New Wave Post Punk Wave

A sonic crash where style meets substance, and attitude meets atmosphere. This collection dives deep into Canada’s wave-driven underground—where angular guitars, icy synths, and restless energy redefined punk and reshaped pop. From the art-school edges of New Wave to the introspective shadows of Post-Wave and the raw pulse of Punk Wave, these tracks capture a scene in flux, bursting with invention and edge. Cool, quirky, and unapologetically bold—this is the sound of the future, past and present.

Tracks

Artist	Track	Title	Length
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Domination	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:47
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
ACTORS	We Don't Have to Dance	It Will Come to You	04:03
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Moral Support	Whatever Turns You On	Insanity	04:10
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
The Front	Underworld	Underworld	03:59
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Eight Seconds	Commissioner St.	Almacantar	04:40
Glamorcult	All That Matters	Shadows From The Past	03:39
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Numbers	Won't You Call	Add Up	03:11
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
NEO A4	Around the World	ST	04:00
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Hunger Project	Assembly	Demo 1982	04:48
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Iko	Radioactive Mist	83	05:24
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
Modernes Pickles	People Get Killed and Get Up and Kill	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:25
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Doppler Bros.	I Wanna Write for the Muzak Man	Totally Impractical	03:58
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Modernettes	The Rebel Kind	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:08
Sue Hansen	Shut Up	Sucking Up To You b/w Shut Up	03:00
Eight Seconds	We Set Him Free	Big Houses	05:04
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Rave Revues	Voices	Voices	04:00
Glamorcult	Would it be Over	Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)	03:30
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Degrees of Freedom	Call Me Midnight	China	04:51
Hygiene Club	Pantechnicon - for Gary	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	01:15
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Glamorcult	The Encore	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:04
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	Heredity	03:13
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	02:04
Glamorcult	All Those Lies	The Stone Sessions	03:25
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Kreemers	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w At The El Mocambo	03:14
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - Essay - Me Dad	Toronto Calling	06:06
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
ACTORS	Hit to the Head	It Will Come to You	03:14
The Scene (2)	Rise	Only in Paradise	05:12
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Villains	Long, Short, Skinny Or Fat	Go Crazy	02:56
Handful of Snowdrops	Scream Cry or Fall	Land of the Damned	05:06
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
UJ3RK5	The Departure	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:09
Government	Flat Tire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	02:25
Popular Front	Puppet	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:17
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Lawn	Don`t Ask	Peace in the Valley	03:43
Eight Seconds	Kiss You (When It's Dangerous)	Almacantar	04:07
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love	Reanimated	03:20
John Young Paul	The Monster in Ed	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:06
ACTORS	Nightlife	Reanimated	04:24
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
This Fear	Lights of Capitals	Darkness Shapes Imagination	03:50
Living End (1)	Time is Unkind	ST	03:11
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Bumpers	Log 1	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	04:45
Trespassing Bean Rays	Cleanorama Stakes	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:21
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Magic Dragon	(White Monkey) Under The Volcano	Emotional Landscape	07:16

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Ross Angeles - Salute

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - You Can´t Hold Me Anymore b/w Freaks On the Tube

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Steve Blimkie (and the Reason) - Blimkie

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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Maurice & The Clichés - C'est la vie

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Maurice & The Clichés - ST

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Maurice & The Clichés - Veronika

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Maurice & The Clichés - Soft Core

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Minutes From Downtown - Minutes From Downtown '82

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