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
S.Q	Alone at Night	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:10
Philip Rambow	Don't Come (Cryin' To Me)	Jungle Law	03:37
Tim Ray	Bonus Track	History Lessons 1978-1984	01:17
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
The Front	The Haunting (Jimmy Loves Mary-Ann)	Gina's at a Party	04:07
Spoons	After the Institution	After the Institution b/w My Job	02:49
Drastic Measures	See My House	ST	02:46
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Psyche	Make No Mistake	Mystery Hotel	04:11
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:30
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face	Land of the Damned	06:09
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
Spoons	Through the Hazy	Vertigo Tango	04:04
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Awake The Echoes	Captive Heart	Normal Life	03:06
Joe Naylor	I Hate Fluorescent Lights	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	03:18
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Popular Front (1)	September Reign	This is the Rubicon	03:12
Spoons	Time Stands Still	Talkback	05:00
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Sex Church	Waking Up	Growing Over	05:26
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Chocolate Bunnies From Hell	Simple Man	Pumpin' For Jill b/w Simple Man (picture sleeve)	04:16
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Villains	You Are (All These Things to Me)	Go Crazy	04:38
Strange Advance	One Chance in a Million	Worlds Away	04:12
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Benjamin Russell	One Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:55
One Hand Clapping	Angry Weather	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	04:23
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Spoons	Life On Demand	New Day New World	04:14
Spoons	When Time Turns Around	Vertigo Tango	03:40
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
Compilation	Moist & Tender - You're On My Way	Toronto Calling	02:42
A Neon Rome	Bsus5	A Neon Rome	08:25
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Thieves	I See Red	I See Red	04:27
The Chemicals	Break Time	Break Time	03:03
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Cinebar	Another Fine Day	Another Fine Day	03:37
Tim Ray	Hate (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:22
Spoons	Trade Winds	Arias & Symphonies	02:15
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Feelings	I Fear What I Might Hear	05:03
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Glamorcult	Manhattan Sunrise	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:24
Tenants	Let 'Em Go	Visions of Our Future	04:28
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Thieves	Screams	I See Red	04:40
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
I Before E	Power of Reason	Power of Reason b/w Cocktails	02:23
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Figures At Dawn	Falling	ST	03:24
Avril Chown	Losin’ Sight	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:53
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Kaméléon	Napalm	ST	02:54
Kinetic Ideals	Structures	Reason (EP)	04:47
Robert Armes	Radio Active	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	02:31
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Secret Act	Fred Flinstone, Where Are You	My Neighbourhood	03:52
Compilation	Tyranna - Back Off Baby	No Pedestrians	02:26
Philip Rambow	Love is a Hard Time	Jungle Law	04:19
Golden Calgarians	Happy Man	Savage Love	02:10
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Scenics	I Have You	Underneath the Door	02:07
Cöld Wår	Do You Notice Me	Do You Notice Me b/w Klub Haus (picture sleeve)	03:31
Glamorcult	Theories of Modern Affection	A Price To Paris	04:27
Martha And The Muffins	Sins of Children	Danseparc	05:37
Glamorcult	The Bass of Our Style	A Price To Paris	03:53
Preison's Shade	Don't Leave Me Alone	Race Me Home (EP)	05:11
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Over Mountains	Ohama aka The White Album	03:14
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Glamorcult	Cocktail Conversations	A Price To Paris	04:32
Inner Sanction	Standing in the Rain	Prophecy	03:21
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Inner Sanction	Sparkle	Shake Up - Fly Down	02:51
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Ordinary Man	04:18

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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