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
Within Gothic Towers	I've Got A Reason And You've Got A Prayer	Within Gothic Towers	04:41
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
BB Gabor	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry)	Nyet Nyet Soviet (Soviet Jewelry) b/w Hunger, Poverty and Misery (picture sleeve)	02:41
Handful of Snowdrops	Spiral Dive (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	02:36
Modernettes	Static	View From The Bottom (EP)	03:54
Kinetic Ideals	Animalistic	Reason (EP)	05:09
Tim Ray	Walkin' the Tree (July, 1984)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:16
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	05:34
Boys Brigade	Mannequin	ST	03:41
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
Spoons	Imperfekt	Static In Transmission	04:27
Hot Tip	Hard to be Me	Stop All Motion	03:50
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mad at the World	Space and Time	03:51
Spoons	Breaking In	Static In Transmission	04:34
Start	Stereo	Hey You	03:16
Ross Angeles	She Knows	Salute	03:12
Glamorcult	Would It Be Over	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:28
The Edge	Go Away	Release the Circle	03:11
Corsage	West Coast Highway (demo)	Big Night Out (EP)	04:57
Bruce PM	Radios and Cameras	Makeshift	03:58
Blue Oil	Twenty Years	ST	03:41
Images In Vogue	Awaken Me	In The House	03:47
Age of Mirrors	Columbus Discovers America	Screenplay	03:12
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
Compilation	Vera & The Poor Boys - Chameleon Girl	The Circuit	03:10
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
Salty Seamen	Lime Green Blues	In The Groove At Last	02:29
Kings	Anti Hero man	Are Here	03:26
Spoons	You Light Up	Static In Transmission	04:23
Tau Ceti	San Francisco	And I Wonder b/w San Francisco	04:02
Modernes Pickles	Possessed in the City	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:28
Glamorcult	Thing Of Beauty	The Stone Sessions	03:57
Zipper	Bad Girls	Another Boyfriend b/w Bad Girls	02:55
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Drastic Measures	T.N.T.	ST	03:51
Martha And The Muffins	Cheesies and Gum	Metro Music	03:09
Bleu Néon	Néon Blafard	Cité Promise	03:35
Motive	Don’t You Know	Don’t You Know b/w It’s Too Late (picture sleeve)	03:21
Glamorcult	Hope For Change To Come	Shadows From The Past	03:42
Mobile Clones	Abrasive Air	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	02:24
Living End (1)	Close Your Eyes	ST	04:53
Compilation	The Damned - Intro to "Smash It Up"	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	01:26
Modernes Pickles	Burning Airwaves	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:30
Benjamin Russell	Where Do We Belong?	Madman	02:07
Melinite	Another Attempt	Push The Button And Run!	02:27
Jon Mullane	One Turns Love Around	Following Yesterday	03:57
Glamorcult	On The Line	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:04
Cottage Industry	Leader	The Winter's Tale	03:37
NEO A4	Is This It	The Warmer Side of You	03:32
Carbon Unit	The Marsh	The Martian Hop b/w The Marsh (picture sleeve)	02:45
The Idles	Wildcat	The Idles Demo	03:59
Palace at 4 a.m.	Kiss of a Fish	Untamed World	03:29
Spoons	Conventional Beliefs	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:57
Government	I Don't Really Care	Electric Eye	04:04
Boys Brigade	Touch Glass	Mannequin Demo	03:28
Compilation	Tammie Chicorli - A Special Day	Music Industry Arts 1983	01:29
Spoons	Don't Shoot the Messenger	Talkback	03:19
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Someone Should Have Told Me (Behind Black Gloves)	Space and Time	04:39
B-Sides	Emotions	Red to Black	04:11
Kinetic Ideals	Life in Shadow	Life In Shadow b/w Maze of Ways	02:57
Interpol	Chocolate Covered Killer Bees	ST	03:20
The Diodes	Time of Your Life (1978 Previously Unreleased)	Rarities	02:46
Modern Minds	Slap in the Face	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:46
Edsells	She Escaped	Don't Wanna Go to School b/w She Escaped	04:22
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
Tame & Talking	Conditioned Manaid	ST	04:01
Palace at 4 a.m.	White Guilt	White Guilt	04:34
Secret Act	Our Little Secret	My Neighbourhood	04:36
They Never Sleep	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	Bite the Bullet (Submission Mix)	09:14
Handful of Snowdrops	Terroir I	Land of the Damned	02:41
Drastic Measures	Jump Off the Lake	ST	02:37
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Modernes Pickles	March of the Fingertips	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:57
Government	Letter to Craig	Electric Eye	04:45
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Doppler Bros.	The Wreck of the Eaton Centre	Totally Impractical	04:27
D.A.R.Y.L.	Time 2 Start Again	Time 2 Start Again b/w Time 2 Start Again (Garage Mix)	04:35
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Johnny Faith	Standing On the Red Line	Standing On the Red Line/ Pure Energy b/w Beatown/ Party time	02:52
Spoons	Nova Heart	Nova Heart b/w Symmetry	06:41
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
Class Info	Out of Line	Come For Me b/w Out of Line	04:04
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Philip Rambow	Creature Comforts	Jungle Law	02:28
The End	My Paradise	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	02:59
Moev	Sea-Missile Motel	Dusk and Desire	06:23
Spoons	End of Story	Static In Transmission	04:39
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
The Idles	Uptown/Downtown	The Idles Demo	03:23
Breeding Ground	Underground	Wintergarden (EP)	04:31
Tyro	City Life	A Little More Time (EP)	03:02
Modernes Pickles	I Want More Slack	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	01:31
Modernes Pickles	Brothurs	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	02:17
Extras	Jealous Girl	Bit Parts	03:31

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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CosmaNat - Little Things b/w Camping Song (picture sleeve)

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Channel 5 - ST (EP)

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ACTORS - Our Love Will Live Forever

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ACTORS - Part Time Punks Session EP

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ACTORS - Slaves (FM Attack RMX)

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ACTORS - Mining for Heart

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ACTORS - Acts of Worship

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ACTORS - One Hundred Years

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ACTORS - It Will Come to You

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ACTORS - Reanimated

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Bleu Néon - Cité Promise

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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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