Tag Archives: Japandroids

Trev’s Three Takeaways from HPX25

Now that the dust has settled on the 25th anniversary of Halifax Pop Explosion, and the sleep deprivation of those 4 days has finally been reclaimed, the task of thinking back over this year’s edition of the fest has begun. When I started jotting notes down on what took place between Wednesday and Saturday evening,… Read More

Halifax Pop Explosion’s Initial Lineup Announcement Starts with a Bang!

Charles Bradley & His Extraordinaires, Charlotte Day Wilson, Clairmont The Second, Cloud Nothings, Patrick Watson, Tasha The Amazon, Weaves, and comedy headliner Wyatt Cenac are the initial acts slated to perform at the 2017 Halifax Pop Explosion Music Festival & Conference. They join previously announced artists Japandroids and Ria Mae for the festival, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in Halifax, NS this year from October 18-21, 2017. Early… Read More

2017… Will Be The Year Of Noise Rock Bands

Here's my bold prediction for the upcoming year: 2017 will be the year of noise rock. Sure, we had some stellar releases in 2016 from White Lung's Paradise, and Kestrels' self-titled album, but hear me out, 2017 is gonna kick the shit out of you. Let me analyse this for you, for a sec. First… Read More

Friday Night Soundtrack, (HPX 2013 Edition)

With the overwhelming line-up of artists/bands playing at Halifax Pop Explosion 2013, I thought I'd make an intitial list of must sees for this year's festival. Of course, my list of must sees will probably change, as we have yet to see some of the non-headliners to make the line-up. But more than likely I'll… Read More

Jeff’s Favourites of 2012

Another year has come and gone and so has the music with it. It was an interesting year filled with big promise and big whiffers (DMB, Springsteen &Dylan). It will also go down as the year which we can find the most overplayed songs, of possibly all time (Call Me Maybe, (more…) Read More