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
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Second Thoughts	Wound Up	Integrity b/w Wound Up	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	What You Want	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	05:30
Family Plot	Just One Slip	Convictions	04:04
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Compilation	The Secrets - I'll Cry Tomorrow	No Pedestrians	03:11
The Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
UJ3RK5	The Anglican	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	05:19
B-Sides	Bedtime for Ronald (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	04:27
Strange Advance	Reprise "Worlds Away"	Worlds Away	01:35
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Minutes From Downtown	Wrapped in Velvet	ST	03:16
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Minutes From Downtown	I Wish I Had Stayed	ST	03:03
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Age of Mirrors	Reunion	Screenplay	04:14
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Modernes Pickles	Is That Everything	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:34
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Dada	I.D	That's Dada (picture sleeve)	02:29
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Spoons	Escape With You	Static In Transmission	04:21
Strange Advance	Watermusic	Worlds Away	00:55
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Glamorcult	After the Battle	Early Glamour	03:12
Images In Vogue	Masks	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:56
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Figures At Dawn	In from the Cold	ST	03:54
Cardboard Brains	Jungles	Live At The Edge	02:17
Glamorcult	Time Will Pass On By	Shadows From The Past	04:38
Spoons	Red Light	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:44
Images In Vogue	Holiday	In The House	05:14
Hot Tip	Father I Know	Stop All Motion	04:18
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Kultur	Crusader	Kultur	03:02
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Martha And The Muffins	Boys in the Bushes	Danseparc	04:43
DeMars	Out of Sight	Stories from between the Walls	05:25
The Idles	Slow Down	The Idles Demo	02:18
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Hunger Project	Poland	Demo 1982	05:40
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Within Gothic Towers	In The Darkness	Within Gothic Towers	04:38
Élan	Teenage Party	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	01:35
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Eight Seconds	Chopin's Heart	Big Houses	04:51
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Spoons	No Promises	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:39
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
David Raven & the Escorts	Keep On Burning	David Raven And The Escorts	03:49
Corsage	She's Become a Memory	ST	04:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:10
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Numbers	Can't Take it	Sideways Elevator b/w Can't Take it	03:42
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Home Grown	Thoughts of You	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:11
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
Extras	Teddy	Bit Parts	05:50
Cardboard Brains	Is That Why?	Live At The Edge	03:28
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Educated Man	04:05
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	So Far	04:14
Lawn	Shady Street	Peace in the Valley	03:59
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Rob Bryanton	Courage	Alcohol And Other Drugs	03:34
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Thin Lines	Midway b/w Thin Lines	05:53
Martha And The Muffins	Several Styles of Blonde Girls Dancing	Danseparc	05:53
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Spoons - Static In Transmission

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