Last Wednesday, while most of us were partying it up at GWAR, New Pornos et al, The Stanfields were staring at a broken-down van in the middle of the Kamloops, BC mountains. They were mid-way on their first cross-country tour when their engine blew. While lead singer Jon Landry is hitching a ride with tourmates […]
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Pop Explosion Night 5: Wreckage
Saturday morning, I figured I was pretty much a goner. Still in last night’s clothes, my eyes were crusted with shame and indifference. A pair of hands pulled me out of bed and we staggered to the Just Friends Brunch to find out ALL THE FOOD WAS GONE. At 11am. Great news for the brunch […]
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Pop Explosion Night Four: Friday, Die-Day
Friday featured my good friend Sleep. My cat concurred (and conquered): so groggy…. Then it was time for some P-I-Z-Z-A: my brother stepped out of ’94 with PIZZA! And some Cold Warps, who were perfect. Paul Hammond was all like “Whatever”, they played some Ramones and there was lots of “ooohs” inserted craftily in the […]
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Pop Explosion Night Three: G-Dogs and Sombreros
I am still reeling from the last three days while simultaneously coming off of a bit of depression. A red shiny wristband is lying on the floor, there are gross earplugs everywhere, my house is messy and smells like Yoohoo and beer and my cat is suffering a mighty comedown after three days of being […]
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I’ve Been a Bad Little Monkey
sad, lazy monkey goes pout pout Hi, you all. How you doing? Caught up on sleep? Headaches gone? Vision cleared? After falling down the fun hole, I’ve clawed back up and I will have my HPX notes for the last three days up on the site by THIS EVENING along with the usual assortment of […]
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HPX Day Two: Bloody Wednesday
It’s already at that point in ‘Splode Week 2010 where you start to lose track of what you saw and where you went. I actually had to take a look at my hand and use all the residual stamps and stuff to figure out what happened first next last etc. It’s like a road map […]
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HPX spotlight: Cursed Arrows
It’s a sadly familiar story by now: band forms in Halifax; band gets big in Halifax; band leaves Halifax for the verdant and populous musical pastures of Montreal/Toronto. When any band does the reverse, it’s noteworthy; when the band is Cursed Arrows, it’s an extra bonus. “It just seemed like the right time,” says Ryan […]
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Halifax Pop Explosion on parade
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 21 Tasseomancy The Company House, 10pm, $10 Sisters Sari and Romy Lightman play the Pop Explosion in mid-transformation. They’ve already changed their band name from Ghost Bees to Tasseomancy, the title of their excellent 2008 release. The changes are going deeper, explains Sari Lightman by email: “We’re focused on developing our skills as […]
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Amazing HPX ’94 Video
Rad Halifax local Mary posted this on halifaxlocals.com the other day. It’s a video of Muchmusic clips from Halifax Pop Explosion in 1994. Within lies footage of Sunny Day Real Estate, Stereolab, Treble Charger (good Treble Charger!) and a host of faces you may recognize. I was twelve when this was shot and watching it […]
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Pop Explosion Night One
Last night was the best “first” night of Halifax Pop Explosion in my personal memory. Others who have been around here longer might disagree. But the one-two punch of a mind-blowing Paragon performance by Kylesa plus a glass-smashing, moshy, screamy, drunky Mark Sultan set at Gus’ Pub will have me smiling and giggling through my […]
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Pop Goes the Hurl
A few people have asked me what I’m going to see next week at the Halifax Pop Explosion so I thought maybe I’d throw the olde list onto the blog-thing. I’m not telling you what to do, though – you are the master of your own destiny. I am merely the keymaster. Together we can […]
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An Evening With David Usher
never trust a man who’s prettier than you are Yuppers. A solo acoustic show, folks! It’s on Monday, October 25th, Seahorse Tavern, $25 bucks, get your paws on tickets here or by calling 1-888-391-9090.
