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
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Tim Ray	Run On (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:08
Scenics	Tokyo	New Part In Town	04:07
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Handful of Snowdrops	Somewhere Higher (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:25
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
Martha And The Muffins	Casualties of Glass	This Is The Ice Age	05:17
Golden Calgarians	Galaxina	Savage Love	03:06
Kaméléon	Microcosme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:45
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Salt And the Choppers	Flounder	I And You b/w Flounder (picture sleeve)	03:01
Compilation	Dale Hancocks - Carribea	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:53
Sebastian (Agnello)	No Compromise	No Compromise b/w Stop Picking On America (picture sleeve)	03:34
Spoons	Be Alone Tonight	Bridges Over Borders	05:11
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Interpol	Ursula (At Warsaw International)	ST	06:35
Entrance System	Ahohoo	Imperfect Image	03:45
Images In Vogue	Fade Away	Educated Man	03:31
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Nevermen	Real Life	The Monitor LP	05:10
Tribal Earth	Got to Move	Interaction b/w Reaction (EP)	04:09
Within Gothic Towers	In My Hour Of Despair	Within Gothic Towers	04:37
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
Government	Get You Sleepin'	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:17
Tenants	What's In It For Me?	ST	02:43
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Madman	02:30
Moral Support	Hold On to Time	Insanity	04:40
39 Steps	City of Vice [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:25
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Tenants	Never Forget a Face	Visions of Our Future	04:07
Dandelions	Great Big Pictures	Great Big Pictures b/w Funky Monday (picture sleeve)	04:01
Diodes	Lawn Boy Lover (1977 previously unreleased)	Rarities	02:33
Villains	Wendy's Melody	Go Crazy	03:47
Rational Youth	Coboloid Race	I Want to See the Light	05:14
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
UJ3RK5	Reason Sleeps Tonight	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	03:42
Psyche	You're the Only One	Mystery Hotel	03:28
A Day in Paris	Too Tired	Prey	03:34
Glamorcult	She Touched My Soul	Early Glamour	04:50
Government	Plaza del Pimps	How Many Fingers?	03:13
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
100 Flowers	The Best Status Symbol	21st Guessing	02:54
Images In Vogue	Flashing Black	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	03:30
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
UJ3RK5	Naum Gabo	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:18
A Neon Rome	You Should Fear Us	New Heroin	05:44
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
Benjamin Russell	Boffo	Madman	02:12
B-Sides	B-Side Shuffle	Red to Black	02:25
Breeding Ground	Happy Now I Know	Tales of Adventure (EP)	03:45
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Handful of Snowdrops	In the Eye of the Storm	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:25
Moral Support	Heart of Gold	Insanity	03:40
Kaméléon	Smarties (1983)	Groupe électro-pop	04:54
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
100 Flowers	Nothing is Hard	21st Guessing	04:31
Compilation	Charles Kurt - The Silence Upstairs	Music Industry Arts 1983	02:11
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Philip Rambow	Snakes And Ladders	Jungle Law	03:52
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Scenics	One Comes Closer	Underneath the Door	03:18
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Lou Champagne System	Don't Say I'm Here	No Visible Means	03:27
Erect	Waiting	Consequence of Life	04:01
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Melinite	For Now	Push The Button And Run!	03:37
Tau Ceti	And I Wonder	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:12
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
The Play	Line of Fire	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:45
Home Grown	Up the Wall	Up the Wall b/w Thoughts of You	04:45
Handful of Snowdrops	Ends & Meanings (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:00
Benjamin Russell	Orphans	Pop Modern(e)	03:35
Klō	The Parking Lot Song	No Money b/w The Parking Lot Song	02:08
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Andrew Matheson	My Girls (Pin-Up Parade)	Monterey Shoes	03:52
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Timothy Chipman	Joy to the World	Ghost Parade	01:32
Moev	Took Out the Lace	Dusk and Desire	03:42
Neurons	Midnight Meetings	Midnight Meetings b/w New Location	04:27
One Hand Clapping	Bad Pianos	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	01:26
Lou Champagne System	Broken Hearts	No Visible Means	03:31
Start	Hey You	Hey You	04:03
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Midnite News	05:15
Living End (1)	All Mine	ST	03:08
Rarefaction	Night Crawler	Ordinary Man	05:02
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
Scenics	Walk in the Desert	Underneath the Door	01:32
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34

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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