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
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lonely Heart Dance	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:09
Eight Seconds	Where's Bula	Almacantar	04:38
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Compilation	The Sharks - Get Off the Radio	No Pedestrians	03:00
A Kid	Wrong and Bite	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	06:21
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Tim Ray	Lost Lagoon (April, 1981)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:52
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Andrew Matheson	Johnny Lets Run	Monterey Shoes	03:49
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Bündock	Pris par le temps	Société Anonyme	03:23
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Martha And The Muffins	Halfway Through the Week	Trance and Dance	03:41
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Ceramic Hello	Conversation Between Units	The Absence of a Canary	00:30
Extras	Cult Kids	Bit Parts	03:07
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Modernes Pickles	Destination Martin	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:13
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Glamorcult	Silent Reflection	A Price To Paris	03:59
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Glamorcult	You Are in Love	A Price To Paris	04:07
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
Dancespeak	Heart of My Song	Heart of My Song b/w Naked in the Deep (Insomnia)	03:49
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Eight Seconds	Here Stood Troy	Big Houses	06:33
Entrance System	Minimal Spirits	Imperfect Image	03:24
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Rob Bryanton	Just a Shy Guy	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:29
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Maurice & The Clichés	Working Girls	C'est la vie	03:44
Absolute 9	Love and Work	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:48
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
Age of Mirrors	Talk of the Crowd	Mirage	04:13
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Dead Dogs	Spunker	02:32
Mettle	Five-Four	ST	04:39
Spoons	All the Wrong Things (In the Right Places)	New Day New World	03:20
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Handful of Snowdrops	Sometimes I (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:06
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
A Neon Rome	Cums A Wolf	A Neon Rome	04:15
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Bruce PM	Even More Joyful Noise	Makeshift	03:50
Glamorcult	S.O.S.	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:31
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
The Front	The Truth Hurts	Gina's at a Party	03:13
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
Klō	Dreaming	Demo 1982	03:54
Lawn	Catwalk Slip	Peace in the Valley	03:24
Joe Mavety & the Mule	Crusaders	Crusaders b/w Voices Like Thunder	03:49
Spoons	Smiling in Winter	Arias & Symphonies	04:05
Compilation	Kinetic Ideals - Awful Medley	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:44
Glamorcult	If Only You Knew	A Price To Paris	03:33
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
Kaméléon	Insomnuit	ST	04:26
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Rin Tin Tin	Jackin' the House of Commons	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	08:26
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Instrumental)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:18
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Drama	Hidden Melodies	Loneliness	03:54
Spoons	Talk Back	Talkback	04:37
Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
Pukka Orchestra	Listen to the Radio	ST	03:48
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Popular Front	Flipside	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:57
The Vox	Mary-Go-Round	Mary-Go-Round b/w Bored of the 80's	03:29
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Lola	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:08
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
The Edge	Play the Game	Release the Circle	04:07
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Pelicans	Pelicans	Pelicans b/w New Wave	02:50
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12

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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