More Than Just a Music Festival: HPX 2015
If it doesn’t rub off on you, even just a little bit, you’re probably doing Halifax Pop Explosion wrong.
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Secret Selector: Thee All Hallows’ Jukebox Playlist
Indulge in our 80 track youtube playlist of perfect stab-you-in-the-background music to accompany your costume making, candy eating, pumpkin carving, apple bobbing, ouija boarding, punch spiking, bedroom roleplaying, and all other seasonally appropriate activities.
Introducing the Web Store, and the new Secret Subscription Series
Your secret supply is now live with the launch of the new Secret East Web Store. Use the promo code FINDINO at the checkout until November 1st for $5 off your SE purchases.
Punk Tank: Listen to Grump’s North End Generic 7″
Since the Punk Tank spoke to Grump a couple months back, the Halifax unit has seen the release of their new North End Generic 7″ via Various Records. If you like what you hear, go ahead and buy the damn thing.
Secret Selector: The Sidewinders’ Flatfoot Hustlin’
The Sidewinders were a seven piece deep funk n’ soul outfit from Halifax, NS who released a 1977 self-produced LP entitled Flatfoot Hustlin’. Collectors consider the release the holy grail of Canadian funk, with the original pressing selling upwards from $1-2,000 CAD, but little information is available on the group beyond the eight song LP.
Watch: Botfly’s Union Street Basement Session
Check out Halifax hardcore trio Botfly’s new video session. It was shot in the basement of a house on Union St. as a thoughtful nod to a place that became a home, hangout, jam spot and recording space to a plethora of punk and hardcore bands in the Halifax scene.
To Toronto and Beyond: The Story of TWRP
TWRP (Tupper Ware Remix Party) started their colourful brand of intergalactic heavy funk in Halifax, NS nearly a decade ago. Since then they’ve relocated to Toronto, ON, released a slew of EP’s, and kept a steady tour schedule. Angela Sutherland gets the full TWRP story from synthesizist Doctor Sung.
David R. Elliott’s Sunshine: Over Seven Years in The Making
For someone who’s used to producing his works in one fell swoop, David R. Elliott’s newest album, Sunshine, is just the opposite of that. Sunshine spans over seven years of Elliott’s life and took longer to produce because it wasn’t born of one specific aesthetic.
Vulva Culture’s In Vain is Duality in Motion
Vulva Culture is the culmination of personal trauma, interpersonal upheaval, and the small struggles that bring peace within the self. Amy V writes songs that are admittedly ripped straight from her journal. On August 21st the band released In Vain, the first of two planned EP’s this year.