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
Government	Greetings from the Gutter (Reprise)	Electric Eye	00:50
Glamorcult	Start The Revolution	The Stone Sessions	04:03
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Psyche	Misery	The Influence	04:06
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Spoons	Unpremeditated Love	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:49
Spoons	Bending	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:32
Martha And The Muffins	Obedience	Danseparc	03:30
Mobile Clones	Present Age	Abrasive Air (picture sleeve)	04:24
Popular Front (1)	World Weary	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	04:54
Scenics	I'm Hurt	Underneath the Door	02:02
Men Without Hats	Security (Everybody Feels Better With)	Folk of the 80's (EP)	03:57
Conning Tower	Indian Dancing	Indian Dancing b/w Looking Up From Under	04:40
Family Plot	Gravedigger	Convictions	02:19
Eight Seconds	No Picasso	Big Houses	05:04
A Day in Paris	cAn'T lOoK aWaY	Rhymes On Vinyl	04:03
The Scene (2)	Egos Trip	Only in Paradise	06:34
Benjamin Russell	Can You See Me?	Madman	01:27
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Awake The Echoes	Sherry	Normal Life	04:20
Bunny & the Lakers	Weekend Guests	Numbers	01:57
Neon	Second Wind	ST (EP)	02:52
Start	Evil Hearted You	Hey You	02:31
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Palace at 4 a.m.	The Age of Reason(able Pleasure)	White Guilt	04:42
Time Twins	Say Uncle	Yuri Song b/w Say Uncle (picture sleeve)	04:16
Cottage Industry	The Point on a Hill	The Winter's Tale	03:59
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
BAMFF	Mini Crisis	The Uncanny b/w Mini Crisis	03:35
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Mr. Crystal	Space and Time	05:32
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Bangkok	Planet of My Own	Eve of Destruction b/w Planet of My Own	03:04
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Numbers	Leave it to Me	Add Up	03:56
Fictions	Jersey Shore	ST	02:48
Eight Seconds	Sincere	Almacantar	04:27
Toe Beat	Stranger	Stranger	03:42
Drastic Measures	Silk Stockings	ST	02:38
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Glamorcult	Live For Today	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	03:38
A Neon Rome	Cums a Wolf	New Heroin	04:15
Images In Vogue	Lust for Love	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:18
Handful of Snowdrops	A New Light (2nd Lineup Demo)	Groundwork for Fundamentals: Demo Archive Volume 1 (1984-1986)	04:19
Moral Lepers	Dead of Night	Turn to Stone	03:59
Corsage	City Sleeps	ST	04:17
Bündock	Stand Still	Société Anonyme	02:45
I Braineater	Tax On Toys (plus tracks 4-6)	I Here, Where You	09:19
Drama	Human Question	Loneliness	02:38
Braineaters	Johnny	Planet X	06:03
Graphics	Our Planet Ocean	Sleepdancer b/w Our Planet Ocean	03:17
Glamorcult	Past Glory (Stone Version)	The Stone Sessions	04:32
Dream Child	Luv On the Line	Heaven Knows b/w Luv On the Line	04:11
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Planet Nine	Space and Time	05:25
Bicycle Thieves	Anita	ST	03:31
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
The Front	You Can't Do That	Underworld	03:54
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Don't Be Afraid	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	04:30
Lawn	Jet Pack	Peace in the Valley	05:41
Images In Vogue	Breaking Up	Educated Man	04:36
S.Q	One Love	Alone at Night b/w One Love (picture sleeve)	03:34
Eight Seconds	Thorn in My Side	Big Houses	04:08
NEO A4	Only a Fool	ST	03:52
Benjamin Russell	Video Freak	Pop Modern(e)	04:17
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Jon Mullane	Somebody	Following Yesterday	03:15
Rational Youth	Close to Nature	Dancing on the Berlin Wall	04:43
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
Handful of Snowdrops	A Short Story (1985)	Mort en direct	07:10
39 Steps	Let's Flirt With Danger	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	03:16
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Mushin No Shin	Midnite News	05:35
Diodes	That Was the Way it Was (Eastern Sound Demo 1979)	Rarities	04:27
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
100 Flowers	Darkness	21st Guessing	05:39
Bündock	Season for Love	Société Anonyme	04:11
Bündock	El Salvador (The Beat of)	Société Anonyme	04:30
A Neon Rome	Society Rag	New Heroin	03:00
Strange Advance	Prisoner	Worlds Away	04:15
Rational Youth	Bang On	Heredity	04:11
Erect	Cry of a Leo	Consequence of Life	02:48
Blue Oil	Celebration	Blue Oil (1981-83)	02:41
Melinite	My Anna of Discretion	Push The Button And Run!	02:36
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Bumpers	Ian	Media Music/ I Watch You Go /Ian/ Log 1 (picture sleeve)	03:26
NEO A4	Desire	The Warmer Side of You	04:02
A Day in Paris	jUsT tHe sAmE	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:42
Mettle	Evening Ocean	ST	02:58
Glamorcult	The Fight Is Over	Shadows From The Past	04:10
A Day in Paris	wItHoUt yOu	Rhymes On Vinyl	03:19
I Braineater	1980 More	Artist, Poet, Thief	03:57
B-Sides	Run and Hide	Red to Black	03:40
Inner Sanction	Runaway	Dancematic-Automatic	03:07
Compilation	Donald Breithaupt - Lindsay	Music Industry Arts 1983	04:11
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Blue Peter	Cloak and Dagger	Test Patterns For Living	03:45
James Harcourt	Emotional Blackmail	Emotional Blackmail	02:21
Corsage	Shut-Ins	ST	03:11
Tower Bridge	Perfection	Perfection b/w Out of My Mind Girl (picture sleeve)	04:07
NEO A4	Look to Your Heart	The Warmer Side of You	03:47

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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Avril Chown - American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight

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Kultur - Kultur

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