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
Buddy King & the Motion!	Schoolgirl Alibis	Schoolgirl Alibis b/w I Didn't Know Her	02:09
Government	It Must be God-Downtown	Electric Eye	02:52
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Volts	No Time Like the First Time	Plugged In	02:52
Tin Twist	Sitting Here, Waiting Here	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	02:32
Psyche	Wink of an Eye	Insomnia Theatre	05:37
Spoons	Clever	Bridges Over Borders	03:39
Psyche	Thundershowers	Unveiling The Secret	05:13
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Rave Revues	Living in the Shadows	Voices	04:07
Spoons	Like a Memory	Bridges Over Borders	03:47
Drastic Measures	Hotsy Totsy - Postlude	ST	04:25
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
UJ3RK5	Marnie	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:32
Modernes Pickles	Madwoman Incanting Against Ghouls	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:03
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Kaméléon	Insomnuit (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:35
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Space and Time	05:20
Popular Front	Puppet Man	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:17
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Scissors	Nadine	ST	02:03
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
Barking Boys	Too Hot In Here	The Yes Girls	04:39
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
39 Steps	Always Tomorrow	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:37
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Interview	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	06:10
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
Family Plot	Dervish	Convictions	04:11
Boys Brigade	The Cut Up (Breaking Glass)	Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee	04:27
A Day in Paris	Prey	Prey	04:56
The Diodes	Polaroid	Action-Reaction	02:37
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
Timothy Chipman	Night Patrol	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:22
Moev	Ophelia	Dusk and Desire	03:59
Cardboard Brains	The Monster in Ed	Live At The Edge	03:26
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Shock Culture	Haunted by Tokyo	ST (EP)	03:49
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Modern Minds	Holly	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	01:59
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Glamorcult	Yes, See Has the Afterglow	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:32
Tim Ray	Garndmothers Parrot (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Térapi	Rock'a'tchooka	Primale	03:16
The Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
39 Steps	Someday is Today [original]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:33
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Salty Seamen	Goddess of the Hunt	In The Groove At Last	02:30
Martha And The Muffins	Am I On?	Trance and Dance	03:24
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Instructions	The Extra	ST	03:12
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Philip Rambow	Jungle Law	Jungle Law	03:15
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush (Bonus Track - 1991 unreleased remix)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:27
Extras	Everytime I See Your Face	Bit Parts	02:33
Glamorcult	Interlude	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	03:30
Faded Films	East of the Asylum	Faded Years	04:46
Handful of Snowdrops	Immortals (1985)	Mort en direct	08:24
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Awake The Echoes	I Need Someone to Complain to	Normal Life	02:43
Modernes Pickles	Forest Fires	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
James Harcourt	Moment of Madness	Emotional Blackmail	03:03
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Maurice & The Clichés	Skyline	C'est la vie	03:49
Moral Lepers	Music is Your Body	Turn to Stone	02:45
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Spoons	World in Motion	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	04:18
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Kaméléon	Pique-nique (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	02:22
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Men Without Hats	Modern Dancing	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	04:29
Blue Oil	Money	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:50
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59

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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