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
Insex	One	One (EP)	04:47
Neurons	New Location	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	00:07
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
Rave Revues	Play in Your Grave	Voices	04:31
Compilation	Colin Davison - Love's Gone	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:56
Pukka Orchestra	Flies (as Big as Your Fist)	ST	03:13
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Norda	Snakes And Ladders	West Over Seas	02:51
Blue Peter	Factory Living	Test Patterns For Living	02:50
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Cannon Heath Down	quagmire	Heart-Throb Companion	00:30
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Spoons	No Electrons	Arias & Symphonies	05:12
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Shadow Love	Space and Time	04:38
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Sea Monster	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	03:03
Erect	The Colony	Consequence of Life	02:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Erect	Action Reaction	Consequence of Life	02:57
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Rock 'N' Roll	Ohama aka The White Album	04:26
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
IQ	Burn Me	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:53
Popular Front	Christian Education	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:29
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	The Swimmer	ST	02:30
Nex'd	Surreal	Surreal (EP)	05:45
Drama	Traffic	Loneliness	02:53
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Man Who Never Sleeps	Untamed World	04:10
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
The Patterns	Always Sixteen	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	02:44
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Rivals	I'll Just Let You Go	I'll Just Let You Go b/w I Don't Believe in Ghoulies	03:32
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Golden Calgarians	Vladivostok Rock	Savage Love	04:03
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
I Braineater	Tin Pins and Cat Fur	I Here, Where You	02:36
Cardboard Brains	Caesar Drives a Fast Car	Live At The Edge	03:06
Spoons	Quiet World	Talkback	04:37
Breeding Ground	Dirge	Wintergarden (EP)	06:25
Frigidaires	5 Guys Named Moe	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
100 Flowers	He and She	21st Guessing	04:26
Timothy Chipman	Old Shoes, New Dreams	Ghost Parade	01:33
Martha And The Muffins	Luna Park	Trance and Dance	03:12
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Extras	Turning it Out	The Road to Zambando	04:24
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
FM109	L'ecole est fuckee	ST	04:19
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Klō	Fun	Fun b/w Weirdo	04:53
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Golden Calgarians	New Desperados	New Desperados b/w Minutes to Heaven (picture sleeve)	03:07
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Neon	Slaves	ST (EP)	03:00
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Reasons	Take Me Back	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:01
Secret Act	Talk Talk!	My Neighbourhood	02:55
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Ross Angeles	Hip Hip	Salute	02:21
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
Awake The Echoes	Always Something Wrong	Normal Life	03:59
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Extras	Mega Media Myth	The Road to Zambando	04:47
Second Thoughts	Integrity	Integrity b/w Wound Up	03:19
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Modernes Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	02:44
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Can't Find the Key	Music Industry Arts 1983	05:45
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Compilation	Moist & Tender - Alienation	Toronto Calling	03:22
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Bobby and Synthia	Big Tits	thirty-six hours (EP)	03:44
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Images In Vogue	She's a Garden	Educated Man	02:48
The Diodes	Mercenary Flight (1978 Alternate Version) (CD only)	Rarities	03:21

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Modernes Pickles - Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985

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Modernes Pickles - We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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Rob Bryanton - Alcohol And Other Drugs

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DeMars - Stories from between the Walls

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DeMars - Les Télé-Têtes

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The Keys - Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)

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Maja Bannerman - Songs by Maja Bannerman

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Blue Oil - Blue Oil (1981-83)

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Blue Oil - ST

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The Chemicals - Break Time

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The Chemicals - Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide

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Vex - DNA

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Popular Front - Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious

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Popular Front - Doomsday Army b/w Puppet

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Klō - No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song

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Klō - Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor

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Klō - Fun b/w Weirdo

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Spoons - Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party

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Spoons - New Day New World

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