Halifax Pop Explosion

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  Great Lake Swimmers

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  Only one Swimmer appeared: songwriter and vocalist Tony Dekker. His first time in Halifax in three years, the sensitive faithful warmly rec...

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  Holy Fuck

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  Although their set wasn’t nearly as rambunctious as their drunken living room after-party later that night, Holy Fuck more than held their...

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  K-os

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  K-os may have had something to prove to Halifax audiences ever since rumours of a disastrous show this past summer at the Antigonish-based...

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  Land of Talk

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  The latest signings to the revered East coast Dependent Records, home to Holy Fuck and Wintersleep, made their first appearance and demonst...

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  Lighthouse Choir

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  There’s no dearth of creativity in this Sydney, Cape Breton-based band, with each of the six members jumping around on their variety of ins...

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  Joel Plaskett with Symphony Nova Scotia

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  Plaskett’s intimate folk and jagged rock history may have seemed an odd choice to meld with a 50-odd piece orchestra but the sensitive arra...

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  Pony Up

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  Upon first glance, one might think they’re the dictionary definition of "girl group.” The Montreal four-piece has keyboards front and centr...

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  Jon Rae

  PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2007

  The bespectacled troubadour opened the Pop Explosion with a show at St. Matthew’s Church on Barrington, playing a few songs on his acoustic...