflies	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:09
Thrush Hermit	At My Expense	Sweet Homewrecker	02:57
Jale	Promise (Jimmybeam magestic version)	Dreamcake	04:34
Compilation	October Game - Grind	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:41
Super Friendz	Karate Man	Sticktoitiveness 2	03:12
Compilation	Ridge of Tears - Antigone	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	04:16
Thrush Hermit	Great Pacific Ocean (Reprise)	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	05:09
Compilation	Salsa Picante - Acuyuye	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:15
Jellyfishbabies	Alba	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:16

The Halifax Explosion

Tracks

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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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Jale - Dreamcake

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Compilation - Trim Crusts if Desired

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Wankin Family - We Did It For the Kids

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Bucket Truck - Mr. Hero

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100 Flowers - Places We Sit

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Thrush Hermit - Clayton Park

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