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
Nevermen	Living in the Past	The Monitor LP	04:17
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Compilation	The Rhythm Kingz - Drums of Change (K. Gariepy, N. Minotti)	Strange Pleasures EP	06:35
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Modern Minds	Confidential (Modernettes)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:58
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	Folk of the 80's (EP)	04:12
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
Maurice & The Clichés	Dean Reckoning	C'est la vie	03:40
Bonus Boys	Wasting Our Time	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	03:16
Austra	Hate Crime	Feel it Break	04:01
Minutes From Downtown	Pushing the Limits of Love	ST	03:14
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Glamatron	Passport (Instrumental)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:30
A Day in Paris	Child's Cry	Prey	03:45
e	Reaction	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
Start	Kids in the USA	Hey You	03:17
Annabelle's Room	Classical Rage	ST	03:30
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	A Neon Rome	03:06
Martha And The Muffins	Be Blase	Trance and Dance	02:42
Pukka Orchestra	Might as Well be on Mars	ST	05:05
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Compilation	Crash Course In Science - Kitchen Motors (Produced by John Wicks, Third Story Recording, Philadelphia, USA)	Strange Pleasures EP	02:36
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
Micks	Money Talks	ST (EP)	02:24
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Welcome Home	In This Life	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:59
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
DeMars	Out of Sight	Stories from between the Walls	05:25
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
ACTORS	Slaves	It Will Come to You	03:33
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Pumpin' For Jill	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:02
James Harcourt	Hook or By Crrok	Emotional Blackmail	03:33
Bündock	Silhouette	Société Anonyme	04:06
Maurice & The Clichés	Unschuld	C'est la vie	03:43
Age of Mirrors	Wave About Her	Mirage	04:33
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Martha And The Muffins	Swimming	This Is The Ice Age	03:54
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Spoons	Paint by Number Day	New Day New World	04:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Pale Blue	Ruin	Ruin b/w Therapy	03:25
Lou Champagne System	Do Something	No Visible Means	04:34
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Glamorcult	The Basis of Our Style	Early Glamour	04:00
Rob Bryanton	Insiduous Trends	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:47
Channel 5	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:19
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
Doppler Bros.	Welcome to Canada	Totally Impractical	03:48
State Of Mind	The Dark Side	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:45
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
NEO A4	Time for Me Now	ST	04:42
ACTORS	Post Traumatic Love (Slow Waves Remix)	Reanimated	05:04
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Boys Brigade	Saigon	ST	04:28
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Instructions	Naked Deer	ST	02:49
Compilation	Steve Wood - It's Not That Easy	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:45
Jon Mullane	In Our Hearts	Following Yesterday	03:22
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
Scenics	Farm Reports and Test Patterns	New Part In Town	03:50
The Front	The Moon Is a Stranger	Underworld	03:12
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Velveteens	Tall House	Tall House (EP)	03:05
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
The Edge	Release the Circle	Release the Circle	04:36
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Tim Ray	Dying in Brooklyn (June, 1978)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:40
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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