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
Neon	Til Midnight	ST (EP)	03:23
The Chemicals	Run and Hide	Out of My Mind b/w Run and Hide	02:49
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
Pukka Orchestra	Goldmine in the Sky	The Palace Of Memeory	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Magic Dragon	Egyptian Radio	Emotional Landscape	04:12
Psyche	Psyche Theme	The Influence	02:48
Darkroom	Tears Hold No Cure	San Paku	03:46
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Volts	While You Can	Plugged In	03:41
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Thieves	Color	I See Red	04:09
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
Compilation	Hygiene Club - Interview	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	06:10
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Moev	Kim Says	Dusk and Desire	03:41
Tin Twist	Sometimes It's Funny	Sometimes It's Funny (picture sleeve)	03:38
Shock Culture	Brave New World	ST (EP)	03:14
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
Breeding Ground	Reflections (In a Coffee Cup)	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:21
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
Kings	Go Away	Are Here	03:47
Men Without Hats	Utter Space	Folk of the 80's (EP)	02:44
Compilation	Julie Choquette - Dream in My Head	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:34
Roland Blinn	Peg-in-Hole	Peg-in-Hole b/w Tense (and The fishermen)	03:55
Faded Films	Faded Years	Faded Years	04:11
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Benjamin Russell	Dreaming Girl	Madman	02:24
Spoons	Out of My Hands	Talkback	03:19
Rarefaction	Abstract Minds	Ordinary Man	04:56
B-Sides	Regular Guy	Red to Black	02:35
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Spoons	Closing Credits	Static In Transmission	04:31
Tim Ray	Stranded Walk	ST	03:24
Modernes Pickles	Blue Baby Baby White	We are the Modern Pickles b/w Colors/ Blue Baby Baby White	01:50
Mannequin Depressives	Erase It	Girls Are Evil	04:58
45's	She's In Love	On the Beach	03:27
FM109	Help	ST	02:11
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
I Braineater	7Teen	Artist, Poet, Thief	02:38
Rob Bryanton	We Are All Chemicals	Alcohol And Other Drugs	02:31
Bora Bora	Fashion Passion	Fashion Passion b/w Starting Over	03:47
Psyche	Illusion	The Influence	04:26
Channel Five	So Good to Me	ST (EP)	03:17
Moev	Madhatter	Zimmerkampf	04:50
Images In Vogue	Worlds of Noise	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:30
Handful of Snowdrops	Hush	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	07:12
One Hand Clapping	The Moon is Blue	Burlesque (picture sleeve)	02:39
Deserters	Americans	ST	03:03
Bruce PM	Electronic Security	Makeshift	03:59
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Bündock	Lover for Hire	Société Anonyme	03:25
Tim Ray	No Emotion (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:42
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Land of Giants	Key to Your Heart	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	02:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Call	Midnite News	07:14
Erect	Human Beings	Consequence of Life	04:09
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Compilation	Glamatron - Klüb	The Circuit	02:28
Spoons	For Tran	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:45
Compilation	Deadlines - I'm You	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	02:03
Utopiate	Actions or Misguidance	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:06
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
John Lutz T.	Kiss And Tell	Kiss And Tell b/w Street Corner Sally	02:10
Compilation	Instructions - Tell-A-Photo	The Circuit	04:42
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Blue Oil	Far Too Much	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:51
Minutes From Downtown	Wrapped in Velvet	ST	03:16
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
Palace at 4 a.m.	Sex - Death	Untamed World	03:16
Martha And The Muffins	You Sold the Cottage	This Is The Ice Age	04:01
Einstein	A Brighter Tomorrow	Sex and Science	03:09
Einstein	Elusive Temptress	Sex and Science	04:48
Deserters	No Time for Talking	ST	03:16
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Decade of Dreams	The Bridge	Wild Colloquial	03:31
Future Yanx	Suite For A Nation	Suite For A Nation (picture sleeve)	03:12
39 Steps	A Taste of Poison [alternate]	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:35
Benjamin Russell	Rock It	Pop Modern(e)	04:06
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Modernes Pickles	Madwoman Incanting Against Ghouls	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:03
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Mettle	The Invisibles	ST	03:14
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Handful of Snowdrops	Godhood (1989)	Mort en direct	04:44
Awake The Echoes	The Best Thing	Normal Life	02:38
Spoons	Blow Away	Arias & Symphonies	05:59
K	Sliding In	Sliding In b/w A Thousand Years (picture sleeve)	03:11
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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