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
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Drastic Measures	Prelude	ST	01:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
ACTORS	Like U Want 2	Reanimated	03:40
Rob Bryanton	Gimme a Beer!	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:22
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
IQ	Sixth World	Burn Me b/w Sixth World	02:59
Glamorcult	Crestfallen	A Price To Paris	03:37
Glamorcult	Cry	Shadows From The Past	03:35
Class Info	I Want	Inside	05:22
Melinite	A Daydream Dilemma	Push The Button And Run!	03:44
The Keys	Lied To!	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	02:18
Glamorcult	Mine Is The Maiden	The Stone Sessions	04:16
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Within Gothic Towers	The Cavern Of Solitude	Within Gothic Towers	04:06
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:25
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:32
Age of Mirrors	Raiders of the Heart	Screenplay	03:39
Rave Revues	Everyone’s a Critic	Voices	06:45
Bora Bora	Starting Over	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	04:23
A Neon Rome	Islam	New Heroin	10:18
Martha And The Muffins	Trance and Dance	Trance and Dance	07:14
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Salty Seamen	I'm Done	In The Groove At Last	03:50
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Vital Sines	Break the Chains	Big Dark Dreams	02:53
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Modernes Pickles	Possessed in the City	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:28
Extras	Zambando	The Road to Zambando	04:17
Erect	Weekend	Consequence of Life	02:41
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
ACTORS	Object of Desire	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:12
Drama	A Kiss Without Lust	Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)	03:12
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News Finale	Ohama aka The White Album	05:46
Modernes Pickles	I've Won a Million	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:02
FM109	Food On Nuclear Device	ST	06:38
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
ACTORS	Youth	Our Love Will Live Forever	03:17
NEO A4	Rescue Me	ST	03:59
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Bobby and Synthia	The Music Stopped	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:36
Psyche	Lord Unleashed	Unveiling The Secret	03:22
Spoons	Waterline	Vertigo Tango	05:02
Boys Brigade	Portrait	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:45
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Catherine	Operating System	Operating System b/w Operating System	03:04
Andrew Matheson	True Romance	Monterey Shoes	03:42
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Oui	Turn of the Century	Oui	04:13
Blue Oil	Producer	Blue Oil (1981-83)	03:19
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
ACTORS	Face Meets Glass	It Will Come to You	03:36
Darkroom	It's Cold Out Here	San Paku	03:44
A Neon Rome	The Magical Summer of '85	New Heroin	03:17
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
Rin Tin Tin	Give Meech a Chance	Give Meech a Chance // Jackin' the House of Commons	03:11
Tulpa	Mystical Dreams	Apologize to Your Mother (picture sleeve)	03:36
Frigidaires	Three Cool Cats	Three Cool Cats (picture sleeve)	02:12
Compilation	Rent Boys Inc. - Beauty is Above the Law	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:45
Null Set	Teats de Nuit	New Job (EP)	02:51
39 Steps	Something New	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:03
ACTORS	We Don't Have to Dance	It Will Come to You	04:03
Secret Act	That Certain Feeling	My Neighbourhood	03:33
Corsage	Victory Square	ST	04:16
BB Gabor	Hunger, Poverty and Misery	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	03:50
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Austra	Lose It	Feel it Break	04:29
ACTORS	Mining for Heart	Mining for Heart	02:52
Drastic Measures	Big Town Boy (Shirley Matthews)	ST	02:00
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:26
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Spoons	Star Maps	Static In Transmission	04:05
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Martha And The Muffins	Walking Into Walls	Danseparc	02:57
Null Set	Rubber Wings	New Job (EP)	03:31
Rational Youth	Ring the Bells	Cold War Nightlife	05:13
Moev	Rotting Geraniums	Zimmerkampf	04:51
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15
Handful of Snowdrops	Over My Head (4 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	06:44
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Glamatron	Factor 2-2-2	Only the Heart Beats...Inside the Silence	03:53
Modern Minds	Love to Me	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:32
Handful of Snowdrops	S.G.B.P. (2nd Lineup Rehearsal Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:53
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	Midnite News	03:30
Secret Act	Heaven	My Neighbourhood	04:12
Spoons	Ice Age	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:08
Modernes Pickles	I Left my Heart in Charlesbourg	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	05:20
Rex Chainbelt	Test Tube Baby	Foreign Movie	01:53
Darkroom	In Dim light	San Paku	03:34
Deserters	A.W.O.L.	ST	01:00
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
Tim Ray	Silent Partner	ST	02:47

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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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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