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
Compilation	Fourteen Eyz - Salvation Man	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	03:54
Basic English	Have it Your Way	Emanations	03:51
Basic English	Last Mile	Sweet Panic!	03:02
Super Friendz	Star in One	Slide Show	03:54
Compilation	PlumTree - Dog Gone Crazy	Trim Crusts if Desired	03:46
Thrush Hermit	Oh My Soul!	Clayton Park	04:17
Thrush Hermit	Airplane	John Boomer	03:35
Bucket Truck	Top of the World	Mr. Hero	05:02
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:20
Jale	The Unseen Guest	Dreamcake	02:29
Jale	Twisted (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	02:52
Sloan	Sleepover (Previously Unreleased)	Underwhelmed (promo)	07:50
Sloan	Bells On	Twice Removed	03:55
Sloan	G Turns to D	One Chord to Another	03:24
Bubaiskull	I Remember Drinking	Kitten	01:47
Jale	Over You	So Wound	02:13
Thrush Hermit	You got an Answer	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:19
Thrush Hermit	Seven Years of Bad Luck and Bad Timing (unavailable on album)	Rock and Roll Detective (EP)	02:16
Bucket Truck	Magically Delicious	Mr. Hero	03:03
Eric's Trip	Smoke	The Road South	03:07
Thrush Hermit	Rosebody	John Boomer	02:47
Compilation	The Lonestars - Dying Town	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:41
Thrush Hermit	Claim to Lame	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	03:04
Super Friendz	Kiss the Land	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:20
Compilation	The Killer Klamz - The Boviner's Song	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:32
Sloan	Coax Me	Twice Removed	03:26
Compilation	Skreech - Theme Song	Trim Crusts if Desired	01:54
Thrush Hermit	Great Pacific Ocean	The Great Pacific Ocean (EP) (picture disc)	05:23
Compilation	Four The Moment - Africville	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:02
Bucket Truck	Racecars & Burgers	Mr. Hero	05:58
Compilation	Rebecca West - Sick (demo)	Trim Crusts if Desired	05:06
Sloan	What's There to Decide?	Smeared	04:20
Thrush Hermit	Hated It	Smart Bomb (EP)	03:50
Bubaiskull	Like a Pig	Kitten	03:57
Wankin Family	No Justice	We Did It For the Kids	02:08
Super Friendz	Boots	Play the Game, Not Games	03:14
Jale	Brother (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:44
100 Flowers	Sea Monkeys	Places We Sit	05:13
Thrush Hermit	Came and Went	Sweet Homewrecker	07:39
Sloan	Can't Face Up	One Chord to Another	03:53
Super Friendz	Up and Running	Slide Show	03:28
Wankin Family	Nobody Can Stop Us	We Did It For the Kids	01:28
Sloan	Nothing Left to Make Me Want to Stay	One Chord to Another	02:35
Compilation	Basic English - Love Don't Wait	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:31
Sloan	Take It In	Smeared	03:58
Compilation	Eric's Trip - Laying Blame	Trim Crusts if Desired	04:40
100 Flowers	21st Guessing (Remix)	Places We Sit	04:25
Super Friendz	When They Paid Me	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:37
Jale	Back On Track	So Wound	02:47
100 Flowers	Down Side Up (Lloyd's Remix)	Places We Sit	03:55
Super Friendz	Better Call	Mock Up, Scale Down	02:32
Sloan	Median Strip	Smeared	03:35
Thrush Hermit	Quartermark	John Boomer	03:24
Jellyfishbabies	Diamond Joe	ST	04:18
Thrush Hermit	North Dakota	Sweet Homewrecker	03:48
Bucket Truck	Hidden Two	Mr. Hero	00:06
Jale	More Or Less (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:16
Basic English	Almost Handsome	Emanations	04:28
Compilation	Phollop Willing, P.A. - Mad About You	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	02:38
100 Flowers	Puzzles	Places We Sit	04:36
Jellyfishbabies	Certain Memories	ST	02:46
Bucket Truck	Dynamo	Mr. Hero	04:13
Super Friendz	Rescue Us From Boredom	Mock Up, Scale Down	04:08
Basic English	I Can't Wait	Emanations	04:13
Bucket Truck	Speed Freak Show	Mr. Hero	03:30
Sloan	People of the Sky	Twice Removed	03:37
Jale	Jesus Loves Me	Closed (EP)	03:42
Jellyfishbabies	Abbott	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:17
Super Friendz	Everything Writes Itself	Slide Show	02:49
Thrush Hermit	Pink is the Colour	Smart Bomb (EP)	04:24
Wankin Family	Fuck the Commonwealth	We Did It For the Kids	01:25
Compilation	I Want - Losing You	Out of the Fog: The Halifax Underground 1986	03:26
Wankin Family	We Do it for the Kids	We Did It For the Kids	01:27
Compilation	The Misery Goats - Back to the Fall	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:18
Thrush Hermit	Uneventful	Clayton Park	06:11
Jale	I'm Sorry	Dreamcake	02:15
Compilation	October Game - Grind	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	03:41
Jellyfishbabies	Can it Be	ST	03:51
Jale	Again (Frank Mix)	Brave New Waves Session	03:25
Super Friendz	Dear Old Ireland	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:12
Jale	Blue	So Wound	03:01
Super Friendz	Down in Flames	Mock Up, Scale Down	03:19
Thrush Hermit	1991 (unavailable on album)	Rock and Roll Detective (EP)	02:28
Thrush Hermit	Puerto Rico	Sweet Homewrecker	03:34
Sloan	Anyone Who's Anyone	One Chord to Another	02:48
Compilation	Too Many Daves - Motorcycle Song	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	04:13
Sloan	Left of Centre	Smeared	02:32
Jellyfishbabies	Wild Cows	The Unkind Truth About Rome	02:33
Sloan	Raspberry	Smeared	04:01
Thrush Hermit	Before You Leave	Clayton Park	06:08
Bubaiskull	Ted Bundy	Kitten	02:12
Compilation	Too Many Daves - 1906	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:57
Jale	Emma	Dreamcake	02:41
Jellyfishbabies	The Gibbet Song	The Unkind Truth About Rome	03:59
Compilation	Deep Woods - The House	Cod Can’t Hear: The Halifax Independant Musical Festival 1992: Live from the Double Dance	02:56
Wankin Family	Imaginary Lines	We Did It For the Kids	01:32
Super Friendz	Fireflies	Sticktoitiveness 2	02:50
Bucket Truck	Hidden Four	Mr. Hero	02:13
Super Friendz	Optimists	Sticktoitiveness 2	02:16
Compilation	Donner Party Reunion - Tools	Out of the Fog Too: The Halifax Music Scene 1993	02:18

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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