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
Degrees of Freedom	The Sound of a Jealous Heart	China	03:36
Ohm & the Secret Sources	You Know I Love You	Exit From a Dream	04:33
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Martha And The Muffins	World Without Borders	Danseparc	03:08
Neon	Indulgence With a Vengeance	ST (EP)	03:58
David Raven & the Escorts	One Way Love	David Raven And The Escorts	02:36
4th Floor	Follow in Stride	Black & White b/w Follow in Stride	04:16
Glamorcult	I Tell Him	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:00
I Braineater	Comeon	Artist, Poet, Thief	01:44
Living End (1)	Only When	ST	03:28
Popular Front (1)	This is the Rubicon	This is the Rubicon	04:59
B-Sides	Underground Radio Stars (33⅓ rpm)	Bedtime for Ronald (or the USA) (EP)	02:40
Numbers	Bits & Pieces	Add Up	02:45
Sex Church	Dull Light	Growing Over	03:42
John Bell and the Strange	Melissa	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	06:50
Darkroom	Pressure	San Paku	04:09
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Land of Giants	Cannibal Dolls	Cannibal Dolls b/w Seven Men	03:32
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Midnite News IV	I Fear What I Might Hear	07:58
A Neon Rome	The Prayer	New Heroin	06:01
John Bell and the Strange	Taking You Home in a Taxi	Taking You Home in a Taxi b/w Melissa	03:24
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Robots in the Cellar	Space and Time	04:06
Rational Youth	Call Me	Heredity	02:59
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47
No Comment	Wondering	Wondering b/w Honesty	03:33
Bumpers	Media Music	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	02:30
Vital Sines	Collage	Collage	04:25
Numbers	Get Away	Add Up	02:43
Living End (1)	Naive	ST	02:25
Corsage	Big Bang	ST	03:42
Frost In June	Catch the Light	Catch The Light	03:58
Within Gothic Towers	Is This My Moment Of Glory	Within Gothic Towers	04:01
Handful of Snowdrops	Trust	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	04:24
Bicycle Thieves	Imperial Love	ST	04:07
This Fear	Soldier of This Fashion (Extended)	Darkness Shapes Imagination	05:14
Boys Brigade	Cut Up	Mannequin Demo	04:46
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Handful of Snowdrops	Voices in the Night	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:41
Jon Mullane	Following Yesterday	Following Yesterday	03:44
Figures At Dawn	Letters from London	ST	04:14
Jon Mullane	Destiny	Following Yesterday	04:45
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
The Hurt	Local Belt	Engaged b/w Local Belt (picture sleeve)	03:18
Moev	90 Minutes	Zimmerkampf	05:15
Rational Youth	No More and No Less	Heredity	04:06
Moev	Cracked Mirror	Cracked Mirror (EP)	05:57
Élan	Days Gone By	Penticton Peaches (picture sleeve)	02:28
A Kid	Dirty Bedding	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	02:35
Tenants	I Love Romance	ST	03:55
Modern Minds	20 Years Old	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:59
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Bunny & the Lakers	t.b. Farm (Kiss Me Now)	Numbers	01:27
Handful of Snowdrops	Mort en direct (1989)	Mort en direct	03:38
Nasty Habits	Playing in the Danger Zone	Playing in the Danger Zone b/w Cleopatra (picture sleeve)	03:07
Compilation	Ballyhoo - Love (Emotion + Desire) (Miguel G, Marco T., and Nick T.)	Strange Pleasures EP	03:21
Drama	Anna King	Loneliness	03:04
Johnny Zhivago	Looking at You	Microalbum	04:28
British Properties	Eight Days a Week	Eight Days a Week b/w Niag'ra Falls	03:20
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Age of Mirrors	Crazy After Dark	Screenplay	04:56
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Oui	On Our Way	Oui	03:36
Melinite	Trouble in Section 17	Push The Button And Run!	01:46
Klō	Baby Wants a Baby	Demo 1981	04:18
Bunny & the Lakers	Inhalation - Ventilation	Numbers	02:07
Volts	Loneliness in the Air Age	Plugged In	02:43
Compilation	Itchy And The Crabs - Argy Bargy	SMASH IT UP - Oral-Aural	05:36
Andre Beaupre	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky	The Saga of Wayne Gretzky b/w The Saga of Wayne Gretzky Part II	03:16
Instructions	Tell-a-Photo	D-6 b/w Tell-a-Photo (picture sleeve)	03:38
Benjamin Russell	Shadows Dancing	Pop Modern(e)	04:15
Vital Sines	Sex & Babies	Subway Suicide E.P.	02:40
Drama	As I Breathe On The T.T.C.	Loneliness	04:04
Kinetic Ideals	I Remember	Touch Me (Now)	05:10
Ohm & the Secret Sources	I Hold the Key	Exit From a Dream	05:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Drugs	Ohama aka The White Album	04:36
Handful of Snowdrops	Still We Live (1st Lineup Studio Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	03:37
Hot Tip	Bridge to Manhattan	Stop All Motion	03:05
Quasi Hands	Lovelife	ST	03:01
Eight Seconds	Listen	Almacantar	05:17
Emport	Picture Frame Love Affair	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	04:19
Kinetic Ideals	No Exit	Reason (EP)	05:39
Corsage	Monument	Big Night Out (EP)	01:25
Graphics	Sleepdancer	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:41
John Young Paul	Ermie has Feelers	The Life of Ermie Scub	03:25
Boys Brigade	Saigon	Live Off-The-Floor Demo	04:41
Trespassing Bean Rays	Heer Comes the Future	ST (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:50
Salty Seamen	Rings Around Uranus	In The Groove At Last	02:18
NEO A4	One's Enough	ST	03:40
Popular Front	Doomsday Army	Doomsday Army b/w Puppet	03:53
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
FM109	Disappearing of the Sun	ST	03:54
Images In Vogue	So Careful (Extended Mix)	So Careful (Extended Mix)	07:17
Blue Peter	Time and Money	Test Patterns For Living	02:07
Moral Lepers	Beryl Bean	Turn to Stone	02:41
The Front	Robbery	Underworld	04:21
Diodes	Burn Down Your Daddy's House	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	03:16
Rob Bryanton	Havin' Some Fun Tonight	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:07
Andrew Matheson	Debbie	Monterey Shoes	06:26
Rave Revues	Rules Of Play	Long Time Coming b/w Rules Of Play (picture sleeve)	04:23
Leotards	Suicide Lover	Suicide Lover b/w Runaway Bridge	03:15

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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