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
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Rex Chainbelt	Foreign Movie	Foreign Movie	02:42
Boys Brigade	Into the Flow	ST	05:09
Eight Seconds	Call and a Cry	Almacantar	04:11
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Rheostatics	My Generation	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:04
Psyche	Psychic Vampire	Insomnia Theatre	02:55
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
Glen Meadmore	Hen Party	Chicken & Biscuits	05:22
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Tenants	How Do You Sleep at Night?	ST	04:34
The Front	Looking For You	Gina's at a Party	04:32
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
Glamorcult	She Touched My Soul	Early Glamour	04:50
Compilation	Don Bregg - Sounds So Nice	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:51
Nowhere	No More	No More b/w Living	04:56
Cannon Heath Down	Fortunate	Heart-Throb Companion	01:22
Figures At Dawn	Distance Through Darkness	ST	03:10
Secret Act	Northern Spy	My Neighbourhood	03:31
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Compilation	Deadlines - I'm You	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:03
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
The Front	Treacherous	Underworld	04:42
Start	Gotta Have Love	Hey You	04:49
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
I Braineater	Canada	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:23
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Diodes	Roses and Thorns	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:22
Pukka Orchestra	Miss Right	ST	03:32
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Fictions	Better	ST	02:31
Spoons	Waterline	Vertigo Tango	05:02
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Secret Act	Poor Boy	My Neighbourhood	03:36
Tim Ray	Now What Was That! (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:59
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Exit From a Dream	05:21
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Spoons	Only for Athletes	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	05:29
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Blue Oil	Sardine City	Blue Oil (1981-83)	01:49
Decade of Dreams	I've Never Felt Like This	Wild Colloquial	02:47
Tim Ray	Scene a Fight (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:33
A Day in Paris	déjà vu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:59
Vital Sines	Hype	Collage	04:43
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Johnny Zhivago	Echo	Microalbum	04:03
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
I Braineater	I Here Where You	I Here, Where You	02:51
Hunger Project	Assembly	The Same Inside b/w Assembly	07:06
Velveteens	Love as a Rule	Tall House (EP)	03:03
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Second by Second (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:47
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Erect	Lay Down and Die	Consequence of Life	03:18
Kaméléon	Omnibus Cactus	ST	02:48
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Compilation	Breeding Ground - Thin Red Line	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:08
Time Twins	Yuri Song	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	07:03
Secret Act	Night Club	My Neighbourhood	03:45
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Kings	This Beat Goes On - Switchin' to Glide	Are Here	05:43
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Handful of Snowdrops	White Dominoes (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:11
Mama Quilla II	KKK	ST (EP)	05:40
NEO A4	Home	The Warmer Side of You	02:53
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Electric Mocean	Television Eyes	Motion b/w Television Eyes (picture sleeve)	03:46
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	So Far	04:04
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Images In Vogue	Victimize	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:19
Einstein	Bedroom Mirror Rock Star	Sex and Science	04:03
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Insex	Play or Die	One (EP)	02:14
Calling Rain	Cross	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	05:21
Land of Giants	Room With a View	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Images In Vogue	For Germans	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:39
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Spoons - Arias & Symphonies

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Spoons - Stick Figure Neighbourhood

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Spoons - After the Institution b/w My Job

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Tim Ray - ST

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Voice - Anno Di Voce

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Compilation - SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural

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Hygiene Club - Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary

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