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
Bunny & the Lakers	Batlore	Numbers	03:05
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Gaslit Squares	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:56
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
The Gas	Special This Week	Evacuate Mississauga (picture sleeve)	02:14
The Edge	Why Do I Miss You?	Release the Circle	03:53
Salty Seamen	Star Train	In The Groove At Last	04:01
The Front	Your Street	Underworld	04:10
Modernes Pickles	Brothurs	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:17
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cold War Nightlife	03:14
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Rarefaction	You In Me	Ordinary Man	05:50
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Vital Sines	Climbing the Air	Big Dark Dreams	03:09
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Secret Act	Helpless	My Neighbourhood	04:14
Martha And The Muffins	One Day in Paris	This Is The Ice Age	04:20
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Dancespeak	Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	04:47
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
Golden Calgarians	Thousand Chains	Savage Love	03:51
Me And the Mosquitos	Go Away	Go Away b/w Valium	03:43
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Modernes Pickles	Bonjour de Bob	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:01
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Awake The Echoes	Love For Life	Normal Life	03:31
This Fear	Haunting Me	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:23
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Metro Music	03:37
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Living End (1)	Is it Murder	ST	03:34
Handful of Snowdrops	Holy Hossuary (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:58
Élan	Freedom Song	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:41
Fictions	Snob Appeal	ST	03:53
Modern Minds	Girl Crazy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:22
The Idles	Uptown/Downtown	The Idles Demo	03:23
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Bruce PM	Well, Yes	Makeshift	04:45
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Blue Peter	Out With the Boys	Test Patterns For Living	03:08
Rex Chainbelt	Rock a Rolla	Foreign Movie	01:40
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:41
Tim Ray	D-Scratch	ST	02:04
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Oui	Free from Body	Oui	03:01
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
The Front	Can't Get Started	Gina's at a Party	04:18
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Klō	You're Chic	Demo 1981	05:34
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	I Tie My Shoes	Ohama aka The White Album	05:58
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
The Scene (2)	Come of Age	Only in Paradise	05:36
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Broken Silence	Nightstalking	Nightstalking b/w Through the Glass (picture sleeve)	03:47
Lawn	As Yet	Peace in the Valley	02:58
Modernes Pickles	People Get Killed and Get Up and Kill	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:25
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
Pukka Orchestra	Spies of the Heart	ST	02:50
Modernes Pickles	Garbage	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:04
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Modernes Pickles	Are You a Martian	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	04:03
Modernes Pickles	Colors	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:09
Élan	Penticton Peaches	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:13
Reasons	Playing With Your Heart	Reasonable Rock (EP)	03:53
Men Without Hats	Where do Boys Go	BBC Rock Hour Special #442 Version A	03:56
Land of Giants	Fire With Fire	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	04:50
Modernes Pickles	March of the Fingertips	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Rational Youth	Sorry	Heredity	04:47
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Spoons	Snow Globes	New Day New World	03:32
Rex Chainbelt	Bruised & Beaten	Foreign Movie	02:30
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Villains	Call Me Up	Go Crazy	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Spoons - Vertigo Tango

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Spoons - Bridges Over Borders

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Spoons - Talkback

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Spoons - Nova Heart b/w Symmetry

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