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
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Benjamin Russell	Want a World	Madman	02:13
Pukka Orchestra	Your Secret is Safe With Me	ST	04:11
Martha And The Muffins	Paint By Number Heart	Metro Music	03:28
The Scene (2)	What I Need	Only in Paradise	05:28
Modernettes	Won't Have To Worry	Gone..But Not Forgiven	02:22
Degrees of Freedom	August is an Angel	China	04:27
Glamorcult	A Farewell to Arms	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	02:35
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
3rd Man In	What to Believe	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:43
Bobby and Synthia	Queen Street	thirty-six hours (EP)	04:56
Rarefaction	All the Broken Seams	Ordinary Man	03:44
The Patterns	Afraid to Touch	Afraid to Touch b/w Always Sixteen	03:57
Rheostatics	Satellite Dancing	My Generation b/w Satellite Dancing	03:31
I Braineater	Funtime	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:24
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Direktive 17	Jericho	ST (EP)	03:58
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
Zipper	Another Boyfriend	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:52
Hush	Highway of Love	Replay	03:31
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31
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
Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
Braineaters	Screw You	Planet X	01:44
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Rave Revues	Faces	Voices	03:41
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Spoons	I've Been Here Before	Vertigo Tango	03:58
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	The Drum	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	03:49
Deserters	Boys In Berlin	ST	03:42
Family Plot	Old Refrain	Convictions	04:09
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
Glen Meadmore	Blissful Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:24
Tyro	A Little More Time	A Little More Time (EP)	02:11
Kaméléon	Anachronisme (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	04:24
Tim Ray	Now What Was That	ST	02:58
The Pink Zone	Amsterdam Day	Amsterdam Day b/w You Or Me	04:09
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Einstein	Nasti Nastassja	Sex and Science	04:35
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Eight Seconds	Tell Diane	Big Houses	04:45
Moral Support	Insanity	Insanity	04:33
Darkroom	Don't Talk	San Paku	03:32
UJ3RK5	Locator	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:04
Utopiate	You've Been Warned	You've Been Warned b/w Actions or Misguidance	03:41
Modernettes	(I Can Only Give You) Everything	View From The Bottom (EP)	02:22
Deserters	Innervisions	ST	03:34
Government	On the Prowl	Electric Eye	04:39
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Pukka Orchestra	Power Cut	ST	05:13
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Klō	Weirdo	Demo 1981	04:01
Psyche	Prisoner to Desire	Unveiling The Secret	05:37
Handful of Snowdrops	Remedy (8 Track Home Demo)	Storm Debris & Astronaut Remains: Demo Archive Volume 2 (1990-1992)	04:34
Handful of Snowdrops	The Scariest Notion (1st Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	05:08
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Austra	The Future	Feel it Break	04:02
Kaméléon	Microcosme	ST	03:40
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Friendly Fire	Junior Senility	Junior Senility EP	02:54
Compilation	Mark Malibu And The Wasagas - Buzz Beat	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:12
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
I Braineater	Waste	I Here, Where You	02:39
The Presence	Blown Away	Blown Away b/w Mechanoid (picture sleeve)	02:15
Kings	It's Okay	Are Here	02:55
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Salty Seamen	Too Late to Worry Now	In The Groove At Last	03:52
Einstein	Incognito	Sex and Science	03:50
Ohm & the Secret Sources	No Feelings	Space and Time	03:34
Cannon Heath Down	Having Dreams	Heart-Throb Companion	02:14
I Braineater	Alone	I Here, Where You	02:41
True Confessions	Mating Games	ST	03:06
Psyche	The Saint Became a Lush	Unveiling The Secret	06:25
James Harcourt	Queen Bee	Emotional Blackmail	02:17
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Tenants	Death of Innocence	Visions of Our Future	03:39
Government	I'm Somebody	Electric Eye	01:36
Spoons	Paint by Number Day	New Day New World	04:34
Salty Seamen	Neanderthal	In The Groove At Last	04:24
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Compilation	The Secrets - All the Words	No Pedestrians	02:52
True Confessions	Passion	ST	02:44
Psyche	Taking Chances	Unveiling The Secret	04:38
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Tenants	Winner	ST	03:21
CosmaNat	Camping Song	Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)	02:17
Regulators	That´s Right Nothing's Left	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	02:53
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Iko	Subway 49	83	04:53
Thieves	Kopper & Iron	I See Red	03:38
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Ceramic Hello	The Disqued	The Absence of a Canary	03:54
The Play	Atlantic City	Midnight Dreams b/w Atlantic City	03:30

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Tim Ray - History Lessons 1978-1984

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Lorne Ranger - I Want to be a Doorman

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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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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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The Idles - The Idles Demo

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Hunger Project - Demo 1982

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Hunger Project - The Same Inside b/w Assembly

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Boys Brigade - ST

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Boys Brigade - Interview with Boys Brigade and Producer Geddy Lee

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Boys Brigade - Live Off-The-Floor Demo

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Boys Brigade - Mannequin Demo

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