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
Spoons	My Favourite Page	Talkback	04:01
Rational Youth	In Your Eyes	ST (mini album)	02:46
DeMars	Moonshadow	Stories from between the Walls	06:28
The Scene (2)	I Am	Only in Paradise	04:14
Dorian Gray	Perfect Killing Machine	Perfect Killing Machine b/w When Worship Hits the Fan	03:48
Paperboys (1)	Looking for Sharon	Looking for Sharon b/w Saturday 12 Midnight	02:57
Golden Calgarians	Getting Weaker	Savage Love	03:05
Suns of One	Freedom Time	Freedom Time	04:02
Spoons	In the Hands of Money	Unexpected Guest At A Cancelled Party	03:43
Extras	Aqua Velva Man	Bit Parts	02:49
Tim Ray	Silent Partner (July, 1982)	History Lessons 1978-1984	02:47
Drama	Feable	Loneliness	03:42
Two Men Laughing	Dancing in Moscow	Imprisoned Lorri b/w Dancing in Moscow (picture sleeve)	02:53
Modernes Pickles	People Get Killed and Get Up and Kill	Plexiglass Sidewalks Forever: Demos, Outtakes & Rarities 1979–1985	03:25
Calling Rain	Laid in Ruins	Laid in Ruins b/w Cross (picture sleeve)	04:45
Térapi	Espèce de stress	Primale	02:33
Redlife	Round	Hope for Tomorrow b/w Round	03:28
Psyche	Salvation Stranger	The Influence	03:54
Kinetic Ideals	Windchimes	Touch Me (Now)	13:46
e	Dance With Me	The Levitation Syndrome	03:36
Instructions	Suburban Dream	ST	04:15
Contradance	Trouble in the Darkness	Black Preppies EP (picture sleeve)	05:53
Spoons	Numb	Static In Transmission	03:50
Rob Bryanton	Everybody Feels Some Pain	Alcohol And Other Drugs	04:45
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994	04:12
Handful of Snowdrops	Now, Then and Forever (Bonus Track)	Dans l’oeil de la tempête: Definitive Expanded & Remastered Edition	06:06
Moral Support	Rising	Insanity	03:04
Moev	Alibis	Dusk and Desire	04:37
Awake The Echoes	Turn That Bloody Noise Down	Normal Life	03:15
Einstein	Truck-Stop Girls	Sex and Science	03:24
Extras	Never a Headache	The Road to Zambando	03:58
Images In Vogue	Quiet Room	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:32
Magic Dragon	Memories	Emotional Landscape	04:11
39 Steps	Jump on the Death Train	All Kinds of Shit '85-'87	04:02
Martha And The Muffins	Echo Beach	Echo Beach b/w Teddy the Dink	03:32
Rational Youth	Just a Sound in the Night (remix)	ST (mini album)	03:45
Skoolboyz	Where's My Waitress?	ST (EP)	03:05
Inner Sanction	White Boy Rap	Dancematic-Automatic	05:58
FM109	Mirror Man	ST	03:17
Oui	Fight Back	Oui	03:46
Modern Minds	Another World	Live at the Riv Rock Room – K97	02:15
Pukka Orchestra	Rubber Girl	ST	04:34
Darkroom	Some Stories Never Change	San Paku	05:24
Billy Butt & The Brats	No I Can't Say No	Surveillance b/w No I Can't Say No	02:47
Government	Paranoid Downtown Funk Pt. 2	How Many Fingers?	02:32
Iko	Elevator	83	03:56
Klō	Mrs. Fong	Mrs. Fong b/w Break the Floor	02:32
Spoons	Capitol Hill	Stick Figure Neighbourhood	04:37
Glamorcult	Tokyo Streets	Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude	04:44
Einstein	Body & Mind	Sex and Science	03:49
Ohama (Tona Walt Ohama)	Dischordant Concensus	Midnite News	03:45
Images In Vogue	Politics of Sound	Incipience 4: Live At Luvafair October 6 1982	03:56
Within Gothic Towers	Will I Hope to Love	Within Gothic Towers	05:44
Einstein	Mr. Science	Sex and Science	02:35
Drastic Measures	I Need You Now	ST	02:43
The Diodes	Tired Of Waking Up Tired (original demo 1978)	Rarities	03:29
e	Coincidence	Reaction b/w Coincidence	03:06
Border	Black and White	Black and White b/w All in All (picture sleeve)	03:01
Drastic Measures	Romanticon	ST	02:42
Censure	Amour	Foxy Lady b/w Amour	04:33
Fictions	Dimestore Romance	ST	03:44
Benjamin Russell	Angel of Mercy	Madman	02:45
Moev	Circles And Squares	Dusk and Desire	03:29
Compilation	Don Bregg - Hypnotized	Music Industry Arts 1983	03:27
Rational Youth	City of Night	Cold War Nightlife	04:02
Null Set	Stripe	New Job (EP)	01:18
Blueprints	What You D-Serve	Stare 01	02:51
Cannon Heath Down	Safe As Milk	Heart-Throb Companion	03:35
Tenants	Schoolgirl	ST	02:47
Austra	The Beast	Feel it Break	04:02
Spoons	The Rhythm	Talkback	04:06
Regulators	What's in the City	What's in the City b/w That´s Right Nothing's Left (picture sleeve)	03:42
The Diodes	Survivors	Survivors: Previously unreleased material 1977-1981	02:56
The Play	Whispers in the Air	Line of Fire b/w Whispers in the Air	03:50
James Harcourt	Like the Way It Feels	Emotional Blackmail	02:34
Spoons	Sooner or Later	Vertigo Tango	03:44
Glamorcult	The Light We Will Hold	A Price To Paris	04:23
Timothy Chipman	China Doll	Ghost Parade	02:31
Austra	Spellwork	Feel it Break	05:09
The Voxx	Flower Boy DVB	Flower Boy b/w Flower Boy DVB	04:47
Absolute 9	Fence	Love and Work b/w Fence	03:00
Moev	Sweet Nothings	Dusk and Desire	04:33
Compilation	Instructions - D-6	The Circuit	05:14
Bicycle Thieves	First Aid to the Injured	ST	03:35
Age of Mirrors	Orange Blossom Special	Mirage	04:00
Handful of Snowdrops	When Comes Daylight	Land of the Damned	05:01
Psyche	Insatiable	Mystery Hotel	04:41
Absolute 9	We're Waiting	ST	02:40
Fictions	Do it With the Lights On	ST	03:07
Lawn	Over the Top	Peace in the Valley	03:00
Salty Seamen	Sweet Yolanda	In The Groove At Last	03:30
Blueprints	Down On My Sublife	Stare 01	04:06
Scenics	Great Piles of Leaves	Underneath the Door	04:18
The Play	Running Out of Time	Running Out of Time b/w Whatever it Takes	03:15
Pointed Sticks	The Real Thing	The Real Thing b/w Out of Luck	02:31
Glamorcult	Fusion (Instrumental)	Early Glamour	04:23
Emport	Heartaches	Heartaches b/w Picture Frame Love Affair	03:58
Broken Tables	The Ruins	ST	05:50
Minutes From Downtown	I Wish I Had Stayed	ST	03:03
Within Gothic Towers	I Will Lead You	Within Gothic Towers	04:58

New Wave Post Punk Wave

Tracks

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Drama - Old Hollywood (picture sleeve)

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Drama - Loneliness

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Glamorcult - Atlantis Under the Sea

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Glamorcult - A Price To Paris

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Glamorcult - Shadows From The Past

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Glamorcult - Early Glamour

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Glamorcult - Moments of Glamor 1984 - 1994

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Glamorcult - The Stone Sessions

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Glamorcult - Tropical Romance (picture sleeve)

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Glamorcult - Tokyo Streets/ A Dream Girl To Me // Anna King/ Interlude

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Glamorcult - Forever Strangers (picture sleeve)

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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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