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	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Hunger Project	The Same Inside	Demo 1982	07:07
Erect	She's a Bitch	Consequence of Life	03:14
Boys Brigade	Exodus	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	The View (1984)	Mort en direct	05:16
3rd Man In	New Fast	New Fast b/w What to Believe (picture sleeve)	03:18
Ohm & the Secret Sources	City of the Shadow	Space and Time	03:57
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Erect	The Tube	Consequence of Life	04:33
Glamorcult	As I Breathe on The TTC	Shadows From The Past	03:58
Salty Seamen	Mindless Sex	In The Groove At Last	02:27
Rikki & The Rokkits	They Never See	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:23
Contradance	Professional Dads	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	03:40
Popular Front	The Touch	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	04:32
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Don't Wanna Hear This Song	Spunker	02:16
Extras	Sporting Life	The Road to Zambando	03:50
Cannon Heath Down	Bone Of Contention	Heart-Throb Companion	03:34
Martha And The Muffins	Was Ezo	Trance and Dance	03:58
Palace at 4 a.m.	I Go Hungry	Untamed World	03:43
Psyche	Maggots	Insomnia Theatre	04:27
B-Sides	Late at Night	Red to Black	03:28
Chris Evans & The Quarts	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	Metric Dictators (Measure Canadian Theme)	03:36
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Extras	Seeing You Again	The Road to Zambando	03:40
Johnny Zhivago	It Must be Love	Microalbum	03:43
Spoons	Show & Tell	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:31
The Voxx	Flower Boy	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	03:01
Absolute 9	The Gift	ST	03:03
Kinetic Ideals	Absurdity	Reason (EP)	05:23
Rex Chainbelt	Mon Ami	Foreign Movie	02:22
Ross Angeles	Salute	Salute	01:53
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Palace at 4 a.m.	Untamed World	Untamed World	03:52
Glamorcult	Forever Strangers	Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)	03:35
Handful of Snowdrops	From One Place to Another (1990)	Mort en direct	05:11
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Martha And The Muffins	Saigon	Metro Music	04:23
Benjamin Russell	Dance Man	Pop Modern(e)	04:12
Modern Minds	Punk Violence	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:16
Blue Oil	Free Fleas On the Roof	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Sometimes I Fear	Ohama aka The White Album	04:25
Benjamin Russell	Broken-Hearted Lovers	Pop Modern(e)	02:43
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Diodes	Strange Time	Action-Reaction	02:53
Breeding Ground	Slaughter	Reunion // Slaughter	04:55
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Promise	ST	04:31
Mettle	The Second Person	ST	03:47
FM109	Ecoeure' ecoure'	ST	01:35
Rex Chainbelt	Cherry Beach	Foreign Movie	02:55
Eight Seconds	Wings	Almacantar	04:46
Moral Lepers	Shadow	Turn to Stone	03:03
Lawn	Beluger	Peace in the Valley	03:46
Spoons	Perfect Exception	New Day New World	03:58
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
Doppler Bros.	Leaving Home	Totally Impractical	02:21
Within Gothic Towers	Day Dreaming	Within Gothic Towers	03:14
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
State Of Mind	I'll Be Yours	I'll Be Yours b/w The Dark Side (picture sleeve)	03:29
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Klō	Fun	Demo 1982	05:08
Tim Ray	Love-Fusion	ST	03:50
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Strange Advance	Automatic Sighs	Worlds Away	04:41
39 Steps	Priscilla	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:32
Contradance	Black Preppies	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	02:28
Psyche	The Sundial	The Influence	03:38
Boys Brigade	Anger (The Hunter)	ST	04:51
Bobby and Synthia	Dig That Space	thirty-six hours (EP)	02:33
Pukka Orchestra	This Sordid Thing Called Love	The Palace Of Memeory	04:17
Golden Calgarians	Savage Love	Savage Love	04:16
Faded Films	Jack in the Box	Faded Years	05:06
Beach Punks	She Got Body Talk	She Got Body Talk	04:52
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Hot Tip	Stop All Motion	Stop All Motion	04:34
Kaméléon	Un p'tit coup	ST	04:03
Kaméléon	Anachronisme	ST	04:14
Bunny & the Lakers	Shrieks From the Peeks	Numbers	03:10
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Blue Oil	Stop Complaining	Blue Oil (1981-83)	04:22
Rikki & The Rokkits	New Wave	New Wave b/w They Never See (picture sleeve)	03:10
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Part in Peace	I Fear What I Might Hear	03:04
Tyro	Strong Willed Woman	A Little More Time (EP)	02:27
Scenics	Mony Mony	Underneath the Door	02:52
Rational Youth	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	Cold War Nightlife	04:34
Strange Advance	Love Games	Worlds Away	03:51
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir II	Land of the Damned	01:01
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Blue Peter	Same Old Place	Test Patterns For Living	03:12
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Jon Mullane	With You	Following Yesterday	03:59
Glamorcult	Past Glory	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:50
Pukka Orchestra	A Wonderful Time to be Young	ST	03:07
Bangkok	Eve of Destruction	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	02:13
The Scene (2)	Soul Spectrum	Only in Paradise	05:09

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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