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
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
John Young Paul	Surrender to the Void	The Life of Ermie Scub	04:05
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Martha And The Muffins	Hide and Seek	Metro Music	03:58
Glamatron	The Word (Death In September)	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:24
Spoons	My Job	After the Institution b/w My Job	03:14
Spoons	Waterline	Vertigo Tango	05:02
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Bobby and Synthia	Chant #2	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:00
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
The Diodes	Catwalker	Action-Reaction	03:29
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
The Play	Midnight Dreams	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:12
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Deserters	Take It Away	ST	03:26
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Educated Man	03:54
Voice	Lime	Anno Di Voce	02:58
Scenics	In the Summer	Underneath the Door	03:53
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
The Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Erect	Don't Put Me Down	Consequence of Life	02:44
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Erect	We Are Police	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:19
Breeding Ground	Love Rectangle	Obscurity And Flair	04:08
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Extras	I Never Told You, I Told You So	The Watcher (EP)	04:26
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15
Design	Sayonara (remix)	No Turning Back	04:10
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Living End (1)	Steal a Smile	ST	03:20
DeMars	Les télé-têtes	Les Télé-Têtes	04:41
Psyche	Caught in the Act	Unveiling The Secret	05:42
The Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Barking Boys	Ghost Story	The Yes Girls	04:09
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Spoons	Numb	Static In Transmission	03:50
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Breeding Ground	Reunion	Reunion // Slaughter	04:54
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Maurice & The Clichés	Soft Core	Soft Core	04:26
Modernettes	No Tears	Gone..But Not Forgiven	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Alice in Wonderland (1992)	Mort en direct	05:20
John Young Paul	Our Time Escapes	The Life of Ermie Scub	02:09
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
Corsage	Troubles	ST	04:57
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
ACTORS	Jacknife	Reanimated	04:24
Volts	Welcome	Plugged In	04:21
Vital Sines	Erik the Generik	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:45
BAMFF	The Uncanny	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:50
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Extras	One Last Time	Bit Parts	03:45
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Modernes Pickles	Madwoman Incanting Against Ghouls	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:03
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Images In Vogue	Anxiety Reaction	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:00
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
Spoons	Repeatable	New Day New World	03:54
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Melinite	Seasoning	Push The Button And Run!	01:23
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
e	The Fall	The Levitation Syndrome	03:15
Kultur	Altar	Kultur	03:59
Martha And The Muffins	Three Hundred Years - Chemistry	This Is The Ice Age	07:09
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Modernes Pickles	Deathrace 2000	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:44
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Scissors	Do You Like it?	ST	02:20
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Spunker (aka Neotone)	I'm in the Stars For You	Spunker	04:36
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Mannequin Depressives	Dissolve	Girls Are Evil	01:45
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Vex - DNA

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