Articles by Ryan McNutt

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  Lee Fields and the Expressions

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2017

  His backing band, the Expressions, having laid down a crisp groove, soul survivor Lee Fields bounded onto the bright Forum stage in an even...

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  Weaves

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2017

  There's nothing like a makeshift concert venue to separate great bands from the posers — to figure out which performers need the lights and...

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  Aquakulture & Big Budi Band

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 20

  PUBLISHED Oct 21, 2017

  There's something to be said for musical restlessness, for the hunger and curiosity and joy that comes from treating genres as "suggestions...

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  Japandroids

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 19

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2017

  Japandroids took to the Forum Multipurpose Room's stage Thursday night (October 19) to Mogwai's "Punk Rock," the opening track from the Sco...

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  The Courtneys

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 19

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2017

  Thursday night's (October 19) HPX show by the Courtneys was the band's first, but not the first time its members have been to Halifax: bass...

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  Charlotte Day Wilson

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 19

  PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2017

  Toronto's Charlotte Day Wilson was treated like a hometown hero at her Halifax Pop Explosion show Thursday night (October 19) at the Marque...

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  METZ

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 18

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2017

  As impressive as METZ's wall-of-distortion soundscapes can be live, the amount of sweat the band manage to generate on stage almost matches...

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  Lou Canon

  Halifax Pop Explosion, Halifax NS, October 18

  PUBLISHED Oct 19, 2017

  Under darkened green and blue lights, Toronto electronic artist Lou Canon took to the Seahorse stage Wednesday night (October 18) with a qu...