Great festival, Waye. Great festival, HPX staff and volunteers. See you all again next year.
Music Festivals
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Spidermonkeys
So to anyone who made it down to the Marquee last night, you know what others missed – one of the best shows in Halifax this year. Local up and comers i see rowboats got things started and as always managed to make you laugh, cry and jump up and down at the same time. […]
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The Gatekeepers
After a short break for supper, I walked over to St. Matthew’s United Church, once again accompanied by my Mom. I bought her the second-last ticket to the show, so thanks to whoever waited longer than me to buy tickets! The Halifax Pop Explosion relies heavily on its volunteers to make sure the shows run […]
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Sunday On The Rocks
I often wonder how people feel the day after the festival is over. No matter if you go hardcore for five nights or if you just stay up super late for one, it’s gotta mess with your mind and body. I always feel wrecked, despite the fact I don’t smoke or drink and try to […]
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David Byrne Can Borrow My Sports Jacket Anytime
I feel like last night’s Arts & Crafts showcase at the Marquee was the show at Pop Explosion that people felt the most compelled to go see. By compelled I mean people felt they should go see the bands, not that they necessarily should go see them. Not that that’s a bad thing, but the […]
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Sweet Sounds
Thanks for making the musicians sound as decent as possible, sound techs.
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This is the End my Friends
The ears are saying “let’s go” but man oh, man the body’s saying “no.” Pop Explosion is done and what a great one it was. Saturday’s show at the Marquee was definitely a highlight. No wonder CBC Radio 3 was broadcasting the whole damn thing across the nation. After all my preaching, I missed all […]
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Light the Fuse…
Is anyone else as stoked as I am about Pop Explosion this year? It’s like one massive build up to Eric’s Trip’s reunion gig on Saturday Night. And the Just Friends brunch that morning should be stellar as well. Now I just have to get up that early…but seriously the talent on that label is […]
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Tonite, Tonite
Before we get on with the show permit me a short rant about show start times… Why is it that every gig at the Attic STARTS at 11 pm. The last three shows I’ve been to there (Pride Tiger, The Golden Dogs, last night’s pop explosion show) have gone way into the wee hours of […]
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Multiples of one
Max Tundra, Seahorse, 10:30pm Ben Jacobs (aka Max Tundra) energized the fairly packed Seahorse crowd with inventive music – turns, twists and shifts aplenty – but also with his dedicated dancing. A short man, his arms were surprisingly long and he flailed them tirelessly, like a multi-armed mythical creature. Multiplicity was the night’s theme. Tundra’s […]
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tent shows in monsoon season
It was a life-changing event when sax player and educator Jeff Goodspeed went over to the Cuban side. Since then, for years, he has tirelessly engineered musical interchanges between Nova Scotia and the Caribbean Island famous for some of the hottest music this side of planet Mercury. High school-aged Nova Scotia honour jazz students and […]
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Playing with paint
Shan Arsenault’s Great Guitars, Andy Cragg Nonet, 3pm/4pm at Main Stage Festival Tent I’m a little confused. On the Atlantic Jazz Festival web site, the Men With Gloves Trio was listed as being accompanied by painter Holly Carr. But when Shan Arsenault’s Great Guitars act was on stage, so was Carr. Though she was finishing […]
