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
Minutes From Downtown	I Wish I Had Stayed	ST	03:03
Corsage	Royal Couple	ST	02:55
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope To Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Glamorcult	Tropical Romance	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	04:21
Rational Youth	Burn the Night Away	Heredity	03:20
Pukka Orchestra	Weekend (Come Alive!)	The Palace Of Memeory	06:15
I Braineater	Gastly Dance	I Here, Where You	01:26
Braineaters	Closet Case	Planet X	01:26
Extras	Stay Up All Night	Bit Parts	02:54
Blue Oil	Superficiel (ami d'esprit superficiel)	ST	03:41
Bitter Reality	A White Man (In Babylon)	Tellin' Me Goodbye b/w A White Man (In Babylon)	03:40
Glamorcult	I Will Still Be There	The Stone Sessions	04:05
Rave Revues	Nightmares	Voices	03:36
Golden Calgarians	It's OK	Savage Love	03:13
Scenics	This Day	New Part In Town	03:08
Magic Dragon	Objet Du Desire	Emotional Landscape	05:34
Family Plot	Taxi Driver	Convictions	05:17
Hot Tip	Fast Boys	Stop All Motion	03:23
Living End (1)	Blow	ST	02:35
Images In Vogue	In the House (Extended Dance Remix)	In The House (Extended Dance Remix)	08:25
Spoons	Friends in the Media	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	03:31
DeMars	Véhiculation humaine	Les Télé-Têtes	04:54
Reasons	Boy He's Got a Girl	Reasonable Rock (EP)	02:52
Ohm & the Secret Sources	Baby, Baby	Space and Time	03:35
Volts	Dirty Money	Plugged In	02:59
Martha And The Muffins	About Insomnia	Trance and Dance	03:12
Avril Chown	American Boys	American Boys b/w Losin’ Sight	03:04
Glamorcult	Live for Today	Would it be Over (picture sleeve)	03:34
Compilation	Zro4 - Blood	No Pedestrians	03:29
Blueprints	I Fell Down	Stare 01	03:35
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Vital Sines	New Heroes	Big Dark Dreams	04:55
Martha And The Muffins	Danseparc (Every Day It's Tomorrow)	Danseparc	03:22
A Kid	Come	An Introduction to Civil Engineering (EP) (picture sleeve)	04:35
Spoons	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:00
Our Sir Francis to the Sea	Hothouse	ST	04:32
Tim Ray	Preamble - One Last Look (September, 1980)	History Lessons 1978-1984	06:21
Minutes From Downtown	24 Karat Gold	ST	03:01
Cottage Industry	Kulturkreise	The Winter's Tale	03:02
Blue Peter	Do the Robot	Test Patterns For Living	03:25
Tim Ray	I'm Waiting (April, 1979)	History Lessons 1978-1984	03:00
Compilation	Winston Hancock - Girls, Girls	No Pedestrians	03:15
Kings	My Habit	Are Here	03:41
Numbers	Sunday Afternoon	Add Up	03:39
The Keys	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl	Whatever Happened to Boy Meets Girl b/w Lied To! (picture sleeve)	03:16
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
Scott Matthews	Navigation	Boats in Rivers	03:33
John Young Paul	The Girl Spells Grief	The Life of Ermie Scub	01:38
Streetcar Named Desire	A Month of Sundays	Life Begins	04:36
Living End (1)	Anaesthesia Grin	ST	03:29
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Julie is a TV Set	Ohama aka The White Album	05:08
Images In Vogue	Travel	Incipience 1: Studio Tracks 1981-1982	04:20
Kinetic Ideals	Together	A Personal View (EP)	05:54
45's	On the Beach	On the Beach	04:05
Psyche	Black Panther	Unveiling The Secret	03:52
Vis-A-Vis	Prison of Eyes	Heart and Soul	04:50
Benjamin Russell	Action and Reaction	Madman	02:14
Images In Vogue	Educated Man	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	04:41
Pointed Sticks	Out of Luck	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:32
Compilation	Arson - We've Gotta Get Out of this Place	No Pedestrians	04:26
Red Herring	The Crab Song	Taste Tests	03:57
Entrance System	Can't Deny the Rain	Imperfect Image	06:18
Drastic Measures	Flowers	ST	03:18
UJ3RK5	Hands of Orlac	Live From The Commodore Ballroom	04:36
Bündock	Cowboy	Société Anonyme	03:46
Popular Front (1)	Living On the Line	World Weary b/w Living On the Line	03:48
Corsage	Snakeskin (live at the Town Pump)	Big Night Out (EP)	05:22
DeMars	Les zoos arborifères	Les Télé-Têtes	03:09
Oui	Intelligence	Oui	03:56
Breeding Ground	Tales of Adventure	Tales of Adventure (EP)	05:14
Philip Rambow	The Manison on the Hill	Jungle Law	04:25
Modern Minds	All Day & All of the Night	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:18
Tim Ray	Once or Twice (January, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:17
Modern Minds	Happy	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:11
The End	Just Another Dream	Just Another Dream b/w My Paradise (picture sleeve)	04:04
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Lorne Ranger	I Want to be a Doorman	I Want to be a Doorman	04:02
Martha And The Muffins	Sinking Land	Metro Music	05:28
Tenants	You Don't Know What I've Been Thru	ST	03:40
Channel Five	How Could We Know	ST (EP)	02:32
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Robert Armes	Nearly Out of Control	Nearly Out of Control b/w Radio Active	03:35
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Take Me Dancing	Ohama Meets Dania: Love Only Lasts Awhile	05:24
Extras	Circular Impression	Bit Parts	02:13
Rob Bryanton	Livin' On the Edge of the World	Alcohol And Other Drugs	05:10
100 Flowers	21st Guessing	21st Guessing	04:16
Austra	The Choke	Feel it Break	04:12
Glen Meadmore	Gotta Thing	Chicken & Biscuits	05:04
A Day in Paris	The Hill	Prey	04:38
Ohm & the Secret Sources	All in My Mind	Space and Time	04:49
DeMars	Le zaratt express	Les Télé-Têtes	04:11
Direktive 17	You’re Only Dreaming	ST (EP)	04:01
Age of Mirrors	Civilian of Discipline	Mirage	04:47
Tau Ceti	Bathed in Dark Light (rhythm version)	So Far	05:23
Psyche	Twilight	The Influence	04:31
Spunker (aka Neotone)	Neighbours	Spunker	04:29
Joe Naylor	I'm Canadian Beer	I'm Canadian Beer b/w I Hate Fluorescent Lights	02:26
Cardboard Brains	And So I Hide	Live At The Edge	03:46
Mr. Science	Popeshat	Popeshat b/w Where R the Legs	04:15

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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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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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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