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
Pukka Orchestra	The Deserter	ST	00:50
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
Moral Support	Chasing Rainbows	Insanity	04:20
Popular Front	Syncronized Swimming	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:51
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
The Idles	Again and Again	The Idles Demo	02:54
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Austra	Darken Her Horse	Feel it Break	05:21
Clooz	You Can Do	Leave Me Alone b/w You Can Do	03:02
Glamorcult	Session 2 (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	03:24
Family Plot	Tic Tac	Convictions	04:08
I Braineater	Wrong World	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:46
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Bitter Reality	Tellin' Me Goodbye	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:38
Carbon Unit	The Martian Hop	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	03:48
Entrance System	Tower Talk	Imperfect Image	05:53
A Day in Paris	Goodbye	Prey	03:24
Welcome Home	Top of the World	In This Life b/w Top of the World (picture sleeve)	04:02
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Rational Youth	Dancing On The Berlin Wall (Remix)	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:34
The Diodes	No Time to Cry (1981 Previously Unreleased) (CD only)	Rarities	03:43
Rational Youth	Le meilleur des mondes	Cité phosphoree b/w Le meilleur des mondes	02:59
Interpol	When Rock 'n' Roll Was in the Hole	ST	02:26
Boys Brigade	Melody	ST	04:04
Awake The Echoes	You're More Trouble Than You' re Worth	Normal Life	03:58
Hush	Now Reality (edited)	Replay	06:01
100 Flowers	We're Waiting	21st Guessing	03:11
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
The Diodes	Everything I Am	Action-Reaction	03:15
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	My Time	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:15
Villains	Go Crazy	Go Crazy	03:17
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Start	State of Her Shine	Hey You	03:12
Popular Front	Puppet Man	Doomsday Army 2026 Remasters by Ron Obvious	03:17
James Harcourt	You Make My Thing Ping	Emotional Blackmail	02:48
Tyro	Told You	A Little More Time (EP)	03:28
Direktive 17	Between You & Me	ST (EP)	03:38
Spoons	A Girl in Two Pieces	Arias & Symphonies	04:27
Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown	Minutes From Downtown '82	03:49
Cottage Industry	The Crucial Moment	The Winter's Tale	03:49
Philip Rambow	Jessica	Jungle Law	04:00
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Teasers	I Love You	Love Me Like You Did Last Night b/w I Love You	02:08
Preison's Shade	Tearing Down the Walls	Race Me Home (EP)	04:52
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Living End (1)	Better Pictures	ST	02:53
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
Class Info	Out of Line	Inside	04:04
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets (Bonus Track)	A Price To Paris	04:15
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Kaméléon	Caravane (1981)	Groupe électro-pop	03:32
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Cottage Industry	The Urge to Merge	The Winter's Tale	04:33
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Martha And The Muffins	Teddy the Dink	Trance and Dance	03:29
Direktive 17	Between the Lines	ST (EP)	03:42
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Vis-A-Vis	I am the Night	Heart and Soul	03:40
UJ3RK5	The Locator	ST (EP)	03:11
Oui	Circle of Love	Oui	04:20
Ralph Mashats	Empty Eyes (Fly My Way)	Irradies b/w Empty Eyes (Fly My Way) (picture sleeve)	05:05
Psyche	Unveiling the Secret	Unveiling The Secret	07:03
e	Kunst Kopf	Prime Cuts	01:55
The Diodes	Lost in the Dark	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:50
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Talking About	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	06:06
Compilation	Winston Hancock & The Changes - Stood Up	The Circuit	02:42
Start	Just Another Girl	Hey You	04:57
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Spunker (aka Neotone)	You Stand	Spunker	02:36
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Men Without Hats	The Safety Dance	The Safety Dance	04:38
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
Handful of Snowdrops	Face to Face (Interim Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	06:33
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
B-Sides	She's a Raver	Red to Black	02:36
Handful of Snowdrops	The Ghost of a Song	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	03:44
Rational Youth	I've Got a Sister in the Navy	Heredity	03:41
Kinetic Ideals	Fire	Reason (EP)	05:54
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Modernes Pickles	Diamond Nite	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:51
Government	Following You (Reprise)	Electric Eye	02:15
I Braineater	Just a Boy	I Here, Where You	02:52
Timothy Chipman	Strange Days	Strange Days b/w Night Patrol	02:48
Figures At Dawn	Sons of the Century	ST	04:36
Compilation	Youth Youth Youth - Louie Louie	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	04:01
Spoons	Words Will Smash Walls	Static In Transmission	04:29
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Voice	Business as Usual in Beirut	Anno Di Voce	04:27
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
39 Steps	Teachers	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:22
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
DeMars	Déchéance	Les Télé-Têtes	03:41
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
The Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Rational Youth	Beware the Fly	Cold War Nightlife	04:04
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Boys Brigade	Black + White	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	07:46
Images In Vogue	Rescue Me	In The House	03:49

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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