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
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Dandelions	Funky Monday	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	02:51
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Mannequin Demo	03:32
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
Kinetic Ideals	Me and the Sky	A Personal View (EP)	05:50
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Love in 3-D	Space and Time	03:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Kaméléon	Genocide genethliaque	ST	04:03
Kings	Partyitis	Are Here	03:51
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Popular Front	Puppet Man	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:17
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
Benjamin Russell	Power of Love	Pop Modern(e)	03:37
Censure	Foxy Lady	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:24
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Blue Oil	Twenty Years	ST	03:41
Hygiene Club	Girls at the Bank	Hawaii/ Girls at the Bank b/w Sea Monster/ Pantechnicon - for Gary	02:05
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Where Do You Call Home?	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:46
Teasers	Love Me Like You Did Last Night	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:53
Drama	This Time	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	04:13
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Cannon Heath Down	Not Now	Heart-Throb Companion	02:15
e	Power Blackout	The Levitation Syndrome	02:39
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Diodes	Curiosity Girl (1977 previously unreleased version)	Rarities	02:51
Direktive 17	Don’t Pass Me By	ST (EP)	05:07
Volts	Never Enough	Plugged In	03:03
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
DeMars	Out of Sight	Stories from between the Walls	05:25
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Drama	Space Age Punks	Loneliness	02:37
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Pre-release	04:30
Jon Mullane	The Distant Light	Following Yesterday	04:05
Blue Oil	Producer	Blue Oil (1981-83)	03:19
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Glamorcult	In Time (Only to be Free)	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	04:17
Two Men Laughing	Imprisoned Lorri	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	03:39
UJ3RK5	Eisenhower & the Hippies	ST (EP)	02:29
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Kinetic Ideals	Angular Sky	Angular Sky / Fade Away (EP)	06:57
Modernes Pickles	People Get Killed and Get Up and Kill	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:25
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Maja Bannerman	Black Sheep	Songs by Maja Bannerman	03:00
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Let Them Eat Static	Midnite News	04:37
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
Einstein	Fire of My Loins	Sex and Science	04:48
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
Popular Front (1)	We One	This is the Rubicon	04:59
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Handful of Snowdrops	The Keep - When Comes Daylight (1986-87)	Mort en direct	07:30
NEO A4	Is She is She	ST	04:39
The Front	Twice Shy	Underworld	03:37
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Spoons	Young English Gentleman	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:35
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Strange Advance	Hold On to the Nite	Worlds Away	04:34
I Braineater	Frosted Lips	I Here, Where You	03:28
Spoons	Radio Heaven	Bridges Over Borders	03:57
Benjamin Russell	Gentle Charms	Madman	01:48
Compilation	The Stranger - Don't Touch Me (Fast Mix)	Strange Pleasures EP	09:34
Shanghai Lil	Flower And a Bee	Flower And a Bee b/w Nirvana - Oh What a Night	04:28
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Johnny Faith	Party time	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	01:42
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Modernes Pickles	Baby My Band is Back	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:22
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Rex Chainbelt	Rich Man	Foreign Movie	02:52
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	A Giant Starfish	Ohama aka The White Album	04:11
The Vox	Bored of the 80's	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	02:37
Rational Youth	Saturdays in Silesia	Cold War Nightlife	04:21
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Instructions	Don't Say Love	ST	03:46
Images In Vogue	Save It	In The House	03:38
Maurice & The Clichés	Please Yourself	ST	01:57
Kings	Don't let Me Know	Are Here	04:00
Spoons	The First & Last Time	New Day New World	04:54
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Body of Vagrant Waves	I Fear What I Might Hear	08:36
4th Floor	Black and White	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:37
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Modernes Pickles	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:45

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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