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
45's	Real Confused	On the Beach	02:15
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Exit From a Dream	04:54
Strange Advance	Worlds Away	Worlds Away	07:00
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Voice	I Am the Walrus	Anno Di Voce	03:24
Reid My Lyps	Susie Don't Run	Susie Don't Run b/w Susie Don't Run	03:57
Spoons	Through the Hazy	Vertigo Tango	04:04
Rolf Kempf	One More Time	One More Time b/w Bye Bye Baby (picture sleeve)	03:26
Start	In Passion	Hey You	03:24
Friendly Fire	Complete Control	Junior Senility EP	03:12
Breeding Ground	Cerememony of Love	Obscurity And Flair	04:43
Lou Champagne System	Propaganda Frustration	No Visible Means	06:49
Martha And The Muffins	Jets Seem Slower in London's Skies	This Is The Ice Age	02:36
No Comment	Honesty	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:46
Erect	The Colony	We Are Police b/w The Colony	02:39
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:28
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Edsells	Don't Wanna Go to School	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	03:06
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama aka The White Album	02:44
Spoons	Game Above Your Head	Vertigo Tango	03:51
Glamorcult	Jazzam	A Price To Paris	03:29
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Hot Tip	Never Look Back	Stop All Motion	03:25
Odd Man Out	World of My Own	Whatever Happened to Us b/w World of My Own (picture sleeve)	03:35
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Modern Minds	Wasted Lives	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	03:01
Bonus Boys	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By	Every Time I See A Car Like Yours Go By b/w Wasting Our Time	02:17
Moev	Photos	Dusk and Desire	04:50
Fictions	Praying for the World	ST	03:06
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58
Start	Out of the Tube	Hey You	02:27
Rave Revues	Long Time Coming	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:11
Figures At Dawn	Love Will Know	ST	03:50
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Red Herring	Taste Tests	Taste Tests	02:50
Handful of Snowdrops	Chemical Engineering (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	03:22
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Psyche	Children Carry Knives	Insomnia Theatre	04:46
Handful of Snowdrops	A Miracle	Land of the Damned	04:54
Hush	Now Reality	Replay	04:41
Modern Minds	Out of Luck (Pointed Sticks)	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:55
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Psyche	Haunted	The Influence	04:10
100 Flowers	Pam	21st Guessing	03:33
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night	Cold War Nightlife	05:06
Melinite	Who Needs Foreplay?	Push The Button And Run!	01:30
Oui	Information	Oui	04:41
39 Steps	Hit It Up	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:14
Images In Vogue	Welcome to Sorrow	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:07
Rarefaction	I Dreamt	Abstract Minds b/w I Dreamt (picture sleeve)	04:04
The Play	Whatever it Takes	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:25
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Blue Oil	I Blow You a Kiss	ST	02:36
Blue Peter	Living in the Eighties	Test Patterns For Living	02:26
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Novels	I'm Being Followed	I'm Being Followed b/w Son of Sam (picture sleeve)	03:02
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Strange Advance	Kiss in the Dark	Worlds Away	03:56
True Confessions	Modern Personality	ST	04:12
Spoons	One in Ten Words	Arias & Symphonies	04:10
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Erect	We Are Police	Consequence of Life	02:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News II	I Fear What I Might Hear	04:36
Land of Giants	Just Yet	Cannibal Dolls Seven Men With Bonus Tracks	03:30
Compilation	Glamatron - Pop Tarts	The Circuit	02:53
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heart of the Mind	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	03:27
Diodes	Photographs Of Mars (Live At The Horseshoe June 7 1980)	Rarities	04:32
39 Steps	I'll Take the Blame	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:25
Boys Brigade	Shadows	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	03:28
Diodes	Coma	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Psyche	Ride On	Mystery Hotel	02:48
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Upcoming Storm	Space and Time	03:38
Iko	Approach on Tokyo	83	05:15
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
Numbers	She's Got Everything	Add Up	02:38
Villains	Laylow	Go Crazy	03:20
Aircuts	Sheila	Radioactivity b/w Sheila	03:22
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
B-Sides	She's a Raver (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:06
Government	Zippers of Fire	33 ⅓ RPM E.P.	04:05
Family Plot	Wings of Fate	Convictions	04:02
Térapi	Lève-toi!	Primale	02:13
Men Without Hats	I Got the Message	The Safety Dance	04:47
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
Broken Tables	Image of You	ST	04:24
The Front	Hide And Seek	Gina's at a Party	03:17
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
Extras	I’ll be Wanting You	The Road to Zambando	04:15
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Compilation	Hunger Project - Assembly	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:41
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54

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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