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
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Don't Look Now	Spunker	03:44
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Land of Giants	Security Squad	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Spoons	Sooner or Later	Vertigo Tango	03:44
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
British Properties	Niag'ra Falls	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:26
John Young Paul	Angels With Dirty Faces	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:33
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Ross Angeles	Empty Amour	Salute	03:19
Spoons	Vertigo Tango	Vertigo Tango	04:36
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Volts	Can't Hold on Too Long	Plugged In	03:15
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
ACTORS	Like Suicide	Acts of Worship	03:44
Kaméléon	Les chats balerines (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:01
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Handful of Snowdrops	As Thought Outside but Looking In (Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:06
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Images In Vogue	Call it Love	In The House	03:51
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Drama	Old Hollywood	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:32
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Images In Vogue	In the House	In The House	04:07
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Of Whales	Midnite News	06:22
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Spoons	The Opening Curtain	Vertigo Tango	04:21
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
e	Idol Time	The Levitation Syndrome	03:26
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Hunger Project	Assembly	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	07:06
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
The Front	Who Your Friends Are	Gina's at a Party	03:45
Modernes Pickles	Deathrace 2000	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:44
Jon Mullane	Open Up to Me	Following Yesterday	03:58
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Glamorcult	Anna King	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	02:41
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Cannon Heath Down	Light Your Eyes	Heart-Throb Companion	03:06
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Rational Youth	Latin Lovers	ST (mini album)	03:51
Bunny & the Lakers	Yalps From the Alpa	Numbers	02:35
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Tim Ray	Horses Mouth (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:29
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Hygiene Club	Sea Monster	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	03:10
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Compilation	Bongo Fury - Alaska Shuffle	Toronto Calling	04:01
ACTORS	L'appel du vide: Part Time Punks Session	Part Time Punks Session EP	03:34
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Timeless Thoughts (To the Stars)	Space and Time	04:54
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Compilation	Nobby Clegg & The Civilians - I Wanna Be In Commercials	Toronto Calling	02:38
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
ACTORS	Let it Grow	It Will Come to You	02:58
Images In Vogue	Grapevine	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:55
Living End	Death at an Early Age	Death at an Early Age b/w Magic Carpet Ride	03:12
Glen Meadmore	Going to Town	Chicken & Biscuits	05:09
Maurice & The Clichés	Dean Reckoning	C'est la vie	03:40
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Bruce PM	From Sparks to Embers	Makeshift	06:15
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
The Diodes	Terminal Rock (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
The Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Minutes From Downtown - ST

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Joe Naylor - I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights

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