Halifax Pop Explosion

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  Feuermusik

  Coconut Grove, Halifax NS October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2010

  A two-piece experimental jazz act, Toronto's Feuermusik play with saxophone and bass clarinet, and a drum kit made up of buckets and cans....

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  Handsome Furs

  St. Matthew’s United Church, Halifax NS October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2010

  Following a Pop Explosion tradition of booking louder acts in a church and not just quiet folk artists, the Handsome Furs filled St. Matt's...

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  Basia Bulat and Symphony Nova Scotia

  Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, Halifax NS October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2010

  It was remarkable how natural it sounded to have a full symphony playing Basia Bulat's quiet folk songs. With arrangements done by orchestr...

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  Great Lake Swimmers

  The Seahorse Tavern, Halifax NS October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2010

  Usually the visit to church comes after the trip to the bar at the weekend, but, this being Halifax Pop Explosion, things are a little diff...

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  The Pack A.D.

  The Seahorse, Halifax NS October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2010

  Back in Halifax for the zillionth time in the last couple years, perma-touring Vancouver band the Pack A.D. proved once again that they nev...

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  The Gertrudes

  The Foggy Goggle, Halifax NS October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2010

  Holding a panoply of instruments on a tiny stage, country band the Gertrudes didn't seem to mind the lack of space, plucking out happy rhyt...

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  The White Wires

  Tribeca, Halifax NS October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2010

  Ottawa's the White Wires started off their set with the most enthusiastic introduction of the festival. "We really like this idea of a pop...

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  It Kills

  CKDU Lobby, Halifax NS October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2010

  The emotional depth Halifax's It Kills was able to wade into during their short set was quite something. Sitting in a circle in a tiny radi...