Articles by Ryan McNutt

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  Twin Shadow

  Olympic Community Hall, Halifax NS, October 24

  PUBLISHED Oct 25, 2014

  Twin Shadow played Halifax Pop Explosion three years ago, but don't ask George Lewis Jr. to recall how it went. "I don't remember a damn th...

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  Operators

  Marquee Club, Halifax NS, October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2014

  If you've seen Dan Boeckner perform in one of his 472 different bands of note (okay, it's really only about four or so), you're probably us...

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  Against Me!

  Olympic Community Hall, Halifax NS, October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2014

  Punk rock is always about catharsis and release, but Against Me!'s first Halifax show in eight years was something slightly different: an e...

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  BADBADNOTGOOD

  Halifax Forum Multipurpose Room, Halifax NS, October 23

  PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2014

  Year-over-year repeat HPX performances are a rare beast; after all, considering how touring cycles work, how much more do most bands have t...

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  Kuato

  Gus' Pub, Halifax NS, October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2014

  How do you a shut up a chatty crowd? Distract them with bright lights. I'm only being slightly facetious here: one of the perils of a mul...

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  Solids

  Gus' Pub, Halifax NS, October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2014

  Montreal's Solids began their HPX set at Gus' Pub with a single guitar note, humming and reverberating through the speakers like an ominous...

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  Lights

  Halifax Forum Multipurpose Room, Halifax NS, October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2014

  The cheers at Lights' show at Halifax's Forum made for one of the louder, more piercing crowds you're likely to hear at HPX this year. Th...

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  Tokyo Police Club

  Olympic Community Hall, Halifax NS, October 22

  PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2014

  Tokyo Police Club have something of a standing residency at the Halifax Pop Explosion. They played the festival in 2010… and then in...