Saturday, October 22, 2011 Saturday, the final day of HPX, was a little crazy. I started off the afternoon at the big free showcase that was moved from Grand Parade Square (the location of Occupy Nova Scotia) to Olympic Community Hall. Plants and Animals After catching some of Carmen Townsend, Plants and Animals were on […]

Friday, October 21, 2011 I started out HPX Day 4 checking out Punk Rock Karaoke in the afternoon, which brought along special guest Spookey Ruben, before I took a break for the evening shows. However, the night just got more jam-packed. DUZHEKNEW The first band of the night was DUZHEKNEW over at St. Matthew’s United […]

Thursday, October 20, 2011 The Daredevil Christopher Wright I started off my HPX Day 3 at St. Matthew’s United Church once again. The first band of the night was The Daredevil Christopher Wright, made up of brothers Jon Sunde and Jason Sunde, as well as Jesse Edgington. With beautiful harmonies accompanying the sweet, warm folk […]

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 Rich Aucoin We opened up our HPX Day 2 to Rich Aucoin’s epic album release show at St. Matthew’s United Church. I usually hesitate to use the word epic, but in this case it’s more than appropriate. Aucoin brought along 80+ people to make up a choir and band. He started […]

Tuesday, October 18, 2011 I arrived in Halifax super excited for Halifax Pop Explosion and my first trip to Atlantic Canada. I spent most of the trip with friends at Sticky Magazine (please check out their coverage as well!). Greys While the Opening Reception at the Citadel Halifax Hotel with DJ James Reid was the […]