Halifax Pop Explosion

The Halifax Pop Explosion

Halifax NS October 15 to 20

PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2007

This year marked the 15th anniversary of the Halifax Pop Explosion, which over the years doesn’t seem to have given up much of its intimacy...

Be Bad

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

Well, we try, don’t we? Could they? Yup, they could be. The stage set up was novel: the drummer was in his underwear playing with his...

The Bicycles

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

The Bicycles are a five-piece from Toronto that brought strange, happy pop rock to the HPX. Everyone in the band contributes vocally, which...

Cadence Weapon

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

Sufficiently lubed after a shot of Jaeger and a few beers, Rollie Pemberton hit the Marquee stage ready to show the indie-centric audience...

DD/MM/YY

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

Pronounced "day, month, year” and hailing from Ontario, they play indie rock with lots of strange vocal effects and odd song structures, an...

Julie Doiron

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

The songwriting veteran wore a stripy sweater and Chuck Taylor’s, playing a variety of material through her recently repaired mini-amp. Imp...

Duchess Says

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

If there were an award for most intense physical performance, Duchess Says front-woman A-Claude destroyed all other competition, channellin...

Duchess Says

PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

Duchess Says are an indie punk noise band from Montreal. They played a very tight and original set with the lead singer dancing around like...